Colorado 2025 Bills

Conservation Easement Transparency

A conservation easement is an agreement in which a property owner agrees to limit the use of his or her land in perpetuity in order to protect one or more specified conservation purposes. The instruments creating the conservation easement are recorded in the public records affecting the ownership of the property. The conservation easement is held by a third party, which monitors the use of the land and ensures that the terms of the agreement are upheld. Prior to creating a conservation easement, the bill requires the property owner to sign a disclosure form acknowledging certain specified consequences and risks of creating the easement on his or her land. The bill requires the commissioner of agriculture to work with local government officials to create a database of conservation easements in the state. The database includes specified information about the easements and a corresponding map displaying each easement in the state relative to county boundaries. Local government officials and the commissioner of agriculture are authorized to enter into contracts to assist in gathering information for the database. The bill specifies the sources of information that may be used to create the database. The commissioner of agriculture is required to annually update the information in the database and make the information and corresponding map available to the public at no charge on the department of agriculture's website. When a conservation easement agreement, amendment, or transfer is recorded with a county clerk and recorder, the bill requires a complete copy of the agreement, amendment, or transfer to be submitted to the commissioner of agriculture and the county tax assessor of the county in which the easement is located. The commissioner of agriculture is required to create a tracking form with specified information for each conservation easement agreement, amendment, or transfer submitted. The tracking forms are made available on the department of agriculture's website and can be used by the commissioner of agriculture to create and maintain the database of conservation easements. If a single property owner acquires both a conservation easement and title to the underlying property, current law allows the conservation easement to be released, terminated, extinguished, or abandoned by a process known as "merger". The bill prohibits a conservation easement from being extinguished by taking fee title to the land to which the conservation easement is attached. For any state income tax credit claimed for a donation of a conservation easement that is disallowed, the bill allows a landowner to elect to either extinguish the conservation easement for which the credit was claimed or receive an equitable relief payment from the state. If a landowner elects to extinguish the conservation easement, the bill requires the department of revenue to reimburse the taxpayer for all reasonable costs incurred by the landowner in establishing the conservation easement donation as well any federal or state income tax liability incurred by the taxpayer. The attorney general is required to assist landowners with executing any documents required to seek a court order to extinguish a conservation easement. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-02-04 · House

Exemption From Garnishment For Medical Debt

The bill exempts a person's earnings from garnishment if the person's family income does not exceed 400% of current federal poverty guidelines and the judgment is for medical debt. A writ of continuing garnishment must include notice that a person's earnings may be exempt if those criteria are met, notice of the judgment debtor's right to object and have a hearing on that objection, and a statement that, to the best of the judgment creditor's knowledge, the judgment debtor's earnings are not exempt. The bill takes effect on January 1, 2020, and applies to judgments entered on or after that date. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-02-04 · House

Support For Literacy Enrichment For Young Students

The bill creates the literacy enrichment scholarship program (program) for students in kindergarten or grades one through 3 who are identified as having a significant reading deficiency. The scholarship amount is limited to $500 per student per year and may be used by the student's parent to purchase literacy enrichment products and services for the student. The department of education (department) must implement the program by contracting with a nonprofit entity to administer distribution of the scholarship money. The administering entity will accept applications and confirm that the applying student and his or her parents meet the eligibility requirements. The administering entity will then notify the department, and the department will forward the scholarship amount for the eligible student to the administering entity, which will deposit the money in the eligible student's account. The administering entity must establish a money transfer service by which the parent of an eligible student may withdraw money from the account. A parent may use the scholarship money only for literacy enrichment purposes and may not accept payments from literacy enrichment providers. The bill specifies procedures for enforcing these requirements. By January 31, 2023, the department must evaluate whether the program is successful in assisting students to improve literacy skills. The department must submit the evaluation to the state board of education and the education committees of the general assembly. The general assembly will appropriate money annually for the program to the literacy enrichment scholarship fund, which is created in the bill. The program is repealed, effective July 1, 2025. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-31 · Senate

Daylight Saving Time Exemption

Currently, "United States Mountain Standard Time" (MST) is the standard time within Colorado, except during the period of daylight saving time (i.e., the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November) when time is advanced one hour. The bill exempts the state from observing daylight saving time, making MST the standard time year-round. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-31 · House

