HB25-1001 | Enforcement Wage Hour Laws |
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Position: | Monitor |
Calendar Notification: | Monday, February 24 2025 Finance 1:30 p.m. Room 0112 (1) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Enforcement Wage Hour Laws |
Summary: | Current law limits the ability of the director of the division to adjudicate claims for nonpayment of wages or compensation to $7,500 or less. Section 5 increases this threshold over the years by increasing the amount to $13,000 for claims filed from July 1, 2026, through December 31, 2027, and in an amount specified by the director of the division to adjust for inflation beginning January 1, 2028. Section 5 also requires the division, in adjudicating wage claims, to determine whether a violation is willful. For each violation:
Additionally, the division may report an employer found to have violated a law related to wages and hours to any government body with authority to deny, withdraw, or otherwise limit or impose remedial conditions on a license, permit, registration, or other credential that the violating employer has or may seek. Section 5 also repeals language requiring the division to issue a determination on a wage complaint within 90 days.
The director of the division must adjust these fine amounts for inflation by January 1, 2028, and every other year thereafter. Current law prohibits an employer from discriminating or retaliating against an employee for taking protection under wage and hour laws or the law related to the employment of minors. Section 7 expands this provision to specify additional protected behavior and expands the prohibition to include other persons in addition to employers.
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Status: | 1/8/2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 1/30/2025 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole 1/30/2025 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to Finance |
Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal impact for this bill |
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House Sponsors: | Duran and Froelich, Bacon, Boesenecker, Clifford, English, Garcia, Hamrick, Lieder,Mabrey, Martinez, Mauro, Rutinel, Sirota, Titone, Velasco, Willford, Zokaie- |
Senate Sponsors: | Danielson and Kolker, Bridges, Cutter, Gonzales J., Hinrichsen, Kipp, Marchman,Michaelson Jenet, Sullivan, Weissman, Winter F.-- |
HB25-1020 | Earned-Wage Access Service Provider |
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Calendar Notification: | Monday, February 24 2025 Finance 1:30 p.m. Room 0112 (2) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Earned-Wage Access Service Provider |
Summary: | The bill prohibits an entity from providing earned-wage access services without a license on and after January 1, 2026. Earned-wage access services are services that:
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Status: | 1/8/2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 1/30/2025 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Finance |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
Amendments: | Amendments |
House Sponsors: | Camacho and Duran- |
Senate Sponsors: | Frizell-- |
HB25-1030 | Accessibility Standards in Building Codes |
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Calendar Notification: | Thursday, February 20 2025 SENATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT & HOUSING COMMITTEE 1:30 PM SCR 357 (2) in senate calendar. |
Short Title: | Accessibility Standards in Building Codes |
Summary: | Beginning January 1, 2026, the bill requires a local government that adopts or substantially amends a building code to ensure that the building code meets or exceeds the accessibility standards in international building codes. The bill also requires the division of fire prevention and control within the department of public safety to ensure that, when certain building codes pertaining to public school and heath facilities are substantially amended, the codes meet or exceed accessibility standards in international building codes. The bill requires the state housing board to ensure that, when the uniform construction and maintenance standards for hotels, motels, and multiple dwellings in jurisdictions with no local building code are substantially updated, the standards meet or exceed the accessibility standards in international building codes. The bill also requires the state housing board to ensure that, when the recommendations for uniform housing standards and building codes to the general assembly and local governments are substantially updated, the codes meet or exceed the accessibility standards in international building codes.
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Status: | 1/8/2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 1/29/2025 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 2/3/2025 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 2/4/2025 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor 2/5/2025 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 2/7/2025 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
Amendments: | Amendments |
House Sponsors: | Joseph- |
Senate Sponsors: | Cutter and Winter F.-- |
HB25-1042 | Air Quality Control Regulation Workforce Impact |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Air Quality Control Regulation Workforce Impact |
Summary: | The bill requires the executive director of the department of public health and environment (department) to establish a workforce advisory council (council) on or before August 1, 2025, for the purposes of:
The bill requires the department to report the council's recommendations to the general assembly on or before January 15, 2026. After January 15, 2026, the council is required to:
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Status: | 1/8/2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
Amendments: | |
House Sponsors: | Bird- |
Senate Sponsors: | Daugherty-- |
HB25-1077 | Backflow Prevention Devices Requirements |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Backflow Prevention Devices Requirements |
Summary: | The bill exempts individuals engaged in the business of inspecting, testing, or repairing backflow prevention devices from licensure requirements but retains the licensure requirements for individuals engaged in the installation or removal of the devices; except that individuals who install or replace a backflow prevention device on a stand-alone fire suppression system remain exempted from the licensure requirements. (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: | 1/8/2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor 1/29/2025 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 1/30/2025 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee 1/31/2025 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments 2/3/2025 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 2/5/2025 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
Amendments: | Amendments |
House Sponsors: | Lieder and Ricks- |
Senate Sponsors: | Roberts-- |
HB25-1090 | Protections Against Deceptive Pricing Practices |
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Position: | Amend |
Calendar Notification: | Wednesday, February 19 2025 Judiciary 1:30 p.m. Room 0107 (1) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Protections Against Deceptive Pricing Practices |
Summary: |
A person does not violate the total price disclosure requirement if the person does not use deceptive, unfair, and unconscionable acts or practices related to the pricing of goods, services, or property and if the person:
A violation of the above prohibitions and requirement (violation) constitutes a deceptive, unfair, and unconscionable act or practice.
