| Bill # | BJ4C position | Position | Calendar Notification | Short Title | Sponsors | Bill Summary | Most Recent Status |
| HB23-1005 | Support | Support | NOT ON CALENDAR | New Energy Improvement Program Changes | J. Willford (D) | B. Titone (D) / S. Jaquez Lewis (D) | J. Marchman | The commercial property assessed clean energy program (C-PACE) is part of the new energy improvement program. C-PACE allows owners of eligible real property to apply to the Colorado new energy improvement district (district) to finance certain energy efficiency improvements. The bill allows owners to also apply to the district to finance resiliency improvements and water efficiency improvements. Additionally, when the district approves a C-PACE application, an owner consents to the district levying a special assessment on an owner's eligible real property. Current law requires the district to notify district members and existing lienholders about the special assessment and the availability of a hearing to resolve any complaints or objections. After a hearing, current law further requires the district to pass a resolution resolving any complaints or objections. The bill eliminates the requirements for the district to give notice about a hearing, conduct a hearing, and pass a resolution resolving complaints or objections. Instead of notifying district members and existing lienholders about the availability of a hearing, the bill requires the district to send a notice of assessment, which specifies the amount of the special assessment to be levied on the eligible real property, explains that the special assessment constitutes a lien against the eligible real property, and explains that the district is not a party to any private financing agreements. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/8/2023 Governor Signed |
| HB23-1006 | Monitor | NOT ON CALENDAR | Employer Notice Of Income Tax Credits | M. Young (D) | L. Daugherty (D) / T. Exum (D) | Current law requires an employer to provide its employees with an annual statement showing the total compensation paid and the income tax withheld for the preceding calendar year. The bill requires an employer to also provide within a week before or after providing the statement and in the same manner as the statement is provided, written notice of the availability of the federal and state earned income tax credits and the federal and state child tax credits at least once annually. An employer may send the written notice to employees electronically, including via email or text message. The written notice must be in English and any other language the employer uses to communicate with employees and must include any additional content that the department of revenue prescribes. (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.) | 3/23/2023 Sent to the Governor | |
| HB23-1017 | Support | Support | NOT ON CALENDAR | Electronic Sales And Use Tax Simplification System | C. Kipp (D) | R. Bockenfeld (R) / J. Bridges (D) | K. Van Winkle (R) | Sales and Use Tax Simplification Task Force. As part of an effort to simplify the sales and use tax system, the department of revenue (department) created the electronic sales and use tax simplification system (SUTS), which is a one-stop portal designed to facilitate the collection and remittance of sales and use tax. As soon as possible, but no later than January 1, 2025, the bill requires the department to modify SUTS to: Notify a local taxing jurisdiction when there has been a change in an account's attributes or when an account has been closed; Populate a local account number on all returns and summary reports, if the retailer filing the return has a number and provides the number in SUTS; Ensure that the missing license tool is working properly; Facilitate the automation of the filing process; Develop a simplified spreadsheet filing system or a filing option that does not use a spreadsheet; Provide taxpayers with a bulk testing option for address files; Create a simplified process for filing a zero return; and Include additional use taxes, additional information about deductions, filtering options, and certain tabs. The bill permits the department to modify SUTS to: Require retailers to register with a local taxing jurisdiction in which taxes are due before using SUTS; and Prohibit a retailer from filing a return in SUTS unless the retailer has the correct local number on the account. With the exception of charges for payments by credit cards, the bill prohibits the department from imposing a convenience fee or any other type of charge for a payment through SUTS and from passing those charges on to local taxing jurisdictions. The bill also requires the department to: Create a campaign to promote SUTS for the purpose of increasing the awareness, participation, and compliance by retailers and local taxing jurisdictions; and Solicit and consider feedback from interested stakeholders about enhancements to SUTS that lead to greater local taxing jurisdiction participation and greater compliance by retailers.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 2/6/2023 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations |
| HB23-1023 | Support | Support | NOT ON CALENDAR | Special District Construction Contracts | W. Lindstedt (D) | D. Wilson (R) / D. Roberts (D) | B. Gardner (R) | Public notice for bids on special district construction contracts is currently required when the contract cost is $60,000 or more. The bill increases the notice threshold to $120,000 or more, and requires the amount to be adjusted for inflation every 5 years. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/17/2023 Governor Signed |
