HB20-1002 | College Credit For Work Experience |
Comment: | 2-4-20 |
Position: | Support |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Sponsors: | B. McLachlan (D) | M. Baisley (R) / R. Zenzinger (D) | T. Story (D) |
Summary: | The act requires the department of higher education to conduct a study concerning awarding academic credit for prior learning within all state institutions of higher education (institutions). An existing council charged with examining general education courses shall implement a plan for determining and awarding academic credit for postsecondary education based on work-related experience. The plan must not be created, adopted, or implemented unless sufficient money is available from gifts, grants, or donations to cover the costs of creating, adopting, and implementing a plan. Beginning in the 2022-23 academic year, unless a plan is implemented prior to then, institutions shall accept and transfer academic credit awarded for work-related experience as courses with guaranteed-transfer designation or part of a statewide degree transfer agreement. Beginning March 1, 2024, and each year thereafter, the council shall report to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives, or any successor committees, regarding the implementation of the credit for work-related experience plan.
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Status: | 1/8/2020 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education + Appropriations 1/28/2020 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations 3/13/2020 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 5/28/2020 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 6/1/2020 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee 6/2/2020 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 6/4/2020 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 6/5/2020 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs 6/6/2020 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Finance 6/8/2020 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations 6/9/2020 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 6/9/2020 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 6/10/2020 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 6/26/2020 Sent to the Governor 6/26/2020 Signed by the Speaker of the House 6/26/2020 Signed by the President of the Senate 7/8/2020 Governor Signed |
Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-01-08 |
Amendments: | Amendments |
HB20-1022 | Sales And Use Tax Simplification Task Force |
Comment: | 2-4-20 |
Position: | Support |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Sponsors: | T. Kraft-Tharp | K. Van Winkle (R) / A. Williams | J. Tate |
Summary: | The act:
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Status: | 0/0/2020 House Third Reading - 1/8/2020 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 1/21/2020 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations 2/21/2020 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 2/21/2020 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 2/24/2020 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 2/27/2020 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 2/28/2020 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology 3/9/2020 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Appropriations 6/2/2020 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 6/3/2020 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 6/4/2020 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 6/5/2020 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 6/10/2020 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 6/19/2020 Sent to the Governor 6/19/2020 Signed by the Speaker of the House 6/19/2020 Signed by the President of the Senate 6/29/2020 Governor Signed |
Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-01-08 |
Amendments: | Amendments |
HB20-1023 | State Address Data For Sales And Use Tax Collection |
Comment: | 2-4-20 |
Position: | Support |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Sponsors: | T. Kraft-Tharp | K. Van Winkle (R) / A. Williams | J. Tate |
Summary: | The act:
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Status: | 1/8/2020 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 1/21/2020 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 1/24/2020 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 1/28/2020 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee 1/29/2020 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 2/3/2020 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology 2/19/2020 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 2/24/2020 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 2/25/2020 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/1/2020 Governor Signed 3/6/2020 Signed by the President of the Senate 3/6/2020 Signed by the Speaker of the House 3/10/2020 Sent to the Governor |
Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-01-08 |
Amendments: | Amendments |
HB20-1046 | Private Construction Contract Payment Requirements |
Comment: | Considered 1/21/20 |
Position: | Amend |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Sponsors: | D. Valdez (D) / J. Gonzales (D) |
Summary: | In a construction contract of at least $150,000, the bill requires:
The bill does not apply to contracts with public entities or to a contract concerning one multi-family dwelling of no more than 4 units or one single-family dwelling. A person who fails to make a required payment must pay 1.5% interest per month until the debt is fully paid. In a lawsuit to enforce the bill, the prevailing party is awarded attorney fees and costs.
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Status: | 1/8/2020 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 1/28/2020 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only 2/18/2020 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Postpone Indefinitely |
Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-01-08 |
Amendments: | |
HB20-1089 | Employee Protection Lawful Off-duty Activities |
Comment: | Considered 1/21/20 |
Position: | Oppose |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Sponsors: | J. Melton |
Summary: | The bill prohibits an employer from terminating an employee for the employee's lawful off-duty activities that are lawful under state law even if those activities are not lawful under federal law. |
Status: | 1/10/2020 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 2/19/2020 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Postpone Indefinitely |
Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-01-10 |
Amendments: | |
HB20-1093 | County Authority License And Regulate Business |
Comment: | Considered 1/21/20 |
Position: | Amend |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Sponsors: | J. McCluskie (D) | J. Wilson / K. Donovan (D) | B. Rankin (R) |
Summary: | The act grants a board of county commissioners the authority to license and regulate an owner or owner's agent who rents or advertises the owner's lodging unit for a short-term stay, and to fix the fees, terms, and manner for issuing and revoking licenses issued therefor.
