HB22-1002 | Fifth Year High School Concurrent Enrollment |
Summary: | Under current law, a qualified student who is selected to participate in the accelerating students through concurrent enrollment (ASCENT) program by the department of education (department) may enroll in postsecondary courses and be included in the pupil enrollment of a school district, board of cooperative services, or charter school (local education provider) for funding during the year following the student's fourth year of high school. The number of students who are selected to participate in the ASCENT program is limited each year through the budget process. The bill removes the limit on the number of program participants and allows each qualified student selected by the enrolling local education provider to participate in the program. The bill reduces the number of postsecondary credits a qualified student must have completed to be eligible to participate in the ASCENT program. The bill directs the department to distribute to each local education provider for each ASCENT program participant an amount equal to 3% of the per-pupil extended high school funding amount to pay for non-tuition expenses the qualified student incurs in participating in the postsecondary courses. Under existing law, a qualified student who fails to complete a concurrent enrollment course must repay the local education provider for the amount of tuition, and a local education provider may require a qualified student to repay the tuition amount if the qualified student earns a failing grade for a concurrent enrollment course. The bill repeals these provisions.
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Sponsors: | M. Weissman (D) | J. Bacon (D) / J. Buckner (D) |
Position: | Support |
Comment: | 1/18/22 |
Status: | 1/12/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education 2/3/2022 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations 5/12/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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HB22-1024 | Sales And Use Tax Exemption Municipal Public School Construction |
Summary: | Under current law, all sales of construction and building materials to contractors and subcontractors for use in the building, erection, alteration, or repair of structures, highways, roads, streets, and other public works are exempt from the sales and use tax levied by the state and certain local governments. Home rule cities continue to levy the tax on sales of construction and building materials within their jurisdiction. The act extends the exemption to the sales and use tax levied by home rule cities on such materials for use in connection with the building, erection, alteration, or repair of a public school. For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $3,375 from the general fund to the department of revenue for use by the taxation business group. The department may use this appropriation for operating expenses related to taxation services.
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Sponsors: | S. Bird (D) | D. Woog / C. Hansen (D) | C. Kolker (D) |
Position: | Support |
Comment: | 1/18/22 |
Status: | 1/12/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government 2/8/2022 House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations 2/17/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 2/22/2022 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 2/23/2022 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 2/24/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 2/28/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 3/9/2022 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations 3/18/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 3/22/2022 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 3/25/2022 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/28/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/7/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 4/8/2022 Sent to the Governor 4/8/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 4/18/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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HB22-1026 | Alternative Transportation Options Tax Credit |
Summary: | The act replaces an existing income tax deduction for expenses incurred by employers when providing alternative transportation options to employees with a refundable income tax credit of 50% of such expenses for such employers, including local government employers, subject to the limitations that the maximum amount spent in any income tax year for which an employer may claim a credit is $250,000 and that the maximum amount spent in any income tax year for any one employee for which an employer may claim a credit is $2,000 dollars. For purposes of the act, alternative transportation options means free or partially subsidized, generally accepted transportation demand management strategies, including but not limited to ridesharing arrangements, provision of ridesharing vans or low-speed conveyances such as human-powered or electric bicycles, shared micromobility options such as bikesharing and electric scooter sharing programs, carsharing programs, and guaranteed ride home programs. The credit is allowed for income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, but before January 1, 2025. $93,758 is appropriated from the general fund to the department of revenue for implementation of the act.
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Sponsors: | S. Bird (D) | D. Woog / C. Hansen (D) | L. Liston (R) |
Position: | Support |
Comment: | 3/1/22 |
Status: | 1/12/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance 2/3/2022 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/29/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 5/2/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/3/2022 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/4/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/4/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 5/9/2022 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 5/9/2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 5/9/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/10/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/11/2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/26/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/31/2022 Sent to the Governor 5/31/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 6/7/2022 Signed by Governor 6/7/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | Wednesday, May 11 2022 CONSIDERATION OF SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILLS (12) in house calendar. |
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HB22-1039 | Sales & Use Tax Exemption Form Simplification |
Summary: | For some, but not all, exemptions from state and state-collected local sales and use taxes, a person who wishes to establish the right to obtain an exemption is either explicitly required by state law or required by the department of revenue (department) as it administers and enforces state law to complete a form created by the department, which, depending on which exemption is sought, may be described as an affidavit, application, certificate, certification, declaration, or statement. The act requires the department to examine its forms and requirements relating to their use and, to the extent feasible without impairing the proper administration of the exemptions, simplify the forms and related requirements for persons making tax-exempt purchases. Exceptions to existing statutory requirements relating to the forms are made for any simplifications made by the department.
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Sponsors: | C. Kipp (D) | K. Van Winkle (R) / J. Bridges (D) | R. Woodward |
Position: | Support |
Comment: | 1/18/22 |
Status: | 1/12/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 2/17/2022 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 2/23/2022 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 2/24/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 2/28/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 3/9/2022 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 3/14/2022 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/15/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/25/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 3/25/2022 Sent to the Governor 3/25/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 3/30/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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HB22-1051 | Mod Affordable Housing Tax Credit |
Summary: | The Colorado housing and finance authority (CHFA), under the Colorado affordable tax credit program, may allocate income tax credits in an annual aggregate amount of up to $10 million for the years beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2024. The bill extends this period to December 31, 2031.
