| Bill # | Position | Short Title | Sponsors | Bill Summary | Status History | Most Recent Status | Fiscal Note |
| HB23-1024 | Amend | Relative And Kin Placement Of A Child | S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) | E. Epps (D) / T. Exum (D) | K. Van Winkle (R) | The bill establishes several measures that protect the best interests of a child or youth and that will not hinder reunification with the child's or youth's family when the child or youth has been temporarily placed outside the family home with a relative or kin (relative), including: Permitting a relative to appeal when denied placement of the child or youth with the relative; Requiring the department of human services (department), to use reasonable efforts to help a relative whose barrier to caring for the child or youth is a lack of resources; Amending the court's advisement to the parent so it is consistent with changes to statute; Specifying what information should be included in a notice to relatives when the child or youth has been removed from the child's or youth home; Requiring that courts give preference to a relative unless placement with that relative would negatively affect the child's or youth's health, safety, or welfare mental, physical, or emotional needs, or hinder reunification with the child's or youth's family; Providing options for a relative to be allowed to participate in a child's or youth's care and planning; Creating a rebuttable presumption that placement with a relative is in the child's or youth's best interest. as long as the child's or youth's health or safety is not jeopardized by the placement; and The presumption may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence, giving primary consideration to the child's or youth's mental, physical, and emotional needs, including the child's or youth's preference regarding placement. Requiring that caseworkers inform the court of efforts to identify and place a child or youth with a relative. Foster parents who have the child or youth in their care for twelve months or more may intervene, as a matter of right, with or without counsel, following adjudication. The purpose of intervention is to provide knowledge or information concerning the care and protection of the child or youth, including the child's or youth's mental, physical, and emotional needs. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/9/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary 2/8/2023 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services 3/1/2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations 3/10/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 3/14/2023 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee 3/15/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/16/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services 4/5/2023 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only 4/12/2023 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/18/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/20/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/21/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/12/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/15/2023 Sent to the Governor | 5/15/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | |
| HB23-1026 | Monitor | Family Time For Grandparents | R. English (D) / R. Fields (D) | Current law allows a grandparent or great-grandparent to seek a court order granting the grandparent or great-grandparent the right to visit grandchildren or great-grandchildren when there is or has been a child custody case or a case concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities relating to that child. The bill allows a court to appoint a child's legal representative to represent the child's best interests in a matter seeking to grant grandparents or great-grandparents family time (family time) with grandchildren or great-grandchildren.The bill clarifies that in determining the best interests of a child for the purpose of family time, the court shall presume that any parental determination regarding family time is in the best interests of the child. A grandparent or great-grandparent may overcome the presumption upon a showing by clear and convincing evidence that the family time is in the child's best interests. The bill changes the term "visitation rights" to " grandparent or great-grandparent family time". (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/9/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary 3/21/2023 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 3/23/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 3/24/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 03/27/2023 - No Amendments 3/30/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 04/03/2023 - No Amendments 4/3/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 04/10/2023 - No Amendments 4/10/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/11/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/12/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services 4/19/2023 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/21/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/24/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/25/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 4/26/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/17/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/17/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/17/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | 5/23/2023 Governor Signed | |
| HB23-1027 | Amend | Parent And Child Family Time | J. Joseph (D) | M. Weissman (D) / F. Winter (D) | The bill defines "family time", changes the term "visitation" to "family time" in various places in statute, creates new requirements for determinations in dependency and neglect court proceedings, and requires the task force on high-quality family time (task force) to commission and evaluate a state study. Specifically during a dependency and neglect proceeding, the bill: Requires county departments of human or social services (county departments) to encourage maximum family time; Allows the court and the state department of human services (department) to rely on community resources, foster parents, or relatives to provide transportation or supervision for family time; Creates a presumption that supervised family time is supervised by relatives, kin, foster parents, or other supports (supports) and occurs in the community. This presumption can be rebutted if the health or safety of the child is at risk or if these supports are unavailable or unwilling to provide supervision. Limits the court's ability to restrict or deny family time to situations in which the child's safety or mental, physical, or emotional health is at risk; Requires the court to order family time in the least restrictive setting; Requires county departments to provide information to the court about proposed family time and participation in family time; Requires family time to occur at least every 7 days unless the child's safety or mental, physical, or emotional health is at risk; Prohibits the court or department from limiting family time as a sanction for the parent's failure to comply with court-ordered treatment plans so long as the child's safety or mental, physical, or emotional health is not at risk; Prohibits the court, department, parent, or support from limiting family time as a sanction for the child's behavior or as an incentive to improve the child's behavior; and Gives the department the authority to promulgate rules to implement the provisions. The bill also: Extends the task force by one year; Requires the task force to commission and evaluate a statewide study to identify the strengths and needs for family time; identify growth areas; inventory funding sources; and make recommendations; and Requires a permanency hearing be held within 12 months after a child enters foster care.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/9/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary 2/8/2023 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations 3/10/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 3/11/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 3/13/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/16/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary 4/12/2023 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations 4/18/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/20/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/21/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/17/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/17/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/17/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | |
| HB23-1031 | Mental Health Professionals Reporting Exemption | T. Story (D) | J. Willford (D) / F. Winter (D) | Under current law, every health-care provider is required to report specified information about an individual known to the provider to have a diagnosis of or a positive test for a sexually transmitted infection to the department of public health and environment or a local public health agency. The bill exempts mental health professionals from this reporting requirement.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/9/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services 2/7/2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 2/10/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 2/13/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 2/15/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services 3/9/2023 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 3/14/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee 3/15/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/16/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 3/20/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 3/31/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 4/3/2023 Sent to the Governor 4/3/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 4/10/2023 Governor Signed | ||
| HB23-1054 | Property Valuation | L. Frizell (R) / B. Pelton (R) | Most real property is reassessed every odd-numbered year. The bill establishes a one-time exception by making the reassessment cycle beginning on January 1, 2021, a 4-year cycle so that the next reassessment cycle will begin in 2025 instead of 2023. Under current law, for the 2023 property tax year, the actual value used for purposes of valuation for assessment is reduced for commercial real property by $30,000 and for residential real property by $15,000. The bill eliminates these reductions. The bill also sets the assessment rates for nonresidential real property and multi-family residential real property for the 2024 property tax year, so that they are the same rates as for the 2023 property tax year. Lastly, the bill ensures that the actual value of property used for purposes of valuation for assessment does not increase by more than 5% between 2022 and 2025, for property that does not have an unusual condition which results in an increase or decrease in actual value. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/9/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance | 3/9/2023 House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely | ||
| HB23-1057 | Amenities For All Genders In Public Buildings | K. McCormick (D) | S. Vigil (D) / S. Jaquez Lewis (D) | Effective January 1, 2024, the bill requires each newly constructed public building and each public building in which with qualifying restroom renovations are estimated to cost $10,000 or more that is wholly or partly owned by the state, a county, or a local municipality a state department, state agency, state institution of higher education, county, a city and county, or a municipality to: Provide a non-gendered restroom facility or a multi-stall non-gendered facility on each floor where restrooms are available; Ensure that all single-stall restrooms are not designated for exclusive use by any specific gender; Allow for the use of multi-stall restrooms by any gender if certain facility features are met under the 2021 International Plumbing Code and the Colorado Fuel Gas Code; Provide at least one safe, sanitary, and convenient baby diaper changing station that is accessible to the public on each floor where there is a public restroom, in each gender-specific restroom if only gender-specific restrooms are available , and in each non-gendered single-stall or multi-stall restroom; and non-gendered single-stall restroom. Ensure that each baby diaper changing station is cleaned with the same frequency as the restroom in which it is located, or as the space it is located in if it is not within a restroom, and maintained, repaired, and replaced as necessary to ensure safety and ease of use. The bill also requires each newly constructed public building and each public building in which restroom renovations are estimated to cost $10,000 or more that is wholly or partly owned by the state, a county, or a local municipality to Beginning July 1, 2024, but no later than July 1, 2026, a building that is wholly or partially owned or leased by a public entity must ensure that signage for the building or the portion of the building leased or owned by the public entity complies with the following signage requirements, subject to available appropriations: Include signage indicating the presence of a baby diaper changing station with a pictogram that is void of gender in all restrooms with baby diaper changing stations, include signage with a pictogram void of gender in all non-gendered restrooms, and include signage with a pictogram void of gender in all single-stalled restrooms; and The bill also requires each newly constructed public building and each public building in which restroom renovations are estimated to cost $10,000 or more that is wholly or partly owned by the state, a county, or a local municipality to Indicate in the central building directory, if such a directory exists, the location of any baby diaper changing station and of any non-gendered restroom with a pictogram void of gender. The bill requires the department of personnel to complete a survey that determines the number and locations of signs needed to comply with the bill signage requirements and requires the survey be provided to the general assembly and the capital development committee. The bill exempts the requirements of including a baby diaper changing station in any restroom and any construction necessary to comply with providing an accessible non-gendered restroom providing a non-gendered single-stall restroom or a non-gendered multi-stall restroom on each floor where a restroom is accessible to the public if the requirement would result in failure to comply with applicable building standards governing the right of access for individuals with disabilities. The bill exempts the requirements for projects that have already progressed through the design review process, budgeting, and final approval by the governing body that has final approval over capital construction project expenditures as of th effective date of the bill and also exempts a building designated as a certified historic structure.Beginning on July 1, 2025, the bill requires a building that is wholly or partially owned by a public entity that is a newly constructed building that is accessible to employees or enrolled students, or a building undergoing a qualified restroom renovation to: Provide a non-gendered single-stall restroom or a non-gendered multi-stall restroom; Ensure that any single-stall restroom is not a gender-specific restroom; and Allow for the use of a multi-stall restroom by any gender if certain facility features are met pursuant to the International Plumbing Code or the Colorado Fuel Gas Code as adopted by the state plumbing board. The bill clarifies that an employee with a designated workplace in a public building may undertake the complaint process for alleged discriminatory or unfair practices including the failure to comply with providing the required amenities to all genders, as required, with the Colorado civil rights division charged with the enforcement of the Colorado anti-discrimination act. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/13/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs 2/13/2023 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/21/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/21/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/24/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/25/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs 5/3/2023 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations 5/4/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/4/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 5/5/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/7/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 5/7/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/17/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/17/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/17/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | ||
| HB23-1058 | Child-occupied Facility Lead-based Paint Abatement | R. Dickson (D) / J. Buckner (D) | Current law defines "child-occupied facility" for the purposes of lead-based paint abatement as a building or portion of a building that is visited by a child on 2 or more days within any week, with each visit totaling 6 or more hours. The bill reduces the total daily visit time to 3 or more hours. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/13/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services 1/25/2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 1/30/2023 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 1/31/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 1/31/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services 3/2/2023 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 3/7/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/8/2023 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 3/9/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/21/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 3/22/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 3/23/2023 Sent to the Governor | 3/31/2023 Governor Signed | ||
| HB23-1075 | Wildfire Evacuation And Clearance Time Modeling | M. Snyder (D) | J. Joseph (D) / T. Exum (D) | Section 1 of the bill directs the office of emergency management (office) to provide resources and technical assistance to an eligible entity to conduct evacuation and clearance time modeling and to publish the results to an interactive website. An eligible entity includes a fire department, governing body of a political subdivision, local or interjurisdictional emergency management agency, or homeowners' association that is located in or provides services to a wildfire risk area. The office is required to conduct an outreach and education campaign to advise eligible agencies of the program. On and after July 1, 2026, each local and interjurisdictional emergency management agency that has jurisdiction in a wildfire risk area must perform evacuation and clearance time modeling and include the information in the emergency management plan for its area. Section 2 requires that, beginning on January 1, 2024, for proposed developments of a certain size, a developer must perform evacuation and clearance time modeling for the proposed development and submit the information to the local government that will consider the application for a development permit for approval. A local government cannot approve an application for a development permit submitted on or after that date unless the application includes the evacuation and clearance time modeling and the local government determines that it is adequate for the proposed development. The bill requires the office of emergency management (office) to study the efficacy and feasibility of local or interjurisdictional emergency management agencies with jurisdiction in a wildfire risk area to integrate evacuation and clearance time modeling into the emergency management plans that such an agency is required to adopt for its area. The report must be completed on or before December 1, 2023, and the office must report the findings of the study to specific committees of the general assembly during the 2024 legislative session. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/19/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources 3/13/2023 House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/10/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/10/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/11/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/14/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources 4/20/2023 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations 4/26/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/26/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 4/27/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/4/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/5/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/5/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/12/2023 Governor Signed | 5/15/2023 Governor Signed | ||
| HB23-1076 | Workers' Compensation | L. Daugherty (D) / J. Marchman | Section 1 of the bill increases the limit on medical impairment benefits based on mental impairment from 12 weeks to 36 weeks.Section 2 removes language authorizing an employee to petition the division of workers' compensation in the department of labor and employment (division) prior to receiving a replacement of any artificial member, glasses, hearing aid, brace, or other external prosthetic device, including dentures.Section 3 allows an employee to request a hearing when the employee's temporary total disability benefits end based on an attending physician's written release to return to regular employment.Section 4 specifies that when a physician recommends medical benefits after maximum medical improvement, the benefits admitted by the insurer or self-insured employer are not limited to any specific medical treatment. Current law requires an insurance carrier to provide an independent medical examiner and all other parties a complete copy of all medical records in its possession pertaining to an injury. Section 5 limits the medical records required to be provided to records relevant to the injury. Section 5 also specifies how the division is required to determine the amount and allocation of costs to be paid by the parties for an independent medical examination.Section 6 allows a prehearing administrative law judge to issue interlocutory orders resolving disputes regarding the content and format of the independent medical examiner's medical record packet, indigency status, and the allocation of independent medical examiner costs. Current law states that a contingent attorney fee exceeding 20% of the amount of contested benefits is presumed to be unreasonable. Section 7 increases the amount to 25%.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/19/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 2/2/2023 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to Appropriations 4/18/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/18/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/19/2023 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/21/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/25/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology 5/2/2023 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Appropriations 5/4/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/4/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 5/5/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/17/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/17/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/17/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | ||
| HB23-1090 | Support | Limit Metropolitan District Director Conflicts | M. Weissman (D) / R. Rodriguez (D) | For any proposed metropolitan district that has any property within its boundaries that is zoned or valued for assessment as residential, section 1 of the bill prohibits requires the service plan to include a prohibition on the purchase of district debt by any entity with respect to which any director of the district has a conflict of interest necessitating disclosure under current law. Section 2 prohibits a board of county commissioners from approving a service plan for such a metropolitan district unless the service plan includes the prohibition. Section 3 prohibits a court from considering a petition for the organization for such a metropolitan district unless the service plan includes the prohibition.Section 2 4 prohibits a member of the board of a metropolitan district that approved the issuance of any debt while the member was serving on the board from acquiring any interest in the debt individually or on behalf of any organization or entity for which the board member is engaged as an employee, counsel, consultant, representative, or agent unless the debt is acquired indirectly through an investment fund and the member has no input into or control over the individual securities that the fund purchases.Section 3 5 states that proof of a violation of the prohibition set forth in section 2 4 is proof that the violator has breached the actor's fiduciary duty and the public trust. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/19/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 2/7/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 2/10/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 2/13/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 2/17/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 2/21/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 2/23/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing | 3/28/2023 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Postpone Indefinitely | |
| HB23-1100 | Support | Restrict Government Involvement In Immigration Detention | N. Ricks (D) | L. Garcia (D) / S. Jaquez Lewis (D) | J. Gonzales (D) | The United States immigration and customs enforcement, the federal agency responsible for overseeing and implementing policies related to immigration detention, contracts out a portion of its detention capacity to state and local governments. State and local governments may then subcontract with prisons or immigration detention facilities that are owned, managed, or operated by private entities to house or detain individuals for federal civil immigration purposes. Beginning on January 1, 2024, the bill prohibits the state and any local government in the state (governmental entity) from: Entering into an agreement for the detention of individuals in an immigration detention facility that is owned, managed, or operated by a private entity; Selling any government-owned property for the purpose of establishing an immigration detention facility that is or will be owned, managed, or operated by a private entity; Paying any costs related to the sale, purchase, construction, development, ownership, management, or operation of an immigration detention facility that is or will be owned, managed, or operated by a private entity; Receiving any payment related to the detention of individuals in an immigration detention facility that is owned, managed, or operated by a private entity; or Giving financial incentives or benefits to a private entity in connection with the sale, purchase, construction, development, ownership, management, or operation of an immigration detention facility that is or will be owned, managed, or operated by a private entity. The bill specifies that nothing in the bill prohibits a governmental entity from providing heath and safety resources to individuals who are being detained for immigration purposes. The bill also specifies that nothing in the bill prohibits a local government from contracting for health, utility, and sanitation services to immigration detention facilities. In addition, beginning on January 1, 2024, the bill prohibits a governmental entity from entering into or renewing an agreement for payment to house or detain individuals for federal civil immigration purposes (immigration detention agreement). The bill also requires a governmental entity with an existing immigration detention agreement to exercise the termination provision contained in the agreement by a specified date. date, or as soon as possible within the terms of the immigration detention agreement if termination by the specified date is not possible. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/23/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary 2/7/2023 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 2/10/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 2/24/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 2/27/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/1/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary 4/17/2023 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/19/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/20/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/4/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/5/2023 Sent to the Governor | 5/5/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | |
| HB23-1107 | Crime Victim Services Funding | M. Duran (D) | R. Pugliese (R) / B. Gardner (R) | F. Winter (D) | The bill requires the general assembly to annually appropriate, at a minimum, the following amounts for crime victim services, in addition to other statutorily required appropriations: $3 million to the victims and witnesses assistance and law enforcement fund for allocation to judicial districts;$4.5 million to the state victims assistance and law enforcement fund; and$7.5 million to the state domestic violence and sexual assault services fund for domestic violence, sexual assault, or culturally specific programs. The general assembly is permitted to appropriate less than $3 million to the victims and witnesses assistance and law enforcement fund for allocation to judicial districts and instead appropriate that money to the Colorado crime victim services fund or the state victims assistance and law enforcement fund. Under existing law, the Colorado crime victim services fund and the state domestic violence and sexual assault services fund are scheduled for repeal in 2027. The bill continues both funds indefinitely and clarifies that the money in each fund that originated from the federal coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund must comply with the requirements in the federal "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021" and related state law.The bill transfers $3 million from the general fund to the state domestic violence and sexual assault services fund on July 1, 2023. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/23/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary 3/1/2023 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/25/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/25/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/26/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/26/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations 5/2/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/2/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 5/3/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/17/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/17/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/17/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | 5/25/2023 Governor Signed | ||