Current law prohibits a written rental agreement from including a provision requiring a tenant to pay a markup or fee for a service for which the landlord is billed by a third party. Section 3 changes that provision to prohibit the inclusion of a provision in a written rental agreement that requires a tenant to pay a fee that is a violation. |
Status: | 1/23/2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
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House Sponsors: | Sirota and Ricks- |
Senate Sponsors: | Weissman and Cutter-- |
HB25-1093 | Limitations on Local Anti-Growth Land Use Policies |
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Calendar Notification: | Tuesday, February 18 2025 THIRD READING OF BILLS - FINAL PASSAGE (6) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Limitations on Local Anti-Growth Land Use Policies |
Summary: | Current law preempts any local governmental entity housing growth restriction (anti-growth law) that explicitly limits the growth of the population in the local governmental entity's jurisdiction or the number of development permits or building permit applications for residential development unless it is a temporary, nonrenewable anti-growth law following a declared disaster emergency. The bill clarifies that an anti-growth law also includes any restriction that explicitly seeks to impose additional restrictions or limitations on a particular housing type that exceed a governmental entity's zoning or building codes. The bill also clarifies when a local government must provide the option of paying a fee in lieu of land dedication for a private property owner whose property does not meet the local government's standards for dedication.
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Status: | 1/27/2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 2/12/2025 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole 2/14/2025 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
Amendments: | Amendments |
House Sponsors: | Stewart R.- |
Senate Sponsors: | -- |
HB25-1096 | Automated Permits for Clean Energy Technology |
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Calendar Notification: | Thursday, February 20 2025 State Library Energy & Environment 1:30 p.m. Room Old (2) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Automated Permits for Clean Energy Technology |
Summary: | The bill requires counties with a population of more than 5,000 residents in unincorporated areas and municipalities with a population of more than 5,000 residents to adopt an ordinance or resolution that would implement an automated residential solar permitting platform (platform). The platform would automatically review an application for a residential solar panel installation and issue a permit for the residential solar panel installation project if the project is code-compliant and meets certain criteria. The platform utilized by a county or municipality must be used for at least 75% of the residential solar panel installation permit applications submitted to the local jurisdiction. The platform will only be used for solar panel installations that will be installed on existing residential buildings, have a maximum capacity of 200 amperes main service disconnect, and provide electrical power to single-family or 2-family residential property. A county or municipality required to implement the platform must notify the Colorado energy office (office) of its compliance with the requirements of the bill and submit an annual report to the office related to the use of the platform and the type of software used. Counties and municipalities are also eligible to receive funding and technical assistance from the office to implement platforms. The office is required to submit a report to the general assembly related to the use of automated permitting software for other residential electrification projects, such as electric vehicle charging stations and heat pump space heaters, and the costs and benefits of implementing the automated software. The office must submit the report by July 1, 2026. The state electrical board in the department of regulatory agencies is also required to implement a platform for use in its issuance and review of electrical permits related to residential solar panel installations. The board must also notify the office of its compliance with adopting the platform and submit an annual report to the office related to the board's use of the platform.
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Status: | 1/27/2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
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House Sponsors: | Smith and Brown- |
Senate Sponsors: | Ball-- |
HB25-1113 | Limit Turf in New Residential Development |
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Calendar Notification: | Thursday, February 20 2025 Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Upon Adjournment Room 0107 (2) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Limit Turf in New Residential Development |
Summary: | In the 2024 regular legislative session, the general assembly enacted Senate Bill 24-005, which:
For the purposes of Senate Bill 24-005, the bill expands the definition of "applicable property" to include residential real property that is used for apartment or condominium housing (applicable residential real property). The bill also requires each local entity to enact or amend, on or before January 1, 2028, ordinances, resolutions, regulations, or other laws regulating new development projects and redevelopment projects within the local entity's jurisdiction to limit the installation of turf for all residential real property that is not applicable residential real property. Local entities must also impose limits on the installation of turf when enacting or amending ordinances, resolutions, regulations, or other laws on and after January 1, 2028.