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Sponsors: | S. Bird (D) | H. McKean / R. Zenzinger (D) | D. Hisey |
Position: | Support |
Comment: | 1/18/22 |
Status: | 1/13/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government 2/16/2022 House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Unamended to Finance 2/28/2022 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/29/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/29/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 5/2/2022 House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 5/2/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 5/4/2022 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 5/6/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/6/2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 5/9/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/25/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/25/2022 Sent to the Governor 5/25/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/26/2022 Signed by Governor 5/26/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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HB22-1098 | Department Of Regulatory Agencies Barriers To Practice Regulated Professions |
Summary: | The act requires the director of the division of professions and occupations (director) in the department of regulatory agencies to complete, on or before June 1, 2023, an audit of the regulated professions and occupations and the regulation of various professions and occupations by regulators of a specific profession or occupation (regulator) to determine what barriers exist for licensing, certification, and registration of individuals with criminal history records and, on or before July 1, 2023, to report the findings to the general assembly. The act limits the authority of a regulator to deny a license, certification, or registration based on an applicant's criminal history record The act clarifies that a regulator may grant a conditional license, certification, or registration to an applicant with a criminal history record consistent with the process established in current law. The director is required to compile de-identified information regarding the reasons why a license, certification, or registration was denied and make this information available to the public on the division's website. The act requires state and local agencies responsible for issuing occupational or professional credentials (occupational agency), before making a final determination that an applicant's criminal conviction disqualifies the applicant from receiving a license, certification, permit, or registration, to provide a written notice to the applicant specifying the reason for the disqualification and the right of the applicant to submit additional evidence for the occupational agency to consider before making a final determination. A final determination to disqualify an applicant based on a criminal conviction must be issued in writing and include notice of the applicant's right to appeal the determination and the earliest date on which the applicant may reapply. The act appropriates $11,036 from the division of professions and occupations cash fund to the department of regulatory agencies for use by the division of professions and occupations.
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Sponsors: | S. Bird (D) | J. Bacon (D) / L. Liston (R) | J. Coleman (D) |
Position: | Monitor |
Comment: | 2/1/22 |
Status: | 1/20/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 2/17/2022 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Finance 2/28/2022 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations 3/11/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 3/14/2022 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 3/15/2022 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee 3/16/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/18/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 3/30/2022 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations 4/8/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/8/2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 4/11/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/19/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/19/2022 Sent to the Governor 5/19/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/25/2022 Signed by Governor 5/25/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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HB22-1112 | Workers' Compensation Injury Notices |
Summary: | Current law requires an injured employee or someone else with knowledge of the injury to notify the employer within 4 days after the occurrence of an on-the-job injury, authorizes a reduction in compensation to the injured employee for failure to timely notify the employer, and tolls the 4-day period if the employer has failed to post a notice specifying the injured employee's notification deadline. The act changes the 4-day notice period to a 10-day notice period and prohibits a loss of compensation if the employer had actual notice of the injury or good cause is shown for the employee's failure to timely report the injury. If an employer fails to provide a copy of the notice of the injury to the employee or fails to post the required notice to employees, the act specifies that the time period allotted to the employee to notify the employer of an injury is tolled for the duration of the failure. The act also changes the notice that an employer is required to post in the workplace to require that the notice state the name of the insurer and that the:
With regard to occupational diseases, the act also:
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Sponsors: | L. Daugherty (D) / J. Gonzales (D) |
Position: | Amend |
Comment: | 2/1/22 |
Status: | 1/21/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 2/17/2022 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 2/23/2022 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee 2/24/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 2/28/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology 3/7/2022 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 3/10/2022 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/11/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/17/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 3/18/2022 Sent to the Governor 3/18/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 3/24/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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HB22-1119 | Colorado False Claims Act |
Summary: | The act establishes the "Colorado False Claims Act" (false claims act). Pursuant to the false claims act, a person is liable to the state or a political subdivision of the state for a civil penalty if the person commits, conspires to commit, or aids and abets the commission of any of the following (collectively, "false claims"):
A person who makes a false claim is liable to the state for a civil penalty of $11,800 to $23,600 per violation, plus 3 times the amount of the damages sustained by the state. A court may assess a reduced penalty if the person who makes a false claim furnishes to investigators all the information the person knows about the violation within 30 days after first learning of a potential violation, the person did not know about the investigation when the person furnished the information, and the person fully cooperated with the investigation as follows:
The civil penalty range amounts for a violation are annually adjusted for inflation, rounded upward or downward to the nearest ten-dollar increment and certified by the secretary of state. A person who makes a false claim is also liable for the costs incurred for the investigation and prosecution of the false claim. The attorney general may accept from a person alleged to have made a false claim an assurance of discontinuance or a consent order approved by a court in lieu of, or as a part of, a false claims action. Proof by a preponderance of the evidence of a violation of an assurance or stipulation or consent order is prima facie evidence of a violation for the purposes of any civil action or proceeding brought by the attorney general after the alleged violation of the assurance or stipulation or consent order, whether a new action or a motion or petition in a pending action or proceeding. The false claims act requires the attorney general to investigate false claims. The attorney general or a private person may bring a civil action against a person who made a false claim. The attorney general may intervene in an action brought by a private person. A private person who brings a false claims action may be awarded up to 30% of the proceeds from the action based on the extent the private person contributed to the investigation and prosecution of the false claim. If the private person is an employee of the state and learns information about the false claim in the course of the person's work, the court will award that amount to the state. The false claims act requires that a false claims action be filed in a state district court or federal court with jurisdiction over the action. A court cannot hear a false claim action:
The false claims act prohibits retaliatory action against an individual because of the individual's efforts in furtherance of investigating, prosecuting, or stopping false claims. A court hearing a false claims action may hear a claim for retaliation against the individual. The false claims act clarifies how information subject to a person's attorney-client privilege is protected, unless the privilege is waived, an exception to the privilege applies, or disclosure of the information is permitted by an attorney pursuant to certain federal regulations applicable to attorneys appearing and practicing before the federal securities and exchange commission, the applicable Colorado rules of professional conduct, or otherwise. The false claims recovery cash fund (fund) is created and any proceeds retained by the state from a false claims action are transferred to the fund. Subject to annual appropriation, the department of law may use money in the fund for the costs of investigating and prosecuting false claims. Remaining proceeds are transferred to the fund from which the false claim was paid and the false claims act sets forth the process for paying to a political subdivision any proceeds recovered that are attributable to the political subdivision. The false claims act requires the attorney general to annually submit a report to specified committees of reference about false claims actions during the previous fiscal year. The act authorizes the state auditor to share information about potential false claims with the attorney general and a political subdivision. The act appropriates $13,568 from the general fund to the legislative department for use by the office of the state auditor.