| HB23-1113 | Support | County Impact Notes By Legislative Council | E. Hamrick (D) | L. Frizell (R) | The bill creates a new county impact note that analyzes the potential impact of a pending bill on a county or a city and county. The legislative council staff will draft county impact notes for up to 20 legislative measures per session, unless more are allowed by the director of research of the legislative council. A county, a city and county, a statewide organization or organizations representing counties or cities and counties, and the department of local affairs are required to cooperate with and provide information for the legislative council staff in preparing county impact notes.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/23/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government | 2/14/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Postpone Indefinitely | |
| HB23-1115 | Support | Repeal Prohibition Local Residential Rent Control | J. Mabrey (D) | E. Velasco (D) / R. Rodriguez (D) | The bill repeals statutory provisions prohibiting counties and municipalities from enacting any ordinance or resolution that would control rent on private residential property or a private residential housing unit (rent control) and sets the following guidelines for the enactment of rent control: Rent control must be uniformly applied among all renters that are similarly situated; Rent control must be uniformly applied among all private residential properties and private residential housing units that are similarly situated; except that: For 15 years from the date on which the first certificate of occupancy was issued, no rent control may be applied; Rent control may be applied to a mobile home or mobile home park regardless of the date the mobile home or mobile home park was built or the date a certificate of occupancy was issued; and No rent control may be applied to housing units provided by nonprofit organizations and regulated by fair market rents published by the United States department of housing and urban development or any other similar federal or state program; and Rent control that limits the amount of an annual rent increase must not impose a limit less than the percentage increase in the consumer price index plus three percentage points plus reasonable increases reflective of the actual costs of substantial renovations. Regardless of the first two of these guidelines, the bill permits a local government to have or adopt an ordinance or regulation that is expressly intended and designed to increase the supply of affordable housing. The bill also makes a conforming amendment. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/23/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 2/15/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 2/21/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 2/24/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 2/27/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/1/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing | 4/25/2023 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Postpone Indefinitely | |
| HB23-1117 | Support | Affidavit Support Eligibility Public Benefits | I. Jodeh (D) | L. Garcia (D) / J. Gonzales (D) | N. Hinrichsen (D) | The bill eliminates the requirement for a person who is lawfully residing in the state, a legal immigrant who is a resident of the state, or an undocumented a documented individual to refrain from executing an affidavit of support for the purpose of sponsoring an undocumented a documented individual while the person is receiving public services or medical assistance. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/24/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services 2/8/2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 2/13/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 2/14/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 2/15/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services 3/16/2023 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 3/21/2023 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 3/23/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/24/2023 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 3/27/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/31/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 4/3/2023 Sent to the Governor 4/3/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 4/11/2023 Governor Signed | |
| HB23-1120 | Monitor | Eviction Protections For Residential Tenants | J. Joseph (D) | D. Ortiz (D) / R. Fields (D) | F. Winter (D) | The bill requires a landlord and residential tenant to participate in mandatory mediation prior to commencing an eviction action if the residential tenant receives supplemental security income, federal social security disability insurance, or cash assistance through the Colorado works program (collectively, "cash assistance"). The landlord and residential tenant do not have to participate in mediation if the residential tenant did not disclose or declined to disclose in writing to the landlord that the residential tenant receives cash assistance, the complainant is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that offers opportunities for mediation to residential tenants, or the complainant is a landlord with 5 or fewer single-family rental homes and no more than 5 total rental units . Failure to comply with mandatory mediation is an affirmative defense. The bill prohibits a law enforcement officer from executing a writ of restitution against a residential tenant for at least 30 days after the entry of judgment if the residential tenant receives cash assistance, except in the case in which a court has ordered a judgment for possession for a substantial violation or in the case of a landlord with 5 or fewer single-family rental homes and no more than 5 total rental units . The bill requires a written rental agreement demand to include a statement that a residential tenant who receives cash assistance has a right to mediation prior to the landlord filing an eviction complaint with the court.The bill requires a written rental agreement to include a statement that current law prohibits source of income discrimination and requires a non-exempt landlord to accept any lawful and verifiable source of money paid directly, indirectly, or on behalf of a person . The bill prohibits a written rental agreement from including a waiver of mandatory mediation or a clause that allows a landlord to recoup any costs associated with mandatory mediation . (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/27/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary 2/14/2023 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/10/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/10/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/12/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/13/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/17/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing 4/25/2023 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Unamended to Appropriations 4/28/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/28/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/5/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/6/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/7/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/17/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/17/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/17/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | |
| HB23-1124 | Support | Funding For Services For Colorado Employment First Participants | M. Lindsay (D) / R. Fields (D) | The bill requires the general assembly to annually appropriate $1.5 million from the general fund to the department of human services for continued employment support and job retention services and to continue to support work-based learning opportunities for Colorado employment first participants.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/30/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services 2/8/2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations | 5/11/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed | |
| HB23-1142 | Monitor | Information Of Person Reporting Child Abuse | R. Pugliese (R) / B. Kirkmeyer (R) | Current law requires reports of known or suspected child abuse or neglect to include the source of the report and the name, address, and occupation of the person making the report whenever possible. The bill requires a report of this information in all circumstances. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/31/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services 3/14/2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 3/17/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments | 5/3/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over to 07/01/2023 - No Amendments | |
| HB23-1160 | Monitor | Colorado TRAILS System Requirements | G. Evans (R) | Before adding a person suspected of child abuse or neglect (person) to the automated child welfare system (system), the bill requires the department of human services (state department) to provide a written notice to the person of the opportunity for a hearing. The person must request a hearing no later than 90 days after the date of the written notice. The bill prohibits the state department from releasing a finding of a person responsible for child abuse or neglect or the state department or a law enforcement entity from releasing information about the person or the allegations against the person to a third party until all administrative appeals are either exhausted or waived. When a hearing is requested, the bill requires an administrative law judge (ALJ) to contact the parties to schedule the hearing no later than 120 days after the date the person requests a hearing. If the ALJ finds that there is sufficient evidence to support the state department's allegations, the bill requires: The state department to enter the substantiated findings against the person into the system for a period of time proportionate to the severity of the findings; and Any law enforcement entity that created a record of the alleged incident of child abuse or neglect to retain the record pursuant to certain restrictions. If the ALJ finds there is insufficient evidence to support the state department's allegations, the bill requires: The ALJ to order the state department to amend the state department's findings accordingly and order that allegation not be entered into the system; and Any law enforcement entity that created a record of the alleged incident of child abuse or neglect to mark the record as unsubstantiated and retain and release the record pursuant to certain restrictions. The bill prohibits a finding from being entered against a person who is less than 13 years of age. The bill authorizes the state department, county departments of human and social services (county departments), and law enforcement entities to retain information concerning unsubstantiated reports of child abuse and neglect in casework files to assist in future risk and safety assessments; except that the state department, county departments, and law enforcement entities shall not release any information contained in any records that are accessible to the public or are used for purposes of employment or background checks in cases determined to be unsubstantiated or false. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 2/1/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services 2/21/2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only 3/14/2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations | 5/11/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed | |
| HB23-1165 | Support | County Authority To Prohibit Firearms Discharge | J. Amabile (D) | K. McCormick (D) / S. Jaquez Lewis (D) | Under existing law, a board of county commissioners (board) may designate unincorporated areas of a county where it is unlawful to discharge firearms (designated area) , except the board may not prohibit discharge of firearms in shooting galleries, on private grounds, or in residences under circumstances that do not endanger persons or property. A designated area must have an average population density of 100 persons or more per square mile. The bill repeals the exception for private property, repeals the minimum population density requirement, and instead requires that the designated area have 30 35 dwellings or more per square mile. A board is not allowed to prohibit discharge of a firearm in a designated area by a peace officer, in an indoor shooting gallery located in a private residence, or at a shooting range , pursuant to a wildlife management activity, or by a person engaged in a lawful hunting activity or livestock management.Under existing law, certain state laws concerning the state's liability for damages done to property by wild animals protected by the game laws of the state do not apply to a designated area. The bill repeals this exception. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 2/2/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 2/8/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 2/13/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily with Amendments - Committee, Floor 2/14/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor 2/15/2023 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 2/16/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/6/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing | 5/4/2023 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Postpone Indefinitely | |
| HB23-1172 | Child Welfare And Juvenile Court Jurisdiction | J. Parenti (D) / S. Jaquez Lewis (D) | The bill provides juvenile courts jurisdiction to enter permanent allocations of parental responsibilities without requiring a full adjudication of a child as dependent or neglected as to each parent in certain circumstances. Current law grants concurrent jurisdiction to district and county courts to order name changes for children or youth who appear in dependency and neglect and foster youth in transition cases. The bill grants juvenile courts the same jurisdiction. The bill eliminates the requirement to give public notice of name changes through publication for a child or youth adjudicated dependent or neglected or subject to a continued adjudication. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 2/6/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services 2/22/2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 2/27/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 2/28/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/2/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary 3/13/2023 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 3/16/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/17/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/31/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 4/3/2023 Sent to the Governor 4/3/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 4/12/2023 Governor Signed | ||
| HB23-1184 | Support | Low-income Housing Property Tax Exemptions | W. Lindstedt (D) | L. Frizell (R) / D. Roberts (D) | Section 1 2 of the bill clarifies and expands the current property tax exemption for property acquired by nonprofit housing providers for low-income housing. The bill clarifies that property may qualify for the property tax exemption, through construction on the property, until the property is sold or transferred. The bill expands the definition of "low-income" applicants to include individuals or families who are at or below 100% of the area median income or, if the property is in a rural resort community, at or below 120% of the area median income, rather than 80% of the area median income. Section 1 of the bill requires applicants for the exemption described in section 2 of the bill to follow the same process and submit the same forms that are required for applicants for similar exemptions.Section 2 3 deems certain property held by community land trusts and nonprofit affordable homeownership developers to be used for a strictly charitable purpose, and to consequently be exempt from property taxation in accordance with the state constitution. To qualify for the exemption, the property must be split into a separate taxable parcel from the improvements on the property and leased to the owner of the improvements as an affordable homeownership property. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 2/8/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 2/28/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Finance 3/6/2023 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 3/30/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 4/3/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/10/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/11/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/12/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 4/25/2023 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations 4/28/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/28/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 5/1/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/17/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/17/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/17/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | 5/25/2023 Governor Signed | |
| HB23-1190 | Support | Affordable Housing Right Of First Refusal | A. Boesenecker (D) | E. Sirota (D) / F. Winter (D) | S. Jaquez Lewis (D) | The bill creates a right of first refusal of a local government to match an acceptable offer for the sale of a residential or mixed-use multifamily property (property). The right to the purchase of the property by the local government is subject to the local government's commitment to using the property as long-term affordable housing. The local government may assign its right of first refusal to the state, to any political subdivisions, or to any housing authority in the state , or to the Colorado housing and finance authority subject to the limitation that the assignee make the same commitment to using the property as long-term affordable housing. The bill requires notices to be given by the seller to local governments and by local governments to the seller and to residents of the property. Upon receiving notice of intent to sell or of a potential sale of property, a local government has 14 business calendar days to preserve its right of first refusal and an additional 90 business 60 calendar days to make an offer and must agree to close on the property within 180 business 120 calendar days of the execution of an agreement for the sale and purchase of the qualifying property. Prior to the sale of the property, the seller is required to execute and record an affidavit in the real property records of the county in which the property is located certifying that the seller has complied with the right of first refusal requirements. The bill allows certain sales of property to be exempt from the right of first refusal and the requirements established by the bill for the right of first refusal. The bill also allows the local government to waive its right of first refusal to purchase a property if the local government elects to disclaim its rights to any proposed transaction or for any duration of time or if there is a third-party buyer interested in purchasing the property with the same commitment to preserving or converting the property for long-term affordable housing and if the third-party buyer enters into an agreement with the local government concerning the third-party buyer's commitment to long-term affordable housing. If the local government, its assignee, or a third-party buyer who has committed to preserving or converting the property for long-term affordable housing has acquired the property and maintained the property for long-term affordable housing for 50 years, the property may be converted to another use if the following conditions are met: Notice is given to residents prior to the conversion; Any displaced residents are provided with compensation for relocation; and The local government, its assignee, or a third-party buyer who has committed to preserving or converting the property for long-term affordable housing guarantees the development or conversion of an equal or greater amount of units within the boundaries of the local government for long-term affordable housing and offers the units first to any residents displaced by the conversion of the property. The bill also provides that the attorney general's office has responsibility to enforce the provisions of the bill and that the attorney general's office, a local government, or a mission-driven organization has standing to bring a civil action for violations of the bill. If a court finds that a seller or a third-party buyer that has entered into an agreement with a local government for the waiver of the local government's right of first refusal has materially violated the law with respect to the provisions of the right of first refusal, the court must award a statutory penalty of not less than $50,000 or an amount equal to 30% of the purchase or listing price of the property, whichever amount is greater. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 2/10/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 2/28/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 3/3/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 3/6/2023 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 3/7/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/9/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing 4/4/2023 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/10/2023 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/12/2023 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/17/2023 - No Amendments 4/21/2023 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/24/2023 - No Amendments 4/25/2023 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 05/01/2023 - No Amendments 5/1/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/6/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/7/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 5/8/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/17/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/17/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/17/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | |
| HB23-1194 | Support | Closed Landfills Remediation Local Governments Grants | B. McLachlan (D) | R. Pugliese (R) / C. Simpson (R) | J. Ginal (D) | The bill creates the closed landfill remediation grant program (grant program) to help eligible local governments pay the costs of environmental remediation efforts and landfill management. The department of public health and environment (department) is required to administer the grant program in accordance with rules promulgated by the solid and hazardous waste commission (commission) in the department. The department, in consultation with a 5-person advisory committee created in the bill, may award grants from money in the closed landfill remediation grant program fund (fund) , which fund is also created in the bill.The commission must evaluate the current and future financial needs of the grant program and make written recommendations to the general assembly regarding funding. Additionally, the department must prepare and post on its public website a report that summarizes the use of all grant money awarded under the grant program in the preceding fiscal year.The grant program is repealed, effective September 1, 2033, subject to sunset review.The bill requires the commission to promulgate rules establishing a process for resolving disputes between local governments and the department. The rules must include the creation of a technical committee consisting of 3 individuals who review disputes and recommend dispute resolutions.The bill requires the department to work with a local government that owns a closed landfill to address compliance issues and attempt to resolve disputed issues in a collaborative manner before implementing certain enforcement mechanisms. While a dispute resolution process is occurring in good faith, the department must cease and desist with ongoing enforcement mechanisms and must not implement new enforcement mechanisms against a local government.The bill requires the commission to promulgate rules concerning the imposition of civil penalties against local governments and to consider certain factors in promulgating the rules.For the 2023-24 state fiscal year, the bill appropriates $15,000,000 from the general fund to the fund for use by the department. Of this amount, $170,702 is reappropriated to the department for the solid waste control program. Of this reappropriated amount, $87,976 is appropriated to the department of law to pay for legal services provided to the department. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 2/13/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 3/29/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/14/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/17/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/17/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/3/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 5/4/2023 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/5/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/5/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations 5/6/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/6/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 5/7/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/12/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/15/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/15/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/19/2023 Signed by Governor | 5/19/2023 Governor Signed | |
| HB23-1202 | Overdose Prevention Center Authorization | E. Epps (D) | J. Willford (D) / K. Priola (D) | J. Gonzales (D) | The bill specifies that a city may authorize the operation of an overdose prevention center within the city's jurisdiction for the purpose of saving the lives of persons at risk of preventable overdoses. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 2/15/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services 3/1/2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 3/6/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 3/9/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 3/10/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor 3/11/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/12/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services 4/20/2023 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed 4/20/2023 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only | 4/26/2023 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Postpone Indefinitely | ||
| HB23-1222 | Monitor | Cases Of Domestic Violence In Municipal Court | M. Duran (D) | M. Weissman (D) / D. Roberts (D) | F. Winter (D) | Beginning January 1, 2024, the bill prohibits the prosecution of an alleged act of domestic violence in municipal courts. The county and district courts retain jurisdiction over such cases requires a municipality that has a municipal ordinance that criminalizes an act of domestic violence to adopt an ordinance establishing: Protections and rights for victims, victim's families, and witnesses; sentencing guidelines; conditions of probation; conditions of release on bond; and guidelines and standards that are consistent with similar provisions for prosecuting an act of domestic violence in district court; and A requirement that the prosecuting attorney who initially meets with the victim after the charges are filed make a reasonable effort to remain as the prosecuting attorney throughout the proceeding. In a case involving an alleged violation of a municipal ordinance that criminalizes an act of domestic violence, the bill requires a municipal court to issue a protection order; report or cause to be reported the alleged violation to the Colorado bureau of investigation (CBI) and enter the information into the Colorado crime information center (CCIC) database and the national crime information center (NCIC) database; and search the CBI, CCIC database, and the NCIC system database to determine if the respondent has a history of domestic violence. The bill states that any case involving an alleged violation of a municipal ordinance that criminalizes an act of domestic violence is a misdemeanor for the purposes of complying with federal law. The bill authorizes any affected person to enforce compliance with the bill by notifying the crime victim services advisory board of any noncompliance. Beginning January 2025 and each year thereafter until January 2029, the bill requires the department of public safety to report during the department's "SMART Act" hearing the total number of reports and inquiries submitted to CBI, the CCIC database, and the NCIC database. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/1/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary 4/18/2023 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/20/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/21/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/25/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary 5/2/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 5/2/2023 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/3/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/12/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/15/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/15/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/25/2023 Governor Signed | |
| HB23-1232 | Support | Extend Housing Toolkit Time Frame | J. McCluskie (D) | I. Jodeh (D) / D. Roberts (D) | Sections 1 and 4 of the bill clarify that money that was transferred from the general fund or the affordable housing and home ownership cash fund to the Colorado heritage communities fund on June 27, 2021, or as soon as was practicable thereafter, must be expended before July 1, 2025. Section 2 clarifies that money that was transferred from the general fund to the housing development grant fund on June 27, 2021, must be expended before July 1, 2025.Section 3 clarifies that the division of housing may award multiple grants to multiple grant recipients for multiple regional navigation campuses in the Denver metropolitan area to respond to and prevent homelessness.Section 5 makes a conforming amendment.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/7/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 3/15/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 3/17/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 3/20/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/22/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing 4/13/2023 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/18/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 4/19/2023 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/20/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/21/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 4/26/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/4/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/5/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/5/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/17/2023 Governor Signed | |