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Status: | 0/0/2020 House Third Reading - 1/13/2020 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government 2/5/2020 House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 2/10/2020 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee 2/11/2020 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 2/12/2020 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 2/13/2020 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government 3/5/2020 Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 3/10/2020 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/11/2020 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/16/2020 Sent to the Governor 3/16/2020 Signed by the Speaker of the House 3/16/2020 Signed by the President of the Senate 3/23/2020 Governor Signed |
Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-01-13 |
Amendments: | |
HB20-1154 | Workers' Compensation |
Comment: | 2-18-20 - Monitor but get more information on Mod Rate impact |
Position: | Monitor |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Sponsors: | T. Kraft-Tharp | K. Van Winkle (R) / V. Marble | J. Bridges (D) |
Summary: | The bill:
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Status: | 1/17/2020 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 2/12/2020 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to Appropriations 6/16/2020 House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed |
Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-01-17 |
Amendments: | |
HB20-1165 | Interior Design Practice |
Comment: | Considered 2/4/20 |
Position: | Amend |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Sponsors: | T. Kraft-Tharp | H. McKean (R) / R. Zenzinger (D) | D. Coram (R) |
Summary: | Under current law, interior design work is exempted from the types of work regulated under the laws governing the practice of architecture. The act modifies the interior design exemption:
Additionally, the act authorizes a city, city and county, or regional building authority to reject a building permit application filed by an interior designer only for a reason provided by law. The act also modifies the eligibility criteria for interior designers by removing references to educational requirements. The national certification requirement that is maintained in the statute itself includes educational requirements. Finally, the act modifies the description of "nonstructural or nonseismic" work that is within an interior designer's scope of practice.
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Status: | 0/0/2020 House Third Reading - 1/28/2020 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 2/18/2020 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 2/21/2020 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 2/24/2020 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 2/27/2020 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 2/28/2020 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology 3/11/2020 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 3/13/2020 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 3/14/2020 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/17/2020 Signed by the Speaker of the House 3/17/2020 Signed by the President of the Senate 3/23/2020 Sent to the Governor 4/1/2020 Governor Signed |
Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-01-28 |
Amendments: | Amendments |
HB20-1215 | Sunset Water Wastewater Facility Operators Certification Board |
Comment: | 4-7-20 |
Position: | Amend |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Sponsors: | A. Valdez (D) | M. Froelich (D) / M. Foote |
Summary: | The act implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies in its sunset review of the water and wastewater facility operators certification board by:
The act appropriates $24,815 from the water and wastewater facility operators fund to the department of public health and environment for use by the drinking water program in the water quality control division.
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Status: | 0/0/2020 House Third Reading - 1/30/2020 Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment 2/13/2020 House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Unamended to Appropriations 2/21/2020 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 2/21/2020 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 2/24/2020 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 2/27/2020 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 2/28/2020 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources 3/12/2020 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations 6/2/2020 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 6/4/2020 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 6/5/2020 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 6/8/2020 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 6/10/2020 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 6/29/2020 Sent to the Governor 6/29/2020 Signed by the President of the Senate 6/29/2020 Signed by the Speaker of the House 7/11/2020 Governor Signed |
Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-01-30 |
Amendments: | Amendments |
HB20-1326 | Create Occupational Credential Portability Program |
Comment: | 4-7-20 |
Position: | Monitor |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Sponsors: | S. Bird (D) | K. Van Winkle (R) / P. Lee (D) | B. Gardner (R) |
Summary: | The act creates the occupational credential portability program (program) in the division of professions and occupations within the department of regulatory agencies, which permits a member of a regulated profession or occupation from another jurisdiction to obtain licensure, certification, registration, or enrollment in the profession or occupation in this state by endorsement, reciprocity, or transfer. The program is available to members of business and health care professions and occupations regulated by the division and the regulatory boards in the division for which licensure, certification, registration, or enrollment by endorsement is permitted under current law; except that the following professions and occupations are specifically excluded from the program:
Under the program, the director of the division and most regulatory boards and commissions within the division (regulators) are required to strive to reduce certification, registration, licensure, and enrollment barriers for applicants and to adopt rules to establish the program in the least burdensome way necessary to protect the public. The act also relocates the existing occupational credential exemption for military spouses to the new occupational credential portability program and modifies the exemption by specifying that the exemption is valid for 3 years and applying the exemption to all members of business and health care professions and occupations regulated by the division and the regulatory boards in the division.