| HB23-1035 | Monitor | NOT ON CALENDAR | Statute Of Limitations Minimum Wage Violations | M. Soper (R) | The bill specifies that actions brought for violations of minimum wage laws must be commenced within 2 years after the cause of action accrues or, for a willful violation, within 3 years after the cause of action accrues. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 2/14/2023 House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely | |
| HB23-1039 | Support | Support | NOT ON CALENDAR | Electric Resource Adequacy Reporting | S. Bird (D) / R. Rodriguez (D) | F. Winter (D) | On or before April 1, 2024, and on or before April 1 of each year thereafter, an entity with an obligation to provide retail or wholesale electricity services in the state (load-serving entity) must file with the entity responsible for approving the resource plans or rates of the load-serving entity (regulatory oversight entity) an annual report detailing the adequacy of its electric resources (resource adequacy annual report). On or before April 30, 2024, and on or before April 30 of each year thereafter, each regulatory oversight entity must submit any resource adequacy annual reports to the Colorado energy office. On or before July 1, 2024, and on or before July 1 of each year thereafter, the Colorado energy office must aggregate the resource adequacy annual reports received from the regulatory oversight entities into a statewide resource adequacy aggregate annual report. If a load-serving entity participates in an active organized wholesale market, which is a regional transmission organization or an independent system operator established for the purpose of coordinating and managing the dispatch and transmission of electricity on a multistate or regional basis, or, if the load-serving entity is participating in a voluntary regional resource adequacy reporting program, the load-serving entity's obligation to provide a resource adequacy annual report terminates on the date that the load-serving entity begins participating in an organized wholesale market or in the year following the submission of a compliance report required by the program. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/22/2023 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended to Appropriations |
| HB23-1045 | Monitor | NOT ON CALENDAR | Employee Leave For Colorado National Guard Service | G. Evans (R) / B. Pelton (R) | N. Hinrichsen (D) | The bill clarifies that a member of the Colorado National Guard or any other component of the military forces of the state who is an officer or employee of a public employer is entitled to a leave of absence from employment for training or active state military service for the equivalent of 3 weeks of work on the officer's or employee's regular work schedule each year. The officer or employee is entitled to use any paid leave available to the officer or employee or to use unpaid leave. The bill clarifies that a member of the Colorado National Guard or the reserve forces of the United States who is an employee of a private employer is entitled to a leave of absence from employment in order to receive military training with the United States armed forces for the equivalent of 3 weeks of work on the employee's regular work schedule each year. The employee is entitled to use any paid leave available to the employee or to use unpaid leave for the employee's period of absence for military training. The bill clarifies that a private employee is entitled to use any paid leave available to the employee or to use unpaid leave in order to engage in active service in the Colorado National Guard. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/10/2023 Governor Signed | |
| HB23-1057 | Monitor | Monitor | NOT ON CALENDAR | 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 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: 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 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, non-gendered multi-stall restroom, and non-gendered single-stall restroom. 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 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, in all non-gendered restrooms, and in all single-stalled restrooms. 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 municipalitiy 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. 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 if the requirement would result in failure to comply with applicable building standards governing the right of access for individuals with disabilities. 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: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 2/13/2023 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations |
| HB23-1058 | Monitor | NOT ON CALENDAR | 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.) | 3/23/2023 Sent to the Governor | |
| HB23-1076 | Monitor | Monitor | NOT ON CALENDAR | Workers' Compensation | L. Daugherty (D) | 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 this bill as introduced.) | 2/2/2023 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to Appropriations |
| HB23-1078 | NOT ON CALENDAR | Unemployment Compensation Dependent Allowance | J. Willford (D) / C. Hansen (D) | The bill creates a dependent allowance for an individual receiving unemployment compensation (eligible individual) for each of the eligible individual's dependents. The dependent allowance starts on July 1, 2025, is $35 per dependent per week, and increases annually for inflation if necessary. The bill defines "dependent" as a child of an eligible individual who receives at least half of the child's financial support from the eligible individual and who is: Under 18 years of age; or 18 years of age or older and incapable of self-care because of a mental or physical disability. The bill requires the division of unemployment insurance to report to the general assembly regarding the dependent allowance annually, beginning August 31, 2025, and by August 31 of each year thereafter. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 2/9/2023 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations | ||