| HB23-1233 | Monitor | Electric Vehicle Charging And Parking Requirements | T. Mauro (D) | A. Valdez (D) / K. Priola (D) | F. Winter (D) | Section 2 of the bill requires the state electrical board (board) to adopt rules requiring compliance, starting January March 1, 2024, with the provisions of the model electric ready and solar ready code that require multifamily buildings to be electric vehicle (EV) capable and EV ready and to have EV supply equipment installed comply with the EV power transfer infrastructure requirements. The board is precluded from adopting rules that prohibit the installation or use of EV charging stations unless the rules address a bona fide safety concern. Current law prohibits a landlord from unreasonably prohibiting the installation of EV charging equipment in the leased premises. This prohibition applies only to residential rental property. Section 3 broadens this prohibition to apply to an assigned or a deeded parking space for the leased premises, to parking spaces accessible to both the tenant and other tenants, and to commercial rental property. Section 3 also requires a landlord to allow an EV or a plug-in hybrid vehicle to park on the premises. Current law prohibits, when a person owns a unit in a common interest community, such as a condominium, the association that manages the community (association) from unreasonably prohibiting the installation of EV charging equipment in the unit. Section 4 broadens this prohibition to apply to assigned or deeded parking spaces for the unit or parking spaces accessible to both the unit owner and other unit owners. Section 4 also requires a common interest community to allow an EV or a plug-in hybrid vehicle to park at the premises. Current law grants a local government the ability to regulate parking, and this regulation includes requiring that buildings meet minimum parking standards. Sections 5, 6, and 7 require the local government, when counting minimum parking spaces, to count: Any parking space that is served by an EV charging station as at least one standard automobile parking space; and Any van-accessible parking space that is wheelchair accessible and served by an EV charging station as at least 2 standard automobile parking spaces. Sections 8 and 9 prohibit local governments from adopting an ordinance or a resolution that prohibits the installation or use of EV charging stations or restricts parking based on a vehicle being a plug-in hybrid vehicle or plug-in electric vehicle unless the ordinance or resolution addresses a bona fide safety concern.Sections 10 and 11 give local governments that have electrical and plumbing codes by reference to state codes the option to not adopt certain energy efficiency codes when their electrical and plumbing codes are automatically updated because the state has updated these codes.Section 10 12 exempts, until 2030, EV charging systems from the levy and collection of property tax. Federal law prohibits the construction of automotive service stations or other commercial establishments for serving motor vehicle users along interstate highway rights-of-way, including rest areas. Due to this prohibition, the state cannot construct EV charging systems along interstate highway rights-of-way, including rest areas, in the state. Section 11 13 specifies that, when the federal law no longer prohibits the construction of EV charging systems along interstate highway rights-of-way, the department of transportation may collaborate with public or private entities to develop projects for the construction of EV charging systems along interstate highway rights-of-way. In addition, the department of transportation may develop these types of projects along state highways. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/8/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment 3/29/2023 House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/3/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/10/2023 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/10/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - No Amendments 4/11/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/14/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy 4/19/2023 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/21/2023 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/24/2023 - No Amendments 4/24/2023 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/28/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/1/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor 5/2/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 5/3/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 5/4/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/17/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/17/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/17/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | 5/23/2023 Governor Signed | |
| HB23-1236 | Amend | Implementation Updates To Behavioral Health Administration | M. Young (D) | J. Amabile (D) / C. Kolker (D) | C. Simpson (R) | The bill transfers certain administrative responsibilities from: The behavioral health administration (BHA) to the department of human services (department); The office of behavioral health (OBH) to the department; OBH to the BHA; and The department to the BHA. The bill repeals OBH as an office in the department. The bill requires the chief information officer of the office of information technology to invite the commissioner of the BHA to select a member to represent the BHA on the government data advisory board. The bill adds the commissioner of the BHA to the health equity commission. The bill states that the BHA is a health oversight agency charged with overseeing the behavioral health-care system in Colorado and discharging the BHA's duties. The bill authorizes the BHA to seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations for the purpose of administering any behavioral health program and service. The bill requires a behavioral health safety net provider to include services that address the necessary language and cultural barriers to serve communities of color and other underserved populations. Current law requires the department of public health and environment to continue issuing and renewing behavioral health entity licenses until June 30, 2023. The bill extends the date to September 30, 2023.The bill requires the statewide behavioral health safety net system to include services for adults who have a serious mental illness and children and youth who have a serious emotional disturbance.The bill authorizes the BHA to revoke or refuse to renew a behavioral health entity's license if the owner, manager, or administrator of the entity has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving conduct that the BHA determines could pose a risk to the health, safety, or welfare of the entity's consumers.The bill requires the BHA to include in the contract for designated behavioral health administrative services organizations (BHASO) a requirement that the BHASO perform appropriate fiscal management and quality oversight of providers in its network. Current law requires the BHA to create one regional subcommittee of the advisory council for each behavioral health administrative services organization region. The bill requires the BHA to create a regional subcommittee structure of the advisory council that is not limited by the behavioral health administrative services organization region as part of the BHASO to promote local community input pertaining to behavioral health service needs. The bill adds certain members to the regional subcommittee.The bill requires the BHA to serve as the central organizing structure and responsible entity for jail-based behavioral health services.For state fiscal year 2023-24, the bill requires the BHA to safeguard partnerships between community-based behavioral health providers and rural hospitals by allocating money to community-based behavioral health providers. To implement the care navigation program, the bill requires the BHA to provide, directly or through contract, care navigation services and align the care navigation services with the care coordination infrastructure. The bill continuously appropriates money to the 988 crisis hotline cash fund. Current law specifies the rights of a person detained by a certified peace officer or emergency medical services provider and transported to an outpatient mental health facility or facility designated by the commissioner of the BHA. The bill expands the rights to any person detained whether or not the person is transported to an outpatient mental health facility or facility designated by the commissioner of the BHA. Current law states the BHA is responsible for licensing mental health residential facilities on and after July 1, 2023. The bill extends the date to October 1, 2023.The bill extends the date that behavioral health entities can legally operate without a license from July 1, 2024, to October 1, 2024. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/8/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services 3/28/2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 3/31/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/10/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/11/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/12/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services 4/26/2023 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/1/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/2/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/2/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 5/2/2023 Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments 5/4/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/11/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/12/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/12/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/16/2023 Signed by Governor | 5/16/2023 Governor Signed | |
| HB23-1244 | Monitor | Regional Health Connector Program | C. deGruy Kennedy (D) | E. Velasco (D) / K. Priola (D) | The bill moves the regional health connector program (program) from the university of Colorado school of medicine to the prevention services division (division) in the department of public health and environment (department) . The bill requires the division to administer the program and requires the department to contract with a third-party entity to coordinate and oversee the program. The contracted entity is required to distribute money to each locally based host organization, which hires and supports a regional health connector to engage in program activities. The bill annually appropriates $1.5 million to the division for the program. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/13/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services 3/28/2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/14/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/14/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/15/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/17/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services 4/26/2023 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations 5/1/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/1/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor 5/2/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/3/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 5/4/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/22/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/22/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/22/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | |
| HB23-1249 | Oppose | Reduce Justice-involvement For Young Children | R. Armagost (R) | S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) / C. Simpson (R) | J. Coleman (D) | Under current law, counties are permitted to form a local collaborative management program to provide services to youth. The bill requires every county to participate in a local collaborative management program and requires the local collaborative management program to serve children 10 to 12 years of age and to form a service and support team to create service and support plans for children 10 to 12 years of age. The bill provides an appropriation for local collaborative management programs and requires the department of human services to provide technical assistance to the programs. The bill changes the minimum age of a child who is subject to the juvenile court's jurisdiction. Under current law, children who are 10 years of age or older can be prosecuted in juvenile court. The bill removes children who are 10 to 12 years of age from the juvenile court's jurisdiction and increases the age for prosecution in juvenile court to 13 years of age, except in the case of a homicide, then the juvenile court's jurisdiction extends to children who are 10 to 12 years of age. The bill clarifies that children who are 10 to12 years of age may be taken into temporary custody by law enforcement for safety. The bill provides that when children who are 10 to 12 years of age have contact with law enforcement, law enforcement will complete a form to refer the child to the local collaborative management program. The local collaborative management program's individualized service and support team is required to complete an initial plan for every child who is referred, which may find that no services are needed, that one or more specific services are needed and can be provided without an individualized service and support team meeting, or that an individualized service and support team meeting is required to develop a service and support plan for the child and family. Victims have the right to be informed and provide input to the plan. Reasonable effort must be made to contact the victim, and the victim must be provided with any applicable information in a timely manner. The individualized service and support team is required to hold a meeting and develop an individualized service and support plan for every child who is 10 to 12 years of age who allegedly engaged in behavior that would constitute a crime of violence or felony sex offense. The county department of human or social services is required to attend the meeting if the behavior would constitute a felony sex offense. The county department of human or social services is required to make a determination as to whether the department of human services will provide prevention and intervention services or conduct a formal assessment, investigate, provide services, or open a case. If law enforcement notifies the individualized service and support team that there is probably cause to believe that a child who is 10-12 years of age committed an act that would constitute a felony sexual assault or felony unlawful sexual contact if committed by an adult and the child used force, intimidation, or threat in conducting the act, the individualized service and support team must refer the child for an evaluation by a treatment provider who specializes in children who display problematic sexual behavior. The bill clarifies that victims of actions by children who are 10 to 12 years of age are still able to access existing victim services and compensation. The bill provides that victims shall receive a free copy of the form completed by law enforcement, which can be used to request victim's compensation. The bill provides that victims must be informed of available services, including assistance with filing a civil protection order. The bill provides that a minor child, or a parent or guardian seeking relief on behalf of a minor child, shall not pay a fee to seek a protection order. Courts that issue protection orders shall provide assistance to individuals in completing judicial forms to obtain a protection order. The bill changes the minimum age that a person can be held in custody for contempt of court for failing to comply with a protection order to a person who is 13 years of age. A child who is 10 to 12 years of age who fails to comply with a protection order may be court ordered to participate in a collaborative management program. The bill changes the minimum age of a county court's concurrent original jurisdiction with the district court in criminal actions that constitute misdemeanors or petty offenses to 13 years of age. The bill changes the minimum age to be charged by a municipal court for a municipal offense to 13 years of age. Under current law, a juvenile court may transfer a child to district court for adult criminal proceedings under certain conditions. The bill eliminates the ability for the juvenile court to transfer children who are 12 or 13 years of age to the district court. For a child who is 14 years of age or older, the bill changes the current authority of the juvenile court to transfer the child's case for any delinquent act that constitutes any felony to only any delinquent act that constitutes a class 1 or class 2 felony or a crime of violence. The bill extends certain sentencing protections that are currently provided to children who are 10 or 11 years of age to children who are 13 or 14 years of age. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/20/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary 4/5/2023 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/14/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/15/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/17/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/24/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary 4/26/2023 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations 4/28/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/1/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily with Amendments - Floor 5/2/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over with Amendments to 05/02/2023 - Floor 5/3/2023 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/6/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 5/8/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/8/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/17/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/17/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/17/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | |
| HB23-1253 | Task Force To Study Corporate Housing Ownership | S. Sharbini (D) | M. Lindsay (D) / N. Hinrichsen (D) | The bill creates the task force on corporate housing ownership (task force) in the division of housing state demography office in the department of local affairs and directs the task force to: examine data concerning home sales and home ownership in Colorado, including a quantification of: The total number of home sales that have occurred in Colorado since January 1, 2008, within certain sales price ranges;The total number of such home sales that resulted in the home being owned entirely or partially by a corporation;The total number of homes in each zip code of the state that are owned entirely or partially by a corporation; andThe total number of homes in the state that are owned entirely or partially by a corporation and are unoccupied. Examine housing ownership by corporate entities and residential real estate transactions by corporate entities in Colorado since January 1, 2008, including purchases resulting from foreclosures; Determine a methodology by which to examine the impacts of corporate acquisition and ownership of residential property, with a focus on single-family homes, condominiums, and townhomes; Gather and analyze data, reports, and public records related to corporate ownership of housing; Make legislative recommendations to mitigate any negative impacts related to corporate ownership of housing that are identified by the task force; and Report to legislative committees certain information concerning the impacts of corporate ownership of housing. The task force must report its findings to the legislative committees of reference with jurisdiction over housing matters by October 1, 2025. The report must include legislative recommendations to address the issue of corporate ownership of housing in Colorado, including recommendations regarding the potential creation of a fee to be imposed upon corporations that own significant numbers of homes in Colorado, which fee could be used to fund a grant program to award grants to programs and organizations that address housing issues in Colorado. The task force is repealed, effective September 1, 2027. For the 2023-24 state fiscal year, the bill appropriates from the general fund: $122,549 to the department of local affairs for use by the state demography office; and $1,416 to the legislative department for use by the general assembly. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/20/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 4/5/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/25/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/27/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/1/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/2/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/2/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing 5/4/2023 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Unamended to Appropriations 5/5/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor 5/5/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/6/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/7/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/17/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/17/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/17/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | ||
| HB23-1255 | Monitor | Regulating Local Housing Growth Restrictions | W. Lindstedt (D) | R. Dickson (D) / J. Gonzales (D) | Currently, several local governments governmental entities have laws restricting the growth of residential housing. The bill declares that the state has an interest in encouraging housing growth statewide, preempts any existing local governmental entity housing growth restriction, and forbids the enactment or enforcement of any future local housing growth restriction, unless the local government governmental entity has experienced a disaster emergency, has developed or amended land use plans or land use laws covering residential development or the residential component of a mixed-use development, or is extending or acquiring public infrastructure, public services, or water resources. A governmental entity that has experienced a disaster emergency, has developed or amended land use plans or land use laws covering residential development or the residential component of a mixed-use development, or is extending or acquiring public infrastructure, public services, or water resources may implement a growth-cap for up to 24 months in a 5-year period. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/24/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 4/5/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/11/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/21/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/24/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/25/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing 5/2/2023 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/3/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 5/4/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/5/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 5/7/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/11/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/12/2023 Sent to the Governor | 5/12/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | |
| HB23-1257 | Mobile Home Park Water Quality | E. Velasco (D) | A. Boesenecker (D) / L. Cutter (D) | K. Priola (D) | The bill creates a water testing program for mobile home parks (parks). The testing program is developed and administered by the water quality control division (division) in the department of public health and environment (department). The bill also sets testing prioritization criteria and testing standards. If the testing reveals a water quality issue, the division will notify the following and include information about the test results, recommended actions, remediation, and the grant program established in the bill: The park owner; The county department of health or municipality where the park is located; The division of housing in the department of local affairs; The water supplier; and The environmental justice ombudsperson (ombudsperson). Upon receiving the notice, the park owner must: Notify the park residents; Comply with orders of the division; Not impose the cost of compliance on park residents; Within 90 120 days after receiving the notice, prepare and submit to the division a remediation plan; Complete the remediation plan based on a schedule approved by the division; and Consult with the division and provide an alternative water supply a reasonable and sufficient amount of accessible drinking water or department-approved filters. The division will coordinate with the division of housing in the department of local affairs to identify potential money, including grant money from the grant program created in the bill, to support park water quality remediation. The division will develop an action plan to address and improve water quality in parks. Standards are established for the action plan including environmental justice principles, and the development of the action plan. The bill creates a grant program to help park owners, nonprofit entities, and local governments address water quality issues. The division will implement and administer the grant program. The general assembly will annually appropriate money to the department to fund the grant program. The bill is enforced by the division, which may issue cease-and-desist orders, and the attorney general.A violation of the bill is a violation of the "Colorado Consumer Protection Act", and The bill further establishes that: If a park owner fails to develop a remediation plan or implement the remediation plan, the park will be declared a class 3 public nuisance, and the park owner must forfeit the park; The division may impose a civil penalty of up to $10,000 plus an additional $5,000 per full calendar month the violation continues; A park owner that fails to register under the "Mobile Home Park Act Dispute Resolution and Enforcement Program" violates the "Colorado Consumer Protection Act"; and Retaliation against a tenant for making a complaint is prohibited; and A person may bring a civil action under the "Mobile Home Park Act". A park that has been forfeited because it is a class 3 public nuisance becomes the property of the county where the park is located, and the county will continue to operate the park to provide affordable housing for no fewer than 100 years. Penalties imposed under the "Colorado Consumer Protection Act" are deposited in a fund to be used to provide grants through the grant program and for the division to administer and enforce the bill. The ombudsperson is given the duty to represent park residents in matters of water quality. The bill adds water quality issues to the database created by the "Mobile Home Park Act Dispute Resolution and Enforcement Program", which tracks complaints filed against parks. To implement the act, $3,611,859 is appropriated from the general fund to the mobile home park water quality fund. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/26/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 4/12/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Finance 4/17/2023 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations 4/25/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/26/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/27/2023 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/29/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/1/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 5/4/2023 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 5/5/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/5/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 5/6/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/7/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/22/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/22/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/22/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | ||
| HB23-1259 | Open Meetings Law Executive Session Violations | L. Daugherty (D) | G. Evans (R) / R. Zenzinger (D) | C. Simpson (R) | The bill creates a right for a local public body to cure a violation of the open meetings law with respect to an executive session if the local public body takes the corrective action at its next meeting after the meeting at which the violation occurred or at the local public body's next meeting that is held at least 14 days after receiving notice by a person who intends to challenge the violation. The bill requires that, in order to have standing, a person who intends to challenge a violation of the open meetings law by a local public body in connection with an executive session must first provide notice to the secretary or clerk of the local public body and the parties must meet or communicate before the next meeting of the local public body to determine if the challenge can be resolved without filing with the court. If the local public body cures the violation, a person does not have standing to challenge the violation. However, if a local public body in connection with an executive session commits a third violation the same nature within a one-year period, the local public does not have a right to cure the violation. Under current law, if the court finds a violation of the open meetings law, a prevailing citizen is entitled to costs and reasonable attorney fees. If the court does not find a violation, the prevailing party may recover costs and reasonable attorney fees if the court finds that the action was frivolous, vexatious, or groundless. The bill provides that for certain challenges by a pro se plaintiff that are brought in connection with provisions governing executive sessions in the open meetings law, the pro se plaintiff is not entitled to an award of costs or attorney fees. The bill also creates an additional allowance in connection with a challenge filed that concerns an action by a local public body for an executive session to allow a local public body to recover costs and reasonable attorney fees if the court determines the person filing the challenge has not complied with the notice requirements or that the local public body has cured the violation. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/26/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs 4/10/2023 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/12/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/13/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/14/2023 House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 4/24/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs 4/27/2023 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/1/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/2/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/3/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 5/4/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/17/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/17/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/17/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | ||
