Current Legislation

Past Legislation

2023

2022

RETAIL DELIVERY FEES ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 23-143: Concerning the administration of the existing retail delivery fees collected by the department of revenue

LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 23-1071: Concerning the authority of a licensed psychologist to prescribe psychotropic medication for the treatment of mental health disorders

FINANCING TO PURCHASE FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 23-161: Concerning state funding to finance the purchase of a firefighting aircraft to respond to wildfires

EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER PETITIONS ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 23-170: Concerning extreme risk protection orders

SALES USE TAX EXEMPTION WILDFIRE DISASTER CONSTRUCTION ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 23-1240: Concerning a sales and use tax exemption for construction and building materials used for repairing and rebuilding residential structures damaged or destroyed by a declared wildfire disaster in 2020, 2021, or 2022

MODIFICATIONS TO LAWS REGARDING ELECTIONS ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 23-276: Concerning modifications to laws regarding elections.

FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS BILL ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 23-197: Concerning the payment of the expenses of the legislative department.

TAX POLICY THAT ADVANCES DECARBONIZATION ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 23-1272: Concerning tax policy that advances decarbonization, and, in connection therewith, extending tax credits for the purchase or lease of electric vehicles; creating tax credits for industrial facilities to implement greenhouse gas emissions reduction improvements, for expenditures made in connection with geothermal energy projects, for production of geothermal electricity generation, for the deployment of heat pump technology, for retail sales of electric bicycles, and for construction of sustainable aviation fuel production facilities; creating a temporary specific ownership tax rate reduction and a temporary sales and use tax exemption on a portion of the sale of electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks; temporarily decreasing the severance tax credit for oil and gas production, requiring the revenue that is attributable to the decrease be deposited in the decarbonization tax credits administration fund, and creating the cash fund.

LABOR REQUIREMENTS FOR ENERGY SECTOR CONSTRUCTION ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 23-292: Concerning labor requirements for energy sector construction.

UTILITY REGULATION ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 23-291: Concerning the public utilities commission's regulation of energy utilities.

NATURAL MEDICINE REGULATION AND LEGALIZATION ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 23-290: Concerning natural medicine.

REDUCE PROPERTY TAXES AND VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 23-303: Concerning a reduction in property taxes, and, in connection therewith, creating a limit on annual property tax increases for certain local governments; temporarily reducing the valuation for assessment of certain residential and nonresidential property; creating new subclasses of property; permitting the state to retain and spend revenue up to the proposition HH cap; requiring the retained revenue to be used to reimburse certain local governments for lost property tax revenue and to be deposited in the state education fund to backfill the reduction in school district property tax revenue; transferring general fund money to a cash fund to also be used for the reimbursements; eliminating the cap on the amount of excess state revenues that may be used for the reimbursements for the 2023 property tax year; and referring a ballot issue.

PROPERTY TAX VALUATION ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 23-304: Concerning changes to property tax valuation practices, and, in connection therewith, requiring property tax assessors to consider certain information when valuing real property, requiring certain counties use an alternative protest and appeal procedure in any year of general reassessment of real property that is value biennially, and clarifying that data that a property tax assessor is required to provide at the request of a taxpayer must include certain information.

BOARDS & COMMISSIONS ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 22-013: Concerning requirements for boards and commissions

INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR LOSS DECLARED FIRE DISASTER ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 22-1111: Concerning insurance coverage for insured losses incurred as a result of a declared fire disaster

IMPLEMENTATION OF FERTILITY COVERAGE ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 22-1008: Concerning the federal requirements for the implementation of fertility coverage under health benefit plans.

PROTECTIONS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 22-1273: Concerning protections for elected officials.

INFORMATION SHARING FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION INVESTIGATION ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 22-157: Concerning the enforcement of laws relating to unfair business practices committed by regulated persons.

MEDICAID PRIOR AUTHORIZATION AND RECOVERY OF PAYMENT ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 22-156: Concerning placing limitations on prepaid inpatient health plans, and, in connection therewith, removing prior authorization for outpatient psychotherapy and limiting when a prepaid inpatient health plan can retroactively recover provider payments.

INTERNAL ELECTION SECURITY MEASURES ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 22-153: Concerning increasing internal election security measures.

RESIDENCE OF VOTER WHOSE HOME IS DESTROYED ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 22-152: Concerning authorization for a person whose residence is destroyed or becomes uninhabitable to continue to use the address of the residence as the person's residence for purposes of voting if the person intends to return to the residence once it is replaced or becomes habitable.

DEPARTMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD AND UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL PROGRAM ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 22-1295: Concerning the department of early childhood, and, in connection therewith, establishing the duties of the department of early childhood and the executive director of the department, relocating early childhood programs from the departments of human services and education to the department of early childhood, and creating the Colorado universal preschool program.

SUNSET CONTINUE COLORADO RESILIENCY OFFICE ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 22-1225: Concerning the continuation of the Colorado resiliency office in the department of local affairs, and, in connection therewith, implementing recommendations contained in the 2021 sunset report by the department of regulatory agencies.

FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 22-1286: Concerning the payment of the expenses of the legislative department.

INFORMATION SHARING FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION INVESTIGATION ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 22-157: Concerning the enforcement of laws relating to unfair business practices committed by regulated persons.

COMPENSATION REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 22-184: Concerning authority for a member of the general assembly to be absent during the legislative session without forfeiting compensation.

AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INVESTMENTS ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 22-193: Concerning measures to improve air quality in the state, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.

ORPHANED OIL AND GAS WELLS ENTERPRISE ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 22-198: Concerning measures to address orphaned wells in Colorado, and, in connection therewith, creating the orphaned wells mitigation enterprise.

PROTECTIONS FOR DONOR-CONCEIVED PERSONS AND FAMILIES ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 22-224: Concerning the creation of the "Donor-conceived Persons and Families of Donor-conceived Persons Protection Act".

SUNSET BILL SPONSORSHIP ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 22-218: Concerning the sponsorship of sunset bills.

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RECOVERY RESOURCES ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 22-206: Concerning resources for disaster preparedness and recovery, and, in connection therewith, creating the disaster resilience rebuilding program, the sustainable rebuilding program, and the office of climate preparedness.

INTOXICATING HEMP AND TETRAHYRDOCANNABINOL PRODUCTS ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 22-205: Concerning the regulation of cannabis-related products that may potentially cause a person to become intoxicated when used.

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR COUNTIES ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 22-230: Concerning the expansion of county employees' rights to collective bargaining, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.

BALLOT MEASURE CAMPAIGN FINANCE ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 22-237: Concerning measures to promote increased transparency of funds used in ballot measure campaigns.

REMOTE TESTIMONY BEFORE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 22-1413: Concerning authority for the executive committee of the legislative council to allow remote testimony before legislative committees.

2021

COLORADO AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES IN-STATE TUITION ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 21-029: Concerning In-State Tuition Classification For Members of American Indian Tribes With Historical Ties to Colorado.

FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSE ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 21-113: Concerning state funding of firefighting aircraft to respond to wildfires.

RANKED CHOICE VOTING IN NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 21-1071: Concerning the use of ranked choice voting in nonpartisan elections.

SUNSET OFFICE OF CONSUMER COUNSEL ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 21-103: Concerning the continuation of the office of consumer counsel, and, in connection therewith, implementing the recommendations contained in the 2020 sunset report by the department of regulatory agencies regarding the office of consumer counsel and the utility consumers’ board.

COLORADO FIRE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 21-166: Concerning the implementation of recommendations from the Colorado fire commission.

TOTAL PROGRAM MILL LEVY TAX CREDIT ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 21-1164: Concerning reductions in the property tax credits that apply to school districts’ total program mill levies for purposes of funding the “Public School Finance Act of 1994”.

ELECTRIC UTILITY PROMOTE BENEFICIAL ELECTRIFICATION ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 21-264: Concerning measures to encourage beneficial electrification, and, in connection therewith, directing the public utilities commission and Colorado utilities to promote compliance with current environmental and labor standards.

FUNDING HEALTH BENEFITS FOR LEGISLATIVE AIDES ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 21-244: Concerning funding for permanent part-time legislative aides for members of the general assembly to allow aides to be eligible to enroll in state health benefit plans pursuant to a policy adopted by the executive committee of the general assembly.

ADJUST REDISTRICTING COMMISSION PROCEDURES

• Senate Bill 21-247: Concerning the procedures of the independent redistricting commissions.

LOCAL REGULATION OF FIREARMS ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 21-256: Concerning permitting regulation of firearms by local governing bodies.

KEEP COLORADO WILD ANNUAL PASS ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 21-249: Concerning the creation of an optional discounted parks and public lands access pass that is purchased at the time a motor vehicle is registered, and, in connection therewith, using the pass fees to finance a number of goals of the division of parks and wildlife related to increased conservation of, safety at, and access to state parks and public lands.

ELECTIONS AND VOTING ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 21-250: Concerning modifications to certain statutes governing the conduct of elections.

COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION GRANT PROGRAM ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 21-252: Concerning the establishment of a state grant program to promote projects in commercial centers throughout the state that will revitalize community spaces and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.

SUSTAINABILITY OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 21-260: Concerning the sustainability of the transportation system in Colorado, and, in connection therewith, creating new sources of dedicated funding and new state enterprises to preserve, improve, and expand existing transportation infrastructure, develop the modernized infrastructure needed to support the widespread adoption of electric motor vehicles, and mitigate environmental and health impacts of transportation system use; and expanding authority for regional transportation improvements.

PUC ENCOURAGE RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 21-261: Concerning measures to increase the deployment of renewable energy generation facilities to meet Colorado’s energy needs, and, in connection therewith, raising the allowable capacity of customer-sited renewable energy generation facilities and giving customers additional options for increasing the scale and flexibility of new installations.

EARLY CHILDHOOD SYSTEM ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 21-1304: Concerning measures to establish a unified early childhood system in Colorado, and, in connection therewith, creating the department of early childhood.

ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR JUST TRANSITION ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 21-1290: Concerning funding to provide just transition for coal transition workers and coal transition communities, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.

2020

GET ON YOUR FEET

• Senate Bill 20-004: Concerning creating a student loan repayment assistance program for postsecondary education.

HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO REDUCE WILDFIRE RISK

• Senate Bill 20-018: Concerning programs to reduce wildfire risk through outreach to people experiencing homelessness, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation..

STATEWIDE BIODIESEL BLEND REQUIREMENT DIESEL FUEL SALES

• Senate Bill 20-038: Concerning the establishment of a statewide standard for the sale of biodiesel-blended diesel fuel in Colorado.

CONSUMER AND EMPLOYEE DISPUTE RESOLUTION FAIRNESS

• Senate Bill 20-093: Concerning protections related to mandatory agreement provisions, and, in connection therewith, enacting the “Consumer and Employee Dispute Resolution Fairness Act.”

COLORADO REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONS ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 20-186: Concerning the independent redistricting commissions in Colorado.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PESTICIDE NO PREEMPTION ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 20-189: Concerning provisions that preempt a local government’s authority to regulate the use of pesticides within the local government’s jurisdiction.

BREW PUB RETAIL SALES MALT LIQUOR SEALED CONTAINER ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 20-194: Concerning the ability of a licensed brew pub to sell at retail malt liquors that are manufactured at a separate brew pub under the same ownership as the brew pub at which the sale occurs.

ALIGNING STATE AND FEDERAL LAW ON HEMP ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 20-197: Concerning aligning state statutes with federal law on hemp.

MODIFY WILDFIRE RISK MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 20-1057: Concerning modifications to the “Forest Restoration and Wildfire Risk Mitigation Act.”

COUNTY REIMBURSEMENT FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS SUPPLIES ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 20-1132: Concerning county reimbursements for election supplies from the local elections assistance cash fund.

INSURANCE COVER INFERTILITY DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT PRESERVE ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 20-1158: Concerning insurance coverage for infertility, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.

MOBILE HOME PARK ACT UPDATES ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 20-1196: Concerning updates to the laws governing mobile home parks.

COOPERATIVE ELECTRIC UTILITIES REASONABLE RATES ENERGY STORAGE ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 20-1225: Concerning clarification of the requirement of reasonableness in charges imposed by one cooperative electric association upon another.

FAILURE-TO-COOPERATE DEFENSE FIRST-PARTY INSURANCE ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 20-1290: Concerning the ability of an insurer to use a failure-to-cooperate defense in an action in which the insured has made a claim under insurance coverage for an incident.

HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE STUDIES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 20-1336: Concerning requiring the satisfactory completion of a course that includes Holocaust and genocide studies as a condition of high school graduation in public schools.

FISCAL YEAR 2020-21 LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 20-1345: Concerning payment of expenses of the legislative department.

2019

REGULATE STUDENT LOAN SERVICERS ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 19-002: Concerning the regulation of student education loan servicers.

CRYPTOCURRENCY EXEMPTION COLORADO DIGITAL TOKEN ACT ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 19-023: Concerning exemptions from the securities laws for cryptocurrencies, and, in connection therewith, enacting the “Colorado Digital Token Act”.

EMPLOYEE INFORMATION STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAMS ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 19-057: Concerning information relating to employee eligibility for student loan repayment and forgiveness programs.

ADJUST DAMAGES LIMITATIONS FOR INFLATION ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 19-109: The limitations on the amount of damages for unlawfully serving alcohol, for noneconomic loss or injury, and for wrongful death were last adjusted for inflation on January 1, 2008. The bill adjusts those damage limitations for inflation on January 1, 2020, and each January 1 every 2 years thereafter.