Fermented Malt Beverage And Malt Liquor License

Alcohol beverages - removal of dual licensing requirement - fermented malt beverage and malt liquor manufacturers, wholesalers, and importers. The act removes the dual licensing requirement for manufacturers, wholesalers, and importers under the "Colorado Beer Code" (beer code) and the "Colorado Liquor Code" (liquor code) by: Converting each manufacturer's license issued under the beer code to a manufacturer's license issued under the liquor code; Converting each wholesaler's license issued under the beer code to a wholesaler's beer license issued under the liquor code; Converting each nonresident manufacturer's license issued under the beer code to a nonresident manufacturer's license issued under the liquor code; Converting each importer's license issued under the beer code to a malt liquor importer's license issued under the liquor code; and Repealing the authority of the state licensing authority to issue new licenses under the beer code, except for licenses authorizing the retail sale of fermented malt beverages. The act specifies that it applies to conduct occurring on or after January 31, 2019. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-31 · Senate

Basic Skills Placement Tests For High School

Under existing law, an institution of higher education (institution) is required to administer basic skills placement or assessment tests (tests) in English and math to matriculated students. The institution must select the tests from among those that meet standards established by the Colorado commission on higher education (CCHE). The bill prohibits an institution from using tests that are not available for use by school districts and high schools, including early colleges. CCHE must ensure that this requirement is included in the standards for these tests. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-31 · House

End Taxpayer-funded Lobbying Act

The bill prohibits a state agency from expending any public funds to undertake, on behalf of the agency, lobbying of the general assembly, any of the staff agencies of the general assembly, or any member of the general assembly. The bill also prohibits the agency from contracting with any lobbying firm or any other private organization or entity that provides lobbying services for the purpose of lobbying on its behalf the general assembly, any of the staff agencies of the general assembly, or any member of the general assembly. The bill defines "state agency" to mean every executive department, board, commission, committee, bureau, and office of state government including the departments of state, law, and treasury; the office of the governor; the office of the lieutenant governor; and the judicial branch of state government. The bill also permits a state agency to employ a legislative liaison on its behalf but prohibits the legislative liaison from undertaking any lobbying on behalf of the agency. In connection with the consideration of any official matter before state government, the bill specifies that a legislative liaison employed by an agency is not undertaking lobbying on behalf of the agency as long as a liaison restricts his or her personal activities to giving testimony or providing information in various settings, the liaison clearly identifies himself or herself and the agency for which the liaison is testifying or providing information, and the liaison does not express his or her personal support of or opposition to any such matter or the agency's position with respect to any such matter. The bill permits an elected public official to express his or her personal opinion in support of or in opposition to any matter before the government of the state. The bill makes conforming amendments to the existing statutory provision authorizing executive departments to designate one person to lobby on behalf of the department. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-31 · House

Income Tax Benefits For Family Leave

Section 2 of the bill establishes leave savings accounts. A leave savings account is an account with a financial institution for which the individual uses money to pay for any expense while he or she is on eligible leave, which includes: The birth of a child of the individual and in order to care for the child; The placement of a child with the individual for adoption or foster care; Caring for a spouse, child, or parent of the individual if the spouse, child, or parent has a serious health condition; A serious health condition that makes the individual unable to perform the functions of the position of the individual; or Any qualifying exigency, as determined by the United States secretary of labor, arising out of the fact that a spouse, child, or parent of the individual is on covered active duty, or has been notified of an impending call or order to covered active duty, in the United States armed forces. An individual may annually contribute up to $5,000 of state pretax wages to a leave savings account. Employers may also make a matching contribution to an employee's leave savings account. The department of revenue is required to establish a form about a leave savings account, and the individual must annually file this form to be eligible for the tax benefit. Sections 3 and 4 allow an employee and an employer to claim a state income tax deduction for amounts they contribute to the employee's leave savings account. Section 3 also allows a taxpayer to deduct any interest or other income earned on the investment during the taxable year from their leave savings account. Regardless of how the money is deposited in the leave savings account, if an individual uses money in the account for an unauthorized purpose, then the money is subject to recapture in the year it is withdrawn and to a penalty equal to 10% of the amount recaptured. Section 5 creates an income tax credit for an employer that pays an employee for leave that is between 6 and 12 weeks long for one of the following reasons: The birth of a child of the employee and in order to care for the child; Placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care; Caring for a spouse, child, or parent of the employee if the spouse, child, or parent has a serious health condition; A serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the functions of the position of the employee; or Any qualifying exigency, as determined by the United States secretary of labor, arising out of the fact that a spouse, child, or parent of the employee is on covered active duty, or has been notified of an impending call or order to covered active duty, in the United States armed forces. For employers with fewer than 50 employees, the credit is equal to 50% of the amount paid, and for employers with 50 or more employees it is equal to 25% of the amount paid. The credit is not refundable, but it may be carried forward up to 5 years. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-31 · House