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Status: | 1/27/2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
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House Sponsors: | Smith and McCormick- |
Senate Sponsors: | Roberts-- |
HB25-1130 | Labor Requirements for Government Construction Projects |
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Calendar Notification: | Wednesday, February 19 2025 Business Affairs & Labor Upon Adjournment Room 0112 (1) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Labor Requirements for Government Construction Projects |
Summary: | For public projects and energy sector public works projects, current law requires that any contractor or subcontractor that will perform mechanical, electrical, or plumbing work on the project participate in an apprenticeship program that:
Currently, for energy sector public works projects, these requirements also apply to a contractor or subcontractor that employs construction laborers on the project. In addition, for energy sector public works projects, current law requires that all other contractors or subcontractors participate in a registered apprenticeship program.
The bill also aligns current statutory provisions for public projects and energy sector public works projects in connection with the apprenticeship utilization requirements, including provisions that:
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Status: | 1/28/2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
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House Sponsors: | Carter and Duran- |
Senate Sponsors: | Danielson-- |
HB25-1228 | Best Value Design-Build Transportation Contracts |
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Calendar Notification: | Tuesday, February 25 2025 Transportation, Housing & Local Government 1:30 p.m. Room LSB-A (2) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Best Value Design-Build Transportation Contracts |
Summary: | Currently, "best value" for design-build transportation contracts administered by the department of transportation (department) means the overall maximum value of a proposal to the department after considering all of the evaluation factors described in the specifications for the transportation project or the request for proposals. The bill changes the definition of "best value" to mean a determination resulting from an analysis of proposals by the department to identify the proposal that offers the greatest overall value to the state or community, considering factors including:
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Status: | 2/11/2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government |
Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal note currently unavailable |
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House Sponsors: | Barron- |
Senate Sponsors: | -- |
SB25-002 | Regional Building Codes for Factory-Built Structures |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Regional Building Codes for Factory-Built Structures |
Summary: | The bill provides that after the state housing board (board) adopts rules about any activity required to undertake or complete the construction or installation of a factory-built nonresidential structure, a factory-built residential structure, or a factory-built tiny home (factory-built structure), the state plumbing board, the state electrical board, and the state fire suppression administrator do not have jurisdiction over and their rules do not apply to a factory-built structure. On or before July 1, 2026, the advisory committee on factory-built structures (advisory committee) is required to develop regional building codes for factory-built structures and implementation requirements and submit the recommended codes to the board. On or before July 1, 2026, the board must adopt rules:
On or before July 1, 2026, the advisory committee is required to conduct a study on behalf of the division about whether the international building code or residential code standards that apply to site requirements should be incorporated into state statutes and rules and to determine whether the state should regulate non-factory-built components that are connected to a factory-built structure at the installation site and are currently under local jurisdiction. The division is required to deliver the study to the board when complete. A county or municipality may not:
A county or municipality may:
A county or municipality must comply with the requirements established by the division for factory-built structures and by the United States department of housing and urban development for manufactured homes. The bill requires the state treasurer to transfer $600,000 on July 1, 2025, from the innovative housing incentive program fund to the building regulation fund.
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Status: | 1/8/2025 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing 2/6/2025 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Appropriations |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
Amendments: | Amendments |
House Sponsors: | Boesenecker and Stewart R.- |
Senate Sponsors: | Bridges and Exum-- |
SB25-005 | Worker Protection Collective Bargaining |
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Position: | Monitor |
Calendar Notification: | Tuesday, February 18 2025 THIRD READING OF BILLS - FINAL PASSAGE (1) in senate calendar. |
Short Title: | Worker Protection Collective Bargaining |
Summary: | The bill eliminates the requirement for a second election to negotiate a union security agreement clause in the collective bargaining process.