| HB23-1269 | Support | Extended Stay And Boarding Patients | D. Michaelson Jenet (D) | S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) / J. Bridges (D) | B. Gardner (R) | The bill requires the department of health care policy and financing to analyze how directed payment authority can be used as part of a comprehensive plan to facilitate an adequate network of services for children and youth by requiring each managed care entity to pay no less than state department-established fee schedule rates for services needed to promote clinical stabilization. The bill creates the high-acuity treatment and services cash fund (cash fund). The bill authorizes the department of human services (CDHS) to retain any unspent money appropriated in fiscal year 2022-23 and 2023-24 from the general fund to counties during the initial allocations for the administration of child welfare services, core services, or child welfare staffing. On June 30, 2023, and June 30, 2024, the bill requires the state treasurer to transfer any money retained to the cash fund. The bill requires CDHS to expend money from the cash fund to provide additional resources to licensed providers to help remove barriers that providers face in serving children and youth whose behavioral or mental health needs require services and treatment that exceed capacity of the established daily rates. The cash fund repeals July 1, 2025. No later than July 1, 2023, the bill requires CDHS to form a working group to make recommendations about developing an incentive funding pool pilot program to incentivize residential treatment providers to accept and treat children and youth who have high-acuity behavioral health needs to appropriate treatment and placement. The bill requires the behavioral health administration (BHA) to develop a framework to measure and assess how the behavioral health system for children and youth is functioning, which framework consult with a working group to help develop the performance monitoring system framework that addresses the minimum performance standards for treatment of children and youth, which must include measures of accountability for children and youth who are boarding or in extended stay . Beginning September 1, 2023, and each quarter thereafter until October 1, 2024, the bill requires each hospital to report de-identified information to the BHA on the total number of children and youth patients who were boarding or had extended stay in the previous quarter; if known, how many children and youth who were boarding or had extended stay and were in county custody at the time; and, for patients who were discharged during the quarter, where the patients were discharged to. Beginning September 1, 2023, and each quarter thereafter until October 1, 2024, the bill requires CDHS to report de-identified information to the BHA on the total number of children and youth in the custody of, or who had involvement with, a county department of human or social services who spent time at least overnight in a hotel or a county department office as a stopgap setting. or remained in detention when the child or youth could have been released but no placement was available . No later than September 1, 2023, and each quarter thereafter until October 1, 2024, the bill requires the BHA to report aggregated and de-identified information submitted to the BHA to the BHA advisory council and to the child and youth mental health service standards advisory board working group . The bill requires CDHS to develop a capacity plan for whenever a residential treatment facility for children and youth closes or has a substantial change in operation. to support children and youth treatment capacity elsewhere in a manner that most appropriately serves the behavioral health needs of the child or youth .The bill appropriates $5,900,000 from the cash fund to CDHS for use by the division of child welfare for high-acuity treatment services. Any money remaining from the appropriation prior to July 1, 2024, is further appropriated to CDHS for fiscal year 2024-25. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/29/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services 4/11/2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/21/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/21/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/24/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/25/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services 5/3/2023 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations 5/4/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/4/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 5/5/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/17/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/17/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/17/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | |
| HB23-1285 | Store Use Of Carryout Bags And Sustainable Products | A. Valdez (D) / K. Priola (D) | L. Cutter (D) | Currently, a store is required to collect a fee for each carryout bag the store provides to a customer. The store must remit a portion of that fee to the municipality or county (local government) in which the store is located. When the local government has not established a process to accept the remitted fees, the bill requires the store to retain and use the portion of the fee that would otherwise be remitted to a local government to purchase recycled paper carryout bags, 100% recycled cups, or compostable food containers.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 4/5/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance 4/13/2023 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 4/14/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor 4/15/2023 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/17/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/24/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 5/2/2023 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/3/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor 5/4/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/5/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 5/7/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/17/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/17/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/17/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | ||
| HB23-1287 | Support | County Regulation Related To Short-term Rentals | J. McCluskie (D) | M. Lukens (D) / D. Roberts (D) | P. Will (R) | A board of county commissioners is currently authorized to license and regulate an owner or owner's agent of a lodging unit that is rented or advertised for short-term stays, and "owner's agent" expressly excludes an internet hospitality service. The bill modifies this regulatory authority by clarifying that it applies to lodging units that are available for short-term rentals, which are rentals for less than 30 days, and by excluding a hotel unit from the scope of the authority. The bill also changes "internet hospitality service" to "vacation rental service" (service), defines the term, and provides separate authority for a board of county commissioners to regulate a service. This authority, however, is limited to requiring: An owner or owner's agent to include a rental license or permit number, if applicable, in any listing for a lodging unit on the service's website or other digital platform; and The service to remove a listing from the service's website or other digital platform, if properly notified by a county that the owner of the listed lodging unit has had a local short-term rental license or permit suspended or revoked or has been issued a notice of violation or similar legal process for not possessing a valid local short-term rental license or permit or that the county has a prohibition on short-term rentals that applies to the lodging unit. The service has 7 days from receiving the county notification to remove the listing. To facilitate a service's ability to comply with a county ordinance, a county, upon request of the owner of a hotel unit that is located in a building with one or more lodging units or a vacation rental service on which the hotel unit is listed, is required to provide written verification that the hotel unit is exempt from the ordinance because it is not a lodging unit. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 4/5/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 4/11/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/14/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/15/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/18/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing 5/2/2023 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/3/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 5/4/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/12/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/15/2023 Sent to the Governor | 5/15/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | |
| HB23-1294 | Pollution Protection Measures | J. Bacon (D) | J. Willford (D) / F. Winter (D) | J. Gonzales (D) | Section 2 of the bill removes the requirement that the air quality control commission (AQCC) promulgate rules setting the conditions and limitations for periods of start-up, shutdown, or malfunction of a source of air pollution (source) that justify temporary relief from an emission control regulation creates the legislative interim committee on ozone air quality (committee) to study ozone air quality in the state. The committee consists of six members of the senate and six members of the house of representatives. The committee may meet up to six times during the 2023 interim and may introduce up to a total of five bills.Current law provides that a person shall not permit the emission of air pollutants at a nonresidential structure unless an air pollution emission notice has been filed with the division of administration in the department of public health and environment (division). Section 5 adds the requirements that any: Relevant permits have been approved by the division; andApplicable period of review by the federal environmental protection agency has been completed. Section 6 removes the prohibition against the AQCC adopting rules covering indirect sources that are more stringent than applicable federal law.Section 6 also requires the division, in evaluating a construction permit application for a source that includes new oil and gas operations, to:Aggregate emissions from a proposed or modified oil and gas system; andConsider emissions from exploration and preproduction activities if a proposed or modified oil and gas system is in an ozone nonattainment area and if the activities will be conducted beginning May 1 and ending August 31 of any year (ozone season). Section 8 clarifies that only the filing of a renewable operating permit application can operate as a defense to an enforcement action for operating without a permit during the time period that the division or the AQCC is reviewing the permit application.Current law requires the division or the AQCC to give public notice of certain construction permit applications or renewable operating permit applications and of certain public hearings through a newspaper publication or another method that ensures effective public notice. Current law also requires the division to maintain a copy of a construction permit application and applicable preliminary analysis or a notice of public hearing with the county clerk and recorder of the county where the applicable project is located. Section 8 also removes the newspaper publication option and the county clerk and recorder filing requirements and provides for alternative methods of giving public notice, including posting information about the application or any public hearings on the division's or the AQCC's website.Current law requires the division or AQCC to make a finding that a source or activity will meet all applicable emission control regulations, including ambient air quality standards (AAQS), before granting a permit for the source or activity. Section 8 also requires that, beginning January 1, 2024, for at least any source or activity that has the potential to emit levels of air contaminants above certain modeling thresholds, the division or AQCC must base any finding that the source or activity will not cause or contribute to an exceedance of applicable AAQS on air quality modeling.Section 8 also allows the division, after an investigation into whether an activity meets the requirements of a construction permit, to propose additional terms and conditions of the construction permit. With respect to a complaint alleging or the division's own belief of the division of administration in the department of public health and environment (division) regarding a violation or noncompliance (violation), section 9 section 3 requires the division to: Cause a diligent investigation into the violation to be made unless the complaint clearly appears to be frivolous or trivial or the complainant withdraws the complaint; Notify the owner or operator of the applicable air pollution source of the complaint or the division's belief of an alleged violation within 30 days after the complaint was filed or the division discovered the alleged violation; Respond to a complainant to outline the steps of the complaint investigation within 30 days after receipt of the complaint; If the division is acting in response to a complaint, notify the complainant that an investigation has commenced at the time that the division provides notice to the owner or operator of the air pollution source; and Accept and consider all relevant evidence that it acquires when investigating the alleged violation. andDetermine whether a violation occurred within 90 days after the division gives notice that it has commenced an investigation on the matter. If the division determines that a violation has occurred, current law requires the division to issue a compliance order unless the responsible party gives timely notice that the violation occurred during a period of start-up, shutdown, or malfunction. Section 9 Section 3 removes the exception for periods of start-up, shutdown, or malfunction.Section 9 Section 3 also requires, if a hearing is requested, after the receipt of a compliance order, the air quality control commission to provide at least 45 days' notice to any complainant that submitted a complaint alleging the applicable violation.Section 9 also allows a complainant to submit a request for a hearing within 20 calendar days after receipt of a determination by the division that no violation occurred. Current law provides that any noncompliance that occurs during a period of start-up, shutdown, or malfunction exempts the owner or operator of a source from the duty to pay penalties related to that noncompliance. Section 9 Section 3 removes this provision.Section 9 also allows a person, with respect to certain clean air regulations, to commence a civil action (action) against an alleged violator for a current or past violation of the regulation. A person shall not commence an action until at least 60 days after a notice has been provided to the executive director of the department, the director of the division, and the alleged violator. Except for violations of an ongoing or recurring nature, any action that is not commenced within 5 years after the discovery of the alleged violation is time barred. Current law requires the division to consider certain factors in determining the amount of a civil penalty to assess for a violation. Section 10 Section 4 requires the division to also consider the impact of the violation on safety and wildlife and biological resources and the severity of the violation. Current law provides that any action related to an alleged violation of air quality laws that is not commenced within 5 years after the occurrence of the alleged violation is time barred. Section 11 Section 5 excludes actions commenced to address a failure to obtain a permit from this statute of limitation.Section 12 creates new electrification requirements and emissions standards for stationary engines used in oil and gas operations.Section 13 creates new control measures that must be included in any state implementation plan for ozone adopted by the AQCC until a serious, severe, or extreme ozone nonattainment area in the state is redesignated as a maintenance area by the federal environmental protection agency.Section 15 Section 7 requires the district court, in a suit against a person that has violated a state law, rule, or order related to oil and gas, to award the initial complaining party any costs of litigation incurred by the initial complaining party if the court determines that the award is appropriate. Section 16 Section 8 allows any person to submit a complaint to the oil and gas conservation commission (COGCC) alleging a violation of a state law, rule, or order related to oil and gas. Upon receipt of the complaint, the COGCC or the director of the COGCC is required to promptly commence and complete an investigation into the violation alleged by the complaint, unless the complaint clearly appears on its face to be trivial or the complainant withdraws the complaint.Section 17 requires the COGCC to evaluate and address adverse cumulative impacts on the environment and disproportionately impacted communities for each permit application for a new or substantially modified oil and gas location through a cumulative impact analysis.Section 9 makes an appropriation. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 4/13/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment 4/20/2023 House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/28/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/28/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/29/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/1/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/1/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy 5/5/2023 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations 5/6/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/7/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor 5/8/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/8/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/22/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/22/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/22/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | ||
| HB23-1300 | Support | Continuous Eligibility Medical Coverage | S. Bird (D) | E. Sirota (D) / R. Zenzinger (D) | B. Kirkmeyer (R) | Joint Budget Committee. The bill requires the department of health care policy and financing (state department) to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of extending continuous eligibility medical coverage for eligible children and adults. The state department is required to submit a report detailing its findings and recommendations from the feasibility study to the joint budget committee of the senate and house of representatives, the governor, and to the house of representatives public and behavioral health and human services committee and the senate health and human services committee, or any successor committees, by January 1, 2026. The state department is required to prepare documents seeking federal authorization to provide continuous eligibility medical coverage to eligible adults and children and include the completed federal authorization documents with its report submitted to the joint budget committee of the senate and house of representatives, the governor, and to the house of representatives public and behavioral health and human services committee and the senate health and human services committee, or any successor committees. No later than April 1, 2024, the state department is required to seek federal authorization to extend continuous eligibility coverage for children less than 3 years of age, including children who would be eligible for medical assistance coverage but are not because of their immigration status, and to extend eligibility coverage for 12 months for adults who have been released from a Colorado department of corrections facility, regardless of a change in income. The bill makes an appropriation. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 4/19/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations 4/21/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/21/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/24/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/25/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations 4/28/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/28/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 5/1/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/11/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/12/2023 Sent to the Governor | 5/12/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | |
| HB23-1302 | Housing Accessibility | D. Ortiz (D) | S. Lieder (D) | The bill modifies the accessible housing standards and specifications exception process for housing for which building plans are submitted to a governmental unit on or after July 1, 2023. A governmental unit may only grant exceptions to any particular accessible housing standard or specification when the governmental unit determines that the standard or specification is technically infeasible and would create an undue hardship. The determination must be in writing and must articulate the relevant undue hardship. Similarly, the bill requires that the alteration of walls or defining boundaries in housing that was under construction prior to July 1, 2023, must comply with certain minimum alteration requirements, unless there is a determination of undue hardship by the relevant governmental unit. However, even if a governmental unit makes a determination of undue hardship, the alterations must still comply with the minimum alteration requirements to the maximum extent feasible. The bill establishes that failure to comply with certain standards for accessible housing constitutes discrimination on the basis of a disability jointly and severally by the owner of the relevant property and any construction professionals who participate in the noncompliant construction or alteration of the relevant property. The bill creates a civil action for an individual with a disability subject to a failure or the attorney general. The bill requires that certain new construction projects and alterations provide a certain number of type B dwelling units or type B multistory dwelling units, and in some cases at least one type A dwelling unit or type A multistory dwelling unit, based on the number of dwelling units in the construction project or alteration. The bill prohibits a landlord from refusing a request by an individual with a disability to make modifications, at the individual's own expense, necessary to afford the individual the full enjoyment of the property. The bill requires newly constructed housing to have: At least one building entrance on an accessible route, unless doing so would be an undue hardship; Fire alarms that are accessible to individuals with a disability, so long as the dwelling unit does not require individuals to purchase their own fire alarms; and Emergency exits that are accessible to individuals with a disability. The bill also states that a failure to ensure the following qualifies as discrimination against an individual with a disability: That all mailboxes assigned to dwelling units are fully accessible to any individual with a disability who lives in those dwelling units; and That all signage in dwelling units, including directories and elevator buttons, is accessible to individuals with disabilities. Lastly, the bill authorizes a court to extend: The answer date in an eviction proceeding if the defendant files a written request with the court for a reasonable accommodation pursuant to prohibited unfair housing practices; and The hearing date for a hearing required during a foreclosure proceeding if the borrower files a written request with the court for a reasonable accommodation pursuant to prohibited unfair housing practices.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 4/19/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government | 4/25/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Postpone Indefinitely | ||
| HB23-1304 | Monitor | Proposition 123 Affordable Housing Programs | J. McCluskie (D) | L. Frizell (R) / D. Roberts (D) | T. Exum (D) | At the general election in 2022, voters approved proposition 123, which created new affordable housing programs funded with income tax revenue that the state is permitted to retain and spend as a voter-approved revenue change. 60% of the dedicated revenue is allocated to the affordable housing financing fund (financing fund) for 3 new affordable housing programs. This money is continuously appropriated to the office of economic development (office), which is required to give the money to an administrator selected by the office to administer the programs. 40% of the dedicated revenue is allocated to the affordable housing support fund (support fund), which is continuously appropriated to the division of housing for 3 other affordable housing programs, including the land planning capacity development program. Local governments that seek additional affordable housing funding from these programs must commit to increasing the number of affordable housing units within the local government by 3% annually and expedite development approvals for affordable housing projects (conditions for funding). The funding for the new affordable housing programs is prohibited from supplanting existing state appropriations for affordable housing programs (maintenance of effort requirement). The bill modifies the affordable housing programs by: Allowing tribal governments to participate in the programs, subject to the same conditions for funding; Requiring the division of local government, rather than the division of housing, to administer the land planning capacity development program and continuously appropriating money in the support fund to the division of local government for that purpose; Allowing the office to use a portion of the money in the financing fund for its administrative expenses, without increasing the total amount of money from the fund that may be used for administrative expenses; Clarifying that, for the affordable housing programs administered by the administrator, the area median income and rent levels are designated for each rental unit instead of being recalculated on a monthly basis and that the average area median income calculation does not apply to the modular and factory build manufacturer debt program; Clarifying the description of how money is transferred or allocated; For purposes of the 3% growth obligation that is a condition for funding, specifying that all units from projects funded through certain affordable housing programs are counted towards the obligation and allowing local governments and tribal governments to enter into a written agreement to divvy up the units that result from collaborative agreements; Establishing a process for rural resort communities to petition the division of housing to use different percentages of area median income than those percentages specified for eligibility for certain affordable housing programs funded through the financing fund; Exempting money originally from the federal coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund from the appropriations for fiscal year 2022-23 that are used to determine the state's maintenance of effort requirement; and Requiring the office and the division of housing to provide 3 annual reports to legislative committees about the affordable housing programs.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 4/20/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 4/25/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/26/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/27/2023 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/29/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/1/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing 5/2/2023 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/3/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/4/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/5/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 5/8/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/22/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/22/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/22/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | |
| HB23-1307 | Juvenile Detention Services And Funding | L. Daugherty (D) | M. Soper (R) / C. Simpson (R) | R. Rodriguez (D) | The bill requires the general assembly to appropriate $3,340,119 to the department of human services (department) in each fiscal year for services for youth who are detained or can be placed in lieu of detention. Of the money, the department shall: Allocate $200,000 to judicial districts for services for detained youth and supports for youth moving from detention to treatment or other placements; Use $1,780,137 to incentivize and remove barriers for licensed providers to serve youth who may be placed in community residential facilities or family-like settings in lieu of detention; and Use $1,359,982 of the money for temporary emergency detention beds for juveniles. Existing law limits the number of juvenile detention beds available for juveniles statewide, which are allocated to catchment areas established by the department together with the state court administrator in the judicial department. The beds in each catchment area are allocated to each judicial district in the catchment area. The bill establishes 22 temporary emergency detention beds that may be used, pursuant to a court order, when there are no available judicial detention beds in a catchment area. The department allocates temporary emergency detention beds to each catchment area. The bill sets forth the process for a court to issue an order permitting the use of a temporary emergency detention bed. Temporary emergency detention beds do not count toward the statewide juvenile detention bed limit. If a juvenile detention bed within the judicial district's allocation becomes available, the juvenile utilizing a temporary emergency detention bed shall revert to the nonemergency detention bed. The court is required to immediately appoint , at a juvenile's detention hearing, a guardian ad litem for each detained juvenile. The appointment terminates upon the release of the juvenile from detention unless the court finds a basis for the appointment pursuant to other state law. Under existing law, the working group for criteria for placement of juvenile offenders, known as the CYDC working group, is required to review data collected by the division of youth services every 2 years. The bill requires the CYDC working group to conduct the review annually. The department is required to collect statewide data about: Youth eligible for release from a detention facility without an additional court order if services or placements are available for the youth; The use of temporary emergency detention beds; and Youth released from detention solely because the number of youth detained statewide exceeds the statewide detention bed cap. The department shall annually report the statewide data to the CYDC working group, the house of representatives and senate judiciary committees, the house of representatives public and behavioral health and human services committee, and the senate health and human services committee, or any successor committees. The bill requires the CYDC working group to conduct a study to determine how to identify, who possesses, and the best method to collect and report the data and information concerning youth released from detention because a detention bed was unavailable . (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 4/21/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services 4/25/2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/28/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/29/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/1/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/1/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations 5/3/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/3/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 5/3/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/4/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/22/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/22/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/22/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | ||