Require Traffic Signals Cycle Yellow Before Green

Under current law, a traffic control signal is required to cycle yellow before cycling red to indicate to vehicles and pedestrians facing the signal that movement in that direction is being terminated. The bill would require a traffic control signal to cycle yellow before cycling green as well to indicate to vehicles and pedestrians facing the signal that movement in that direction will soon commence.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-30 · House

Professional Land Surveyors Continuing Education

The bill requires the state board of licensure for architects, professional engineers, and professional land surveyors to adopt rules establishing a continuing education requirement for professional land surveyors. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-30 · House

Veterans Employment Preference By Private Employer

The bill allows private employers to give preference to veterans of the armed forces or the National Guard when hiring, promoting, and retaining employees as long as the veterans are as qualified as other individuals. The bill clarifies that employers who adopt a program that gives preferences to veterans are not committing a discriminatory or unfair labor practice.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-30 · Senate

Revised Uniform Law Remote Notarization

Colorado Commission on Uniform State Laws. Current law requires an individual who wishes to have a document notarized to appear personally before a notary public. The bill enacts the 2018 amendments to the "Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts", drafted by the Uniform Law Commission, which authorize notaries public to perform a notarial act on behalf of an individual who is not in the notary's physical presence. To perform a remote notarization, a notary must use an electronic system that conforms to standards established by rules of the secretary of state, including using communication technology and keeping an audio-video recording of the notarization for at least 10 years. The bill establishes the standards that a notary must comply with to have satisfactory evidence of the identity of the individual seeking the remote notarization. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-30 · Senate

Reduce State Income Tax Rate

For income tax years commencing on and after January 1, 2019, the bill: Reduces both the individual and the corporate state income tax rate from 4.63% to 4.49%; and Reduces the state alternative minimum tax by 0.14%.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-29 · Senate

Training Requirement For Colorado Civil Rights Commission

The bill requires the attorney general, or his or her designee, to organize and provide a training of at least one hour, which all Colorado civil rights commission members are required to attend, regarding the state's obligation of religious neutrality and consistency when considering claims that involve freedom of speech or free exercise of religion under the first amendment of the United States constitution. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-29 · House

Publish County Financial Reports Online Annually

Current law requires each county to publish a report about its expenses and contracts (expense report), the salaries of public employees and officials in the county (salary report), and the financial statements for each fund kept by the county treasurer (financial statement). The expense report is published monthly and the salary report is published twice per year. The bill changes the salary report to an annual report. Commencing January 1, 2020, the bill allows a county to publish the expense report, the salary report, and the financial statement on a county website with a link to the report published in at least one legal newspaper.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-29 · House

Prohibit Discrimination Labor Union Participation

The bill prohibits an employer from requiring union membership or payment of union dues as a condition of employment. The bill creates civil and criminal penalties for employer violations regarding union membership and authorizes the attorney general and the district attorney in each judicial district to investigate alleged violations and take action against a person believed to be in violation. The bill states that all-union agreements are unfair labor practices.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-29 · House

Respondent Rights Discrimination Complaints

With regard to employment, housing, public accommodations, and advertising discrimination complaints investigated by the civil rights division in the department of regulatory agencies and, in some cases, heard or pursued by the Colorado civil rights commission, the bill specifies that: The respondent has a right to request representation by a public defender, regardless of indigent status or the lack of an arrest for or charge of a crime, at any point in the administrative process when the respondent is requested or required to participate; The respondent may request to move the matter to a court of competent jurisdiction if the respondent asserts that the respondent engaged in the alleged discriminatory conduct on the basis of first amendment rights; and If the respondent obtains a favorable decision after all appeals are exhausted or if the United States supreme court rules in favor of the respondent, the commission must pay the respondent's attorney fees and costs and lost business income, retroactive to appeals or actions for judicial review filed on or after December 1, 2013.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-29 · House