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Sponsors: | M. Gray | M. Weissman (D) / F. Winter (D) |
Position: | Neutral |
Comment: | 1/22/21 -- Amend
4/25/22 -- Neutral |
Status: | 1/21/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary 3/15/2022 House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only 4/5/2022 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Finance 4/14/2022 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/22/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/26/2022 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/27/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/28/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/28/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary 5/3/2022 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Finance 5/6/2022 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 5/6/2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 5/6/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/9/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/10/2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 6/3/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 6/6/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 6/6/2022 Sent to the Governor 6/7/2022 Signed by Governor 6/7/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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HB22-1138 | Reduce Employee Single-occupancy Vehicle Trips |
Summary: | For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, but before January 1, 2030, the bill creates an income tax credit (tax credit) for any employer that:
The amount of the tax credit is 50% of the amount spent by the employer to provide alternative transportation options to some or all of its employees. In addition, the bill requires the executive director of the department of transportation (director), in coordination with the Colorado energy office and metropolitan planning organizations, to create an annual commuter survey for employers to use to determine how their employees commute to and from their work site. The director and the Colorado energy office are required to determine the content of the commuter survey and the form and manner in which the commuter survey will be completed and returned to the department of transportation. Beginning in specified calendar years, in an effort to reduce the number of employees who commute to and from their work site in a single-occupancy vehicle, employers with over 100 employees are required to:
The bill requires that any private sector employer that wishes to claim the tax credit participate in the employer commuter survey and submit the results of the survey to the department by April 30 of the year in which the survey is conducted, even if the employer's participation in the commuter survey is not otherwise required. For the 2023-24 state fiscal year, and for each state fiscal year thereafter through the 2029-30 state fiscal year, of the money allocated to the transportation commission for state multimodal projects from the multimodal transportation and mitigation options fund, the transportation commission is required to allocate $250,000 to each of the transportation management associations and transportation management organizations operating in a nonattainment area for the purposes of assisting employers in creating a clean commuting plan and complying with the requirements of the bill.
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Sponsors: | M. Gray | L. Herod (D) / F. Winter (D) | C. Hansen (D) |
Position: | Oppose |
Comment: | 2-15-22 |
Status: | 2/4/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance 2/28/2022 House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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HB22-1146 | Investment of Public School Fund Study And Report |
Summary: | The act authorizes the state treasurer to stagger the terms of the state treasurer's 3 appointed members to the public school fund investment board (investment board), commencing with new appointments beginning on and after July 1, 2022, to ensure that no more than 2 members' terms expire in the same year. Beginning in the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the act reorganizes the distribution of interest or income earned on the investment of the money in the public school fund (fund) to:
The act creates a working group, convened by the state treasurer, to consider opportunities to improve the growth of the public school fund and its distributions for the intergenerational benefit of public schools. The act authorizes the state treasurer, after consulting with the investment board, to select the members of the working group, and the act specifies the issues the working group must study. Not later than February 28, 2023, the state treasurer shall report the findings and recommendations of the working group to the joint budget committee and to the education committees of the house of representatives and of the senate. The act modifies the time frame and clarifies the circumstances in which a realized investment loss to the fund may be offset by realized gains before the general assembly is required to appropriate money to cover losses to the fund.
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Sponsors: | C. Larson | J. McCluskie (D) / P. Lundeen (R) | B. Kirkmeyer (R) |
Position: | Monitor |
Comment: | 2/15/22 |
Status: | 2/4/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education 4/6/2022 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/21/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 4/21/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/22/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/25/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education 4/28/2022 Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations 5/3/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/3/2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 5/4/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/25/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/25/2022 Sent to the Governor 5/25/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/26/2022 Signed by Governor 5/26/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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HB22-1152 | Prohibit Employer Adverse Action Marijuana Use |
Summary: | The bill prohibits an employer from taking adverse action against an employee, including an applicant for employment, who engages in the use of:
An employer is permitted to impose restrictions on employee use of medical or retail marijuana under specified circumstances.
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Sponsors: | E. Hooton |
Position: | Oppose |
Comment: | 2/15/22 |
Status: | 2/4/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 3/24/2022 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Postpone Indefinitely |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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HB22-1218 | Resource Efficiency Buildings Electric Vehicles |
Summary: | Section 1 of the act relocates existing statutes that require contractors to offer certain resource efficiency options when constructing certain buildings. Section 1 also requires certain new commercial buildings and multifamily residences to include electric vehicle charging as follows:
The act applies to the construction of a new high-occupancy building project or to the renovation of 50% or more of an existing high-occupancy building project and to:
Section 3 requires a project to comply with these provisions to obtain a building permit. The state electrical board is required to set standards for waiving the requirement to comply with these provisions for renovations. Local governments that perform inspections may also issue such a waiver.
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Sponsors: | A. Valdez (D) / F. Winter (D) | K. Priola (D) |
Position: | Amend |
Comment: | 3/1/22 |
Status: | 2/9/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 2/16/2022 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to Energy & Environment 4/14/2022 House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/19/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/20/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/22/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy 4/26/2022 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/28/2022 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 05/02/2022 - No Amendments 4/29/2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/2/2022 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/4/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 5/6/2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 5/10/2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/20/2022 Sent to the Governor 5/20/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/20/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 6/7/2022 Governor Vetoed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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HB22-1252 | Public School Contract Terms And Conditions |
Summary: | The act concerns provisions of a public school contract, which is defined in the act as an agreement between a public school contracting entity and a contractor where the principal purpose is to acquire supplies, services, or construction or to dispose of supplies for the direct benefit of or in support of a public school other than an agreement for the acquisition of certain types of professional services. For public school contracts executed on or after July 1, 2022, the act requires specified provisions to be included in a public school contract, states that a public school contract shall be deemed to include such provisions if they are inadvertently or otherwise omitted, and specifies that certain specified types of terms or conditions in a public school contract, including any provision that conflicts with Colorado law or rules or any provision required to be included in a public school contract, are void.
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Sponsors: | T. Bernett / B. Kirkmeyer (R) | S. Jaquez Lewis (D) |
Position: | Amend |
Comment: | 3/1/22 |
Status: | 2/18/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education 3/10/2022 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 3/14/2022 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 3/15/2022 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee 3/16/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/18/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education 3/24/2022 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 3/29/2022 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee 3/30/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/31/2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 4/5/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 4/5/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 4/6/2022 Sent to the Governor 4/12/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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HB22-1272 | Repeal Of Attorney Fees On Motions To Dismiss |
Summary: | Under current law, a defendant may be awarded reasonable attorney fees in tort actions if a case is dismissed on a motion of the defendant prior to trial. The act states that a defendant may not be awarded reasonable attorney fees in cases dismissed prior to trial in which the plaintiff brought non-frivolous claims in order to challenge precedent or for a similar reason.