| HB23-1081 | Monitor | NOT ON CALENDAR | Employee Ownership Tax Credit Expansion | W. Lindstedt (D) | R. Taggart (R) / N. Hinrichsen (D) | Under current law, a qualified business is allowed a tax credit in the amount of 50% of the costs to convert the qualified business to a form of employee ownership. The tax credit is capped at $25,000 for converting a qualified business to a worker-owned cooperative or employee ownership trust, and capped at $100,000 for converting a qualified business to an employee stock ownership plan. The bill: Increases the cap for converting a qualified business to a worker-owned cooperative or employee ownership trust from $25,000 to $40,000, and increases the cap for converting a qualified business to an employee stock ownership plan from $100,000 to $150,000; Expands the tax credit to include 50% of the costs of a qualified employee-owned business expanding its employee ownership by at least 20%, not to exceed $25,000; Expands the tax credit to include 50% of the costs of a qualified business converting to or expanding an alternate equity structure, not to exceed $25,000. An alternate equity structure is a form of employee ownership where an employer grants to employees an employee stock ownership plan, LLC membership, phantom stock, profit interest, profit sharing, restricted stock, stock appreciation right, stock option, or synthetic equity. Specifies that a qualified business or qualified employee-owned business may apply for and claim only one credit for the conversion or expansion costs per tax year.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 2/2/2023 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations | |
| HB23-1085 | NOT ON CALENDAR | Rural County and Municipality Energy Efficient Building Codes | M. Martinez (D) / C. Simpson (R) | Counties and municipalities are currently required to adopt and enforce certain energy efficient building codes concurrently with the updating of their existing building codes or, before July 1, 2023 only, concurrently with either the adoption or updating of their building codes. Counties and municipalities must adopt and enforce these specified model energy codes within particular time frames. A rural county, which is defined as a county with a population of less than 30,000 people, is permitted to adopt a less current model code if it has applied for and not been awarded a grant that significantly assists with energy code adoption and enforcement training.Section 1 of the bill extends the compliance periods for adoption and enforcement of the model energy codes by a rural county as follows: An energy code that achieves equivalent or better energy performance than the 2021 international energy conservation code and the model electric ready and solar ready code language developed by the energy board is not required prior to July 1, 2030, instead of being required concurrently with any county code building code update occurring on or after July 1, 2023, and before July 1, 2026; An energy code that achieves equivalent or better energy and carbon emissions performance than the model low energy and carbon code developed by the energy board is not required prior to July 1, 2032, instead of being required concurrently with any county code building code update occurring on or after July 1, 2026; and An energy code that achieves equivalent or better energy performance than one of the 3 most recent editions of the international energy conservation code is not required prior to July 1, 2025, instead of being required concurrently with any county code building code adoption or update occurring before July 1, 2023. Section 2 defines a rural municipality as a municipality with a population of less than 10,000 people and extends the compliance periods for adoption and enforcement of the model energy codes in an identical manner to that outlined above for rural counties. The bill adds language allowing a rural municipality to adopt a less current model code if it has applied for and not been awarded a grant that significantly assists with energy code adoption and enforcement training.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 2/23/2023 House Committee on Energy & Environment Postpone Indefinitely | ||
| HB23-1090 | Oppose | Oppose | Tuesday, March 28 2023 SENATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT & HOUSING COMMITTEE 2:00 PM SCR 352 (3) in senate calendar. | 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.) | 2/23/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing |
| HB23-1096 | Support | Support | NOT ON CALENDAR | Wildfire Resilient Homes | M. Snyder (D) | The bill expands the wildfire mitigation resources and best practices grant program to allow grant recipients to expend grant money on programs, education, and resources for ways in which houses located in areas of the state at high risk of wildfires may be built, rebuilt, or improved to make such houses more resilient to the risks posed by wildfires and requires the Colorado state forest service to promote the benefits of adopting the ways in which houses can be made more wildfire resilient.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 2/27/2023 House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Postpone Indefinitely |
