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Position | Bill Title | Sponsors | Bill Summary | Most Recent Status | Cal Notif Committee |
| HB26-1003 | | Concerning modifications to the small business recovery and resiliency loan program. | N. Ricks (D) | S. Camacho (D) / C. Kolker (D) | Currently, the purpose of the small business recovery and resiliency loan program (program) is to support the state's recovery from the economic crisis caused by COVID-19 by supporting Colorado small businesses recovering from COVID-19. The bill modifies the purpose of the program to supporting Colorado's small businesses through the program.Currently, money in the small business recovery and resiliency fund (fund) may be used for specified purposes if the money from the fund is matched by money provided by other sources at a ratio of $1 of money from the fund to $4 of money from other sources. The bill changes this ratio to $1 from the fund to $1 from other sources. Once the money from the fund is matched by other sources and comprises a tranche, the bill specifies that the money from the tranche may be used for loans or to purchase participation interest in loans for businesses as determined by the program oversight board (board), including working capital and the purchase of equipment.Currently, principal and interest payments on a loan may be deferred for up to one year for circumstances of hardship created by the COVID-19 pandemic or based on ongoing economic conditions. The bill allows a deferral for circumstances of hardship and repeals the requirement that the hardship must be caused by the COVID-19 pandemic or ongoing economic conditions.Currently, each tranche is subject to an initial period of time, as determined by the board, in which a portion of the money from the fund is allocated to each county, as determined by the board, based on specified criteria or a statutory formula. Currently, the money allocated to each county must be reserved for applications from eligible borrowers located in that county for the initial period of time. The bill repeals the requirement that the money is reserved for the initial period of time and that the money is allocated to a county. The bill requires each tranche of loan funding to be used to fund businesses across the state over the duration of the program. The program will track the distribution of capital to counties.The bill requires the state treasurer to transfer $5 million from the fund to the Colorado startup loan program fund on June 30, 2026.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/14/2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor
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| HB26-1005 | | Concerning measures to reduce barriers in the "Labor Peace Act" to promote good faith collective bargaining negotiations. | J. Mabrey (D) | J. Bacon (D) / J. Danielson (D) | I. Jodeh (D) | The bill makes the following changes to the "Labor Peace Act":Specifies that employees' right to bargain collectively includes the right to bargain collectively concerning any mandatory subject of bargaining;Eliminates the requirement for a second election to negotiate a union security agreement clause in the collective bargaining process;Declares that it is not an unfair labor practice for an employer to refuse to agree to a lawful proposal made by the exclusive representative of the employees, or for the exclusive representative of the employees to refuse to agree to a lawful proposal made by the employer, concerning a mandatory subject of bargaining if the refusing party has bargained in good faith with the other party; andRequires employers and employees, through their exclusive representative, to bargain in good faith.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/14/2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor
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| HB26-1008 | | Concerning measures to enhance outdoor recreation opportunities in the state, and, in connection therewith, expanding the division of parks and wildlife's capacity for outdoor recreation coordination, planning, and management. | M. Lukens (D) | R. Taggart (R) / J. Marchman (D) | J. Rich (R) | The bill requires the division of parks and wildlife (division) in the department of natural resources to expand the division's capacity for outdoor recreation coordination, planning, and management and take a leading role in state-level coordination, strategic planning, and implementation of Colorado's outdoors strategy. The division is directed to, among other things, engage with relevant partners, stakeholders, and agencies to coordinate and incorporate wildlife, conservation, recreation, and climate-resilience considerations across agency planning and decision-making processes.In addition, the division is required to support, in consultation with relevant entities, the planning, development, and maintenance of outdoor recreation infrastructure to enhance outdoor recreation opportunities while protecting private property rights, wildlife, and natural resources.The bill also requires the division to create, and update at least annually, integrated regional outdoor recreation and conservation planning reports to inform division awareness and operational decision-making.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/14/2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources
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| HB26-1012 | | Concerning consumer protections to promote fair market pricing practices in the state. | Y. Zokaie (D) | K. Brown (D) / W. Lindstedt (D) | M. Weissman (D) | In 2025, the general assembly enacted House Bill 25-1090, which requires clear and conspicuous disclosures regarding the maximum total price charged for goods, services, and property. The bill adds a requirement that a person selling goods for delivery must disclose, at the point of sale, a comparison of the total price for the delivered goods and the total price for the goods available for purchase on site at a store.The bill also prohibits a person from charging unreasonably excessive prices to a captive consumer and defines "captive consumer" as a consumer who is at a location at which a seller of ancillary goods or services does not have competitors regarding the ancillary goods or services being sold. A person that charges unreasonably excessive prices to a captive consumer engages in an unfair or deceptive trade practice in violation of the "Colorado Consumer Protection Act".(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/14/2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