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Sponsors: | S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) | A. Benavidez / J. Gonzales (D) | R. Rodriguez (D) |
Position: | Oppose |
Comment: | 3/15/22 |
Status: | 2/25/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary 3/16/2022 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 3/21/2022 House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/23/2022 - No Amendments 3/23/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 3/24/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor 3/25/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/29/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary 4/21/2022 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/25/2022 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/26/2022 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/27/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/28/2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 5/10/2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/25/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/25/2022 Sent to the Governor 5/25/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 6/8/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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HB22-1310 | 529 Account Apprenticeship Expenses |
Summary: | The federal "Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019" expanded qualified distributions from a qualified state tuition program (529 account) to include expenses for fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for the participation of a designated beneficiary in certain apprenticeship programs. In light of these changes to federal law, the act amends Colorado law to clarify what qualifies as a qualified distribution from a 529 account for the purpose of determining state taxable income. The act allows expenses for fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for the participation of a designated beneficiary in certain apprenticeship programs to be treated as such a qualified distribution.
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Sponsors: | C. Larson | C. Kipp (D) / J. Bridges (D) | R. Woodward |
Position: | Support |
Comment: | 4/5/22 |
Status: | 3/21/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education 3/31/2022 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Finance 4/14/2022 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations 4/21/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 4/21/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/22/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor 4/25/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/25/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 4/27/2022 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations 5/3/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/3/2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 5/4/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 6/1/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 6/1/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 6/1/2022 Sent to the Governor 6/3/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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HB22-1346 | Electrician Plumber Licensing Apprentice Ratio |
Summary: | Sections 1 and 5 of the act authorize the director of the division of professions and occupations (division) in the department of regulatory agencies to appoint or employ individuals who are licensed or, if not licensed, who demonstrate substantial work experience in the electrical, plumbing, or construction industry to:
The act also:
Section 7 of the act appropriates $191,991 for the 2022-23 state fiscal year from the division of professions and occupations cash fund to the department of regulatory agencies to implement the act, allocated as follows:
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Sponsors: | M. Duran (D) | K. Mullica (D) / J. Danielson (D) |
Position: | Amend |
Comment: | 4/5/22 |
Status: | 3/28/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 4/14/2022 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Finance 4/25/2022 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/29/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/29/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 5/2/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/2/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 5/5/2022 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations 5/6/2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 5/6/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/9/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/10/2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 5/11/2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/26/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/31/2022 Sent to the Governor 5/31/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 6/8/2022 Signed by Governor 6/8/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | Wednesday, May 11 2022 CONSIDERATION OF SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILLS (3) in house calendar. |
Fiscal Notes: |
HB22-1350 | Regional Talent Development Initiative Grant Program |
Summary: | The act establishes the regional talent development initiative grant program (grant program) in the office of economic development (office) to fund talent development initiatives across the state that meet regional labor market needs and specified grant program goals, including initiatives that meet workforce development needs in regions as they recover from the negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The office, a state agency designated by the office, or a third party with whom the office contracts is to serve as the administrator of the grant program (program administrator). The office is directed to appoint a steering committee of 5 to 8 business, civic, education, and nonprofit professionals (steering committee), including at least one member representing a rural area of the state, one member representing a 2-year institution of higher education, and one member representing a 4-year institution of higher education. The steering committee will support the program administrator in:
The office, in collaboration with the departments of labor and employment, higher education, and education and the steering committee, is to identify regions throughout the state to inform the selection of grant applications. The office is to publish a report on the grant program by November 1, 2023, and by each November 1 through November 1, 2027. The act creates the regional talent development initiative grant program fund (grant program fund) and directs the state treasurer to transfer $91 million from the workers, employers, and workforce centers cash fund (cash fund) to the grant program fund as follows:
The money in the grant program fund is continuously appropriated to the office for the grant program and related costs. The grant program repeals on July 1, 2028. The act also directs the state treasurer to transfer $32,373,184 from the money in the cash fund that originated from the general fund back to the general fund.
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Sponsors: | J. McCluskie (D) | J. Rich (R) / J. Bridges (D) | P. Lundeen (R) |
Position: | Support |
Comment: | 4/5/22 |
Status: | 3/29/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education 4/13/2022 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/21/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 4/21/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/22/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/25/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/25/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology 5/2/2022 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations 5/4/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/4/2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 5/5/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/6/2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 5/10/2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/17/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/17/2022 Sent to the Governor 5/17/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/26/2022 Signed by Governor 5/26/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Fiscal Notes: |
HB22-1354 | Protecting Injured Workers' Mental Health Records |
Summary: | The act clarifies provisions in the "Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado" (workers' compensation act) relating to the release and disclosure of mental health records pertaining to an injured employee making a claim under the workers' compensation act (claimant). The act:
The act authorizes the director to promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of the act. The act requires a person providing mental health services under the workers' compensation act to be a licensed mental health provider.
