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MEMORANDUM
Date: February 3, 2022
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Ginny Sawyer, Policy and Project Manager
Thru: Kelly DiMartino, Interim City Manager
Tyler Marr, Assistant City Manager
RE: Legislative Updates
The 2022 legislative session is well underway with over 230 bills introduced to date. The
Legislative Review Committee met on January 25, 2022 (DRAFT minutes attached.) Also
attached is an email update from Bowditch and Cassell.
Staff continues to watch for the introduction of the following two bills:
Collective Bargaining
Expanded Retailer Responsibility
Legislative Review Committee (LRC) meetings are scheduled from 3:00-4:00PM via Zoom on
the following dates:
February 22
March 22
April 19
Additional LRC meetings will be scheduled if and as necessary.
The Bill tracker can be found here: https://www.fcgov.com/citymanager/legislative.php
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Attachments
City Hall
300 LaPorte Ave.
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
970.221.6505
970.224.6107 - fax
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Legislative Review Committee Minutes
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
3:00-4:00PM
Committee Members Present:
Tricia Canonico (Chair), Jeni Arndt, Shirley Peel, and Susan Gutowsky (Alt).
Staff Present:
Tyler Marr, Ginny Sawyer, DeAngelo Bowden, John Duval, Jenny Lopez
Filkins, Lindsay Ex, Honore Depew, Michelle Finchum, John Phelan, Jennifer
Cassell, and Ed Bowditch.
1. Approval of minutes from December 17, 2021 meeting
a. Unanimous approval of minutes.
2. Bill Review
a. Bills of Note:
i. HB 22-1011 - Provide incentives for local gov wildfire mitigation efforts. CML initiated bill.
Request to Support
ii. HB 22-1028 - Creates statewide regulation of bikes and scooters rolling through intersections.
Out of Transportation Legislative Review Committee.
Bicycle Colorado (Research Group).
Opposed by Arndt, Canonico, and Peel.
iii. HB 22-1041 Privacy protections for protected persons.
Brought in by Larimer County.
Removes accessibility of identifiable information of protected persons from public
facing websites.
iv. HB 22-1051 - Expanding the state low-income housing tax credit.
Supported by Arndt, Canonico and Peel.
v. HB 22-1064 Prohibit flavored tobacco regulate synthetic nicotine.
Request to Monitor by Arndt and Peel.
vi. HB 22-1083 Colorado homeless contribution income tax credit.
Supported by Arndt, Canonico and Peel.
vii. SB 22-018 - Looking to counter loss of outstanding judgement warrants per HB 1314 in 2021
session. CML initiated bill.
Request to Monitor
3. CC4CA
a. Legislative Kick-off email is out.
b. Steering Committee opportunity
i. CM Tricia Canonico will be the City of Fort Collins representative on the steering committee for
CC4CA.
ii. John Duval, City Attorney, recommended formal resolution for this selection.
4. Other Business
a. Nothing for other business.