PROTECT PUBLIC WELFARE OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 19-181: Concerning additional public welfare protections regarding the conduct of oil and gas operations.

FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020 LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS BILL ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 19-203: Concerning payment of expenses of the legislative department.

HEMP REGULATION ALIGNMENT WITH 2018 FEDERAL FARM BILL ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 19-220: Concerning updates to the industrial hemp regulatory program administered by the commissioner of agriculture to align the program with the regulatory requirements set forth in the federal “Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018”.

SUNSET REGULATED MARIJUANA ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 19-224: Concerning the continuation of the regulated marijuana programs, and, in connection therewith, implementing the recommendations contained in the 2018 sunset report by the department of regulatory agencies.

SUNSET PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 19-236: Concerning the continuation of the public utilities commission, and, in connection therewith, implementing the recommendations contained in the 2018 sunset report by the department of regulatory agencies.

AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 19-235: Concerning the transfer of electronic records by voter registration agencies in order to register voters.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE FOR AUTISM AND ACUTE PAIN ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 19-1028: Concerning the conditions for medical marijuana use for disabling medical conditions, and, in connection therewith, adding autism spectrum disorders to the list of disabling medical conditions for medical marijuana use.

YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 19-1120: The bill allows a minor 12 years of age or older to seek and obtain psychotherapy services with or without the consent of the minor’s parent or guardian. A registered psychotherapist or licensed social worker providing psychotherapy services to a minor may, with the consent of the minor, advise the minor’s parent or legal guardian of the psychotherapy services provided.

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CONCURRENT STATE SERVICE ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 19-1127: Concerning the appointment of the lieutenant governor to serve concurrently as the director of the office of saving people money on health care, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.

PROHIBIT CONVERSION THERAPY FOR A MINOR ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 19-1129: Concerning prohibiting a mental health care provider from engaging in conversion therapy with a patient under eighteen years of age.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS EX OFFICIO MEMBERS ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 19-1173: Concerning the authority of an ex officio member of the legislative council to appoint a temporary replacement for that ex officio member at a meeting of the legislative council.

RESTORE VOTING RIGHTS PAROLEES ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 19-1266: Concerning the voting rights of persons serving a sentence of parole, and in connection therewith, making an appropriation.

MODIFICATIONS TO UNIFORM ELECTION CODE ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 19-1278: Concerning modifications to miscellaneous provisions of the “Uniform Election Code of 1992”.

CHILD COLLEGE SAVINGS ACCOUNTS ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 19-1280: Concerning the creation of the college kickstarter account program to incentivize the creation of a college savings account for every child born in Colorado.

MOBILE HOME PARK ACT OVERSIGHT ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 19-1309: Concerning the regulation of mobile home parks, and, in connection therewith, granting counties the power to enact ordinances for mobile home parks, extending the time to move or sell a mobile home after eviction proceedings, and creating the “Mobile Home Park Dispute Resolution and Enforcement Program”.

2018

ALLOW ELECTRIC UTILITY CUSTOMERS INSTALL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 18-009: Concerning the right of consumers of electricity to interconnect energy storage systems for use on their property.

IN-STATE TUITION FOREIGN NATIONALS SETTLED IN COLORADO ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 18-087: Concerning in-state tuition at institutions of higher education for certain foreign nationals legally settled in Colorado.

PARKS AND WILDLIFE MEASURES TO INCREASE REVENUE ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 18-143: Concerning measures to increase revenue for the parks and wildlife division, and, in connection therewith, setting certain hunting, fishing, parks, and recreation fees.

VOTER REGISTRATION INDIVIDUALS CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 18-150: Concerning measures to facilitate voter registration of individuals in the criminal justice system, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.

ELECTION CLEAN-UP ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 18-233: Concerning technical modifications to miscellaneous provisions of the “Uniform Election Code of 1992”, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.

PSYCHOLOGY INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPACT ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 18-1017: Concerning the adoption of an interstate compact to allow a person authorized to practice psychology in a compact state in which the person is not licensed, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.

RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD RENTAL APPLICATION

• House Bill 18-1127: Concerning the rental application process for prospective tenants.

INCREASED REPORTING OIL AND GAS INCIDENTS

• House Bill 18-1157: Concerning increased reporting of oil and gas incidents.

HIGHER EDUCATION REVIEW DEGREE PROGRAM COSTS AND OUTCOMES ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 18-1226: Concerning the review of degree programs offered by state institutions of higher education, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation

CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY SECURITY FREEZE MINORS ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 18-1233: Concerning a consumer reporting agency’s placement of a security freeze on the consumer report of a consumer who is under the charge of a representative at the request of the consumer’s representative.

