HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Mail Packet - 5/16/2023 - Memorandum From Ginny Sawyer Re: Legislative UpdatesBill # Title Description Position Bill Status (May 12, 2023)
HB23-1039 Electric Resource Adequacy
Reporting
Concerning a requirement that electric load-
serving entities periodically report about the
adequacy of their electric resources, and, in
connection therewith, making an appropriation.
Monitor Governor signed
HB23-1057 Amenities For All Genders In Public
Buildings
Concerning a requirement that certain public
buildings have restrooms with amenities for all
genders, and, in connection therewith, making an
appropriation.
Monitor Laid Over Daily (Fail)
HB23-1101 Ozone Season Transit Grant Program
Flexibility
Concerning support for transit, and, in connection
therewith, increasing the flexibility of the ozone
season transit grant program and increasing
opportunities for transit agency participation in
regional transportation planning.
Support Governor signed
HB23-1115 Repeal Prohibition Local Residential
Rent Control
Concerning the repeal of statutory provisions
prohibiting local governments from enacting rent
control on private residential property or a private
residential housing unit.
Monitor PI'd
HB23-1134 Require Electric Options In Home
Warranties
Concerning mandatory provisions in home
warranty service contracts, and, in connection
therewith, requiring a home warranty service
contract to include terms allowing a homeowner to
replace any of certain gas-fueled devices with a
device that operates on electricity.
Monitor Governor signed
HB23-1161 Environmental Standards For
Appliances
Concerning environmental standards for certain
products, and, in connection therewith, making an
appropriation.
Monitor Passed 3rd Reading
HB23-1169 Limit Arrest For Low-level Offenses Concerning a non-arrest response by law
enforcement for certain low-level offenses.
Oppose PI'd
HB23-1190 Affordable Housing Right Of First
Refusal
Concerning a right of first refusal to purchase
qualifying multifamily residential property by a local
government.
Support Concur-Repass (passed)
HB23-1215 Limits On Hospital Facility Fees Concerning limitations on hospital facility fees,
and, in connection therewith, making and reducing
an appropriation.
Oppose Concur-Repass (passed)
HB23-1243 Hospital Community Benefit Concerning changes to the hospital community
benefit, and, in connection therewith, making an
appropriation.
Oppose Signed by Pres of Senate
(passed)
HB23-1245 Campaign Practices For Municipal
Elections
Concerning requirements under the ""Fair
Campaign Practices Act"" for municipal elections.
Monitor Concur-Repass (passed)
HB23-1255 Regulating Local Housing Growth
Restrictions
Concerning preemption of local regulations limiting
the number of building permits issued for
development.
Monitor Concur-Repass (passed)
HB23-1282 Protect Consumers From Additional
Entities
Concerning persons subject to the ""Colorado
Consumer Protection Act"", and, in connection
therewith, expanding the definition of ""person""
used for purposes of the act to include a public
utility.
Oppose Laid Over Daily (Fail)
HB23-1294 Pollution Protection Measures Concerning measures to protect communities from
pollution, and, in connection therewith, making an
appropriation.
Support Passed 3rd Reading
SB23-016 Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction
Measures
Concerning measures to promote reductions in
greenhouse gas emissions in Colorado, and, in
connection therewith, making an appropriation.
Monitor Adopt Committee Report-
Repass
SB23-035 Middle-income Housing Authority Act Concerning the operation of the middle-income
housing authority, and, in connection therewith,
adding members to the board of directors,
expanding the power of the authority to enter into
public-private partnerships, and making an
appropriation.
Support Sent to Govenor
SB23-053 Restrict Governmental Nondisclosure
Agreements
Concerning restrictions on nondisclosure
agreements that affect government employees.
Monitor Signed by House Speaker
SB23-058 Job Application Fairness Act Concerning required disclosures of age-related
information on job applications, and, in connection
therewith, making an appropriation.
Monitor Concur-Repass (passed)
SB23-097 Motor Vehicle Theft And
Unauthorized Use
Concerning the adoption of the 2023
recommendations of the Colorado commission on
criminal and juvenile justice regarding motor
vehicle offenses committed by a person who is not
the owner of the motor vehicle, and, in connection
therewith, making an appropriation.
Monitor Concur-Repass (passed)
SB23-111 Public Employees' Workplace
Protection
Concerning public employees' workplace
protection from employer retaliation, and, in
connection therewith, making an appropriation.
Oppose Sent to Govenor
SB23-150 Require Labeling Disposable Wipes Concerning a requirement that certain persons
label disposable wipes.
Support Governor signed
SB23-166 Establishment Of A Wildfire
Resiliency Code Board
Concerning the establishment of a wildfire
resiliency code board, and, in connection
therewith, requiring the wildfire resiliency code
board to adopt model codes, requiring governing
bodies with jurisdiction in an area within the
wildland-urban interface to adopt codes that meet
or exceed the standards set forth in the model
codes, and making an appropriation.
Monitor Signed by Speaker of the
House
SB23-172 Protecting Opportunities And
Workers' Rights Act
Concerning protections for Colorado workers
against discriminatory employment practices, and,
in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
Monitor Concur-Repass (passed)
SB23-175 Financing Of Downtown Development
Authority Projects
Concerning the use of tax increment financing by
downtown development authorities.
Support Signed by Speaker of the
House
SB23-183 Local Government Provision Of
Communications Services
Concerning the elimination of the requirement that
a local government obtain voter approval to
provide certain communications services.
Monitor Governor signed
SB23-191 Colorado Department Of Public
Health And Environment Organics
Diversion Study
Concerning a study regarding diversion of organic
materials from landfills.
Support Passed 3rd Reading
SB23-200 Automated Vehicle Identification
Systems
Concerning the utilization of automated vehicle
identification systems for increased traffic law
enforcement by certain jurisdictions.
Monitor Concur-Repass (passed)
SB23-213 Land Use Concerning state land use requirements, and, in
connection therewith, making an appropriation.
Monitor Laid Over Daily (Fail)
SB23-244 Technology Accessibility Cleanup Concerning updates to language in relevant
Colorado statutes related to ensuring technology
accessibility to persons with disabilities.
Monitor Governor signed
SB23-253 Standards For Products Represented
As Compostable
Concerning standards for products represented as
compostable in the state, and, in connection
therewith, making an appropriation.
Monitor Sent to Govenor
SB23-270 Projects To Restore Natural Stream
Systems
Concerning activities that restore the
environmental health of natural stream systems
without administration.
Support Passed 3rd Reading
SB23-286 Access To Government Records Concerning improving public access to
government records.
Monitor Concur-Repass (passed)