Thousands Protest State Education Funding Shortfalls, Executive Order Closing Education Department Signed
One of the signed bills so far in Colorado makes mid-year adjustments to school funding to account for changes in enrollment and the local share anticipated.
General Assembly Passes Measure to Expand Colorado’s Law Prohibiting Local Anti-Growth Ordinances
The measure expands on the 2023 prohibition on anti-growth ordinances and aims to clamp down on communities limiting residential density in urban areas.
New Colorado Law Aims to Raise Accessibility Standards in Local Building Codes
The law’s sponsors hope that the measure will increase accessibility and reduce the amount of ADA lawsuits brought against municipalities and businesses.
Two Labor, Employment Bills to Watch This Session
One bill would add three professions to the “highly compensated workers” exemption for the state’s new noncompete law and the other restricts “surveillance pricing” for wages and consumer prices alike.
Bipartisan Bill Aims to Protect Whistleblowers at Large Artificial Intelligence Companies
Two Colorado lawmakers brought forth a measure to create a state-level whistleblower protection for workers building artificial intelligence models.
Whittled Down Bill Adding Judgeships in Colorado Advances to Final Legislative Step
A bipartisan bill adding 15 judgeships, down from an initially proposed 29, passed its second-to-last legislative step before the governor’s desk on March 12.
Colorado Judiciary Committee Advances Bill Giving Defendants in Eviction Proceedings a Right to a...
Colorado’s House Judiciary Committee passed a bill that would establish a right to trial for defendants in eviction cases.
Two Bipartisan Bills Aim to Address CBI Misconduct Allegations, DNA Testing Backlogs
Recent issues lawmakers are trying to address at the CBI seem to be comorbidities of an investigation into former CBI forensic scientist Missy Woods.
Legislative Effort to Expand Automatic Residential Solar Permitting Clears First Hurdle
The bill would mandate local governments use an automated process for a large portion of their residential solar applications.
Proposed Bill Would Allow Local Governments, Attorney General to Put Unsafe, Dangerous Properties Under...
A bill that would expand on the warrant of habitability passed in the previous year’s legislative session was held following its first hearing to give time for amendment drafting.