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Sponsors: | M. Lindsay (D) | D. Michaelson Jenet (D) / F. Winter (D) |
Position: | Amend |
Comment: | 4/19/22 |
Status: | 3/31/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services 4/12/2022 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/21/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 4/21/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/22/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/25/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/25/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology 5/2/2022 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/3/2022 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/4/2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 5/5/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/9/2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 5/10/2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 6/1/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 6/1/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 6/1/2022 Sent to the Governor 6/8/2022 Signed by Governor 6/8/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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HB22-1362 | Building Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
Summary: | The act requires the director of the Colorado energy office (office) and the executive director of the department of local affairs to appoint an energy code board (board) that will develop for adoption by counties, municipalities, and state agencies 2 sets of model codes. The director of the office and the executive director of the department shall also appoint an executive committee for the board. The board shall develop a model electric and solar ready code on or before June 1, 2023, and a model low energy and carbon code on or before July 1, 2025. The office shall, independent of the board, identify model green code language for adoption by counties, municipalities, and state agencies. Every element of either model code adopted by the board must be approved by two-thirds of the board. If two-thirds of the board fail to adopt an element required by statute for either model code, the executive committee must vote on that element. An element of either model code must be approved by the majority of the executive committee to be adopted. In the event of a conflict between the 2021 international energy conservation code, the 2024 international energy conservation code, the model electric ready and solar ready code, or any other model codes adopted by either a local government or divisions in the executive branch and either the Colorado plumbing code or the national electric code, the Colorado plumbing code or the national electric code prevails. The act establishes when the office of the state architect, the division of housing, and the division of fire prevention and control must adopt and enforce codes that achieve equivalent or better energy performance than the codes adopted by the board as follows:
Likewise, the act establishes when municipalities and counties must adopt and enforce codes that achieve equivalent or better energy performance than the codes adopted by the board as follows:
However, rather than either the model electric and solar ready code or the model low energy and carbon code, a rural county that applies for and is not awarded a grant that significantly assists in energy code adoption and enforcement training is instead required to adopt and enforce an energy code that achieves equivalent or better energy performance than one of the 3 most recent editions of the international energy conservation code. The act also creates 2 primary grant programs that will be administered by the office:
The clean air building investments fund, a continuously appropriated cash fund, is established by the act to fund the creation, implementation, and administration of both of these grant programs. Lastly, the act also requires the following transfers from the general fund:
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Sponsors: | T. Bernett | A. Valdez (D) / C. Hansen (D) | F. Winter (D) |
Position: | Neutral |
Comment: | 4/19/22 -- Oppose; 5/9/22 -- Neutral |
Status: | 4/7/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment 4/14/2022 House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/22/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 4/26/2022 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/29/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/2/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/2/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs 5/5/2022 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Finance 5/5/2022 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations 5/6/2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/6/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/9/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 5/10/2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 5/11/2022 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/20/2022 Sent to the Governor 5/20/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/20/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 6/2/2022 Signed by Governor 6/2/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | Wednesday, May 11 2022 CONSIDERATION OF SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILLS (4) in house calendar. |
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HB22-1363 | Accountability To Taxpayers Special Districts |
Summary: | The bill makes the following modifications to statutory provisions governing special districts to increase the accountability of special districts to taxpayers:
(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Sponsors: | M. Weissman (D) | A. Boesenecker (D) / J. Gonzales (D) | T. Story (D) |
Position: | Oppose |
Comment: | 4/19/22 |
Status: | 4/7/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government 4/26/2022 House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/28/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/29/2022 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/2/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/2/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs 5/5/2022 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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HB22-1367 | Updates To Employment Discrimination Laws |
Summary: | The act amends employment discrimination laws, commonly referred to as the "Colorado Anti-discrimination Act" or "CADA", as follows:
The act appropriates $113,548 from the general fund to the department of regulatory agencies for use by the civil rights division to implement the act, with $98,718 allocated for personal services and $14,830 for operating expenses.
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Sponsors: | S. Lontine | M. Gray / F. Winter (D) | B. Pettersen |
Position: | Monitor |
Comment: | 4/19/22 |
Status: | 4/11/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary 4/19/2022 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/27/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/27/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/28/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/28/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary 5/3/2022 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations 5/6/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/6/2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 5/9/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 6/1/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 6/1/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 6/1/2022 Sent to the Governor 6/8/2022 Signed by Governor 6/8/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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SB22-032 | Simplify Local Sales & Use Tax Administration |
Summary: | In order to enable the streamlining of the imposition, collection, and administration of sales and use taxes imposed by local taxing jurisdictions on retail sales made by retailers that have a state standard retail license and either do not have physical presence within a local taxing jurisdiction or have only incidental physical presence within a local taxing jurisdiction through the streamlining of application requirements for and elimination of fees for local general business licenses, the act requires the department of revenue (department) to require sufficient information to be collected from such a retailer, when the retailer applies for or renews a state standard retail business license through the state's electronic sales and use tax simplification system (SUTS) or by other means or at any other time to the extent necessary, and made available to local taxing jurisdictions to ensure that concerns of local taxing jurisdictions, including but not limited to concerns relating to administrative efficiency, retailer compliance, and collection of sales and use tax revenue, are addressed. The department is required to consult with local taxing jurisdictions when determining what information to collect and how to make the information collected available to local taxing jurisdictions. The department is also required to consult with retailers and to address any reasonable concerns that they may have. The department is required to accomplish these tasks expeditiously so that no later than July 1, 2023, and sooner if feasible, a retailer that has a state standard retail license and either does not have physical presence within a local taxing jurisdiction or has only incidental physical presence can make retail sales within the local taxing jurisdiction without having to obtain a general business license from the local taxing jurisdiction. On and after July 1, 2022, a local taxing jurisdiction is prohibited from charging a fee for a local general business license to a retailer that has a state standard retail license, makes retail sales within the local taxing jurisdiction, and either does not have physical presence within the local taxing jurisdiction or has only incidental physical presence within the local taxing jurisdiction. On and after July 1, 2023, a local taxing jurisdiction is prohibited from requiring such a retailer to apply separately to the local taxing jurisdiction for a general business license. A local taxing jurisdiction must automatically issue a general business license to such a retailer unless the local taxing jurisdiction has previously revoked a general business license held by the retailer for a violation of its local code. For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, $2,100 is appropriated to the department for use by the taxation services division to implement the act.
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Sponsors: | J. Bridges (D) | R. Woodward / C. Kipp (D) | K. Van Winkle (R) |
Position: | Support |
Comment: | 1/18/22 |
Status: | 1/12/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology 1/26/2022 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations 3/4/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 3/4/2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 3/7/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/7/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 3/17/2022 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to Appropriations 4/1/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 4/1/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 4/4/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/14/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 4/14/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 4/14/2022 Sent to the Governor 4/21/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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SB22-050 | Work Opportunities For Offenders In Department Of Corrections |
Summary: | The act clarifies the opportunities available to inmates imprisoned by the department of corrections (department). The act clarifies that the rehabilitation and work opportunities available to inmates are to promote the person's successful rehabilitation, reentry, and reintegration into the community. The act clarifies a distinction between external programs, which occur in partnership with employers outside of department facilities, and internal programs, which occur inside a department facility and may be in partnership with employers outside of department facilities. The act amends inmate compensation and permissible deductions from an inmate's account.
