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Press Releases
Feb 12, 2020
CROWN ACT PASSES THE HOUSE
Rep. Leslie Herod and Janet Buckner’s bill, HB20-1048, known as the CROWN Act, today was approved by the House on third reading. The bill would explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of hair texture, hair type, and protect hairstyles like dreadlocs, twists, tight coils or curls, cornrows, bantu knots, afros and headwraps. The bill was approved by the House by a vote of 42-21 and now moves onto the Senate for consideration.
Feb 12, 2020
BILL TO ABOLISH COLUMBUS DAY MOVES FORWARD
The Colorado House today gave initial approval to a bill to eliminate state recognition of Columbus Day, a holiday named after the perpetrator of numerous crimes against humanity, and instead create a holiday that recognizes humanitarian Frances Xavier Cabrini. The new holiday would be the first state holiday named after a woman and would honor Cabrini’s tireless work on behalf of Colorado’s children.
Feb 11, 2020
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LEGISLATION MOVES FORWARD
Representatives Dominique Jackson and Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez’s bill, HB20-1143, today was approved by the House Energy and Environment Committee. The bill would move Colorado closer to guaranteeing environmental justice by increasing air and water violation fines to the level of those imposed by the federal government and creating an advisory committee made up of individuals from the communities impacted these violations. The advisory committee would then direct the funds generated by this legislation towards environmental mitigation efforts, which would seek to minimize or avoid the adverse effects of an air or water quality violation. The committee approved the bill by a vote of 7-4.
Feb 11, 2020
MORE COMMUNITIES ELIGIBLE FOR WILDFIRE GRANTS UNDER BILL ADVANCED TODAY
The House Committee on Rural Affairs and Agriculture today passed by a vote of 11-0 Representative McCluskie’s bipartisan legislation to make it easier for lower-income communities, nonprofits and fire districts to receive wildfire risk mitigation grants.
Feb 7, 2020
ROUNDUP: HOUSE DEMS FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS
House Democrats have advanced several pieces of legislation in the last two weeks that would improve access to mental health care in Colorado. These bills would mandate insurance coverage for annual mental health wellness exams, improve mental health resources for students, and expand access to early childhood mental health consultations.
Feb 7, 2020
EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS APPROVED IN COMMITTEE
The House Committee on Education today passed Representative Barbara McLachlan and Tony Exum’s bill to create the Higher Ed Student Emergency Assistance Grant program by a vote of 8-5. The program would offer emergency grants to help students at state institutions of higher education stay in school and graduate.
Feb 6, 2020
HOUSE APPROVES BILL TO END PRISON GERRYMANDERING
The Colorado Accurate Residence for Redistricting Act, sponsored by Representatives James Coleman and Kerry Tipper, today passed the House by a vote of 38-23. The bill would count people in prison as residents of their home communities for the purpose of state redistricting, ending the practice of counting those individuals as residents of the localities where the corrections facilities are.
Feb 5, 2020
TELEHEALTH EXPANSION MOVES FORWARD
The House Committee on Public Health Care and Human Services today passed Representative Yadira Caraveo’s bipartisan bill to allow the state to reimburse federally qualified community health centers for telehealth and clinical pharmacy services provided to Medicaid recipients.
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