| HB23-1308 | Access To Government By Persons With Disabilities | D. Ortiz (D) / J. Danielson (D) | The bill requires state and local public bodies (public bodies), including the general assembly, and political parties to comply with certain accessibility requirements within specified periods. Access to ballot by candidates. The bill requires the general assembly, the secretary of state, and each political party to ensure that the caucus process or any future alternative process by which candidates may access the ballot that is accessible to persons with disabilities remains an option in the state. The bill specifies that the petition process is not a means of ballot access that is accessible to persons with disabilities. In addition, the bill requires that within 6 months of the effective date of the bill, any person, upon request, must be able to participate in a precinct caucus or a party assembly with the use of a video conferencing platform that is accessible to persons with disabilities unless the precinct caucus or party assembly is held in a geographic location that lacks broadband internet service. Auxiliary aids and services for members of the general assembly. The house of representatives and the senate are required to provide auxiliary aids and services to any member of the general assembly upon request of the member for use by the member while the member is in the capitol building or any other building in the capitol complex where legislative business regularly occurs.Video conferencing platforms in court proceedings. Within 5 years of the effective date of the bill, all courts in the state are required to allow a person to appear in court by the use of a video conferencing platform upon request of the person who is required to appear in court; except that the court may make a finding of fact that the person's physical presence in the courtroom is required. The supreme court is required to prescribe rules of procedure to implement the use of a video conferencing platform. The bill includes an exemption for courts that are in a geographic location that lacks broadband internet service.Accessibility of meetings of public bodies. Each public body is required to ensure that the following accessibility requirements are implemented: Within 6 months of the effective date of the bill, any public meeting at which public business is discussed, formal action may be taken, or recommendations to the governing body of the public body may be discussed (meeting) held by a public body is required to be accessible in real time by live streaming video or audio that is recorded and accessible to persons with disabilities; A public body is required to post on its website, within specified periods, any documents that will be distributed during a meeting; Within 6 months of the effective date of the bill, for any meeting of a public body during which public testimony will be heard, the public body is required to allow any person to participate in the meeting and offer public testimony by using a video conferencing platform unless the meeting occurs in a geographic location that lacks broadband internet service; A public body may require that a request for auxiliary aids or services to attend a meeting of the public body with the use of the video conferencing platform be made up to 7 days before the date of the meeting; A public body is required to provide any auxiliary aids or services requested in time for the meeting for which they were requested without an explanation of the need for the auxiliary aids and services. A public body is required to postpone a meeting if it is unable to provide the requested auxiliary aids or services in time for the meeting and is required to document the reason for the additional time required. State capitol building accessibility requirements. Within 4 years of the effective date of the bill, the legislative department, acting through the executive committee of the legislative council, is required to ensure that an audio and way-finding program that allows a person who is blind or visually impaired to independently navigate the state capitol building is implemented and available to any person who works in or visits the capitol building. The failure of any political party or public body to comply with the applicable requirements of the bill constitutes discrimination on the basis of disability. Any person who is subjected to a violation is entitled to seek relief as currently provided in law. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 4/25/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government | 5/2/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Postpone Indefinitely | ||
| SB23-001 | Authority Of Public-private Collaboration Unit For Housing | D. Roberts (D) | R. Zenzinger (D) / S. Bird (D) | M. Lukens (D) | The public-private collaboration unit (unit) in the department of personnel (department) promotes the use of public-private partnerships between state public entities such as departments, agencies, or subdivisions of the executive branch of state government, and private partners as a tool for time and cost-efficient completion of public projects. The bill authorizes the unit to undertake additional functions in connection with public projects that provide housing including: Accepting gifts, grants, and donations, which if monetary, are to be credited to the unused state-owned real property fund (fund); Utilizing proceeds from real estate transactions and revenue from public-private agreements; Acting as an agent on behalf of the department in real estate transactions using real property that upon approval by the governor has been deeded to the department by a state public entity, including for the purchase, transfer, exchange, sale and disposition, and lease of real property; and Establishing a process for using requests for information to solicit public projects. The bill also allows the department and the unit to use money from the fund to facilitate these additional functions by the unit in connection with public projects that provide housing and for the standard operating expenses of the unit. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/9/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing 1/24/2023 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/6/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/6/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/10/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/10/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 4/18/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/25/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 4/25/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/26/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/27/2023 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/3/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/4/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/4/2023 Sent to the Governor | 5/20/2023 Governor Signed | ||
| SB23-002 | Medicaid Reimbursement For Community Health Services | K. Mullica (D) | C. Simpson (R) / J. McCluskie (D) | M. Bradfield (R) | The bill authorizes the department of health care policy and financing (state department) to seek federal authorization from the centers for medicare and medicaid services to provide medicaid reimbursement for community health worker services. The bill requires the state department to hold at least 4 public stakeholder meetings to solicit input on considerations to include in the state department's request for federal authorization. The bill grants the state department the authority to promulgate rules necessary to facilitate reimbursement for community health worker services. The bill requires that on or before January 31, 2026, the state department include a report on how community health workers are being utilized through medicaid in its presentation to the joint budget committee of the general assembly and in its presentation at the "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act" hearing. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/9/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services 3/2/2023 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/6/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/6/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/10/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/10/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services 4/18/2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations 4/21/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 4/24/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 4/25/2023 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/26/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/3/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/4/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/4/2023 Sent to the Governor | 5/10/2023 Governor Signed | ||
| SB23-016 | Amend | Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Measures | C. Hansen (D) / K. McCormick (D) | E. Sirota (D) | Section 1 of the bill requires that, beginning in 2024, each insurance company issued a certificate of authority to transact insurance business that reports more than $100 million on its annual schedule T filing with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) must participate in and complete the NAIC's "Insurer Climate Risk Disclosure Survey" or successor survey or reporting mechanism.Section 2 requires the public employees' retirement association (PERA) board, on or before June 1, 2024, to adopt proxy voting procedures that ensure that the board's voting decisions align with, and are supportive of, the statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction goals updates the powers and duties of the Colorado energy office, including requiring the office to make progress toward eliminating greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution from electricity generation, gas utilities, and transportation; support the implementation of clean heat plans, beneficial electrification, and sustainable land-use measures to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas pollution. Section 3 requires the public employees' retirement association ( PERA ) to include as part of its annual investment stewardship report, which report is posted on the PERA board's website, a description of climate-related investment risks, impacts, and strategies.Section 4 adds wastewater thermal energy equipment to the definition of "pollution control equipment", which equipment may be certified by the division of administration (division) in the department of public health and environment (CDPHE). Similarly, section 5 6 adds wastewater thermal energy to the definition of "clean heat resource", which resource a gas distribution utility includes in its clean heat plan filed with the public utilities commission (PUC) .The air quality control commission (AQCC) is required to establish by rule a fee per ton of GHG based on GHG emissions reported through air pollution emission notices. Section 5 authorizes the fee to be based on other reporting that the commission requires of greenhouse gas-emitting entities regarding emissions.Section 6 7 updates the statewide GHG emission reduction goals to add a 65% reduction goal for 2035, an 80% a 75% reduction goal for 2040, and a 90% reduction goal for 2045 when compared to 2005 GHG pollution levels. Section 6 also increases the 2050 GHG emission reduction goal from 90% of 2005 GHG pollution levels to 100%.Section 7 8 gives the oil and gas conservation commission (COGCC) authority over class VI injection wells used for sequestration of GHG if the governor and COGCC determine, in accordance with a study that the COGCC conducted in 2021, that the state has sufficient resources to ensure the safe and effective regulation of the sequestration of GHG. If the governor and the COGCC determine there are sufficient resources, the COGCC may seek primacy under the federal "Safe Drinking Water Act" and, when granted, may issue and enforce permits for class VI injection wells. The COGCC shall require, as part of its regulation of class VI injection wells, that operators of the wells maintain adequate financial assurance until the COGCC approves the closure of a class VI injection well site.Sections 9 and 10 prohibit a homeowners' association from disallowing the use of a heat pump system on a residential property located within the common interest community governed by the homeowners' association.Section 8 11 establishes a state income tax credit in an amount equal to 30% of the purchase price for new, electric-powered lawn equipment for purchases made in income tax years 2024 through 2026. A seller of new, electric-powered lawn equipment that registers with the department of revenue as a qualified retailer (qualified retailer) and demonstrates that it provided a purchaser a 30% discount from the purchase price of new, electric-powered lawn equipment may claim the tax credit. The tax credit is refundable. Section 14 authorizes the department of revenue to provide advance payments of the income tax credit to qualified retailers .Current law requires an electric retail utility (utility) to offer a net metering credit as the means of purchasing output from a community solar garden (CSG) located within the utility's service territory and establishes the means of calculating the net metering credit. Section 9 maintains that calculation if the CSG indicates to the utility that the CSG's subscribers' bill credits change annually. If the CSG indicates to the utility that the CSG's subscribers' bill credits remain fixed, however, section 9 provides a different calculation for determining the net metering credit.Sections 12 and 13 extend a $5,000,000 appropriation made to the division of local government in the department of local affairs in state fiscal year 2020-21 for use for the renewable and clean energy initiative program to allow the division to use the appropriation until it is fully expended.Section 16 requires the PUC, when reviewing an electric utility's plan for the construction or expansion of transmission facilities, to consider the need for expanded transmission capacity in the state, including the ability to expand capacity through construction of new transmission lines, improvements to existing lines, or connections to an organized wholesale market. Section 17 increases the reserve margin for the Colorado electric transmission authority from 15% to 50%.Section 18 requires retail electric utilities to provide timely service to customers seeking interconnection of the customer's retail distributed generation resource to the utility's grid and requires the PUC to establish, as part of its interconnection rules, timelines for timely interconnection. The PUC, after a hearing on a complaint regarding an alleged violation of the requirements for timely interconnection of a customer's retail distributed generation resource, may fine a retail electric utility up to $2,000 per day for each day that the PUC determines that the violation continued. A retail electric utility may recover its prudently incurred costs to facilitate timely interconnection, including the costs of equipment needed for future upgrades for interconnection. Section 15 defines terms related to interconnection.Section 19 raises the maximum fee that the PUC may assess against a utility for a violation of the "Public Utilities Law" from $2,000 for each offense to $20,000 per offense for each day that the offense continues. Section 19 also establishes factors that the PUC is required to consider in assessing a penalty against a utility, including the size of the utility, the utility's previous history of any similar violations, remedial measures, and any factors that may mitigate the harm to the utility's customers.A gas distribution utility in the state is required to comply with clean heat targets by demonstrating the use of clean heat resources. Recovered methane, including biomethane, that meets a documented set of procedures and requirements that the AQCC establishes, is such a clean heat resource. Section 20 amends the definition of "biomethane" to include operations for dairy cows, beef cattle, poultry, swine, or sheep and the definition of "recovered methane protocol" to include a protocol that the AQCC adopts to include the use of manure from beef cattle operations.Sections 10 through 12 21 and 22 incorporate projects to renovate or recondition existing utility transmission lines into the "Colorado Electric Transmission Authority Act", allowing the Colorado electric transmission authority (authority) to finance and renovate, rebuild, or recondition existing transmission lines in order to update and optimize the transmission lines. Section 23 requires the authority to study the need for expanded transmission capacity, including the ability to expand capacity through construction of new transmission lines, improvements to existing lines, or connections to an organized wholesale market. The authority is required to present an initial report of its study to the PUC on or before September 1, 2024, and a final report to the joint committee of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over energy matters on or before January 31, 2025.Section 13 24 requires a local government to expedite , as practicable, its review of a land use application that proposes a project to renovate, rebuild, or recondition existing transmission lines.Section 14 25 makes a conforming amendment regarding the updated statewide GHG emission reduction goals set forth in section 6 7 . (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/10/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy 1/25/2023 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Finance 2/21/2023 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/6/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/11/2023 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/13/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/14/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/17/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment 4/20/2023 House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Finance 4/24/2023 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/26/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/26/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/27/2023 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/29/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/3/2023 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 5/4/2023 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee 5/6/2023 First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments 5/7/2023 First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments 5/8/2023 Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass 5/8/2023 House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass 5/9/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/10/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/10/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/11/2023 Governor Signed | |
| SB23-039 | Amend | Reduce Child And Incarcerated Parent Separation | J. Buckner (D) / J. Amabile (D) | The bill requires the department of human services to promulgate rules that facilitate communication and family time between children and their parents who are incarcerated. The bill requires the court and the prison or jail where the parent is incarcerated to facilitate the parent's attendance and participation in proceedings for the parent's dependency and neglect case. Under current law, after an order of adjudication in a dependency and neglect case, the court holds a dispositional hearing. The bill requires, except in instances when the proposed disposition is termination of the parent-child legal relationship, if a child's parent is incarcerated, that the court approve a treatment plan for the parent that specifies how the parent may participate in future meetings and hearings, including services and treatments available to the parent at the prison or jail, and opportunities for meaningful, in-person family time at the prison unless the family time does not serve the best interests of the child. Under current law, the court may terminate the parent-child legal relationship based on statutorily created circumstances. The bill eliminates the parent's incarceration and related conditions as a basis for terminating the parent-child relationship. Under current law, if the court finds that there is not a substantial probability that the child will be returned to a parent or legal guardian within 6 months and the child satisfies criteria for adoption, the court may require the county department of human services to show cause why it should not file a motion to terminate the parent-child legal relationship. The bill states that such cause may exist if the parent is incarcerated, detained by the United States department of homeland security, or deported, and if the parent has maintained a meaningful and safe relationship with the child while incarcerated, detained, or deported. The bill requires the department of corrections to create and submit an annual report to the judiciary committees of the senate and house of representatives concerning parents who are incarcerated, and make the report publically available. The bill requires the department of corrections to develop opportunities and promulgate policies to facilitate continued relationships between children and their parents who are incarcerated. The bill requires the department of corrections to designate a family services coordinator, who is responsible for duties related to children and their parents who are incarcerated. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/12/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary 2/13/2023 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations 3/17/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 3/21/2023 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 3/23/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 3/24/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 3/26/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services 4/5/2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations 4/18/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/19/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/20/2023 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/21/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/24/2023 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/4/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/5/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/5/2023 Sent to the Governor | 5/15/2023 Governor Signed | |
| SB23-042 | Monitor | Tax Lien Sales County Employees | J. Rich (R) | C. Kolker (D) / R. Taggart (R) | Current law prohibits a county employee from purchasing a tax lien or property for which a tax lien is sold. The bill narrows the prohibition to apply to a county employee only if the employee participates in the tax lien sales process by preparing, conducting, or executing a sale of lands and town lots. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/12/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance | 2/7/2023 Senate Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely | |
| SB23-053 | Restrict Governmental Nondisclosure Agreements | B. Kirkmeyer (R) | R. Rodriguez (D) / S. Woodrow (D) | G. Evans (R) | The bill prohibits the state, counties, cities and counties, municipalities, school districts, and any of their departments, institutions, or agencies from making it a condition of employment that an applicant for employment or current or past employee or a prospective employee (employee) executes a contract or other form of agreement that prohibits, prevents, or otherwise restricts the employee or prospective employee from disclosing factual circumstances concerning the individual's employee's employment with the government (nondisclosure agreement) unless the nondisclosure agreement is necessary to prevent disclosure of: The employee's identity, facts that might lead to the discovery of the employee's identity, or factual circumstances relating to the employment that reasonably implicate legitimate privacy interests held by the employee who is a party to the agreement if the employee elects to restrict such disclosure ; orMatters required to be kept confidential by federal law or rules, the state constitution, or state statute, or matters bearing on the specialized details of security arrangements or investigations.Data, information, including personal identifying information, or matters that are required to be kept confidential by federal law or regulations, the state constitution, or state law or rules;Trade secrets or other confidential or sensitive information provided to or made accessible to the employee by a contractor or prospective contractor of the employee's employer during the procurement process or while the contractor is providing goods or services to the employee's employer if the protection of such information is needed to ensure successful procurement or provision of the goods or services; orInformation bearing on the specialized details of security arrangements or investigations. For an employer that is the state or a department, institution, or agency of the state, a nondisclosure agreement is also allowed if it is necessary to prevent disclosure of: Nonpublic and confidential labor relations positions and strategies; Attorney work product; Vendor lists and vendor preferences; or State business-related information received from a third party that the third party has designated confidential. For an employer that is a county, a city and county, a municipality, or a department, institution, or agency of a county, a city and county, or a municipality, a nondisclosure agreement is also allowed if it is necessary to prevent disclosure of:Trade secrets or other confidential or sensitive information provided to or made accessible to the employee by an employer's current or prospective customer, contractor, lessee, lessor, business partner, or affiliate; or Trade secrets or other confidential or sensitive information provided to or made accessible to the employee by a purchaser or seller of property that is engaged in negotiations or under contract with the employer. The bill prohibits nondisclosure agreements that prohibit employees of the state, counties, city and counties, municipalities, school districts, or any of their departments, institutions, or agencies from disclosing factual circumstances concerning their employment. To the extent that an employer includes any such provision in any employment contract or agreement, the provision is deemed to be against public policy and unenforceable against a current or former an employee who is a party to the contract or agreement unless the provision is intended to prevent disclosure of: The employee's identity, facts that might lead to the discovery of the employee's identity , or factual circumstances implicating relating to the employment that reasonably implicate the employee's legitimate privacy interests if the employee elects to restrict such disclosure ; matters required to be kept confidential by federal law or rules, the state constitution, or state statute, or matters bearing on the specialized details of security arrangements or investigations.Data, information, including personal identifying information, or matters that are required to be kept confidential by federal law or regulations, the state constitution, or state law or rules;Trade secrets or other confidential or sensitive information provided to or made accessible to the employee by a contractor or prospective contractor of the employee's employer during the procurement process or while the contractor is providing goods or services to the employee's employer if the protection of such information is needed to ensure successful procurement or provision of the goods or services; or Information bearing on the specialized details of security arrangements or investigations. The bill prohibits the state, counties, city and counties, municipalities, and school districts, or any of their departments, institutions, or agencies from taking any retaliatory materially adverse employment-related action, including withdrawal of an offer of employment, against an individual employee on the grounds that the individual employee does not enter into a contract or agreement deemed to be against public policy and unenforceable under the bill. The bill also states that the taking of a materially adverse employment-related action after an employee has refused to enter into such a contract or agreement is prima facie evidence of retaliation and that any person who enforces or attempts to enforce a contract or agreement provision deemed to be against public policy and unenforceable under the bill is liable for the employee's reasonable attorney fees and costs in defending against the action.The bill requires an action to enforce a provision of the bill to be brought in the district court for the district in which the employee is primarily employed. A settlement agreement between an employer that is subject to the bill and an employee of the employer must be signed by both the employer and the employee. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/17/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs 2/2/2023 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed 2/2/2023 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only 2/16/2023 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 2/22/2023 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 2/23/2023 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/03/2023 - No Amendments 3/3/2023 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/10/2023 - No Amendments 3/10/2023 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/17/2023 - No Amendments 3/17/2023 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/21/2023 - No Amendments 3/23/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 3/24/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/26/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs 4/10/2023 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/12/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/28/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/29/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/1/2023 House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 5/2/2023 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/4/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/5/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | 5/5/2023 Sent to the Governor | ||