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Sponsors: | J. Coleman (D) | D. Hisey / M. Soper (R) | T. Exum (D) |
Position: | Monitor |
Comment: | 2/1/22 |
Status: | 1/18/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary 2/16/2022 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 2/22/2022 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee 2/23/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 2/23/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary 3/9/2022 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 3/12/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor 3/14/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 3/15/2022 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 3/21/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 3/23/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 3/23/2022 Sent to the Governor 3/30/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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SB22-051 | Policies To Reduce Emissions From Built Environment |
Summary: | For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, but before January 1, 2025, any purchaser of an air-source heat pump system, ground-source heat pump system, water-source heat pump system, or variable refrigerant flow heat pump system (heat pump system) or a heat pump water heater that installs a residential or commercial heat pump system or a residential or commercial heat pump water heater into real property in the state is allowed an income tax credit in an amount equal to 10% of the purchase price of the heat pump system or heat pump water heater. For income tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, but before January 1, 2025, any purchaser of an energy storage system that installs the energy storage system in a residential dwelling in the state is allowed an income tax credit in an amount equal to 10% of the purchase price of the energy storage system. For the heat pump system and heat pump water heater income tax credit and for the energy storage system income tax credit, the purchaser may assign the income tax credit to the seller of the heat pump system, heat pump water heater, or energy storage system (seller) at the time of purchase. If the purchaser assigns the credit, the seller must compensate the purchaser for the full nominal value of the tax credit. The act specifies the requirements of the purchaser, seller, and the department of revenue in connection with the assignment of either income tax credit. Beginning July 1, 2024, all sales, storage, and use of eligible decarbonizing building materials are exempt from state sales and use tax. "Eligible decarbonizing building materials" are building materials that have a maximum acceptable global warming potential as determined by the office of the state architect (office) and that are on a list of eligible materials maintained by the office. Manufacturers may submit the environmental product declaration of an eligible material to the office for the office's review. The office is required to compile a list of eligible materials and the manufacturers of those materials based on the information voluntarily submitted to the office by the manufacturers. Beginning January 1, 2023, all sales, storage, and use of heat pump systems or heat pump water heaters that are used in commercial or residential buildings are exempt from state sales and use tax. To be eligible for the sales and use tax exemption under certain circumstances, the purchaser of the heat pump system or heat pump water heater is required to certify that all necessary mechanical, plumbing, and electrical work performed in connection with the installation of the heat pump system or heat pump water heater will be performed by a certified contractor on a certified contractor list created pursuant to current law or by employees of a utility, subject to state licensing requirements and all applicable state and local rules, codes, and standards. Beginning January 1, 2023, all sales, storage, and use of energy storage systems that are used in a residential dwelling are exempt from state sales and use tax. A statutory town, city, or county may exempt the same items that are exempt from state sales and use tax pursuant to the act only by express inclusion of the exemption in its initial sales tax ordinance or resolution or by amendment thereto. After January 1, 2023, an investor-owned gas utility may apply to the public utilities commission for approval to measure the amount of use for billing purposes in either fuel commodity units or for energy services provided. The public utilities commission is required to approve, deny, or modify the utility's application.
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Sponsors: | C. Hansen (D) / E. Sirota (D) |
Position: | Monitor |
Comment: | 2/15/22 |
Status: | 1/18/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy 2/8/2022 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Finance 3/2/2022 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/1/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/5/2022 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/6/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/6/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment 4/21/2022 House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to Finance 5/2/2022 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 5/4/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 5/5/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 5/6/2022 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/10/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/10/2022 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/17/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/17/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/17/2022 Sent to the Governor 6/2/2022 Signed by Governor 6/2/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Fiscal Notes: |
SB22-066 | Restore Unemployment Insurance Fund Balance |
Summary: | The bill:
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Sponsors: | R. Woodward / K. Van Winkle (R) |
Position: | Monitor |
Comment: | 2/1/22 |
Status: | 1/19/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs 5/3/2022 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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SB22-088 | Tuition Assistance For Building Trade Certificates |
Summary: | Under current law, there is a tuition assistance program (program) for students enrolled in career and technical education certificate programs at certain state institutions. The commission on higher education establishes policies and procedures for the program. The bill requires the policies and procedures to give some preference to students enrolled in building and construction trade certificate programs. The bill also requires the general assembly to annually appropriate $650,000 for the program. |
Sponsors: | L. Liston (R) |
Position: | Amend |
Comment: | 1/20/22 |
Status: | 1/20/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education 2/16/2022 Senate Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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SB22-130 | State Entity Authority For Public-private Partnerships |
Summary: | The executive director of the department of personnel (executive director) is required to:
The public-private collaboration unit is established in the department of personnel (department). The unit is required to:
For the 2023-24 state fiscal year and for each state fiscal year thereafter, money is appropriated from the general fund to the department for the standard operating expenses of the public-private collaboration unit, including personal services and related costs. A state public entity is authorized to initiate solicitations, review any private partner-initiated proposals, execute public-private partnership agreements, or execute public-private agreements to develop or operate a public project subject to the requirements of the act. Any public-private agreement entered into pursuant to the act must comply with applicable state laws and processes developed by the executive director. Nothing in the act prohibits, limits, or otherwise modifies the specific statutory authority of state public entities to enter into a public-private partnership, a public-private agreement, or other agreement or to use a statutory mechanism as authorized by any other provision of law. Public-private partnerships authorized by the act are exempt from the state "Procurement Code". The Colorado economic development commission is required to establish a public-private partnership subcommittee (subcommittee) to review proposed contracts, sales, and leases of state property. The subcommittee consists of at least 3 members of the commission as selected by the commission. A state public entity that intends to enter into a contract, sale, or lease of state property is required to submit the proposed contract, sale, or lease of state property to the subcommittee for review before entering into the contract, sale, or lease of state property. The state public entity, in coordination with the Colorado economic development commission staff, is required to submit a report to the subcommittee regarding the anticipated use of the state property. The subcommittee is required to review the report and make any recommendations it deems necessary to the state public entity. The executive director is required to annually report on the implementation and use of public-private partnerships pursuant to the act at its presentation to its committee of reference at a hearing held pursuant to the "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act". The executive director is also required to submit the report to the joint budget committee. The existing definition of "unused state-owned real property" is modified to require that the unused state-owned real property be identified in the inventory list of unused state-owned real property maintained by the department and that the property is not being used at its optimal or best use. Money in the existing unused state-owned real property fund is continuously, rather than annually, appropriated to the department for existing purposes and for public-private agreements and any associated costs of the agreements. The state, by and through the division of employment and training the department of labor and employment, is authorized to dispose of a parcel of real property in Summit County. The proceeds must be credited to the employment support fund.