| HB23-1118 | Amend | NOT ON CALENDAR | Fair Workweek Employment Standards | E. Sirota (D) | S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) / J. Gonzales (D) | F. Winter (D) | The bill imposes requirements for certain types of employers with regard to: The determination of employee work schedules; Employee requests for changes to work schedules; and Notices and posting of employee work schedules. In addition to pay for hours worked by the employee, the bill requires certain types of employers to pay employees: Predictability pay when an employer makes certain changes to an employee's work schedule; Rest shortfall pay when an employee is required to work hours without a minimum period of rest after a prior shift; Retention pay when an employer provides work hours to a new employee without first offering the work hours to existing employees; and Minimum weekly pay in an amount that corresponds to 15% of the average weekly hours indicated on the employee's anticipated work plan, paid at the greater of the employee's regular rate of pay or the minimum wage, regardless of whether the employee works such hours. The bill prohibits employers from discriminating or taking any adverse action against an employee based on the hours an employee is scheduled or actually works, the expected duration of employment, or the employee's desired work schedule. The bill also prohibits retaliation against an employee for attempting to exercise any right created in the bill. Employers are required to retain records demonstrating their compliance with the requirements of the bill. A person who is aggrieved by a violation of the requirements of the bill may file a complaint with the division of labor standards and statistics (division) in the department of labor and employment or bring a civil action in district court. The division is authorized to investigate complaints and, upon determining that a violation occurred, to impose fines, penalties, or damages and award attorney fees and costs. The division is also authorized to bring a civil action to enforce the requirements of the bill. The bill includes protections for whistleblowers and establishes penalties for violations. The director of the division is required to promulgate rules to implement the bill. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 3/2/2023 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Postpone Indefinitely | |
| HB23-1127 | Monitor | NOT ON CALENDAR | Customer's Right To Use Energy | T. Winter (R) / M. Baisley (R) | The bill prohibits a state agency, local government, or common interest community from limiting or prohibiting the use of natural gas, propane, solar photovoltaics, micro wind turbines, or micro hydroelectricity for generating electricity, cooking, heating water, or heating or cooling spaces in residences, units, or businesses. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 2/9/2023 House Committee on Energy & Environment Postpone Indefinitely | |
| HB23-1161 | Amend | Amend | NOT ON CALENDAR | Environmental Standards For Appliances | C. Kipp (D) | J. Willford (D) / L. Cutter (D) | Current law establishes water and energy efficiency standards (standards) for certain appliances and fixtures sold in Colorado. Sections 1 through 7 of the bill expand the appliances and fixtures that are subject to the standards and update the standards. Specifically, section 4 updates standards for certain appliances and fixtures that are sold in Colorado on and after certain dates, including: Certain faucets and urinals; Certain lamps; Commercial hot food holding cabinets; Portable electric spas; Residential ventilating fans; and Spray sprinkler bodies. Section 4 also creates new standards for certain appliances and other fixtures that are sold in Colorado on and after January 1, 2024, including: Air purifiers; Commercial ovens; Electric storage water heaters; Electric vehicle supply equipment; Gas fireplaces; Irrigation controllers; Tub spout diverters and showerhead tub spout diverter combinations; and Certain residential windows, residential doors, and residential skylights. Section 4 also removes standards for air compressors, general service lamps, and uninterruptible power supplies.Section 5 requires the executive director of the department of public health and environment (executive director) to promulgate rules on or before January 1, 2026, and every 5 years thereafter: Adopting a more recent version of any standard; and Establishing standards for appliances and other devices that are not subject to the standards if certain conditions are met. Section 6 exempts manufacturers of products subject to the standards from having to demonstrate that a product complies with the law if the product appears in the state appliance standards database maintained by the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, or a successor organization. Section 6 also requires the executive director to conduct periodic, unannounced inspections of major distributors or retailers, including online retailers, of new products in order to determine compliance with the standards. Under current law, any person who sells or offers to sell in the state any new consumer product that is required to meet an efficiency standard but that the person knows does not meet that standard is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $2,000 for each violation, which amount is credited to the general fund. Section 7 credits any penalties imposed to the energy fund created in the Colorado energy office rather than to the general fund and specifies that each transaction or online for-sale product listing constitutes a separate violation.Section 8 establishes the "Clean Lighting Act" to phase out the sale of general-purpose fluorescent light bulbs that contain mercury. With certain exceptions: On and after January 1, 2024, a person shall not manufacture, distribute, sell, or offer for sale in Colorado any new compact fluorescent lamp with a screw- or bayonet-type base; and On and after January 1, 2025, a person shall not