Limit Agency Rule-making Authority To Amend Rules

The bill requires an executive agency with rule-making authority to obtain additional statutory rule-making authority to amend or reinterpret an existing rule unless the rule is amended or reinterpreted based on: The rule's expiration or pending expiration as a result of its inclusion in the annual rule review bill; or A determination that the existing rule has been rendered unconstitutional or otherwise in contravention of the law based on a court decision or changes made to state or federal statutes, federal regulations, or the state or federal constitution. Any rule that an agency promulgates or reinterprets without complying with the requirement to obtain additional statutory rule-making authority is void. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-28 · Senate

Wildfire Mitigation

In connection with any land area that is owned by the federal or state government that is located either within the territorial boundaries of a county or outside of but within 5 miles of the territorial boundaries of a county, where a supply of wildfire fuel materials exists on the land that is sufficiently concentrated posing a substantial threat of causing or aggravating a wildfire in such area, or where the federal or state government has failed to create a defensible space on such land to reduce the potential for damage from a wildfire, section 1 of the bill permits the board of county commissioners of any county to use persons employed by the county or to contract with for-profit or not-for-profit organizations or entities to supply persons able to enter the federal or state land for the sole purpose of removing such fuel materials or creating such defensible space. Under the bill, a person employed by or contracting with the county is not liable for any damages caused by any conduct he or she undertakes in accordance with this authority unless the person's conduct was due to willful misconduct, gross negligence, or bad faith. Section 2 appropriates $10 million for the 2019-20 state fiscal year, from the general fund to the department of higher education for allocation to the Colorado state university system to be used for the forest restoration and wildfire mitigation grant program.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-28 · Senate

Concealed Handguns On School Grounds

With certain exceptions, current law limits the authority of a person who holds a valid permit to carry a concealed handgun by prohibiting a permit holder from carrying a concealed handgun on public elementary, middle, junior high, or high school grounds. The bill removes this limitation. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-24 · House

Deadly Force Against Intruder At A Business

The bill extends the right to use deadly physical force against an intruder under certain conditions to include owners, managers, and employees of a business. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-24 · House

Repeal Ammunition Magazine Prohibition

The bill repeals statutory provisions: Prohibiting the possession of certain ammunition magazines; and Requiring each of certain ammunition magazines that are manufactured in Colorado on or after July 1, 2013, to include a permanent stamp or marking indicating that the magazine was manufactured or assembled after July 1, 2013.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-24 · House

Clean Syringe Exchange Environmental Impact Report

The bill requires an agency or nonprofit organization operating a clean syringe exchange program to submit an annual environmental impact mitigation plan (plan) to its county or district board of health detailing: The number of syringes received from clean syringe exchange program participants in the previous calendar year; The number of syringes given to clean syringe exchange program participants in the previous calendar year; The agency's or nonprofit organization's plan to minimize the number of syringes near the clean syringe exchange program location that have not been disposed of safely; and The agency's or nonprofit organization's plan to minimize the environmental impacts of unsafe or improper syringe disposal. The county or district must forward the plan to the department of public health and environment (department). The department must compile the information received from all county and district boards of health and report the information to the general assembly during the department's "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act" hearing. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-23 · House

Postconviction Remedy Proceedings

The bill prohibits a defendant from bringing a second or subsequent claim for postconviction remedy on the grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel in a prior postconviction proceeding. The bill creates discovery procedures for postconviction remedy hearings. In the event a motion for postconviction remedy is denied, the bill requires the court to enter a judgment against the defendant for the amount of the costs of prosecution, the amount of the cost of care, and any fine imposed. Furthermore, the bill allows the court to assess against the defendant the costs of transporting and housing the defendant from another facility to appear in court on a motion for postconviction remedy. The bill prohibits the state public defender or an attorney who contracts with the office of alternate defense counsel from representing or advising a defendant on a second or subsequent claim for postconviction remedy, unless the motion is based upon newly discovered evidence of innocence. The bill requires the state public defender and an attorney who contracts with the office of alternate defense counsel to retain records related to the representation of defendants for 7 years, or until the defendant's death, if the defendant was convicted of a class 1 felony. The bill limits the time period that a defendant may collaterally attack the validity of the conviction or adjudication to 5 years. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-23 · Senate