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Sponsors: | B. Rankin | C. Hansen (D) / J. McCluskie (D) |
Position: | Support |
Comment: | 2/15/22 |
Status: | 2/9/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology 3/2/2022 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/1/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/5/2022 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/6/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/6/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 4/14/2022 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/26/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 4/26/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/27/2022 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 4/29/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/2/2022 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily 5/4/2022 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/9/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/10/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/10/2022 Sent to the Governor 5/26/2022 Governor Signed 5/26/2022 Signed by Governor |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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SB22-136 | Special District Governance |
Summary: | The bill also requires each board to send a self-nomination form to each resident of the district with each agenda and board packet with instructions that a resident may follow for completing the form and delivering the completed form to the manager and legal counsel of the district. Immediately upon receiving a self-nomination form from a resident for a position on the board, the board must identify the board position to be terminated and immediately appoint the resident who submitted the self-nomination form to fill the position. A developer-affiliated position is immediately terminated upon receipt by the board of a self-nomination form from a resident. If self-nomination forms are received from residents in an amount that exceeds the positions on the board, the board is required to immediately call a special election to fill all of the developer-affiliated positions.
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Sponsors: | T. Story (D) / M. Weissman (D) | A. Boesenecker (D) |
Position: | Oppose |
Comment: | 3/1/22 |
Status: | 2/16/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government 3/1/2022 Senate Committee on Local Government Postpone Indefinitely |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Fiscal Notes: |
SB22-140 | Expansion Of Experiential Learning Opportunities |
Summary: | The act requires, on or before January 1, 2023, the department of labor and employment (department), in partnership with the business experiential-learning commission in the department, the office of economic development, the state work force development council, local district colleges, the departments of education and higher education, the state board for community colleges and occupational education, and area technical colleges, to provide incentives to eligible employers to create high-quality, work-based learning opportunities for adults and youth (incentive program). The department is required to select at least 2 work-based learning intermediaries (intermediaries) to coordinate employers, schools, youth, and adults participating in the incentive program to establish work-based learning opportunities and select employers to participate in the incentive program. The department is required to provide monetary incentives to the selected intermediaries and employers for the implementation of work-based learning opportunities. The department is required to compile data concerning the incentive program and submit a report to the business committees of the senate and house of representatives during the "SMART Act" hearings held each legislative session. On or before January 1, 2023, the office of future work in the department and its partners are required to create a digital navigation program and employ digital navigators to:
The act authorizes the executive director of the department to promulgate rules to implement the incentive program and the digital navigation program. The office of new Americans in the department is required to:
$6,100,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the department for use in the 2022-23 state fiscal year for:
If the department does not expend the appropriated amount by July 1, 2023, the money ir further appropriated to the department for use in the 2023-24 state fiscal year. $11,319 is appropriated from the general fund to the legislative department for use by the general assembly.
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Sponsors: | J. Coleman (D) | B. Gardner (R) / B. McLachlan (D) | J. Amabile (D) |
Position: | Support |
Comment: | 3/11/22 |
Status: | 2/24/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology 3/16/2022 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/19/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/20/2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 4/21/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/21/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 4/27/2022 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to Appropriations 5/3/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 5/3/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 5/4/2022 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/9/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/10/2022 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/20/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/20/2022 Sent to the Governor 5/20/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 6/3/2022 Signed by Governor 6/3/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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SB22-161 | Wage Theft Employee Misclassification Enforcement |
Summary: | The act updates and modifies laws pertaining to the payment of wages and employee misclassification, and the enforcement procedures and remedies for violations of those laws, as follows:
Section 16 appropriates $345,069 to the department of labor and employment for the 2022-23 state fiscal year to implement the act as follows:
Section 16 also appropriates $95,200 to the department of law for the 2022-23 state fiscal year for use by consumer protection to implement the act, which amount assumes the department will require an additional 0.8 FTE.
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Sponsors: | J. Danielson (D) | S. Jaquez Lewis (D) / M. Duran (D) | M. Froelich (D) |
Position: | Support |
Comment: | 4/5/22 -- Amend
5/5/22 -- Support |
Status: | 3/21/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology 4/20/2022 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations 5/2/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/2/2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/3/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/3/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 5/4/2022 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to Appropriations 5/5/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 5/5/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 5/6/2022 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/10/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/10/2022 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/20/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/20/2022 Sent to the Governor 5/20/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 6/3/2022 Signed by Governor 6/3/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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SB22-163 | Establish State Procurement Equity Program |
Summary: | The act establishes the state procurement equity program (program) in the department of personnel (department) for the purpose of reducing disparities identified in the state disparity study report prepared as required by Senate Bill 19-135 between the availability of historically underutilized businesses and the utilization of such businesses in state procurement. For preliminary implementation of the program, the department, in line with recommendations made in the state disparity study report, is required to:
The department is also required to convene, contract with a facilitator to facilitate discussion among, engage in consultation with, and strongly consider the formal policy recommendations of a stakeholder group, which, to the extent practicable, consists of government employees with procurement expertise, an employee of the procurement technical assistance center, a representative of the associated general contractors, owners or high-ranking employees of various types of historically underutilized businesses, and owners or high-ranking employees of businesses that are not historically underutilized businesses but have a demonstrable record of successful engagement and contracting with small businesses and have competed for or been awarded state contracts. The stakeholder group also includes any other individuals who have a demonstrable commitment to furthering equity in government procurement and substantial knowledge of procurement equity best practices who the department deems necessary or appropriate to include. The stakeholder group is required to:
The department is required to report on its progress and policy recommendations and any suggested remedial measures of the stakeholder group, the preliminary plans, recommendations, and remedial measures of the department regarding full implementation of the program, and any recommendations that the department has regarding the need for related legislation during its January 2025 annual presentation to legislative oversight committees required by the "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act". $2,007,707 is appropriated from the general fund to the department, of which:
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Sponsors: | J. Coleman (D) | C. Kolker (D) / N. Ricks (D) |
Position: | Support |
Comment: | 4/5/22 |
Status: | 3/21/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology 4/20/2022 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/29/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/29/2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 5/2/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/2/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs 5/4/2022 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations 5/5/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 5/5/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 5/6/2022 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/10/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/10/2022 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/20/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/20/2022 Sent to the Governor 5/20/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 6/8/2022 Signed by Governor 6/8/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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SB22-192 | Opportunities For Credential Attainment |
Summary: | The act requires:
The act requires the department to allocate and disburse funds to community and technical colleges and local district colleges to fund student access to nondegree credential programs. The general assembly is required to appropriate $1.8 million to the department for this purpose for the 2022-23 fiscal year. The act requires the general assembly to appropriate $800,000 to the department of education for the adult education and literacy grant program for the 2022-23 fiscal year.