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| HB26-1014 | | Concerning an extension of the Colorado job growth incentive tax credit through state income tax year 2034. | R. Taggart (R) | A. Boesenecker (D) / L. Frizell (R) | Under current law, the Colorado job growth incentive tax credit (credit) may only be allowed by the economic development commission (commission) through state income tax year 2026. The bill amends the Colorado job growth incentive tax credit to authorize the commission to allow new credit awards through state income tax year 2034.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/14/2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance
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| HB26-1033 | | Concerning expanding the scope of the "Colorado Cottage Foods Act". | R. Gonzalez (R) | M. Duran (D) | The bill expands the "Colorado Cottage Foods Act" (CCFA) by allowing for the sale of homemade foods that require refrigeration and foods that include meat and meat products. A producer of a food (producer) that requires time and temperature control must take a food safety course that includes food handling training concerning time and temperature control and acquire and maintain proof of course completion.The bill authorizes a county, district, or regional health agency that inspects or investigates homemade food products produced pursuant to the CCFA to impose a fine for a violation of the requirements of the CCFA and to recover the cost of the inspection or investigation.The bill removes the $10,000 cap on net revenues that a producer can earn under the CCFA.The bill specifies that the CCFA does not apply to the sale of certain food products.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/14/2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources
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| HB26-1046 | | Concerning the regulation of earned-wage access services. | S. Camacho (D) | M. Duran (D) / L. Frizell (R) | K. Mullica (D) | The bill requires a person to obtain a license to provide earned-wage access services (provider) but allows current providers to continue providing the services without a license until a license is issued or denied. The licensing, administrative, and disciplinary functions of the regulation of providers are performed by the assistant attorney general (administrator) who administers the "Uniform Consumer Credit Code". The administrator is given several powers, including adopting rules, related to this regulation.License application and issuance standards and procedures are established. A provider is issued a license if the administrator finds that the financial responsibility, character, and fitness of the applicant and of the applicant's members, managers, partners, officers, and directors are sufficient to demonstrate that the applicant will operate the business honestly and fairly and in compliance with the bill.The license fee is set by the administrator to cover the cost of regulating providers. Administrative procedures are established. A license is valid for one year, and to renew a license, a licensee must file a renewal form annually. If a licensee fails to pay the prescribed renewal fee on or before May 1 of each year, the licensee must pay a penalty of $5 per day per license until the license is renewed, but if a licensee fails to pay the appropriate renewal and penalty fees by May 15, the licensee's license automatically expires.The administrator may deny an application for a license or take disciplinary action against a licensee for failing to meet the standards set in the bill.To discipline a provider, the administrator may deny an application for licensure, revoke the license, suspend the license, issue a cease-and-desist order, impose a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per violation, bar the person from applying for or holding a license for 5 years after a revocation, issue a letter of admonition, or impose a penalty of $200 per day for records violations. A respondent aggrieved by an action or order of the administrator may obtain judicial review of the action or order in the Colorado court of appeals.A licensee is required to maintain records in conformity with the bill, rules adopted under the bill, and generally accepted accounting principles and practices in a manner that will enable the administrator to determine if the licensee is complying with the bill. A licensee shall give the administrator free access to the records in the licensee's storage location. A licensee need not preserve records pertaining to an earned-wage access services transaction for more than one year. Standards are set for this access.A licensee must file an annual report that includes all relevant information that the bill and the administrator reasonably require concerning the business and operations conducted during the preceding calendar year. Standards are set for the report. The administrator must keep the report confidential and not open it to the public for inspection pursuant to the "Colorado Open Records Act". If a licensee fails to file an annual report by April 15, the administrator may impose a penalty of $5 per day until the report is filed, but if the licensee fails to file the report and pay this penalty by May 1 of the same year, the licensee's license automatically expires.After the administrator has examined a licensee's records, the administrator shall provide a report of the examination to the licensee and may require the licensee to take corrective action. The licensee shall take the corrective action and provide proof that the corrective action was taken. The administrator is prohibited from disclosing the name or identity of a person whose acts or conduct is under investigation or examination or the facts disclosed in the investigation or examination, except for disclosures in actions or enforcement proceedings.A provider has the duty to:Develop and implement policies and procedures to respond to questions raised by consumers and address complaints from consumers;If the provider offers a consumer the option to receive proceeds for a service fee (proceeds), offer to the consumer at least one reasonable option to obtain proceeds at no cost to the consumer and clearly explain how to elect the no-cost option;Make certain disclosures about the earned-wage access services to the consumer;Inform the consumer before implementing material changes