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Status: | 2/25/2020 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 3/11/2020 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 5/26/2020 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/27/2020 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/27/2020 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs 5/28/2020 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 6/2/2020 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 6/3/2020 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 6/16/2020 Sent to the Governor 6/16/2020 Signed by the Speaker of the House 6/16/2020 Signed by the President of the Senate 6/25/2020 Governor Signed |
Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-02-25 |
Amendments: | Amendments |
HB20-1346 | Extend Innovative Industries Workforce Development Program |
Comment: | 4-7-20 |
Position: | Support |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Sponsors: | S. Bird (D) | L. Cutter (D) / P. Lee (D) | D. Hisey (R) |
Summary: | The bill extends the repeal date of the innovative industries workforce development program for 5 years, until July 1, 2025. The bill also appropriates $900,000 from the general fund to the division of employment and training in the department of labor and employment to be used for program reimbursements during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020. |
Status: | 3/5/2020 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor + Appropriations 5/27/2020 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Postpone Indefinitely |
Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-03-05 |
Amendments: | |
HB20-1348 | Additional Liability Under Respondeat Superior |
Comment: | 4-7-20 |
Position: | Oppose |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Sponsors: | C. Kennedy (D) / J. Gonzales (D) |
Summary: | A recent Colorado supreme court case held that in a civil action when an employer admits liability for the tortious actions of its employee, the plaintiff cannot assert additional claims against the employer arising out of the same incident. The bill allows a plaintiff to bring such claims against an employer.
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Status: | 3/5/2020 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary 5/26/2020 House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely |
Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-03-05 |
Amendments: | |
HB20-1351 | Local Government Authority Promote Affordable Housing Units |
Comment: | 4-7-20 |
Position: | Amend |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Sponsors: | S. Lontine (D) | S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) / J. Gonzales (D) | R. Rodriguez (D) |
Summary: | The bill clarifies that the existing authority of cities and counties (local governments) to plan for and regulate the use of land includes the authority to regulate development or redevelopment in order to promote the construction of new affordable housing units. The provisions of the state's rent control statute do not apply to any land use regulation that restricts rents on newly constructed or redeveloped housing units as long as the regulation provides a choice of options to the property owner or land developer and creates one or more alternatives to the construction of new affordable housing units on the building site. |
Status: | 3/6/2020 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government 5/27/2020 House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Postpone Indefinitely |
Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-03-06 |
Amendments: | |
HB20-1414 | Price Gouge Amid Disaster Deceptive Trade Practice |
Comment: | |
Position: | Vote Pending |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Sponsors: | M. Weissman (D) | B. Titone (D) / M. Foote | B. Pettersen (D) |
Summary: | The act establishes that a person engages in a deceptive trade practice if the person, within 180 days following the declaration of a disaster or disaster emergency by the president of the United States or the governor of the state and in the geographic area for which the disaster was declared, sells, offers for sale, provides, or offers to provide any of the following at a price so excessive as to amount to price gouging:
A price is not unreasonably excessive if the seller can prove that, due to events that gave rise to the disaster declaration, the price is attributable to additional costs imposed on the seller by the seller's supplier or suppliers or other direct costs of providing the good or service sold or offered for sale.