Protect Students From Harmful Material

The bill requires an entity that provides electronically accessible educational materials to a public school or school district to equip the materials with computer software or a filter service that prohibits access to material that is harmful to children or obscene. A parent or legal guardian may bring a civil action against an entity that provides electronically accessible educational materials and that violates this requirement if the parent's child viewed material that is harmful to a child or obscene through the material provided by the entity. The parent or legal guardian is entitled to injunctive relief, the greater of a fine in the range of $1,000 to $5,000 for each violation or actual damages incurred as a result of each violation, exemplary damages, and reasonable attorney fees and costs. It is an affirmative defense if the entity equips the materials with computer software or a filter service that prohibits access to material that is harmful to children or obscene. The bill requires each school district or public school to ensure that any database provided by an entity accessible to students is equipped with computer software or a filter service that prohibits access to material that is harmful to children or obscene by that entity, and each computer or other electronic device that a student may have access to is equipped with computer software or a filter service that prohibits access to material that is harmful to children or obscene. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-23 · Senate

General Fund Reductions

For income tax years commencing on and after January 1, 2019, the bill: Reduces both the individual and the corporate state income tax rate from 4.63% to 4.25%; and Reduces the state alternative minimum tax by 0.38%. The bill also requires the state controller to: Proportionally void general fund appropriations for each principal department, except for the department of education, for the 2018-19 state fiscal year in an amount totaling $374.3 million; For the 2019-20 state fiscal year, to proportionally reduce the general fund appropriations for each principal department, except for the department of education, as set forth in the 2019 annual general appropriations act in an amount totaling $760.7 million.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-22 · House

Agricultural Trailers Port Of Entry Clearance

Current law requires motor vehicles having an empty weight of 16,000 or more pounds or a motor vehicle that weighs 26,001 or more pounds fully loaded to clear a port of entry within 5 miles of its route. The bill exempts motor vehicles hauling trailers used primarily for agricultural commodities, including livestock. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-22 · Senate

Commemorate Doctor Martin Luther King Junior

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Last action: 2019-01-18 · House

Bonuses For Highly Effective Teachers

The bill creates the highly effective teacher bonus program to provide money to school districts, boards of cooperative services that operate public schools, and charter schools (local education providers) to pay bonuses to teachers who are rated as highly effective and to provide monetary incentives to recruit highly effective teachers. The department of education (department) will distribute the money to each local education provider based on a formula that takes into account the number of teachers employed by the local education provider. Each local education provider must submit a report concerning its use of the money to the department, and the department must provide a summary of the reports to the state board of education and the education committees of the general assembly.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-17 · Senate

Memorialize Former Speaker John Fuhr

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Last action: 2019-01-17 · House

Joint Rules Committees Of Reference

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Last action: 2019-01-17 · House

Automatic Law Waivers For School Districts

The bill directs the state board of education (state board) to identify by rule a list of statutes and rules for which a rural school district board of education (local board) may invoke an automatic waiver. A local board may invoke an automatic waiver by adopting a resolution and transmitting the resolution to the state board and the commissioner of education. The local board may invoke the automatic waiver on behalf of the entire rural school district or for one or more identified schools of the district. An automatic waiver remains in effect until revoked by the local board through adoption of a resolution. A rural school district that invokes an automatic waiver must identify the automatic waiver on its website and, starting July 1, 2020, provide a standardized description of and rationale for each automatic waiver of statute and the contact information for a school district employee who can explain the automatic waiver. The department of education, working with a statewide association that represents school districts, must adopt standardized descriptions of and rationales for each of the statutes included on the list of automatic waivers for rural school districts adopted by the state board.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Last action: 2019-01-16 · Senate

Concerning the officers and employees of the First Regular Session of the Seventy-second general assembly.

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Last action: 2019-01-09 · Senate

Joint Session For Message From Judiciary

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Last action: 2019-01-08 · House

Senate Committees Of Reference

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Last action: 2019-01-08 · Senate

Joint Session For Governor's Message

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Last action: 2019-01-08 · House

House Employees And Offices

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Last action: 2019-01-08 · House

House Of Representatives Committees Of Reference

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Last action: 2019-01-08 · House

Canvass Of Votes

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Last action: 2019-01-08 · House

Concerning the appointment of officers and employees for the Senate convened in the First Regular Session of the Seventy-second General Assembly.

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Last action: 2019-01-07 · Senate

Concerning the adoption of the Joint Rules as the temporary Joint Rules of the Seventy-second General Assembly.

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Last action: 2019-01-04 · Senate

Concerning the temporary Rules of the Senate.

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Last action: 2019-01-04 · Senate

Temporary House Rules

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Last action: 2019-01-04 · House

Concerning adjournment sine die.

HJR 18-1022 is a bill that deals with the formal end of a legislative session in Colorado. When this bill was signed, it established procedures for adjourning the state legislature without setting a date to reconvene, essentially bringing the current session to an official close. This affects all members of the Colorado General Assembly and any pending legislation that needs to be addressed before the session ends. Since the bill has been signed, these procedures are now in place and being followed for the conclusion of legislative sessions.

Last action: 2018-05-08 · House

Designate Sgt. Mary Ricard Memorial Highway

SJR 18-013 is a bill that designates a section of highway in Colorado as the Sgt. Mary Ricard Memorial Highway. This memorial honors Sgt. Mary Ricard, likely for her service and contributions. Since the status of the bill is "signed," it has been officially approved and enacted into law, meaning the designated highway now exists to commemorate Sgt. Ricard.

Last action: 2018-05-08 · Senate

Concerning the appointment of a joint committee to notify the governor that the second regular session of the seventy-first general assembly is about to adjourn sine die.

SJR 18-012 is a bill that establishes a joint committee to inform the governor when the second regular session of the seventy-first general assembly in Colorado is about to end without setting a date for reconvening. This affects state legislators and the governor, as it formalizes a process for communication between them regarding the conclusion of legislative sessions. The bill has been signed into law, meaning it is now an official part of Colorado's legal framework and will be followed during future legislative sessions.

Last action: 2018-05-07 · Senate

Department Of Corrections Policies For Transgender Inmate Safety

HR 18-1007, also known as the "Department of Corrections Policies for Transgender Inmate Safety," is a bill that aims to improve safety and well-being for transgender inmates in Colorado by establishing specific policies within the state's Department of Corrections. The bill ensures that transgender individuals are housed according to their gender identity and receive appropriate healthcare, including mental health services. It has been signed into law, meaning these new policies will now be implemented to protect and support transgender inmates.

Last action: 2018-05-07 · House

500-feet-from-school Limit For Beer Code Retailers

HB 18-1441 is a Colorado law that stops new beer stores from opening within 500 feet of schools, colleges, universities, or seminaries, unless local governments decide otherwise. This means existing businesses aren't affected, but any new store applying for a license after the bill was signed must follow this rule. Since the status shows it's "signed," the law is now in effect and all relevant authorities must enforce it.

Last action: 2018-05-04 · House

Preneed Funeral Contract Sellers

House Bill 18-1440, also known as the Preneed Funeral Contract Sellers bill, aims to protect consumers who purchase prearranged funeral services. It establishes a fund to help people get their money back if something goes wrong with their prepaid funeral contracts. The bill also requires funeral homes to clearly identify their salespeople and mandates that all registered funeral establishments must be licensed to sell these types of contracts. This bill has been signed into law, meaning its provisions are now in effect and funeral homes must comply with the new requirements.

Last action: 2018-05-03 · House

Prohibit Misleading Signs Disclaiming Liability

House Bill 18-1439, which has been signed into law in Colorado, bans vehicle owners from putting up signs that claim they are not responsible for any damage or injuries if something falls out of their car. If someone violates this rule, they can be fined $100 and have to pay an additional $30 surcharge. This law affects anyone who drives a vehicle and considers using such liability disclaimer signs. Since the bill has been signed, it is now enforceable by law in Colorado.

Last action: 2018-05-03 · House