to the terms and conditions of the earned-wage access services agreement;Allow the consumer to cancel use of the earned-wage access services at any time without incurring a cancellation fee;Provide proceeds to a consumer by the means mutually agreed upon by the consumer and the provider; andTo be repaid for outstanding proceeds or payment of service fees or other amounts owed in connection with earned-wage access services from a consumer's account at a depository institution, comply with federal law and reimburse the consumer for the full amount of any overdraft or insufficient funds fees imposed on the consumer that were caused by the provider attempting to seek payment on a date before the date or in an amount different from the amount disclosed to the consumer.A provider shall not:Share with an employer a portion of a service fee that was received from or charged to a consumer for earned-wage access services;Require a consumer's credit score provided by a consumer reporting agency to determine the consumer's eligibility for earned-wage access services;Accept payment of outstanding proceeds or service fees from a consumer by means of a credit card or charge card;Charge a consumer a late fee, a deferral fee, interest, or any other penalty or charge for failure to pay outstanding proceeds or service fees;Report to a collection agency or to a debt collector information about a consumer regarding the inability of the provider to be repaid outstanding proceeds or service fees;Impose a service fee in excess of $5 for an advance of proceeds in an amount less than $75 or $7 for an advance of proceeds in an amount more than $75; except that the fee may be increased for inflation;Enter into an agreement with an employer that would require a consumer who is an employee of the employer to use earned-wage access services as a necessary condition of receiving payment of wages;Compel a consumer to pay outstanding proceeds or service fees to the provider through a lawsuit, the use of a third party to pursue collection from the consumer, or the sale of outstanding proceeds to a third-party collector or debt buyer. The collection limitations do not apply to the act of compelling payment of outstanding proceeds paid through fraudulent or other unlawful means or to pursuing an employer for breach of its contractual obligations to the provider.Solicit a tip, gratuity, or donation during the time between when a consumer requests proceeds and when the provider confirms that a transfer of proceeds has been approved and provides a listing of the fees that will be charged.The administrator may bring a civil action to recover a civil penalty of up to $5,000 for willfully violating the bill, and, if the court finds that the defendant has engaged in a course of repeated and willful violations, the court may assess a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per violation. In addition, the administrator may recover reasonable costs of the investigation and action and may request an order for reimbursement of reasonable attorney fees.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/14/2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance
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| HB26-1054 | | Concerning worker safety protections. | M. Rutinel (D) | E. Velasco (D) | Section 1 of the bill requires an employer to ensure the employer's workplace is free from recognized hazards, as interpreted consistent with the federal occupational safety and health administration's interpretation of the general duty clause of the "Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970" (OSH Act) as of September 1, 2025. Additionally, employers have the general duty to:Ensure that each workplace is constructed, equipped, arranged, operated, and conducted as to provide reasonable and adequate protection to the lives, health, and safety of all individuals employed or working in the workplace; andComply with standards for workplace health and safety adopted by rule by the division of labor standards and statistics in the department of labor and employment (division).The bill authorizes the following actions to address workplace health and safety concerns:The attorney general or the division may refer workplace health and safety concerns to relevant state or local authorities;The attorney general, the division, a labor organization, or a person aggrieved by a violation of the bill may file a civil action;For each violation of the bill or of rules adopted pursuant to the bill, a court may order the person that violates the bill or rules to pay statutory damages to a person aggrieved by the violation; andA court may order a person that violates the bill or rules adopted pursuant to the bill to pay a penalty to the attorney general for each violation.The bill creates the workplace health and safety fund (fund) into which penalties collected pursuant to the bill are credited. The money in the fund may be used by the division for specified purposes.The bill authorizes the division to adopt rules:To replace any requirement of the OSH Act or the "Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977" that is repealed, revoked, or amended in any manner that results in the federal protections of workers' rights or worker safety becoming less stringent;To define standards for workplace health and safety if there is no standard in effect under the OSH Act; andAs necessary to implement the bill. Sections 2 through 8 make conforming amendments.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/14/2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor
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| HB26-1059 | | Concerning the cash funds created in connection with money retained by the department of revenue to mitigate the administrative costs incurred by the department in collecting certain charges. | A. Hartsook (R) | R. Stewart (D) / L. Frizell (R) | M. Snyder (D) | Current law allows the department of revenue (department) to retain an amount equal to its administrative costs in collecting, administering, and enforcing the production fees for clean transit and wildlife and land remediation, the enterprise per ride fees, and the retail delivery fees and the enterprise retail delivery fees. Current law also allows the department to retain 3% of the prepaid wireless trust cash fund to mitigate administrative costs. The money retained by the department is currently transmitted into multiple individual cost recovery cash funds that are used to mitigate the department's administrative costs of collecting those fees and charges. These cash funds include the oil and gas production fees collection fund, the enterprise per ride fees fund, and the retail delivery fees fund (cost recovery funds).The bill repeals each of these cost recovery funds and directs the state treasurer to transmit the money retained by the department to mitigate the department's administrative costs for all the programs into a single cost recovery cash fund, which is created in the bill.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/14/2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance
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| HB26-1065 | | Concerning transit and housing investment zones. | J. McCluskie (D) | S. Woodrow (D) / D. Roberts (D) | T. Exum (D) | Section 2 of the bill creates the "Transit Investment Area Act" and:Creates a mechanism for a local government and transit agency, subject to state approval, to undertake a transit investment project (project), to designate a transit investment area (area) in which the project will be built, and to create a transit investment authority (authority) or to designate other financing entities with the power to receive and use the increment of revenue derived from the state sales tax collected in the area that is equal to the amount of state sales tax revenue collected in an area above a designated base amount plus 20% of that same revenue (state sales tax increment revenue) to be used to finance eligible improvements related to the project;Allows a local government to apply to the office of economic development and the Colorado economic development commission (commission) to undertake a project, and, in connection with the project, to form an authority or to designate a county revitalization authority, metropolitan district, or urban renewal authority as the approved financing entity;Specifies the information that a local government is required to include in the application for a project and the criteria that the project is required to satisfy to be approved;Requires the director of the office of economic development (director) to review each application for a project and to make an initial determination regarding whether the application meets the specified criteria;Requires the director to forward each application to the commission with a recommendation regarding whether the project should be approved;Directs the commission to review each application and to approve or reject the project and, as part of the approval of a project, allows the commission to authorize the collection and use of the state sales tax increment revenue for a designated number of years not to exceed 30 years;Allows the commission to approve no more than 3 transit investment projects in any calendar year and no more than 6 in total;Allows the commission to dedicate no more than $75 million in a fiscal year to the transit investment projects it approves;If requested by the local government, allows the commission to authorize the creation of an authority to receive and spend state sales tax increment revenue;Specifies that an authority is governed by a board consisting of a certain number of members appointed by the commission and a certain number of members appointed by the local government;Specifies the powers of the authority and the manner in which the state sales tax increment revenue is divided and used;Requires the financing entity for a project to submit a report containing specified information to the commission; andAuthorizes a county revitalization authority, an urban renewal authority, or a metropolitan district to receive and disburse the state sales tax increment revenue generated within an area and to act as the financing entity for the area. Section 9 creates the Colorado affordable housing in transit investment zones tax credit (tax credit). The tax credit is administered in the same manner as the Colorado affordable housing in transit-oriented communities tax credit; except that the tax credit is awarded in connection with qualified low- and middle-income housing projects in transit and housing zones. The bill allows $50 million of credits to be awarded each calendar year beginning in the 2027 calendar year through the 2033 calendar year.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/21/2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance
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| SB26-001 | | Concerning housing, and, in connection therewith, authorizing a board of county commissioners to appropriate money to support specified types of housing and making the middle-income housing tax credit available to transferees who do not own ... | D. Roberts (D) / A. Boesenecker (D) | C. Richardson (R) | Currently, a board of county commissioners (board) may not appropriate general fund money from ad valorem taxes for multijurisdictional housing authorities or other housing authorities established in statute (housing authorities). The bill allows a board to use revenue generated by ad valorem taxes that is in the county's general fund or in other specified county funds for housing authorities. In addition, the bill allows a board to use county general fund money from ad valorem taxes or money from other county funds for workforce housing.Currently, a middle-income housing tax credit (credit) may be transferred from a governmental entity or quasi-governmental entity to a qualified taxpayer. A qualified taxpayer must own an interest in a qualified project to claim the credit. The bill entitles an individual, person, firm, corporation, or other entity subject to income tax and transferred a credit by a governmental entity or quasi-governmental entity to claim the credit without owning an interest in a qualified project.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/14/2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing
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| SB26-002 | | Concerning energy affordability, and, in connection therewith, establishing a first allotment of residential electricity service program that provides income-qualified utility customers a minimum level of electricity service at a marginal co... | C. Kipp (D) | T. Exum (D) / J. Willford (D) | The bill requires an investor-owned electric utility (utility) to submit a proposal to the public utilities commission (PUC) that establishes a first allotment of residential electricity service (FARE service) program.The FARE service program provides a minimum level of electricity at a marginal cost rate for income-qualified utility customers. A FARE service proposal that a utility submits to the PUC must include:The amount of electricity that qualifies as a minimum level of electricity for an average income-qualified utility customer based on monthly usage to support a customer's basic needs;A marginal cost rate on a per-kilowatt-hour basis for delivering electricity to a customer, which marginal cost rate must be lower than the residential customer rate that the income-qualified utility customer would normally be charged; andA description of the process by which an income-qualified utility customer may enroll in the FARE service program.The PUC shall approve a utility's FARE service proposal if the PUC determines that the proposed FARE service would be in the public interest.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/14/2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy
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| SB26-005 | | Concerning state court remedies for violations of federal constitutional rights occurring during immigration enforcement. | M. Weissman (D) | J. Gonzales (D) / J. Mabrey (D) | Y. Zokaie (D) | The bill creates a statutory cause of action for a person who is injured during a civil immigration enforcement action by another person who, whether or not under color of law, violates the United States constitution while participating in civil immigration enforcement. A person who violates the United States constitution while participating in civil immigration enforcement is liable to the injured party for legal or equitable relief or any other appropriate relief. The action must be commenced within 2 years after the cause of action accrues.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/14/2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
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| SB26-009 | | Concerning the determination of whether an entity is a charitable organization for purposes of state sales and use tax. | W. Lindstedt (D) | M. Snyder (D) / J. McCluskie (D) | R. Stewart (D) | Charitable organizations are exempt from state sales and use tax. Under current law, the definition of charitable organization for purposes of state sales and use tax includes criteria that mirror the federal definition of a 501(c)(3) organization. The bill requires the department to presume that an organization that presents the department with a 501(c)(3) determination letter from the internal revenue service is a charitable organization for purposes of state sales and use tax.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/14/2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance
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| SB26-011 | | Concerning search warrant requirements for operators of certain electronic platforms. | L. Frizell (R) | D. Roberts (D) / A. Boesenecker (D) | The bill requires operators of certain websites, online services, online applications, or mobile applications (covered platforms) to ensure that each covered platform provides a streamlined process to allow Colorado law enforcement agencies to contact the covered platform at all times. The process must, at a minimum, make available a staffed hotline for Colorado law enforcement agencies for the purposes of:Receiving and responding to questions about search warrants;Acknowledging the receipt of a search warrant within 8 hours after receipt; andProviding status updates on search warrant compliance to a requesting Colorado law enforcement agency.An operator must comply with a search warrant within 72 hours after receiving the search warrant if certain conditions apply. A court may reasonably extend this time if the court makes a written finding that the operator or covered platform has shown good cause for the extension and that an extension would not cause an adverse result.The attorney general or a district attorney with jurisdiction may enforce the bill.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/14/2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
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| SB26-022 | | Concerning an entity that encounters challenges in achieving the greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal included in the entity's clean energy plan. | M. Snyder (D) | C. Simpson (R) / J. Caldwell (R) | A. Paschal (D) | Current law requires certain entities to file a clean energy plan (plan) to achieve an 80% decrease of greenhouse gas emissions caused by the entity's electricity sales in Colorado by 2030 relative to 2005 levels. Other entities may voluntarily choose to file a plan.Under current law, no later than March 31, 2026, an entity required to submit a plan may inform the division of administration (division) in the department of public health and environment in writing of challenges the entity is encountering or expects to encounter in achieving the 80% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The bill clarifies that an entity that has voluntarily submitted a plan may also inform the division of challenges the entity is encountering or expects to encounter in achieving the 80% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The bill also extends the deadline by which an entity must inform the division of challenges from March 31, 2026, to May 31, 2026.A cooperative electric association (association) exempted from regulation by the public utilities commission or a municipal utility (utility) that informs the division of challenges the association or utility is encountering or expects to encounter has until December 31, 2026, to submit to the division an updated plan with the earliest year, not later than 2040, that the association or utility expects to be able to achieve the 80% decrease of greenhouse gas emissions, relative to 2005 levels, without impairing the association's or utility's ability to maintain applicable electric reliability standards and without increasing the association's or utility's average annual electric rates greater than 1.5%.The bill prohibits the air quality control commission and the division from undertaking any action that impairs the association's or utility's ability to maintain applicable electric reliability standards or that increases the association's or utility's average annual electric rates greater than 1.5%.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) | 1/14/2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy
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