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Status: | 6/4/2020 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs 6/5/2020 House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 6/8/2020 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 6/9/2020 House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 6/9/2020 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 6/10/2020 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 6/10/2020 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 6/11/2020 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 6/12/2020 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 7/2/2020 Sent to the Governor 7/2/2020 Signed by the President of the Senate 7/2/2020 Signed by the Speaker of the House 7/14/2020 Governor Signed |
Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-06-04 |
Amendments: | Amendments |
HB20-1415 | Whistleblower Protection Public Health Emergencies |
Comment: | |
Position: | Vote Pending |
Calendar Notification: | Monday, June 15 2020 CONSIDERATION OF SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILLS (1) in house calendar. |
Sponsors: | L. Herod (D) | T. Sullivan (D) / B. Pettersen (D) | R. Rodriguez (D) |
Summary: | The act prohibits a principal, which includes an employer, certain labor contractors, public employers, and entities that contract with 5 or more independent contractors, from discriminating, retaliating, or taking adverse action against any worker who:
Additionally, a principal is prohibited from requiring or attempting to require a worker to sign a contract or other agreement that limits or prevents the worker from disclosing information about workplace health and safety practices or hazards related to a public health emergency. A worker who knowingly discloses false information or discloses information with reckless disregard for the truth or falsity of the information is not protected under the act. A person may seek relief by:
The division is authorized to adopt rules necessary to implement the act. $270,153 is appropriated to the department of labor and employment from the employment support fund, of which $206,193 is allocated for use by the division for enforcement of worker's rights related to a public health emergency, based on the assumption that the division will require an additional 2.5 FTE, and $63,960 is reappropriated to the department of law for legal services.
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Status: | 6/4/2020 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance 6/6/2020 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 6/8/2020 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 6/8/2020 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 6/9/2020 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 6/9/2020 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 6/10/2020 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 6/11/2020 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 6/11/2020 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 6/13/2020 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 6/15/2020 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 6/26/2020 Sent to the Governor 6/26/2020 Signed by the Speaker of the House 6/26/2020 Signed by the President of the Senate 7/11/2020 Governor Signed |
Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-06-04 |
Amendments: | Amendments |
HB20-1420 | Adjust Tax Expenditures For State Education Fund |
Comment: | |
Position: | Vote Pending |
Calendar Notification: | Monday, June 15 2020 THIRD READING OF BILLS - FINAL PASSAGE (1) in senate calendar. |
Sponsors: | E. Sirota (D) | M. Gray (D) / D. Moreno (D) | C. Hansen (D) |
Summary: | Section 1 of the act specifies that the act shall be known as the "Tax Fairness Act". Sections 2 and 3 of the act require taxpayers to add to federal taxable income:
Section 4 of the act specifies that for net operating losses incurred after December 31, 2017, the 80% limitation set forth in federal law applies without regard to the amendments made in section 2303 of the CARES Act. The earned income tax credit is equal to a percentage of the federal earned income tax credit. Section 5 of the act increases the percentage from 10% to 15% beginning in 2022. Section 5 also specifies that for income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2021, taxpayers filing with an individual taxpayer identification number are eligible for the earned income tax credit. Section 6 of the act specifies that the state treasurer shall transfer $113 million on March 1, 2021, and $23 million on March 1, 2022, from the general fund to the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the state constitution. Section 7 of the act makes an appropriation.
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Status: | 6/8/2020 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations 6/9/2020 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 6/10/2020 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 6/10/2020 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 6/11/2020 House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 6/11/2020 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 6/12/2020 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 6/12/2020 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 6/13/2020 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 6/15/2020 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 6/15/2020 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 6/15/2020 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 6/19/2020 Signed by the President of the Senate 6/19/2020 Sent to the Governor 6/19/2020 Signed by the Speaker of the House 7/11/2020 Governor Signed |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-06-08 |
Amendments: | Amendments |
SB20-093 | Consumer And Employee Dispute Resolution Fairness |
Comment: | Considered 1/21/20 |
Position: | Oppose |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Sponsors: | M. Foote | S. Fenberg (D) / D. Jackson (D) | M. Weissman (D) |
Summary: | The bill enacts the "Consumer and Employee Dispute Resolution Fairness Act" (act). For certain consumer and employment arbitrations, the act:
The bill also requires an individual arbitrator for certain consumer and employment arbitrations to make additional disclosures of information that might affect the arbitrator's impartiality. The bill specifies how attorney fees and other reasonable expenses are to be awarded if a court vacates an award because of an arbitrator's evident partiality or failure to make required disclosures. The bill also provides that for a standard form contract involving
(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 1/13/2020 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary 1/29/2020 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 2/3/2020 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 2/6/2020 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 2/7/2020 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 3/5/2020 Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 03/09/2020 - No Amendments 3/9/2020 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 5/27/2020 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance 6/4/2020 House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-01-13 |
