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Press Releases

May 15, 2021

DEMS ADVANCE TAX FAIRNESS PACKAGE

The House Finance Committee today advanced legislation that would provide economic assistance to hardworking families and small businesses.

May 14, 2021

HISTORIC DAY FOR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN COLORADO AS HOUSE ADVANCES THREE LIFESAVING BILLS

The House today advanced three bold new gun violence prevention measures, all of which will help to curb the epidemic of gun violence and save lives.

May 13, 2021

HOUSE ADVANCES COLORADO’S HEALTH CARE SERVICES RESERVE CORPS

The House today advanced legislation sponsored by Representatives Kyle Mullica and Yadira Caraveo to create the Colorado Health Care Services Reserve Corps.

May 13, 2021

GARNETT, SIROTA ADVANCE BILL TO CREATE THE DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD

The House Education Committee today advanced Speaker Alec Garnett and Rep. Emily Sirota’s bill to create a new, cabinet-level state agency focused on early childhood education and care, setting up the framework for universal pre-K in Colorado.

May 13, 2021

HOUSE MOVES TO RESTRICT LAW ENFORCEMENT’S USE OF KETAMINE

The House today advanced Representatives Leslie Herod and Yadira Caraveo’s bill to define the appropriate use of ketamine in law enforcement interactions.

May 13, 2021

PROTECTIONS FOR ENERGY & TELECOM UTILITY CONSUMERS PASS COMMITTEE

The House Energy and Environment Committee today passed legislation that would extend, improve, and rename the Office of Consumer Counsel, a division of the Department of Regulatory Agencies that represents the public interest in proceedings before the Public Utilities Commission, federal agencies, and the courts.

May 12, 2021

HOUSE PASSES WILDFIRE MITIGATION BILL

The House today advanced two bills that would promote healthy forests by extending a tax deduction on the sale of wood harvested from trees killed by Pine or Spruce beetles.

May 12, 2021

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE BILL ADVANCES

The House today advanced HB21-1266, legislation that would define disproportionately impacted communities to ensure that climate policies address environmental justice.

May 12, 2021

LIFESAVING OPIOID EPIDEMIC BILL CLEARS COMMITTEE

The House Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services committee today passed Rep. Kyle Mullica’s bipartisan bill to make lifesaving overdose reversal drugs more widely available. The bill passed by a vote of 11-2.

May 12, 2021

HOUSE ADVANCES PROPOSAL TO PROTECT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS, CURB GUN VIOLENCE, AND SAVE LIVES

The House today advanced Rep. Monica Duran and Matt Gray’s bill to strengthen the enforcement of an existing requirement that certain domestic violence abusers relinquish their firearms. The bill passed on second reading.

May 12, 2021

MCLACHLAN BILL EASES PATH TO POST-SECONDARY PROGRAMS

The House Education Committee today passed bipartisan legislation by a vote of 9-0 that would make it easier for students who graduate from high school early to pursue post-secondary education or workforce training programs.

May 12, 2021

HOUSE BILL WOULD BOOST WILDFIRE AND DISASTER MITIGATION

The House today advanced HB21-1208, legislation that would help Colorado communities prepare for and mitigate the impacts of climate change and related natural disasters.

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