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Sponsors: | R. Zenzinger (D) | C. Simpson (R) / D. Esgar | M. Catlin (R) |
Position: | Support |
Comment: | 5-3-22 |
Status: | 3/29/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education 4/14/2022 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations 4/22/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/22/2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 4/25/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/25/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education 4/27/2022 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations 5/2/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 5/2/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 5/3/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/4/2022 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Not Repassed 5/4/2022 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/16/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/16/2022 Sent to the Governor 5/16/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/26/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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SB22-215 | Infrastructure Investment And Jobs Act Cash Fund |
Summary: | The act creates the "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" cash fund (fund) and requires the state treasurer to transfer $80,250,000 to the fund. The money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the office of the governor (office) and to departments. Money in the fund is to be used, subject to approval by the governor, as the nonfederal matching funding necessary for the state or a local government to be eligible to receive federal approval and federal funds for certain categories of infrastructure projects allowed under the federal "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act". The office must establish a process for receiving, reviewing, and approving applications and awarding and distributing money from the fund. The office, as well as state departments receiving money from the fund, are subject to annual reporting requirements. $60 million is appropriated from the fund to the office and to a department, as defined in the act, for the 2021-22 state fiscal year, and any money appropriated and not expended prior to July 1, 2022, is further appropriated through the 2026-27 state fiscal year.
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Sponsors: | C. Hansen (D) | R. Zenzinger (D) / L. Herod (D) | J. McCluskie (D) |
Position: | Support |
Comment: | 5-3-22 |
Status: | 4/19/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations 4/21/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 4/25/2022 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 4/26/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 4/27/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations 5/4/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 5/4/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/6/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 5/9/2022 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/10/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/10/2022 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/20/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/20/2022 Sent to the Governor 5/20/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 6/7/2022 Signed by Governor 6/7/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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SB22-234 | Unemployment Compensation |
Summary: | The act:
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Sponsors: | C. Hansen (D) | B. Rankin / D. Ortiz (D) | M. Snyder (D) |
Position: | Support |
Comment: | 5-3-22 |
Status: | 4/27/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance 4/29/2022 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations 5/2/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/2/2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily with Amendments - Floor 5/4/2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor 5/5/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/5/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance 5/5/2022 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations 5/6/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 5/6/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 5/9/2022 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 5/10/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/10/2022 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass 5/20/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/20/2022 Sent to the Governor 5/20/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 5/25/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
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SB22-239 | Buildings In The Capitol Complex |
Summary: | On September 1, 2022, the state treasurer is required transfer to the capitol complex renovation fund (fund) any amounts credited to state agency capital reserve accounts on June 30, 2022, for annual depreciation-lease equivalent payments that are funded in connection with every appropriation in the capital construction section of the annual general appropriation act. For the 2022-23 fiscal year through the 2028-29 fiscal year, the state controller is required to credit the annual depreciation-lease equivalent payments to the fund rather than to the state agency capital reserve accounts. Each state agency that terminates a lease for private space is required to calculate the annual reduction in its costs for leased space. Beginning in the 2023-24 fiscal year, the general assembly is required to annually transfer an amount equal to each state agency's annual reduction in lease costs to the capital construction fund. Such transfers continue until the state treasurer determines that the amount transferred to the capital construction fund from lease savings equals the amount transferred to the fund from the annual depreciation-lease equivalent payments. The capitol complex renovation fund is created, and the money in the fund is appropriated to the department of personnel for certain capital construction needs for existing state-owned buildings in the capitol complex. Up to $23 million of the money in the fund is set aside for use by the legislative department for improvements to legislative spaces in the capitol complex. The department of personnel is required to submit a quarterly report to the capital development committee regarding the status of the capitol complex renovations funded with money in the fund. Any unexpended and unencumbered money appropriated to a department in a specific line item for utilities in a fiscal year remains available for expenditure in the next fiscal year without further appropriation for the department to purchase utilities conservation equipment or services. $18,600,000 is transferred from the capitol complex master plan implementation fund to the fund. Two floors of the capitol building annex at 1375 Sherman street are included in the spaces over which the general assembly has control and for which the general assembly is responsible for the supervision of maintenance. For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, $26,721,314 is appropriated to the department of personnel from the fund. The department may use the appropriation for capital construction related to capitol complex renovation projects pursuant to the act.
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Sponsors: | D. Moreno (D) | C. Simpson (R) / D. Esgar | H. McKean |
Position: | Support |
Comment: | 5-9-22 |
Status: | 5/5/2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations 5/6/2022 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 5/6/2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 5/9/2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/9/2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations 5/10/2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 5/10/2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments 5/11/2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 5/25/2022 Signed by the President of the Senate 5/25/2022 Sent to the Governor 5/25/2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House 6/7/2022 Signed by Governor 6/7/2022 Governor Signed |
Calendar Notification: | Wednesday, May 11 2022 THIRD READING OF BILLS - FINAL PASSAGE (24) in house calendar. |
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