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Status: | 1/8/2025 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology 1/21/2025 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Appropriations 2/4/2025 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole 2/6/2025 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/13/2025 - No Amendments 2/13/2025 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee 2/14/2025 Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 02/18/2025 - No Amendments |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
Amendments: | Amendments |
House Sponsors: | Mabrey and Bacon, Duran, Boesenecker, Brown, Froelich, Jodeh, Martinez, Mauro,McCormick, Story, Velasco, Woodrow, Camacho, Carter, Clifford, English, Garcia, Gilchrist,Hamrick, Joseph, Lieder, Lindsay, Lukens, Paschal, Rutinel, Sirota, Smith, Stewart K.,Stewart R., Titone, Willford, Zokaie- |
Senate Sponsors: | Rodriguez and Danielson, Amabile, Bridges, Cutter, Exum, Gonzales J., Hinrichsen,Kipp, Kolker, Marchman, Michaelson Jenet, Sullivan, Weissman, Winter F.-- |
SB25-035 | Limitation of Actions Against Appraisers |
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Calendar Notification: | Thursday, February 20 2025 SENATE BUSINESS, LABOR, & TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE Upon Adjournment Old Supreme Court (1) in senate calendar. |
Short Title: | Limitation of Actions Against Appraisers |
Summary: | Under current law, the statute of limitations to bring certain claims against a real estate appraiser does not start until the party filing the claim has discovered, or should have discovered, an alleged defect in the appraisal. The bill requires a claimant to bring an action against a real estate appraiser or individual performing a real estate appraisal practice within 5 years after the date the appraisal report is completed and transmitted to a client. The 5-year statute of limitations does not apply to an action for fraud, for misrepresentation, or for a discriminatory housing practice brought against a real estate appraiser or individual performing a real estate appraisal practice. |
Status: | 1/8/2025 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
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House Sponsors: | Clifford and Weinberg- |
Senate Sponsors: | Frizell and Michaelson Jenet, Amabile-- |
SB25-039 | Agricultural Buildings Exempt from Energy Use Requirements |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Agricultural Buildings Exempt from Energy Use Requirements |
Summary: | The bill clarifies that agricultural buildings are not covered buildings, and, therefore, owners of agricultural buildings are exempt from the energy use collecting and reporting requirements. The bill defines an agricultural building as a building or structure used to house agricultural implements, hay, unprocessed grain, poultry, livestock, or other agricultural products or inputs. |
Status: | 1/8/2025 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources 1/30/2025 Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 2/4/2025 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/06/2025 - No Amendments 2/6/2025 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/11/2025 - No Amendments 2/11/2025 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor 2/12/2025 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments 2/13/2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
Amendments: | Amendments |
House Sponsors: | Martinez, McCormick- |
Senate Sponsors: | Bridges and Pelton B., Marchman, Roberts, Simpson-- |
SB25-081 | Treasurer's Office |
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Calendar Notification: | Tuesday, February 18 2025 SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE 2:00 PM SCR 357 (1) in senate calendar. |
Short Title: | Treasurer's Office |
Summary: | The powers of the authority are vested in a 9-member board with the following membership:
The state treasurer or the state treasurer's designee shall serve as the chair and shall call the first meeting of the board no later than January 1, 2026. Among other powers, the authority may:
The infrastructure and long-term development assistance program (program) is created in the authority to allow for the authority to provide financing for eligible projects. The bill requires the authority to develop policies and procedures necessary to implement the program. At a minimum, the policies and procedures must specify application criteria, an application process, and a selection process for the authority to determine which eligible projects it will finance or assist in financing through the program. The authority shall pay for such financing out of the eligible project revolving fund created in the authority.
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Status: | 1/23/2025 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
Amendments: | |
House Sponsors: | Bird- |
Senate Sponsors: | Bridges and Amabile-- |
SB25-156 | Reducing Costs of State Regulation |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Reducing Costs of State Regulation |
Summary: | When an agency files a notice of proposed rule-making with the secretary of state, if the proposed rule-making includes a proposed occupational regulation, the agency must also submit a statement to the secretary of state describing how the proposed occupational regulation complies with the bill's requirements.
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Status: | 2/5/2025 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs |
Fiscal Notes Status: | Fiscal note currently unavailable |
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House Sponsors: | Keltie- |
Senate Sponsors: | Rich, Baisley, Bright, Carson, Catlin, Frizell, Kirkmeyer, Liston, Lundeen, Pelton B., Pelton-- |
SB25-157 | Deceptive Trade Practice Significant Impact Standard |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Deceptive Trade Practice Significant Impact Standard |
Summary: | The bill establishes that certain evidence that a person has engaged in an unfair or deceptive trade practice constitutes a significant impact to the public. The bill also clarifies that a deceptive trade practice claim cannot be based solely on a claim that a person breached a contract or engaged in negligence or on a claim for damages based on the rendering of professional services, unless the claim for damages involves an allegation of a material misrepresentation of fact, a failure to disclose material information, or an action that cannot be characterized as providing advice, judgment, or opinion. |
Status: | 2/5/2025 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology |
Fiscal Notes Status: | No fiscal impact for this bill |
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House Sponsors: | Mabrey and Titone, Bacon, Brown, Froelich, Garcia, Lindsay, Mauro, Rutinel, Sirota,Story, Velasco, Willford, Zokaie- |
Senate Sponsors: | Weissman and Gonzales J., Cutter, Jodeh, Kipp, Kolker-- |