| SB23-057 | County Treasurer No Longer Ex Officio District Treasurer | J. Rich (R) / R. Taggart (R) | Under current law, county treasurers are ex officio district treasurers for drainage districts, irrigation districts, and internal improvement districts that provide services related to drainage and ditches (collectively, district). The bill removes the duty of the county treasurer to be ex officio district treasurer and provides that district treasurers are appointed by the board of directors of the district. The bill also clarifies that duties of the county treasurer as ex officio district treasurer are solely duties of the district treasurer. Additionally, the bill clarifies that irrigation district taxes assessments and internal improvement district taxes assessments are distributed in alignment with current law for the distribution of taxes assessments collected by county treasurers and updates the amount of fees a county treasurer can charge and receive for collecting district assessments to 0.25% upon all money collected by the county treasurer for assessments beginning on and after January 1, 2026 . (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/17/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing 2/14/2023 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 2/21/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee 2/22/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 2/23/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 3/8/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 3/13/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 3/14/2023 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/15/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/24/2023 Sent to the Governor 3/24/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 3/24/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 4/3/2023 Governor Signed | ||
| SB23-064 | Monitor | Continue Office Of Public Guardianship | B. Gardner (R) | J. Ginal (D) / M. Snyder (D) | R. Armagost (R) | Under existing law, the office of public guardianship (office) is authorized to serve indigent and incapacitated adults (incapacitated adults) in need of guardianship in 3 judicial districts and is scheduled to repeal on June 30, 2024. The bill extends the office indefinitely and requires the office to begin operating in additional judicial districts in 2025 and operate in every judicial district in the state by December 31, 2027. 2030. The bill establishes a board of directors (board) to oversee the office. The board consists of 7 members: 3 members who are attorneys appointed by the chief justice of the Colorado supreme court and 4 non-attorney members appointed by the governor. The existing public guardianship commission that oversees the office is repealed, effective August 31, 2023. The bill clarifies the office's duties. If the office of administrative services for independent agencies is created in the judicial department, then that new office provides administrative and fiscal support to the office of public guardianship. If the office of administrative services for independent agencies is not created , the office's office of public guardianship's director administers the office pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with the judicial department, and the bill clarifies what must be included in the memorandum of understanding. The office is required to employ guardians to provide guardianship services to the office's clients. A guardian must be certified as a guardian or become certified within 2 years after being hired by the office. The office shall provide training to guardians in specified subjects. The bill requires a court to waive filing fees for petitions for guardianship filed by the office in cases that involve an incapacitated adult who is eligible for guardianship services from the office. A court is prohibited from requiring the office or a guardian employed by the office to post a bond as a condition for appointment as a guardian. The bill authorizes the office to spend any gifts, grants, or donations it receives without prior appropriation by the general assembly. The bill requires the state auditor to conduct, or cause to be conducted, a performance audit of the office between July 1, 2027, and June 30, 2030. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/20/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary 2/6/2023 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/21/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/21/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/24/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/24/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary 5/2/2023 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations 5/3/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 5/5/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/6/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 5/7/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/10/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/15/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | 5/15/2023 Sent to the Governor | |
| SB23-082 | Colorado Fostering Success Voucher Program | R. Zenzinger (D) | B. Kirkmeyer (R) / J. Amabile (D) | D. Michaelson Jenet (D) | The bill establishes the Colorado fostering success voucher program (program) in the department of human services (DHS). The purpose of the program is to provide housing vouchers and case management services to eligible youth. Case management service agencies are eligible to participate in the program if they are currently participating in a certain type of foster youth program. Eligibility criteria for youth include: Being at least 18 years of age but less than 26 years of age; Having had prior experience in one of several ways with the foster care or kinship care system; Experiencing homelessness or being at imminent risk of homelessness and agreeing to receive case management services; Being a Colorado resident; and Having an income level below that determined by the state department of local affairs (DOLA). DHS and DOLA shall develop a joint administration and implementation plan for the program. Availability, standards, and services for the program are listed in the bill. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/27/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services 2/9/2023 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations 4/6/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/6/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/10/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/10/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services 4/18/2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations 4/21/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 4/24/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 4/25/2023 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/26/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/3/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/4/2023 Sent to the Governor | 5/4/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | ||
| SB23-108 | Allowing Temporary Reductions In Property Tax Due | M. Baisley (R) | F. Winter (D) / R. Pugliese (R) | L. Frizell (R) | The bill allows a local government to provide temporary property tax relief through temporary property tax credits or mill levy reductions and later eliminate the credits or restore the mill levy. A temporary reduction in property taxes must be annually renewed by the local government. The bill clarifies that a local government may temporarily reduce property taxes due by providing for tax credits or reducing the mill levy and later eliminate the tax credits or restore the mill levy. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/31/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs 2/9/2023 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Finance 2/23/2023 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 2/28/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee 3/1/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/14/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance 4/10/2023 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 4/13/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/6/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 5/7/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/10/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/15/2023 Sent to the Governor | 5/15/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | ||
| SB23-110 | Monitor | Transparency For Metropolitan Districts | J. Marchman | R. Zenzinger (D) / C. Kipp (D) | R. Taggart (R) | Under current law, prior to filing a petition for the organization of a special district in a district court, the people proposing the organization of the special district are required to submit a service plan to the board of county commissioners of each county that has unincorporated territory included within the boundaries of the proposed special district. If the boundaries of the proposed special district are wholly contained within the boundaries of one or more municipalities, the service plan is submitted to the governing body of the municipality or municipalities. For a proposed metropolitan district that submits a service plan to one or more boards of county commissioners or one or more governing bodies of a municipality on or after January 1, 2024, sections 1 and 2 of the bill require the service plan to include: The maximum mill levy that may be imposed for the payment of general obligation indebtedness, as determined by the board of county commissioners of each county that is approving the service plan or the governing body of each municipality that is approving the service plan, as applicable; and The maximum debt that may be issued by the metropolitan district, as determined by the board of county commissioners of each county that is approving the service plan or the governing body of each municipality that is approving the service plan, as applicable. In addition to any other meetings held by the board of directors of a metropolitan district (board), beginning in the 2023 calendar year, section 3 requires the board to hold an annual meeting if the metropolitan district was organized after January 1, 2020 2000 , has residential units within its boundaries, and is not in inactive status. The board is prohibited from taking any official action at the annual meeting and must ensure that the annual meeting includes a presentation from the metropolitan district regarding the status of any of the district's projects public infrastructure projects within the metropolitan district and outstanding bonds, if any, a review of unaudited financial statements showing the year-to-date revenue and expenditures of the metropolitan district in relation to its adopted budget for that calendar year , and an opportunity for members of the public to ask questions about the metropolitan district. In addition, section 3 requires the board to provide a public comment period during the meeting at which the board adopts the annual budget for the metropolitan district.Section 4 specifies that prior to issuing debt to a director of a metropolitan district or to an entity with respect to which a director of a metropolitan district must make a disclosure pursuant to current law, the board is required to receive a statement of a registered municipal advisor certifying specified criteria regarding the interest rate of the debt. Sellers of real property are currently required to make various disclosures regarding the property. On and after a specified date, section 5 requires the seller of residential real property that is located within a metropolitan district to provide the purchaser of the property with the official website established by the metropolitan district. The seller is required to provide the information on the Colorado real estate commission approved seller's property disclosure. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 1/31/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing 2/14/2023 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 2/21/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 2/22/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 2/27/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 3/7/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 3/10/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 3/22/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 3/23/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/24/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 3/24/2023 Sent to the Governor 3/24/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | 4/3/2023 Governor Signed | |
| SB23-143 | Retail Delivery Fees | S. Fenberg (D) | K. Van Winkle (R) / C. Kipp (D) | M. Soper (R) | Currently, the state and several state enterprises impose fees on retail sales of taxable tangible personal property delivered by motor vehicle to a location in the state. These fees are collectively known as the retail delivery fee (RDF), and a retailer who makes a retail delivery is required to add the RDF to the price of the retail delivery, collect it from the purchaser, and pay the RDF revenue to the department of revenue (department), which distributes the revenue to the appropriate cash funds. The department generally administers the RDF in the same manner as the state sales and use tax. The bill modifies this administration by permitting a retailer to pay the RDF on behalf of the purchaser. If the retailer elects to pay the RDF, then the retailer is: Not required to add the RDF to the price of the retail delivery, separately itemize the RDF, or collect the RDF from the purchaser, who is not liable for the amount nor eligible for a refund of an erroneously paid RDF; and Required to remit the RDF on the date that would be required if the RDF had been received from the purchaser on the date of the retail delivery. The department is required to waive any processing costs for a retailer's electronic payment by automated clearing house (ACH) debit of the RDF if the charges would exceed the amount of the RDF revenue being remitted. The bill creates an exemption from the RDF for a retail delivery by a qualified business, which is a business that has $500,000 or less of retail sales in the prior year or is new, that applies retroactively to when RDFs were first imposed. A purchaser is not eligible for a refund of any RDF that is collected and remitted to the department by a qualified business prior to the effective date of the bill. The bill also creates a primary definition for "retail delivery" that is cross-referenced in other RDF provisions, and related to this change, a definition of "retail sale" is repealed where the cross reference makes it unnecessary. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 2/8/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 2/21/2023 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations 3/3/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 3/3/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 3/6/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/11/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance 3/20/2023 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations 4/14/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/14/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/15/2023 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/17/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/18/2023 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 4/26/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 4/27/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 4/27/2023 Sent to the Governor | 5/4/2023 Governor Signed | ||
| SB23-147 | Regulation Of Kratom | T. Sullivan (D) | J. Ginal (D) | Effective July 1, 2024, the bill: Establishes the minimum standards and labeling requirements for kratom products; Requires that, prior to selling or offering for sale any kratom product, the processor of the kratom product (processor) register the kratom product with the department of revenue (department) and provide a certificate of analysis for the kratom product to the department; Requires a processor to notify the department if an adverse event report is submitted to the federal food and drug administration for any of the processor's kratom products; and Allows the department, if there is a reasonable basis, to require a test for compliance of a processor's kratom product by a third-party laboratory, to coordinate with a third-party laboratory to conduct the test, and to require the processor to pay the department's cost for the test. The executive director of the department is required to promulgate rules to administer and enforce the bill and is authorized to impose fines on processors that violate the bill. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 2/10/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance | 2/28/2023 Senate Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely | ||
| SB23-172 | Support | Protecting Opportunities And Workers' Rights Act | F. Winter (D) | J. Gonzales (D) / M. Weissman (D) | J. Bacon (D) | For purposes of addressing discriminatory or unfair employment practices pursuant to Colorado's anti-discrimination laws, the bill enacts the "Protecting Opportunities and Workers' Rights (POWR) Act", which: Directs the Colorado civil rights division (division) to include "harassment" as a basis or description of discrimination on any charge form or charge intake mechanism; Adds a new definition of "harass" or "harassment" and repeals the current definition of "harass" that requires creation of a hostile work environment; Adds protections from discriminatory or unfair employment practices for individuals based on their "marital status"; Specifies that in harassment claims, the alleged conduct need not be severe or pervasive to constitute a discriminatory or unfair employment practice; For purposes of the exception to otherwise discriminatory practices for an employer that is unable to accommodate an individual with a disability who is otherwise qualified for the job, eliminates the ability for the employer to assert that the individual's disability has a significant impact on the job as a rationale for the employment practice; Specifies that it is a discriminatory or an unfair employment practice for an employer to fail to initiate an investigation of a complaint or to fail to take prompt, reasonable, and remedial action; Specifies the requirements for an employer to assert an affirmative defense to an employee's proven claim of unlawful harassment by a supervisor; and Specifies the requirements that must be satisfied for a nondisclosure provision in an agreement between an employer and an employee or a prospective employee to be enforceable; and Requires an employer to maintain personnel and employment records for at least 5 years and, with regard to complaints of discriminatory or unfair employment practices, to maintain those records in a designated repository. The bill appropriates a total of $1,248,170 from the general fund for the 2023-24 state fiscal year, allocated as follows to the following state departments and offices, to implement the bill: $152,866 to the department of corrections; $23,469 to the department of education; $35,415 to the office of the governor; $23,363 to the department of health care policy and financing; $129,081 to the department of human services; $146,894 to the judicial department; $46,833 to the department of labor and employment; $17,708 to the department of law; $76,276 to the department of natural resources; $89,090 to the department of personnel; $52,912 to the department of public health and environment; $52,912 to the department of public safety; $266,298 to the department of regulatory agencies; $47,045 to the department of revenue; and $88,008 to the department of transportation. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 2/27/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary 4/5/2023 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/14/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/18/2023 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/19/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/20/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 4/20/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary 4/25/2023 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations 4/26/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/26/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/27/2023 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/29/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/2/2023 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/9/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/10/2023 Sent to the Governor | 5/10/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | |
| SB23-175 | Oppose | Financing Of Downtown Development Authority Projects | S. Jaquez Lewis (D) | J. Rich (R) / A. Boesenecker (D) | R. Taggart (R) | Currently, the governing body of any municipality in the state may, with voter approval, establish a downtown development authority (authority) to assist the municipality in the development and redevelopment of its central business district. An authority may, if approved by the voters, use tax increment financing (TIF) to generate capital by dedicating growth in property tax or sales tax revenue to finance projects within the boundaries of the authority. The tax increment is the amount of additional tax revenue represented by the difference between the actual amount of tax revenue collected after the TIF is established and the base year tax revenue within the boundaries of the authority. The revenue that is attributed to the growing tax base is the incremental revenue used to finance the redevelopment projects within the boundaries of the authority (incremental revenue). Currently, an authority may use a TIF arrangement for a period of 30 years with the option for one 20-year extension. For property tax revenue only, the bill creates automatic and recurring the option for additional 20-year extension periods during which an authority may use a TIF arrangement, unless if the governing body of the municipality opts out of the extensions extends the period by ordinance . The first additional extension period begins may begin upon the expiration of the original 50-year period. During the 20-year extension period allowed pursuant to current law, 50% of the incremental revenue is allocated to a special fund of the municipality that created the authority (special fund), to be used to finance projects within the boundaries of the authority. The other 50% of the incremental revenue is allocated to the other governmental entities that levy property taxes within the boundaries of the authority, unless the municipality and all of the other governmental entities reach an alternative agreement. For the automatic and recurring 20-year extension periods authorized in the bill , the bill continues the default split of the incremental revenue is continued unless the municipality and all of the other governmental entities reach an alternative agreement. During the last 10 years of a 20-year extension allowed pursuant to current law, the base year revenue for the TIF is recalculated every year. For an automatic and recurring a 20-year extension period authorized in the bill , the bill requires the base year revenue to be is recalculated every year. Pursuant to current law, the governing body of a municipality must incur any debt to be used to finance the projects of the authority. The bill allows a municipality and an authority to enter into an intergovernmental agreement through which the municipality may delegate to the board of the authority the power to incur debt and to pledge money in a special fund of the municipality for the payment of the debt. The bonds issued by the board must be authorized by a resolution of the board and must be issued by the authority acting on behalf of the municipality. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/2/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 3/23/2023 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 3/28/2023 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 3/30/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 3/31/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/3/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance 4/17/2023 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/20/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/21/2023 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/24/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/25/2023 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 4/26/2023 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/3/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/4/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | 5/4/2023 Sent to the Governor | |
| SB23-183 | Support | Local Government Provision Of Communications Services | K. Priola (D) | M. Baisley (R) / B. Titone (D) | R. Weinberg | Joint Technology Committee. Current law regulates competition in local governments' provision of cable television service, telecommunications service, and high speed internet service, which is defined as "advanced service". As part of this regulation, a local government is prohibited from providing or operating a facility to provide cable television, telecommunications, or advanced service to subscribers unless the local government obtains voter approval for the local government's provision of such services. The bill: Replaces the term "advanced service" with "broadband internet service", which, as currently defined, does not reference the speed at which internet services are provided; Eliminates the requirement that a local government hold an election before providing or before operating a facility to provide cable television, telecommunications, or broadband internet services to subscribers; Eliminates the requirement that a local government hold an election to enter into a private partnership to allow a private provider to use local government facilities in connection with the private provider offering cable television service, telecommunications service, broadband internet service, or middle mile infrastructure. Specifies that a local government may provide middle mile infrastructure, which is broadband infrastructure that does not connect directly to an end-user location; and Modifies the definition of "broadband internet service" as currently defined in the law concerning intrastate telecommunications services ; and Repeals a definition that is no longer necessary. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/9/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing 3/23/2023 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 3/28/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee 3/29/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/29/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 4/12/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 4/14/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/15/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 4/17/2023 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/18/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/26/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 4/27/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 4/27/2023 Sent to the Governor | 5/1/2023 Governor Signed | |
| SB23-184 | Support | Protections For Residential Tenants | F. Winter (D) | T. Exum (D) / M. Froelich (D) | L. Garcia (D) | Section 1 of the bill restricts a landlord, with certain exceptions, from considering or inquiring about certain information relating to a prospective tenant's rental history, amount of income and credit history. Section 1 also requires a landlord who solicits and accepts rental applications for the rental of a residential premises to rent to the first prospective tenant who applies and satisfies the landlord's financial and other rental screening criteria. A landlord must keep records of when rental applications are received and provide a time-stamped receipt to any prospective tenant who submits a rental application and requests such a receipt.Section 2 defines the terms "amount of income", "dwelling unit", and "housing subsidy" for the purposes of the bill.Section 3 states that a landlord who violates any of the bill's new prohibitions is subject to an initial penalty of $50, to be paid to the aggrieved party. A landlord who does not cure the violation is also subject to a statutory penalty of $5,000 $2,500, to be paid to the aggrieved party in addition to the initial penalty and any economic damages, court costs, and attorney fees.Sections 1 and 4 establish that a violation of any of the bill's new prohibitions is an unfair housing practice subject to enforcement by private persons, the attorney general, and the Colorado civil rights division.Section 5 requires a landlord to allow a tenant to pay a security deposit in monthly installments over a period that is equal to half the term of the tenancy. Section 5 also prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenant to submit a security deposit in an amount that exceeds the amount of one two monthly rent payment payments under the rental agreement.Sections 6 and 7 establish that Section 6 allows a tenant who alleges is subject to an eviction action to assert as an affirmative defense that the tenant's landlord has violated or is in violation of any certain state laws concerning unfair housing practices. has an affirmative defense against an eviction action. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/9/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing 4/11/2023 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/14/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/17/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/17/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 4/25/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 4/26/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 4/27/2023 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/29/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/4/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/5/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | 5/5/2023 Sent to the Governor | |
