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Press Releases
Mar 4, 2020
AMBER ALERT NOTIFICATION READINESS BILL PASSES HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY
The House today passed Representative Donald Valdez’s bill to ensure Colorado’s AMBER Alert notification system stays up to date with the latest telecommunications technology. The bipartisan bill passed the House by a vote of 64-0. and has already passed the Senate unanimously.
Mar 4, 2020
BILL TO EMPOWER AG TO CHALLENGE MONOPOLIES PASSES HOUSE
Representative Kerry Tipper’s bipartisan bill to give the Colorado Attorney General the authority to challenge certain business mergers or acquisitions under state antitrust statutes today was passed by the House by a vote of 41-23. The bill has already been passed by the Senate.
Mar 3, 2020
HELPING COLORADO FAMILIES GET AHEAD ACT PASSES COMMITTEE
The House Committee on Finance today passed Representatives Emily Sirota and Matt Gray’s bill to double the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and fund the state Child Tax Credit (CTC) while closing a tax loophole that primarily benefits the top earning taxpayers in the state. The bill passed 7-4.
Mar 3, 2020
HOUSE DEMS STAND WITH MOBILE HOME OWNERS
The House today passed HB20-1201, sponsored by Representatives Edie Hooton and Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, which would provide mobile home park residents a path forward to purchase the land under their homes if park owners decide to sell or redevelop the park. The vote was 41-24, with GOP members refusing to stand with the right of mobile home owners to protect their hard earned assets.
Mar 3, 2020
COMMITTEE PASSES BILL TO ENABLE MEDICAID MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN CLINICAL TRIALS
The House Committee on Health and Insurance today passed bipartisan legislation sponsored by Representatives Dafna Michaelson Jenet and Larry Liston to facilitate participation in clinical trials for Medicaid members. HB20-1232 passed by a vote of 10-0.
Mar 2, 2020
COMMITTEE APPROVES REMOTE CAMERA WILDFIRE ALERT PILOT PROGRAM
The House Rural Affairs and Agriculture committee today considered and passed a bipartisan bill, sponsored by Representative Barbara McLachlan, to employ remote cameras in wildfire mitigation. The bill would create a pilot program to provide live camera feeds to detect, locate, and monitor fires in the wildland-urban interface. The Committee approved the bill by a vote of 10-1.
Mar 2, 2020
PAY RAISE COMING FOR STATE MILITARY FORCES AS HOUSE PASSES EXUM’S BILL
The House today passed SB20-091, sponsored by Representative Tony Exum, by a vote of 61-0. The legislation, which would increase the minimum daily pay for state military forces when they are called to serve during emergencies, now awaits the governor’s signature.
Mar 2, 2020
MULTILINGUAL BALLOT ACCESS BILL PASSES HOUSE
The House today voted to pass HB20-1081, Representative Yadira Caraveo’s bill to allow multilingual ballot access, by a vote of 41-20. The bill would ensure that counties with significant minority language speakers provide voters in these communities with ballots in their own languages.
Feb 28, 2020
HOUSE WORKS TO ADDRESS SHORTAGE OF CRITICAL SCHOOL STAFF IN RURAL AREAS
The House today passed HB20-1127, bipartisan legislation to address the special education service provider shortage in rural areas, by a vote of 50-13. The bill is sponsored by Representatives Julie McCluskie, a former school district official, and Barbara McLachlan, a former teacher.
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