Amendments: | Amendments |
SB20-120 | Apprentice Examinations And Professional Licenses |
Comment: | Considered 2-18-20 |
Position: | Monitor |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Sponsors: | J. Danielson (D) / T. Sullivan (D) |
Summary: | Current law requires an electrical or plumbing employer to register an apprentice with the respective governing board within 30 days after beginning employment. When an apprentice is no longer employed as an apprentice, the act requires an employer to remove each apprentice from the apprentice program and annually notify the applicable board of the termination of employment. The act requires an employer, an apprenticeship program registered with the United States department of labor's employment and training administration, and a state apprenticeship council recognized by the United States department of labor that employs an apprentice in Colorado to track the number of practical training hours and, for electrician apprentices, the classroom hours of each apprentice and provide the information to the state electrical board or the state plumbing board, as applicable. The boards are required to keep this information confidential. If existing resources or gifts, grants, or donations are available, the boards must provide the reported information to the department's online apprenticeship directory. Contingent on the availability of existing resources within the department or the receipt of gifts, grants, and donations, the act requires electrician apprentices and plumbing apprentices who have been registered with their respective boards for at least 6 years to take a license examination at least every 3 or 2 years, respectively, based on the registration renewal cycle, until the apprentice passes the examination. If an apprentice fails the examination, the apprentice may apply for an exemption from the examination requirement. The act allows an apprentice to request special accommodations to take the examination if the apprentice has a learning disability. Subject to available funds, the department of regulatory agencies, in collaboration with the electrician and plumbing governing boards, industry stakeholders, examination proctors, national code organizations, apprenticeship training coordinators, and the department of labor and employment, is required to conduct research to determine what barriers exist to preparing for and taking the licensing examinations for apprentices for whom English is a second language and report its findings to the general assembly by January 1, 2021.
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Status: | 1/24/2020 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology 2/12/2020 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 2/18/2020 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 2/20/2020 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/24/2020 - No Amendments 2/25/2020 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 2/26/2020 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 2/28/2020 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 3/11/2020 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to Appropriations 6/3/2020 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 6/4/2020 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 6/5/2020 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 6/8/2020 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 6/9/2020 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 6/19/2020 Signed by the President of the Senate 6/22/2020 Sent to the Governor 6/22/2020 Signed by the Speaker of the House 7/7/2020 Governor Signed |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-01-24 |
Amendments: | Amendments |
SB20-138 | Consumer Protection Construction Defect Time Period |
Comment: | Considered 2/4/20 |
Position: | Oppose |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Sponsors: | R. Rodriguez (D) |
Summary: | The bill:
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Status: | 1/27/2020 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary 2/12/2020 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 2/18/2020 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/21/2020 - No Amendments 2/21/2020 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 2/24/2020 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/28/2020 - No Amendments 3/4/2020 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/06/2020 - No Amendments 3/9/2020 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/13/2020 - No Amendments 3/13/2020 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/16/2020 - No Amendments 5/28/2020 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 12/31/2020 - No Amendments |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-01-27 |
Amendments: | |
SB20-159 | Global Warming Potential For Public Project Materials |
Comment: | 2-18-20 |
Position: | Amend |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Sponsors: | C. Hansen (D) |
Summary: | The department of personnel (department) is required to establish a maximum acceptable global warming potential for each category of eligible materials used in a public project. The bill specifies which building materials are eligible materials. The department is required to set the maximum acceptable global warming potential at the industry average of facility-specific global warming potential emissions for that material and to express it as a number that states the maximum acceptable facility-specific global warming potential for each category of eligible materials. The department is required to submit a report to the general assembly regarding the method it used to develop the maximum global warming potential for each category of eligible materials and may make periodic downward adjustments to the number to reflect industry improvements. For invitations for bid for public projects issued after a certain date, the contractor that is awarded the contract is required to submit to the contracting agency of government a current facility-specific environmental product declaration for each eligible material proposed to be used in the public project. A contracting agency of government is required to include in a specification for bids for a public project that the facility-specific global warming potential for any eligible material that will be used in the project shall not exceed the maximum acceptable global warming potential for that material determined by the department. A contractor that is awarded a contract for a public project is prohibited from installing any eligible material on the project until the contractor submits a facility-specific environmental product declaration for that material. The bill specifies that in administering the requirements of the bill, an agency of government is required to strive to achieve a continuous reduction of greenhouse gas emissions over time. The department is required to submit a report to the general assembly regarding the implementation of the bill. The bill includes the facility-specific global warming potential for each eligible material that will be used in the project and the cost of avoided emissions for the project in the factors to be considered when making an award determination for a competitive sealed best value bid.