| SB23-201 | Support | Mineral Resources Property Owners' Rights | S. Jaquez Lewis (D) / A. Boesenecker (D) | M. Weissman (D) | The Colorado oil and gas conservation commission (commission) may enter an order combining the ownership interests of 2 or more owners of mineral interests located on separate tracts (drilling unit) to authorize the drilling of an oil and gas well on the drilling unit (pooling order). Under certain circumstances and after notice and a hearing, the commission may enter a pooling order for a drilling unit, which order includes an owner of mineral interests that does not consent to the drilling for oil and gas on the mineral owner's tract (forced pooling order). The bill changes the commission's process for entering a forced pooling order by: Requiring an applicant for a forced pooling order to prove that owners of more than 45% of the mineral interests to be pooled consent to pooling by submitting to the commission a third-party expert's title report or title opinion; Requiring the commission to determine if the minerals in the drilling unit may be extracted without disturbing a nonconsenting mineral interest owner's mineral rights and, if so, requiring the commission to include in the forced pooling order a condition that the nonconsenting mineral interest owner's mineral rights not be disturbed. Alternatively, if the commission determines that the minerals cannot be extracted without disturbing the nonconsenting mineral interest owner's mineral rights, the commission is required to make explicit findings of that determination. Requiring that a forced pooling order be issued in a manner that protects and minimizes adverse impacts on public health, safety, and welfare; the environment; and wildlife resources and that protects against adverse environmental impacts on any air, water, soil, or biological resources resulting from oil and gas operations; Reducing the amount of production costs that consenting mineral interest owners in a drilling unit may recover from a nonconsenting mineral interest owner in the drilling unit; and Prohibiting the commission from entering a forced pooling order that includes an unleased, nonconsenting mineral owner that is a local government or a school district, including a charter school or an institute charter school. Additionally, the bill requires that the commission issue a pooling order before any minerals that are subject to the pooling order are extracted or any well is drilled to access the minerals. The bill also authorizes a nonconsenting owner to audit or cause to be audited certain records of the oil and gas operator no more frequently than every 3 years but before any costs are recovered from the drilling unit. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 3/20/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources 4/13/2023 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Lay Over Amended | 4/20/2023 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Postpone Indefinitely | |
| SB23-210 | Monitor | Update Administration Of Certain Human Services | T. Exum (D) / N. Ricks (D) | L. Frizell (R) | Section 2 1 of the bill repeals the statute that: Creates in each region of the division of youth services a community board to promote transparency and community involvement in division of youth services' facilities within the region, provide opportunities for youth to build positive relationships with adult role models, and promote youth involvement within the community; and Specifies the number, manner of appointment, and required qualifications of community board members and meeting requirements for a community board. Section 3 2 modifies the process for the resolution of grievances filed against county departments of human and social services (county department) concerning the conduct of county department personnel in the performance of their duties relating to children who may be neglected or dependent by: Repealing the requirement that a citizen review panel be created consisting of citizens who are representative of the community, have demonstrable personal or professional knowledge and experience with children, and are not employees or agents of the department of human services (state department) or any county department; Requiring referral of grievances that are currently referred to a citizen review panel to instead be referred to the office of the child protection ombudsman (child ombudsman) for review; Repealing grievance review processes and requirements relating to citizen review panels; Requiring each county department to post information about the grievance process on its public website or otherwise provide information concerning the grievance process to individuals involved in the county child welfare system; and Clarifying that the grievance resolution process allows a person who wishes to file a grievance to do so directly to the child ombudsman. Section 4 3 specifies that if fewer than all the 17 members of the law enforcement community services grant program committee created in the division of local government of the department of local affairs (department) provided for by statute are appointed as of June 30, 2023, the executive director of the department shall determine the number of members of the committee; except that the committee must consist of at least 9 members.Section 1 and Sections 5 4 through 15 14 clarify existing provisions relating to compensation and reimbursement of expenses for members of specific boards and commissions that focus on functions related to human and social services. Sections 15 and 16 make conforming amendments that reflect the repeal of citizen review panels in section 2. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/20/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services 4/5/2023 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/11/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/12/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/16/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services 4/25/2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 4/25/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 4/26/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/4/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/4/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/4/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/24/2023 Governor Signed | |
| SB23-213 | Amend | Land Use | D. Moreno (D) / I. Jodeh (D) | S. Woodrow (D) | Housing needs planning. The executive director of the department of local affairs (director) shall, no later than December 31, 2024, and every 5 years thereafter, issue methodology for developing statewide, regional, and local housing needs assessments. The statewide housing needs assessment must determine existing statewide housing stock and current and future housing needs. The regional housing needs assessments must allocate the addressing of housing needs identified in the statewide housing needs assessment to regions of the state. Similarly, the local housing needs assessments must allocate the addressing of the housing needs allocated in the regional housing needs assessment to localities in the relevant region. The director shall, no later than December 31, 2024, issue guidance on creating a housing needs plan for both a rural resort job center municipality and an urban municipality. Following this guidance, no later than December 31, 2026, and every 5 years thereafter, a rural resort job center municipality and an urban municipality shall develop a housing needs plan and submit that plan to the department of local affairs (department). A housing needs plan must include, among other things, descriptions of how the plan was created, how the municipality will address the housing needs it was assigned in the local housing needs assessment, affordability strategies the municipality has selected to address its local housing needs assessment, an assessment of displacement risk and any strategies selected to address identified risks, and how the locality will comply with other housing requirements in this bill. The director shall, no later than December 31, 2024, develop and publish a menu of affordability strategies to address housing production, preservation, and affordability. Rural resort job center municipalities and urban municipalities shall identify at least 2 of these strategies that they intend to implement in their housing plan, and urban municipalities with a transit-oriented area must identify at least 3. The director shall, no later than December 31, 2024, develop and publish a menu of displacement mitigation measures. This menu must, among other things, provide guidance for how to identify areas at the highest risk for displacement and identify displacement mitigation measures that a locality may adopt. An urban municipality must identify which of these measures it intends to implement in its housing plan to address any areas it identifies as at an elevated risk for displacement. The director shall, no later than March 31, 2024, publish a report that identifies strategic growth objectives that will incentivize growth in transit-oriented areas and infill areas and guide growth at the edges of urban areas. The multi-agency advisory committee shall, no later than March 31, 2024, submit a report to the general assembly concerning the strategic growth objectives. The bill establishes a multi-agency advisory committee and requires that committee to conduct a public comment and hearing process on and provide recommendations to the director on: Methodologies for developing statewide, regional, and local housing needs assessments; Guidance for creating housing needs plans; Developing a menu of affordability strategies; Developing a menu of displacement mitigation measures; Identifying strategic growth objectives; and Developing reporting guidance and templates. A county or municipality within a rural resort region shall participate in a regional housing needs planning process. This process must encourage participating counties and municipalities to identify strategies that, either individually or through intergovernmental agreements, address the housing needs assigned to them. A report on this process must be submitted to the department. Further, within 6 months of completing this process, a rural resort job center municipality shall submit a local housing needs plan to the department. Once a year, both rural resort job centers and urban municipalities shall report to the department on certain housing data. A multi-agency group created in the bill and the division of local government within the department shall provide assistance to localities in complying with the requirements of this bill. This assistance must include technical assistance and a grant program. Accessory dwelling units. The director shall promulgate an accessory dwelling unit model code that, among other things, requires accessory dwelling units to be allowed as a use by right in any part of a municipality where the municipality allows single-unit detached dwellings as a use by right. The committee shall provide recommendations to the director for promulgating this model code. In developing these recommendations, the committee shall conduct a public comment and hearing process. Even if a municipality does not adopt the accessory dwelling unit model code, the municipality shall adhere to accessory dwelling unit minimum standards established in the bill and by the department. These minimum standards, among other things, must require a municipality to: Allow accessory dwelling units as a use by right in any part of the municipality where the municipality allows single-unit detached dwellings as a use by right; Only adopt or enforce local laws concerning accessory dwelling units that use objective standards and procedures; Not adopt, enact, or enforce local laws concerning accessory dwelling units that are more restrictive than local laws concerning single-unit detached dwellings; and Not apply standards that make the permitting, siting, or construction of accessory dwelling units infeasible. Middle housing. The director shall promulgate a middle housing model code that, among other things, requires middle housing to be allowed as a use by right in any part of a rural resort job center municipality or a tier one urban municipality where the municipality allows single-unit detached dwellings as a use by right. The committee shall provide recommendations to the director for promulgating this model code. In developing these recommendations, the committee shall conduct a public comment and hearing process. Even if a rural resort job center municipality or a tier one urban municipality does not adopt the middle housing model code, the municipality shall adhere to middle housing minimum standards established in the bill and by the department. These minimum standards, among other things, must require a municipality to: Allow middle housing as a use by right in certain areas; Only adopt or enforce local laws concerning middle housing that use objective standards and procedures; Allow properties on which middle housing is allowed to be split by right using objective standards and procedures; Not adopt, enact, or enforce local laws concerning middle housing that are more restrictive than local laws concerning single-unit detached dwellings; and Not apply standards that make the permitting, siting, or construction of middle housing infeasible. Transit-oriented areas. The director shall promulgate a transit-oriented area model code that, among other things, imposes minimum residential density limits for multifamily residential housing and mixed-income multifamily residential housing and allows these developments as a use by right in the transit-oriented areas of tier one urban municipalities. The committee shall provide recommendations to the director for promulgating this model code. In developing these recommendations, the committee shall conduct a public comment and hearing process. Even if a tier one urban municipality does not adopt the transit-oriented model code, the municipality shall adhere to middle housing minimum standards established in the bill and by the department. These minimum standards, among other things, must require a municipality to: Create a zoning district within a transit-oriented area in which multifamily housing meets a minimum residential density limit and is allowed as a use by right; and Not apply standards that make the permitting, siting, or construction of multifamily housing in transit-oriented areas infeasible. Key corridors. The director shall promulgate a key corridor model code that applies to key corridors in rural resort job center municipalities and tier one urban municipalities. The model code must, among other things, include requirements for: The percentage of units in mixed-income multifamily residential housing that must be reserved for low- and moderate-income households; Minimum residential density limits for multifamily residential housing; and Mixed-income multifamily residential housing that must be allowed as a use by right in key corridors. The committee shall provide recommendations to the director for promulgating this model code. In developing these recommendations, the committee shall conduct a public comment and hearing process. Even if a rural resort job center municipality or a tier one urban municipality does not adopt the key corridor model code, the municipality shall adhere to key corridor minimum standards promulgated by the director and developed by the department. These minimum standards, among other things, must identify a net residential zoning capacity for a municipality and must require a municipality to: Allow multifamily residential housing within key corridors that meets the net residential zoning capacity as a use by right; Not apply standards that make the permitting, siting, or construction of multifamily housing in certain areas infeasible; and Not adopt, enact, or enforce local laws that make satisfying the required minimum residential density limits infeasible. The committee shall provide recommendations to the director on promulgating these minimum standards. In developing these recommendations, the committee shall conduct a public comment and hearing process. Adoption of model codes and minimum standards. A relevant municipality shall adopt either the model code or local laws that satisfy the minimum standards concerning accessory dwelling units, middle housing, transit-oriented areas, and key corridors. Furthermore, a municipality shall submit a report to the department demonstrating that it has done so. If a municipality fails to adopt either the model code or local laws that satisfy the minimum standards by a specified deadline, the relevant model code immediately goes into effect, and municipalities shall then approve any proposed projects that meet the standards in the model code using objective procedures. However, a municipality may apply to the department for a deadline extension for a deficiency in water or wastewater infrastructure or supply.Additional provisions. The bill also: Requires the advisory committee on factory-built structures and tiny homes to produce a report on the opportunities and barriers in state law concerning the building of manufactured homes, mobile homes, and tiny homes; Removes the requirements that manufacturers of factory-built structures comply with escrow requirements of down payments and provide a letter of credit, certificate of deposit issued by a licensed financial institution, or surety bond issued by an authorized insurer; Prohibits a planned unit development resolution or ordinance for a planned unit with a residential use from restricting accessory dwelling units, middle housing, housing in transit-oriented areas, or housing in key corridors in a way not allowed by this bill; Prohibits a local government from enacting or enforcing residential occupancy limits that differ based on the relationships of the occupants of a dwelling; Modifies the content requirements for a county and municipal master plan, requires counties and municipalities to adopt or amend master plans as part of an inclusive process, and requires counties and municipalities to submit master plans to the department; Allows a municipality to sell and dispose of real property and public buildings for the purpose of providing property to be used as affordable housing, without requiring the sale to be submitted to the voters of the municipality; Requires the approval process for manufactured and modular homes to be based on objective standards and administrative review equivalent to the approval process for site-built homes; Prohibits a municipality from imposing more restrictive standards on manufactured and modular homes than the municipality imposes on site-built homes; Prohibits certain municipalities from imposing minimum square footage requirements for residential units in the approval of residential dwelling unit construction permits; Requires certain entities to submit to the Colorado water conservation board (board) a completed and validated water loss audit report pursuant to guidelines that the board shall adopt; Allows the board to make grants from the water efficiency grant program cash fund to provide water loss audit report validation assistance to covered entities; Allows the board and the Colorado water resources and power development authority to consider whether an entity has submitted a required audit report in deciding whether to release financial assistance to the entity for the construction of a water diversion, storage, conveyance, water treatment, or wastewater treatment facility; Prohibits a unit owners' association from restricting accessory dwelling units, middle housing, housing in transit-oriented areas, or housing in key corridors; Requires the department of transportation to ensure that the prioritization criteria for any grant program administered by the department are consistent with state strategic growth objectives, so long as doing so does not violate federal law; Requires any regional transportation plan that is created or updated to address and ensure consistency with state strategic growth objectives; Requires that expenditures for local and state multimodal projects from the multimodal transportation options fund are only to be made for multimodal projects that the department determines are consistent with state strategic growth objectives; and For state fiscal year 2023-24, appropriates $15,000,000 from the general fund to the housing plans assistance fund and makes the department responsible for the accounting related to the appropriation.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 3/22/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing 4/18/2023 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/26/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/27/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/28/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 4/28/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/2/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations 5/4/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 5/4/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/5/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments | 5/6/2023 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily | |
| SB23-230 | Support | County Assistance For 23rd Judicial District | J. Bridges (D) | B. Kirkmeyer (R) / E. Sirota (D) | R. Bockenfeld (R) | Joint Budget Committee. The bill directs the state court administrator's office to reimburse counties located in the eighteenth judicial district for expenses related to establishing a district attorney's office in the new twenty-third judicial district. The bill makes an appropriation. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/24/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations 3/28/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 3/29/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 3/30/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/30/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations 4/3/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 4/4/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/5/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 4/6/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/12/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 4/12/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 4/13/2023 Sent to the Governor | 4/17/2023 Governor Signed | |
| SB23-233 | Support | Employment Services Funded By Wagner-Peyser Act | R. Zenzinger (D) | B. Kirkmeyer (R) / E. Sirota (D) | R. Bockenfeld (R) | Joint Budget Committee. The bill requires a county that seeks to use county department employees (employees) to deliver employment services that are funded through the federal "Wagner-Peyser Act" to create a merit system for the selection, retention, and promotion of these employees. The bill requires each county's merit system to conform to specific standards. If a county already has a system in place, the county is required to update the system to comply with the standards.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/24/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations 3/28/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 3/29/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 3/30/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/30/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations 4/3/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 4/3/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 4/4/2023 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/6/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/11/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 4/11/2023 Sent to the Governor 4/11/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | 4/17/2023 Governor Signed | |
| SB23-244 | Technology Accessibility Cleanup | J. Bridges (D) | R. Zenzinger (D) / S. Bird (D) | E. Sirota (D) | Joint Budget Committee. The bill clarifies statutory language to ensure the provision of reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities. The bill requires the office of information technology to promulgate rules regarding accessibility standards for an individual with a disability for information technology systems employed by state agencies. The bill clarifies language regarding sanctions for failing to comply with accessibility standards. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/24/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations 3/28/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 3/29/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 3/30/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/30/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations 4/3/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 4/3/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 4/4/2023 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/6/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/12/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 4/12/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 4/13/2023 Sent to the Governor | 4/20/2023 Governor Signed | ||
| SB23-274 | Water Quality Control Fee-setting By Rule | F. Winter (D) / R. Dickson (D) | W. Lindstedt (D) | Section 1 of the bill increases the percent of appropriated funds that the department of public health and environment (department) may use for the administration and management of the public water systems and domestic wastewater treatment works grant program from 5% to 10%.Section 3 modifies the composition of the water quality control commission (commission) by requiring that: No more than 5 members of the commission be affiliated with the same political party; and The commission include members with specific types of expertise, including expertise in areas of science and environmental law or policy or areas such as municipal water or wastewater treatment, industry, or labor. Section 4 requires the commission, on or before October 31, 2025, and after engaging in stakeholder outreach, to set the following fees by rule: Drinking water fees assessed on public water systems; Commerce and industry sector permitting fees; Construction sector permitting fees; Pesticide sector permitting fees; Public and private utilities sector permitting fees; Municipal separate storm sewer systems sector permit fees; Review fees for requests for certification under section 401 of the federal "Clean Water Act"; Preliminary effluent limitation determination fees; Wastewater site application and design review fees; On-site wastewater treatment system fees; and Biosolids management program fees. The commission's fee-setting rules must become effective on or before January 1, 2026, and the commission may by rule authorize the division to phase in the fee-setting rules. Section 4 also creates the clean water cash fund into which the fees collected under the commission's rules, other than the drinking water fees assessed on public water systems, are credited. The statutory fee provisions in sections 2, 5, 6, and 8 repeal on July 1, 2026. Before the repeal, the state treasurer is required to transfer any money remaining in the various funds into which the statutory fees are credited to the clean water cash fund; except that section 2 specifies that drinking water fees will continue to be credited to the drinking water cash fund and that any money in the drinking water cash fund will remain in that cash fund.Section 7 repeals the division's regulatory authority concerning nuclear and radioactive wastes.Section 9 requires the division to include, in its annual reporting to the commission and the general assembly, information on: The division's implementation and enforcement of the discharge permitting program (program); For reports submitted before October 1, 2025, the division's fee revenue and direct and indirect costs associated with the program; and For the report submitted in 2025, the fee structure set forth in the commission's proposed or adopted fee-setting rules.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 4/11/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 4/18/2023 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/21/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/24/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 4/24/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment 4/27/2023 House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 5/1/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 5/2/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/9/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/10/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/10/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/17/2023 Governor Signed | ||
| SB23-286 | Access To Government Records | C. Hansen (D) / M. Snyder (D) | M. Soper (R) | The bill makes changes to the "Colorado Open Records Act" (CORA). and to record retention requirements for state agencies.Definitions. The bill modifies the definition of "public records" (records) in CORA to clarify that writings made, maintained, or kept by the state, including any office of the state, are records. The bill also changes the definition of "electronic mail" to "electronic communication" to encompass all forms of electronic communication.Public records open to inspection. The bill prohibits, with certain specified exceptions, a custodian of public records from requiring a requester to provide any form of identification to request or inspect records pursuant to CORA.Format of records for inspection. Current law specifies how a custodian is required to provide a record for inspection if the record is available in a digital format that is sortable, searchable, or both. The bill repeals the current requirements regarding records that are available in a sortable format. The bill specifies that if a record is available and can be transmitted in digital format, the custodian is required to transmit the record in a digital format by electronic communication unless otherwise requested by the requester or by another mutually-agreed upon transmission method if the size of the record prevents transmission by electronic communication . In addition, the bill prohibits a custodian from converting a digital record into a non-searchable or non-sortable format prior to transmission.Records subject to inspection. CORA currently allows a custodian to deny a requester's right to inspect certain records on the ground that disclosure of the record would be contrary to the public interest. The bill includes in this category the telephone number or home address that a person provides to an elected official , agency, institution, or political subdivision of the state for the purpose of future communication with the elected official , agency, institution, or political subdivision of the state . The bill specifies that if an elected official is the subject of a government-authorized investigation into the elected official's alleged sexual harassment in the workplace, the final report of the investigation is a public record; except that the identity of any accuser and any potentially identifiable characteristics of any accuser must be redacted unless the identity of all accusers is already known to the public. records of sexual harassment complaints made against an elected official and the results or report of investigations regarding alleged sexual harassment by an elected official conducted by or for that official's government shall be made available for inspection if the investigation concludes that the elected official is culpable for any act of sexual harassment. The bill specifies that the identity of any accuser, accused who is not an elected official, victim, or witness and any other information that would identify any such person must be redacted. Electronic mail policy. The bill requires each member of the general assembly, the governor's office and each office of the governor, and each state agency and institution to submit, on or before January 1, 2024, a report to the staff of the legislative council of the general assembly outlining its respective electronic mail retention policy.Transmission and per-page fees for records. Currently, a custodian may transmit a record to a requester in one of several ways and may charge the requester for the costs associated with transmitting the record; except that the custodian may not charge a fee if the record is transmitted via electronic communication. In addition, a custodian may currently charge a per-page fee for providing copies of a record. The bill specifies that the custodian may not charge a per-page fee if the records are provided in a digital or electronic format.Electronic payments. The bill requires a custodian to allow records requesters to pay any fee or deposit associated with the request via a credit card or electronic payment if the custodian allows members of the public to pay for any other product or service provided by the custodian with a credit card or electronic payment.Records retention requirements. The bill requires all electronic communications sent to or received by an officer or employee of a state agency, the contents of which include any discussion of the public business of the state agency and are relevant to any proceeding in which the state agency is involved, to be retained for at least the length of the applicable proceeding. In addition, the bill requires each state agency to retain all electronic mail messages in its custody or control that may be responsive to a request for records pursuant to CORA until the request for records and any subsequent appeals are resolved. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 4/17/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs 4/20/2023 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/28/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/28/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/1/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs 5/1/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 5/1/2023 Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments 5/1/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 5/3/2023 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations 5/6/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 5/6/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 5/7/2023 House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 5/8/2023 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/16/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/17/2023 Sent to the Governor | 5/17/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | ||
| SB23-290 | Natural Medicine Regulation And Legalization | S. Fenberg (D) / J. Amabile (D) | The bill amends the regulatory framework for natural medicine and natural medicine product. The bill requires the director of the division of professions and occupations to: Regulate facilitators and the practice of regulation, including issuing licenses for facilitators; Promulgate rules necessary for the regulation of facilitators and the practice of facilitation; and Perform duties necessary for the implementation and administration of the "Natural Medicine Health Act of 2022", including investigatory and disciplinary authority. The bill creates the natural medicine advisory board (board). The board's duties include examining issues related to natural medicine and natural medicine product, and making recommendations to the director of the division of professions and occupations and the executive director of the state licensing authority. The bill creates within the department of revenue the division of natural medicine for the purpose of regulating and licensing the cultivation, manufacturing, testing, storage, distribution, transport, transfer, and dispensation of natural medicine or natural medicine product between natural medicine licensees. The bill requires the division of natural medicine to: Regulate natural medicine, natural medicine product, and natural medicine businesses, including healing centers, cultivators, manufacturers, and testers, and issue licenses for such businesses; Promulgate rules necessary for the regulation of natural medicine, natural medicine product, and natural medicine businesses; and Perform duties necessary for the regulation of natural medicine, natural medicine product, and natural medicine businesses, including investigatory and disciplinary authority. The bill requires the department of revenue to coordinate with the department of public health and environment concerning testing standards of regulated natural medicine and natural medicine product. The bill requires a sunset review for the articles governing the department of regulatory affairs and the department of revenue in the regulation of natural medicine, natural medicine product, facilitators, and natural medicine businesses. The bill states that: A person who is under 21 years of age who knowingly possesses or consumes natural medicine or natural medicine product commits a drug petty offense and is subject to a fine of not more than $100 or not more than 4 hours of substance use education or counseling; except that a second or subsequent offense is subject to a fine of not more than $100, not more than 4 hours of substance use education or counseling, and not more than 24 hours of useful public service; A person who openly and publicly consumes natural medicine or natural medicine product commits a drug petty offense and is subject to a fine of not more than $100 and not more than 24 hours of useful public service; A person who knowingly cultivates natural medicine shall do so on the person's private property, subject to area and physical security requirements. A person who violates this provision commits a drug petty offense and is subject to a fine of not more than $1,000. A person who is not licensed to manufacture natural medicine product and who knowingly manufactures natural medicine product using an inherently hazardous substance commits a level 2 drug felony; Unless expressly limited, a person who for the purpose of personal use and without remuneration, possesses, consumes, shares, cultivates, or manufactures natural medicine or natural medicine product, does not violate state or local law, except that nothing permits a person to distribute natural medicine or natural medicine product to a person for certain unlawful purposes; Unless expressly limited, a person who performs testing on natural medicine or natural medicine product for another person who is 21 years of age or older who submits for testing natural medicine or natural medicine product intended for personal use does not violate state or local law; A peace officer is prohibited from arresting, and a district attorney is prohibited from charging or prosecuting, a person for a criminal offense under part 4 of article 18 of title 18 involving natural medicine or natural medicine product, unless expressly provided by the bill; A lawful action related to natural medicine or natural medicine product must not be the sole reason to subject a person to a civil penalty, deny a right or privilege, or seize assets; A lawful action related to natural medicine or natural medicine product must not be used as the sole factor in a probable cause or reasonable suspicion determination of any criminal offense; except that an action may be used in such determination if the original stop or search was lawful and other factors are present to support a probable cause or reasonable suspicion determination of any criminal offense; The fact that a person is entitled to consume natural medicine or natural medicine product does not constitute a defense against any charge for violation of an offense related to operation of a vehicle, aircraft, boat, machinery, or other device; A local jurisdiction is prohibited from adopting, enacting, or enforcing a conflicting law; A person or entity who occupies, owns, or controls a property may prohibit or otherwise regulate the cultivation or manufacture of natural medicine or natural medicine product on or in that property. The bill states that the juvenile court has exclusive original jurisdiction in proceedings concerning a juvenile 10 years of age or older who has violated an offense concerning natural medicine or natural medicine product. Furthermore, the juvenile court and county court have concurrent jurisdiction over a juvenile who is 10 years of age or older who has violated an offense concerning natural medicine product; except that if the juvenile court accepts jurisdiction, the county court jurisdiction terminates. The bill states that an act involving natural medicine or natural medicine product that is performed by a person: Does not solely constitute child abuse or neglect, or grounds for restricting or prohibiting family time; Does not solely constitute grounds for denying health insurance coverage; Does not solely constitute grounds for discrimination for organ donation; and Must not be considered for public assistance benefits eligibility, unless required by federal law. The bill makes a person eligible to file a motion to have conviction records related to natural medicine or natural medicine product sealed immediately after the later date of final disposition or release from supervision. Under federal law, certain expenses are disallowed under section 280E of the internal revenue code. Under state law, the state income tax code permits taxpayers who are licensed under the "Colorado Marijuana Code" to subtract expenses that are disallowed by section 280E of the internal revenue code. The bill expands this permission to taxpayers who are licensed under the "Colorado Natural Medicine Code". (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 4/18/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 4/20/2023 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/24/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/24/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/25/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/25/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance 4/27/2023 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/28/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/28/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/29/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/2/2023 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/8/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/8/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/9/2023 Sent to the Governor | 5/23/2023 Governor Signed | ||
| SB23-291 | Utility Regulation | S. Fenberg (D) | L. Cutter (D) / C. deGruy Kennedy (D) | M. Martinez (D) | Section 1 of the bill requires the public utilities commission (commission), if relying on a discount rate when calculating the net present value of future carbon-based fuel costs as part of a utility's electric resource plan, to apply a discount rate that does not exceed the long-term rate of inflation.Section 2 requires the commission to establish mechanisms, guidelines, or rules to limit the amount of rate case expenses that an investor-owned electric or gas utility may recover from the utility's customers. In reviewing an investor-owned utility's application to modify base rates, the commission is required to certify that sufficient information is included in the application, including a comprehensive cost and revenue requirement analysis.Section 3 prohibits an investor-owned electric or gas utility from recovering various costs from its customers, including: More than 50% of annual total compensation or of expense reimbursement for a utility's board of directors; Tax penalties or fines issued against the utility; Certain advertising and public relations expenses; Lobbying and other expenses intended to influence the outcome of local, state, or federal legislation or ballot measures; Certain organizational and membership dues; Travel, lodging, food, or beverage expenses for the utility's board of directors and officers; and Gift or entertainment expenses. If an investor-owned utility recovers prohibited costs, the commission is required to may assess a nonrecoverable penalty against the utility in an amount that is not less than the total amount improperly recovered and is required to order the utility to refund the amount improperly recovered to its customers, plus interest.An investor-owned utility is required to file an annual report with the commission on the utility's compliance with the prohibited cost recovery, which report must include the purpose, payee, and amount of any expenses associated with costs and activities not permitted to be recovered from customers.Section 4 requires that, on or before November 1, 2023, an investor-owned gas utility file with the commission for the commission's approval, amendment, or denial a gas price risk management plan that includes proposals for addressing the volatility of fuel costs recovered from the utility's ratepayers pursuant to the utility's gas cost adjustment filings .Section 4 requires the commission to adopt rules, on or before January 1, 2025, to : help protect investor-owned electric or gas utility customers from the volatility of gas prices by establishing a mechanism mechanisms that aligns align an investor-owned utility's financial incentives with the financial interests of its customers regarding incurred fuel costs . andEstablish a mechanism In adopting the rules, the commission is required to consider mechanisms to create a financial incentive for an investor-owned utility to improve its electricity production cost efficiency while minimizing its fuel costs. As part of its rules, the commission may also consider requiring each investor-owned electric utility to bear a percentage of its total fuel costs in order to incentivize the utility to find efficiencies and reduce fuel waste utility's financial health and corresponding impacts on customer affordability .Section 4 also requires the commission to open a proceeding to investigate the extent to which residential and other development in certain geographic areas drive natural gas infrastructure costs for any natural gas utility that serves more than 500,000 customers in the state. After completing the investigation, the commission shall consider whether a natural gas utility that serves more than 500,000 customers should be required to utilize alternative cost-recovery mechanisms or actions .Section 5 requires: On or before December 31, 2023, each regulated gas utility to remove from the utility's rate tariffs any incentives offered to an applicant applying for natural gas service to establish gas service to a property; The Colorado energy office to contract with an independent third party, on or before July 1, 2024, to evaluate the risk that stranded or underutilized natural gas infrastructure investments pose, including the risk posed to utility employees and contractors, and the annual projected rate impact that such stranded assets have on ratepayers; The commission to determine whether any changes to rules or depreciation schedules are warranted based on its review of the evaluation contracted by the Colorado energy office; An investor-owned gas utility to provide the commission information, including a map, about the utility's gas distribution system pipes; An investor-owned gas utility to refrain from penalizing or charging a fee to a customer that voluntarily terminates gas service. The commission may adopt rules to establish standards for a customer's voluntary disconnection from an investor-owned gas utility's gas distribution system. On or before July 1, 2024, the commission to examine existing investor-owned electric utility tariffs, policies, and practices to determine if the tariffs, policies, and practices pose a barrier to the beneficial electrification of buildings with respect to charges imposed for the cost of transformer or service upgrades. Section 6 authorizes requires the commission to allow a wholesale customer of an investor-owned utility to intervene in a proceeding regarding the commission's consideration of the investor-owned utility's application for cost recovery from customers.Section 7 appropriates:$1,265,551 from the public utilities commission fixed utility fund to the department of regulatory agencies for use by the public utilities commission, with $713,745 reappropriated to the department of law; and$142,749 from the legal services cash fund to the department of law from revenue received from the Colorado energy office that originates as custodial federal funds that the office has authority to expend. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 4/18/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 4/20/2023 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations 4/21/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/25/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/26/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/28/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance 5/1/2023 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 5/3/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 5/5/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/6/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/8/2023 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/9/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/10/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/10/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate | 5/11/2023 Governor Signed | ||
| SB23-303 | Reduce Property Taxes And Voter-approved Revenue Change | S. Fenberg (D) | C. Hansen (D) / C. deGruy Kennedy (D) | M. Weissman (D) | Section 3 of the bill requires the secretary of state to refer a ballot issue to voters at the November 2023 election that asks voters whether property taxes should be reduced and that seeks voter approval to retain and spend excess state revenues that will be used to backfill some of the reduced property tax revenue. Most of the bill only becomes effective if the voters approve the ballot issue.Local government property tax revenue limit. Beginning with the 2023 property tax year, section 6 establishes a limit on specified property tax revenue for local governments, excluding those that are home rule and school districts, that is equal to inflation above the property tax revenue from the prior property tax year (limit). A local government may establish a temporary property tax credit, which does not change the gross mill levy, that is up to the number of mills necessary to prevent the local government's property tax revenue from exceeding the limit. Alternatively, the governing board may approve a mill levy that would cause the local government to exceed the limit, if the governing board approves the mill levy at a public meeting that meets certain criteria.Valuation changes. The valuation for assessment (valuation) of nonresidential real and personal property, excluding producing mines and lands or leaseholds producing oil or gas, is based on an assessment rate of 29% of actual value, but currently, there are temporary reductions in the valuation for certain subclasses of property. Section 8 creates the additional temporary reductions. For the 2023 property tax year: For lodging property, property listed under any improved commercial subclass code, and all other nonresidential property, excluding agricultural property and renewable energy production property, the assessment rate is reduced from 27.9% to 27.85%; For renewable energy agricultural land, which is a newly created subclass of agricultural property that is valued under section 7 , the assessment rate is reduced from 26.4% to 21.9%. Thereafter, the assessment rate for lodging property and all nonresidential property, excluding agricultural property and renewable energy production property and property that is not under a vacant land subclass, is reduced from 29% to: 27.85% for the 2024 through 2026 property tax years; 27.65% for the 2027 and 2028 property tax years; 26.9% for the 2029 and 2030 property tax years; and 25.9% or 26.9% for the 2031 and 2032 property tax years, depending on the increase in the valuation in the 32 counties with the smallest increases from the 2030 to 2031 property tax years (revenue increases). The assessment rate for agricultural property, excluding renewable energy agricultural land, and renewable energy property is reduced from 29% to: 26.4% for the 2025 through 2030 property tax years; and 25.9% or 26.4% for the 2031 and 2032 property tax years, depending on the increase in the valuation in the 32 counties with the smallest revenue increases. The assessment rate for renewable energy agricultural land, which is a newly created subclass of agricultural property that is valued under section 7 , is reduced from 29% to 21.9% for the 2024 through 2032 property tax years. Beginning with the 2033 property tax year, all of the temporary valuation reductions expire and the valuation of all nonresidential real property is 29% of the actual value of the property. The valuation of residential real property is based on an assessment rate of 7.15% of actual value, but currently, there are temporary reductions in the valuation. Section 9 further reduces the valuation of residential real property. For the 2023 property tax year, the valuation is reduced from 6.765% of the amount equal to the actual value minus the lesser of $15,000 or the amount that causes the valuation to be $1,000 (alternate amount) to 6.7% of the amount equal to the actual value minus the lesser of $40,000 or the alternate amount. For the 2024 property tax year, the valuation is reduced as follows: For multi-family residential real property, the valuation is reduced from 6.8% of the actual value to 6.7% of the amount equal to the actual value minus the lesser of $40,000 or the alternate amount; and For all other residential real property, the valuation is reduced from an estimate of 6.98% of the actual value to 6.7% of the amount equal to the actual value minus the lesser of $40,000 or the alternate amount. For the 2025 through 2032 property tax years: For multi-family residential real property and primary residence real property, including multi-family primary residence real property, the valuation is reduced from 7.15% of the actual value to 6.7% of the actual value minus the lesser of $40,000 or the alternate amount; For qualified-senior primary residence real property, including multi-family qualified-senior primary residence real property, the valuation is reduced from 7.15% of the actual value to 6.7% of the amount equal to the actual value minus $140,000 or the alternate amount; and For all other residential real property, the assessment rate is reduced from 7.15% to 7.1 6.7 %. Beginning with the 2033 property tax year, all of the temporary valuation reductions expire and the valuation of all residential real property is 7.15% of the actual value of the property. The bill also establishes that all of the temporary reductions in valuation for residential and nonresidential property created in the bill are contingent on the state's ability to retain and spend state surplus up to the proposition HH cap. If, for any reason, excluding a legislative enactment by the general assembly, the state is not permitted to retain and spend this money, then the temporary reductions in the bill do not apply. Section 11 creates the residential subclass of primary residence real property for owner-occupiers and establishes administrative procedures related to the classification that are based on the procedures for the homestead exemption, with those procedures expanded to treat civil union partners like spouses. Section 11 also creates the residential subclass of qualified-senior primary residence real property, which is a property with an owner-occupier who previously qualified for the senior homestead exemption for a different property and who does not qualify for the exemption for the current property tax year.Sections 1, 12, 13, 15, and 16 , and 21 delay deadlines as necessary due to the valuation changes for the 2023 property tax year. Section 20 requires county assessors to provide notice, which will be prepared by the property tax administrator, to taxpayers about the new valuations for assessment and the application process for primary residence real property and qualified-senior primary residence real property. The state is currently required to reimburse local governmental entities for property tax revenue lost as a result of the reductions in valuation enacted in Senate Bill 22-238. Section 14 modifies this backfill mechanism by: Specifying that the amount of revenue lost for a property tax year is based on a local governmental entity's mill levy for the 2022 property tax year, excluding specified mills; Including the additional property tax revenue reductions that result from the bill in the backfill for the 2023 property tax year; Eliminating the maximum amount of the backfill for the 2023 property tax year that is a refund of excess state revenues; Extending the backfill for the 2024 through 2032 property tax years for the valuation reductions in the bill, but making a local governmental entity that has an increase in real property total valuation of 20% or more from the 2022 property tax year ineligible for the backfill; Creating the local government backfill cash fund, which includes a $128 million general fund transfer, and requiring the money from the fund to be used to backfill revenue to local governments beginning with the 2024 property tax year; and Beginning with the 2024 property tax year, proportionally reducing the amount that each eligible local government receives, if necessary to avoid exceeding the total amount that is identified as being available for the backfills statewide . ; Clarifies how local governmental entities, which are now defined, are treated if their boundaries are in more than one county for purposes of the backfill; and Requires the state treasurer to reduce a backfill as necessary to avoid a local governmental entity exceeding its constitutional fiscal year spending limit. Section 14 also modifies the backfill mechanism to treat cities and counties as counties instead of municipalities, and this change is not contingent on voter-approval of the ballot issue. Section 18 requires the department of revenue to calculate the amount of excess state revenues that will be refunded for the fiscal year 2022-23 with and without the changes from the bill. Section 19 requires the state treasurer to transfer $72 million from the general fund to the state public school fund.Voter-approved revenue change. If the voters approve the referred ballot issue, then the state will be authorized to retain and spend revenues up to the proposition HH cap, created in section 3. For the 2023-24 fiscal year, the proposition HH cap is equal to the excess state revenues cap for the prior fiscal year, adjusted for inflation plus 1% and population changes. Thereafter, the proposition HH cap is equal to the proposition HH cap for the prior fiscal year, adjusted for inflation plus 1% and population changes. The proposition HH cap is also annually adjusted for the qualification or disqualification of enterprises and debt service changes. If the general assembly does not enact assessment rates for the 2033 property tax year that are the same or lower than the assessment rates for the 2032 property tax year described above, then the proposition HH cap is reduced to be equal to the excess state revenues cap, and the state will retain $0 under this authority beginning with the 2031-32 fiscal year. Thereafter, the general assembly may partially or wholly restore the proposition HH cap without additional voter approval if the general assembly enacts valuation reductions equal to or greater than those for the 2032 property tax year. The amount retained under this authority is first used in the following fiscal year to backfill certain local governments for the reduced property tax revenue as a result of the property tax changes in the bill and Senate Bill 22-238, and the remainder is transferred to the state education fund to offset the revenue that school districts lose as a result of the property tax changes. Section 5 requires the state controller to include the new voter-approved revenue change in the annual report on TABOR revenues.Sections 2, 4, 10, and 17 make conforming amendments related to the valuation changes and related procedures and the voter-approved revenue changes. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 5/1/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations 5/2/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/2/2023 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/3/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/4/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations 5/4/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/6/2023 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 5/7/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/8/2023 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/8/2023 House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 5/10/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/15/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/15/2023 Sent to the Governor | 5/24/2023 Governor Signed | ||
| SB23-304 | Property Tax Valuation | C. Hansen (D) | S. Fenberg (D) / B. Marshall (D) | S. Bird (D) | Section 1 of the bill specifies that when a property tax assessor values real property, the property tax assessor must consider: The current use; Existing zoning and other governmental land use or environmental regulations and restrictions; Multi-year leases or other arrangements affecting the use of or income from real property; Easements and reservations of record; and Covenants, conditions, and restrictions of record. Beginning January 1, 2024, section 2 requires certain counties to use an alternative procedure to determine objections and protests of property tax valuations in any year of general reassessment of real property that is valued biennially. Currently, at the request of a taxpayer, a property tax assessor is required to provide the taxpayer with certain data that the assessor used to determine the value of the taxpayer's property. Section 3 clarifies that the data the assessor is required to provide must include the primary method and rates the assessor used to value the property.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 5/1/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 5/2/2023 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/3/2023 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 5/4/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance 5/4/2023 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/5/2023 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 5/6/2023 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/7/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/8/2023 House Considered Senate Adherence - Result was to Recede 5/8/2023 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Adhere 5/10/2023 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/15/2023 Sent to the Governor 5/15/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | 5/24/2023 Governor Signed |