MARIJUANA ACCESSORY CONSUMPTION ESTABLISHMENTS

• House Bill 18-1258: Concerning authorization for an endorsement to an existing marijuana license to allow for a marijuana accessory consumption establishment for the purposes of consumer education, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.

PROTECT WATER QUALITY ADVERSE MINING IMPACTS

• House Bill 18-1301: Concerning the protection of water quality from adverse impacts caused by mineral mining.

APPRENTICESHIP AND VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL TRAINING

• House Bill 18-1341: Concerning creation of the Colorado state apprenticeship resource directory, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.

STAND BY YOUR AD ACT

• House Bill 18-1403: Concerning the expanded disclosure of information in disclaimer statements about persons paying for certain forms of political communication.

2017

MEASURE VOTER SERVICE AND POLLING CENTERS WAIT TIMES

• Senate Bill 17-037: Concerning data-gathering at voter service and polling centers in certain counties during each general election.

AUTHORIZE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS INCLUSIONARY HOUSING PROGRAMS

• Senate Bill 17-086: Concerning a clarification that the statute prohibiting local governments from enacting local legislation that would control rent on private residential housing units does not prohibit local governments from adopting inclusionary housing programs.

CREATING A RIGHT FOR ELECTRIC UTILITY CUSTOMERS TO INSTALL ENERGY STORAGE

• Senate Bill 17-089: Concerning the rights of consumers of electricity to install electricity storage systems on their properties.

ELECTRIC UTILITY DISTRIBUTION GRID RESOURCE ACQUISITION PLAN

• Senate Bill 17-145: Concerning modifications to the electric utility resource acquisition process, and, in connection therewith, promoting a more resilient, reliable, and cost-effective electrical grid through enhanced planning and data transparency.

PRIMARY ELECTION CLEAN-UP ✔️Signed into law

• Senate Bill 17-305: Concerning modifications to select statutory provisions affecting primary elections enacted by voters at the 2016 statewide general election to facilitate the effective implementation of the state’s election laws, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.

ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE NONTRIBUTARY AQUIFER RULES ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 17-1076: Concerning rule-making by the state engineer regarding permits for the use of water artificially recharged into nontributary groundwater aquifers.

OLYMPIC ATHLETES COLORADO IN-STATE TUITION ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 17-1081: Concerning authority to offer in-state tuition classification at state-supported institutions of higher education for athletes training in Colorado in programs approved by the United States olympic committee.

ELECTRIC DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM EXTENSION ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 17-1227: Concerning an extension of demand-side management goals for investor-owned utilities as set by the public utilities commission.

CONTRIBUTION LIMITS FOR COUNTY OFFICES

• House Bill 17-1260: Concerning the establishment of contribution limits under the ‘Fair Campaign Practices Act’ for candidates for county offices.

SEAL MISDEMEANOR MARIJUANA CONVICTION RECORDS ✔️Signed into law

• House Bill 17-1266: Concerning allowing persons who were convicted of misdemeanors for marijuana-related behaviors that are no longer illegal to petition for the sealing of criminal records relating to such convictions.

TRANSPORTATION LEGISLATION REVIEW COMMITTEE INTERIM HEARING ELECTRIC UTILITY ENERGY STORAGE

• House Bill 17-1299: Concerning a transportation legislation review committee hearing on the integration of energy storage into the electric resource planning process for public utilities.

RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD APPLICATION SCREENING FEE

• House Bill 17-1310: Concerning an application screening fee that a residential landlord charges a prospective tenant.

AGE OF CONSENT OUTPATIENT PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR MINORS

• House Bill 17-1320: Concerning lowering the age of consent for minors seeking outpatient psychotherapy.

PARKS AND WILDLIFE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

• House Bill 17-1321: Concerning the parks and wildlife commission’s authority to set certain charges assessed on people engaging in activities regulated by the division of parks and wildlife, and, in connection therewith, setting certain hunting, fishing, parks, and recreation fees and fines, creating an aquatic nuisance species sticker and associated fee structure, and requiring reporting by the division of parks and wildlife on fee amounts and the use of division-managed lands by nonconsumptive users.

TEACHERS NONPUBLIC CHILD CARE & PRESCHOOL FACILITY | SIGNED INTO LAW

• House Bill 17-1332: Concerning state board of education authorization for an alternative teacher license for a person who participates in an alternative teacher program provided by a designated agency working with a nonpublic early child care facility.