manufacture, distribute, sell, or offer for sale in Colorado any linear fluorescent lamp or any compact fluorescent lamp with a pin-type base. Section 9 establishes standards for heating and water heating appliances. With certain exceptions, on and after January 1, 2025, a person shall not manufacture, distribute, sell, offer for sale, lease, or offer for lease in Colorado any new water heater, boiler, or fan-type central furnace unless the emissions of the product do not exceed certain limits on emissions. On or before January 1, 2029, the air quality control commission in the department of public health and environment must promulgate rules lowering the emission limits. Section 9 also requires manufacturers to use certain testing protocols, display certain information on each product, and demonstrate compliance through one of various described means.Sections 8 and 9 both require the executive director to conduct periodic, unannounced inspections of major distributors or retailers, including online retailers, of new products to determine compliance and to report violations to the attorney general. If the attorney general has probable cause to believe that a violation occurred, the attorney general may bring a civil action on behalf of the state to seek the imposition of civil penalties, and any civil penalties are to be deposited in the energy fund.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 3/9/2023 House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Appropriations |
| HB23-1169 | Wednesday, April 5 2023 Judiciary 1:30 p.m. Room 0112 (4) in house calendar. | Limit Arrest For Low-level Offenses | J. Bacon (D) | The bill prohibits a peace officer from arresting a person based solely on the alleged commission of a petty offense, except for petty theft, a drug petty offense, a class 2 traffic misdemeanor or comparable municipal offense, and all municipal offenses for which there is no comparable state misdemeanor offense, unless the location of the person is unknown and the issuance of an arrest warrant is necessary in order to subject the person to the jurisdiction of the court. The bill does not limit a peace officer's authority to arrest a person for an alleged offense: For which custodial arrest is statutorily required; That is a victim rights act crime; For a driving under the influence or a driving while impaired offense or a municipal offense with substantially similar elements; That is a traffic offense involving death or bodily injury or a municipal offense with substantially similar elements; That is eluding or attempting to elude a police officer or a municipal offense with substantially similar elements; or That is operating a vehicle after circumventing an interlock device or a municipal offense with substantially similar elements. The bill does not limit a peace officer's authority to execute an arrest warrant or require a court or sheriff as a matter of jail administration to verify compliance with the bill. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 2/2/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary | ||
| HB23-1190 | Oppose | NOT ON CALENDAR | Affordable Housing Right Of First Refusal | A. Boesenecker (D) | E. Sirota (D) / F. Winter (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.) | 3/9/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing | |
| HB23-1192 | Oppose | Wednesday, April 5 2023 SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE 1:30 PM Old Supreme Court (2) in senate calendar. | Additional Protections In Consumer Code | M. Weissman (D) / J. Gonzales (D) | R. Rodriguez (D) | Section 1 of the bill: Removes the knowingly or recklessly mental state from the general unfair or deceptive trade practice provision concerning an unfair, unconscionable, deceptive, deliberately misleading, false, or fraudulent act or practice , removes "deliberately misleading" from that provision, and adds "knowingly" before "false" within that provision ; Establishes as a deceptive trade practice the act of including in a contract offered to or entered into with a consumer a term that is substantially substantively unconscionable or void as against public policy as of the time of the contract's execution ; Establishes that evidence that a person has engaged in an unfair or deceptive trade practice constitutes a significant impact to the public; and Amends Adds to the definition of "recklessly" with regard to unfair or deceptive trade practices , to mean without regard to consequences or to the rights, interests, or safety of others the failure to exercise reasonable care to: Ensure that a statement, advertisement, or conduct is truthful and accurate; or Avoid a substantial and unjustifiable risk of consumer harm. Under current law, a person commits an unfair and unconscionable act or practice if the person engages in price gouging with regard to the sale or provision of certain goods or services during, and for a certain period after, a declared emergency disaster (disaster period). Section 2 extends the disaster period from 180 days after the first declaration of the disaster to 180 days after the final declaration concerning the disaster expires.Section 3 repeals and reenacts the "Colorado Antitrust Act of 1992" as the "Colorado State Antitrust Act of 2023" (act) and: Establishes that the facilitation or aiding and abetting of another person's violation of the act is itself a violation of the act; Authorizes the attorney general (AG) to request discovery from any person that the AG believes may in the future engage in, or has information related to, a violation of the act; Authorizes the AG to deem investigatory or intelligence records related to the act available for public inspection, but allows the AG to issue public statements or warnings regarding