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Status: | 2/4/2020 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy 2/20/2020 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Appropriations 3/13/2020 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/26/2020 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/28/2020 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 12/31/2020 - No Amendments |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-02-04 |
Amendments: | Amendments |
SB20-192 | Staffing Agency Requirements For Employees |
Comment: | 4-7-20 |
Position: | Amend |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Sponsors: | R. Rodriguez (D) | J. Gonzales (D) / E. Sirota (D) | S. Woodrow (D) |
Summary: | The bill requires a staffing agency that places temporary and part-time employees with work-site employers to provide the employees specific information concerning the terms and conditions of employment. The information must be provided in writing before the end of the first pay period. The bill requires the staffing agency to post a notice in its workplace that includes the name and telephone number of the division of labor standards and statistics (division) in the department of labor and employment and a description of employees' rights to the receipt of the required terms and conditions of employment. A staffing agency and a work-site employer are prohibited from charging an employee:
The bill prohibits a staffing agency from knowingly issuing, distributing, circulating, or providing false, fraudulent, or misleading information to an employee or applicant for employment and from refusing to refund fees or costs owed to the employee. The bill requires each staffing agency to annually register and pay a fee to the division. Each staffing agency is required to submit information to the division in a form and manner required by the division. The division is required to maintain a list of the registration status of each staffing agency on its website. Employers who use staffing agencies are required to verify whether the staffing agency is registered with the division. The division may assess a fine for a violation and may revoke or suspend the registration of a staffing agency for any violation. The division is authorized to promulgate rules, including rules that state the information that a staffing agency is required to submit to the division and that establish circumstances where a staffing agency's registration may be revoked or suspended.
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Status: | 3/4/2020 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary 5/26/2020 Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-03-04 |
Amendments: | |
SB20-215 | Health Insurance Affordability Enterprise |
Comment: | |
Position: | Vote Pending |
Calendar Notification: | Monday, June 15 2020 CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILLS (6) in senate calendar. |
Sponsors: | D. Moreno (D) | K. Donovan (D) / C. Kennedy (D) | J. McCluskie (D) |
Summary: | The act establishes the health insurance affordability enterprise, for purposes of section 20 of article X of the state constitution, that is authorized to assess a health insurance affordability fee (insurer fee) on certain health insurers and a special assessment (hospital assessment) on hospitals in order to:
The enterprise is to start assessing and collecting the insurer fee in 2021, which fee is based on a percentage of premiums collected by health insurers in the previous calendar year on health benefit plans issued in the state. The hospital assessment is a specified amount assessed and collected in the 2022 and 2023 calendar years. Money collected from the insurer fee and hospital assessment is to be deposited in the health insurance affordability cash fund (fund), which the act creates. The act also transfers an amount of premium taxes collected by the state in 2020 or later years that exceeds the amount collected in 2019, but not more than 10% of the enterprise's revenues, to the fund. The enterprise is required to use the insurer fee, the hospital assessment, and any premium tax revenues or other money available in the fund, in accordance with the allocation specified in the act, for the following purposes:
The enterprise is governed by an 11-member board composed of the executive director of the Colorado health benefit exchange and the commissioner of insurance or their designees and 9 members appointed by the governor and representing various aspect of the health care industry and health care consumers. With regard to the Colorado reinsurance program and enterprise, the act:
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Status: | 6/2/2020 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 6/3/2020 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations 6/6/2020 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 6/8/2020 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor 6/9/2020 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 6/9/2020 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations 6/10/2020 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations 6/11/2020 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 6/11/2020 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 6/12/2020 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor 6/13/2020 House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 6/15/2020 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 6/19/2020 Signed by the President of the Senate 6/22/2020 Sent to the Governor 6/22/2020 Signed by the Speaker of the House 6/30/2020 Governor Signed |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-06-02 |
Amendments: | Amendments |
SB20-216 | Workers' Compensation For COVID-19 |
Comment: | |
Position: | Vote Pending |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Sponsors: | R. Rodriguez (D) / K. Mullica (D) |
Summary: | The bill provides that, for purposes of the "Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado", if an essential worker who works outside of the home contracts COVID-19, the contraction is:
An essential worker is considered to have contracted COVID-19 if the worker tests positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, is diagnosed with COVID-19 by a licensed physician, or has COVID-19 listed as the cause of death on the worker's death certificate.
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Status: | 6/2/2020 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 6/8/2020 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 6/10/2020 Senate Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
Date Introduced: | 2020-06-02 |
Amendments: | Amendments |