conduct forming the basis of the investigatory or intelligence records ; without waiving the AG's authority not to deem the records available for public inspection ; Authorizes a court, upon request of the AG, to compensate a person that has been injured from a violation of the act as part of a civil action that the AG brings on behalf of the person; Increases the maximum civil penalty that a court may award for a violation of the act from $250,000 to $1,000,000 per violation; and With regard to the statute of limitations for commencing a civil action under the act: Clarifies that a cause of action accrues on the date of the last in a series of acts or practices that, in the aggregate, constitute a violation of the act; and Tolls the statute of limitations for any civil action pertaining to an alleged violation of the act during the pendency of a federal proceeding regarding the conduct forming the basis of the alleged violation of the act. ; andExempts the AG from the statute of limitations. (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.) | 3/22/2023 Senate Committee on Judiciary Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed | |
| HB23-1240 | NOT ON CALENDAR | Sales Use Tax Exemption Wildfire Disaster Construction | K. Brown (D) | J. Amabile (D) / S. Fenberg (D) | Section 1 of the bill creates a state sales and use tax exemption for construction and building materials purchased on or after January 1, 2020, but before July 1, 2025, to be used directly in rebuilding or repairing a residential structure damaged or destroyed by a declared wildfire disaster in calendar year 2020, 2021, or 2022 (wildfire rebuild exemption). A homeowner, or a contractor employed by a homeowner, may obtain a wildfire rebuild exemption certificate from the local government authorized to issue a building permit in the area in which the residential structure to be repaired or rebuilt is located. To be qualified, a homeowner must certify that: The homeowner was the owner of each residential structure to be repaired or rebuilt at the time the structure was damaged or destroyed by the declared wildfire disaster; and The replacement cost for each residential structure to be repaired or rebuilt exceeds the homeowner's coverage under any homeowner's insurance policy associated with the structure. To claim the exemption, the qualified homeowner, or contractor employed by such homeowner, must provide a copy of the wildfire rebuild exemption certificate to each retailer from which the homeowner or contractor purchases exempt construction or building materials. If a qualified homeowner, or contractor employed by such homeowner, has paid state sales or use tax on the purchase of exempt construction or building materials on or after January 1, 2020, but before July 1, 2025, then the person who made the purchase may apply to the department of revenue for a refund pursuant to existing sales and use tax refund procedures. Alternatively, if the purchaser-contractor has not been granted a refund, the homeowner for whom the exempt materials were purchased may apply for a refund by establishing certain existing statutory requirements are met. Sections 2 and 3 include the wildfire rebuild exemption among other exemptions available to state-collected and administered local sales and use tax jurisdictions, including statutory cities and counties, for adoption at their discretion.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 3/20/2023 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations | ||
| HB23-1246 | NOT ON CALENDAR | Support In-demand Career Workforce | J. McCluskie (D) | R. Pugliese (R) / J. Buckner (D) | P. Will (R) | The bill directs the state board of community colleges and occupational education (board) to administer the in-demand short-term credentials program (program) in order to support the expansion of the number of available and qualified professionals who are able to meet Colorado's in-demand workforce needs. The bill appropriates $38.6 million from the general fund for this program. The board is required to allocate funds to community and technical colleges, area technical colleges, local district colleges, and Colorado Mesa university to provide assistance to students for eligible expenses that support their enrollment in eligible programs. If unexpended resources exist, the funds must be used to pay for a student's housing, transportation, or food expenses. The bill requires the office of future work to provide grants to registered apprenticeship programs that provide training in the building and construction trade at no cost to apprentices. The bill appropriates $1.4 million from the general fund for this grant program. The bill appropriates $5 million from the general fund to create 2 new short-term degree nursing programs at community or technical colleges. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 3/22/2023 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations | ||
| SB23-016 | Monitor | NOT ON CALENDAR | 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.Section 3 requires 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 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.Section 6 updates the statewide GHG emission reduction goals to add a 65% reduction goal for 2035, an 80% 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 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.Section 8 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 demonstrates that it provided a purchaser a 30% discount from the purchase price of new, electric-powered lawn equipment may claim the tax credit. 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 10 through 12 incorporate projects to renovate or recondition existing utility transmission lines into the "Colorado Electric Transmission Authority Act", allowing the Colorado electric transmission authority to finance and renovate, rebuild, or recondition existing transmission lines in order to update and optimize the transmission lines.Section 13 requires a local government to expedite its review of a land use application that proposes a project to renovate, rebuild, or recondition existing transmission lines.Section 14 makes a conforming amendment regarding the updated statewide GHG emission reduction goals set forth in section 6.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 2/21/2023 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations | |
| SB23-017 | Monitor | Monitor | NOT ON CALENDAR | Additional Uses Paid Sick Leave | F. Winter (D) / J. Willford (D) | J. Joseph (D) | The bill allows an employee to use accrued paid sick leave when the employee needs to: Care for a family member whose school or place of care has been closed due to inclement weather, loss of power, loss of heating, loss of water, or other unexpected occurrence or event that results in the closure of the family member's school or place of care; or Grieve, attend funeral services or a memorial, or deal with financial and legal matters that arise after the death of a family member ; or Evacuate the employee's place of residence due to inclement weather, loss of power, loss of heating, loss of water, or other unexpected occurrence or event that results in the need to evacuate the employee's residence. (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.) | 3/23/2023 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to Appropriations |
| SB23-046 | Monitor | Monitor | NOT ON CALENDAR | Average Weekly Wage Paid Leave Benefits | F. Winter (D) / M. Duran (D) | Current law specifies that a covered individual's weekly paid family and medical leave benefit is determined based on the individual's average weekly wage earned during the covered individual's base period or alternative base period from the job or jobs from which the covered individual is taking paid family and medical leave, which excludes from the calculation recent wages from previous jobs. The bill eliminates the limit on calculating the benefit based on the average weekly wage earned only from the job or jobs from which the individual is taking paid family and medical leave.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) | 3/23/2023 Governor Signed |
| SB23-049 | Thursday, March 30 2023 Finance Upon Adjournment Room 0112 (1) in house calendar. | Special Mobile Machinery Registration Exemption | R. Zenzinger (D) | K. Van Winkle (R) / M. Snyder (D) | R. Bockenfeld (R) | Under current law, an owner of special mobile machinery may obtain from the department of revenue a registration exempt certificate for the special mobile machinery only if the owner regularly has 1,000 or more items of special mobile machinery in the state. The bill allows an owner of any amount 250 items or more of special mobile machinery located in the state to obtain a registration exempt certificate for the special mobile machinery. All fees and surcharges for the special mobile machinery must be paid within 20 days after the special mobile machinery certificate expires. The owner may take credit for surcharges and registration fees paid on special mobile machinery that the owner disposed of or removed from the state during the preceding year. (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.) | 3/14/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance | ||
| SB23-058 | Wednesday, March 29 2023 Business Affairs & Labor Upon Adjournment Room 0112 (1) in house calendar. | Job Application Fairness Act | J. Danielson (D) | S. Jaquez Lewis (D) / J. Willford (D) | M. Young (D) | Starting July 1, 2024, the bill prohibits employers from inquiring about a prospective employee's age, date of birth, and dates of attendance at or date of graduation from an educational institution on an initial employment application. An employer may request an individual to verify compliance with age requirements imposed pursuant to or required by: A bona fide occupational qualification pertaining to public or occupational safety; A federal law or regulation; or A state or local law or regulation based on a bona fide occupational qualification. The department of labor and employment (department) is charged with enforcing the requirements of the bill and may issue warnings and orders of compliance for violations and, for second or subsequent violations, impose civil penalties. A violation of the restrictions does not create a private cause of action. The department is directed to adopt rules regarding procedures for handling complaints against employers. For the 2023-24 state fiscal year, the bill requires the general assembly to appropriate $56,468 from the general fund to the department for use by the division of labor standards and statistics for program costs related to labor standards. (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.) | 3/15/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor | ||
| SB23-065 | Support | Support | NOT ON CALENDAR | Career Development Success Program | P. Lundeen (R) | J. Bridges (D) | For the career development success program (program), the bill removes the requirement for successful completion of a qualified industry pre-apprenticeship program and the requirement for successful completion of a qualified industry apprenticeship. Current law requires the general assembly to annually appropriate $1 million to the department of education for the program. Beginning in the 2023-24 budget year, and each budget year thereafter, the bill increase the appropriation to $10 million. The bill requires a school district or charter school participating in the program to receive 120% of the per-pupil amount for each pupil who is eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and who successfully earned an industry certificate by completing a qualified industry-credential program, a qualified workplace training program, or a qualified advanced placement course. The bill authorizes a participating school district or participating charter school to contract with a third party to provide specified services under the program. The bill extends the repeal date from September 1, 2024, to September 1, 2034. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 2/14/2023 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations |
| SB23-105 | Monitor | NOT ON CALENDAR | Ensure Equal Pay For Equal Work | J. Danielson (D) | J. Buckner (D) / S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) | J. Bacon (D) | Current law authorizes the director of the division of labor standards and statistics in the department of labor and employment (director) to create and administer a process to accept and mediate complaints, to provide legal resources concerning alleged wage inequity, and to promulgate rules as necessary for this purpose. The bill changes these authorizations to requirements. Additionally, the bill requires the director to: Investigate complaints or other leads concerning wage inequity; Upon finding of a violation, order compliance and relief; and Promulgate rules to enforce the bill. The bill also requires an employer to: For each job opportunity or promotional opportunity where the employer is considering more than one candidate, follow specific guidelines for posting the opportunity; For all job opportunities and promotional opportunities, provide specific information to employees regarding the candidate selected for the opportunity; and For all objectively defined career progressions, disclose the requirements for career progression and the terms of compensation, benefits, status, duties, and access to further advancement.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 2/28/2023 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations | |
| SB23-110 | Support | NOT ON CALENDAR | 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.) | 3/24/2023 Signed by the Speaker of the House | |
| SB23-143 | NOT ON CALENDAR | 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.) | 3/20/2023 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations | ||
| SB23-166 | Amend | NOT ON CALENDAR | Establishment Of A Wildfire Resiliency Code Board | L. Cutter (D) | T. Exum (D) / M. Froelich (D) | E. Velasco (D) | The bill establishes a wildfire resiliency code board (board) in the division of fire prevention and control (division) within the department of public safety (department) for the purposes of ensuring community safety from and more resiliency to wildfires by reducing the risk of wildfires to people and property through the adoption of statewide codes and standards. The board consists of 21 appointed voting members with specific government or industry qualifications and 3 non-voting members. The board is required to promulgate rules concerning the adoption and administration of codes and standards for the hardening of structures and parcels in the wildland-urban interface in Colorado, including rules that: Define the wildland-urban interface and identify areas of the state that are within it; Adopt minimum codes and standards based on best practices to reduce the risk to life and property from the effects of wildfires; Identify hazards and types of buildings, entities, and defensible space around structures to which the codes apply; and Establish a process for a governing body to petition the board for a modification to the codes and establish the criteria and process for the board to grant or deny an appeal from a decision of the board on a petition for modification. The bill also creates the wildfire resiliency code board cash fund and continuously appropriates the money in the fund to the department to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill requires a governing body with jurisdiction in an area within the wildland-urban interface to adopt and enforce a code that meets or exceeds the minimum standards of the codes adopted by the board. Enforcement of the codes is done in accordance with the rules and regulations for code enforcement adopted by the governing body. If the governing body does not have rules and regulations for code enforcement, the governing body may request support from the division to enforce the code. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 3/16/2023 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Appropriations | |
| SB23-172 | Wednesday, April 5 2023 SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE 1:30 PM Old Supreme Court (6) in senate calendar. | 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.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 2/27/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary | ||
| SB23-196 | NOT ON CALENDAR | Income Tax Credit For Retroffitting A Home For Health Reasons | F. Winter (D) / M. Young (D) | The bill extends for an additional 5 years the income tax credit for expenses incurred by a qualified individual in retrofitting the individual's residence to increase its accessibility for persons with disabilities. The bill also extends the credit carry-forward period from 5 to 8 years. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 3/23/2023 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations | ||
| SJR23-004 | Support | Support | NOT ON CALENDAR | Uniform Sales And Use Tax On Construction Material | J. Bridges (D) | K. Van Winkle (R) / C. Kipp (D) | R. Bockenfeld (R) | *** No bill summary available *** | 1/19/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance |