NOTE: Monday, Feb. 19 is President’s Day and both the House and Senate are closed. 

Here are the legislative committee hearings of note for the week ahead in the Colorado Capitol. Committee schedules are subject to change. The daily schedule is available on the legislature’s website. Click here and scroll down to committee hearings to listen online.

TUESDAY

Senate Finance Committee, 1:30 p.m., SCR 357

Senate Bill 146, to require that free-standing emergency rooms provide notice of the health insurance plans in which that emergency room is a participating provider, and which insurance plans the ER is not enrolled in; prices on the 25 most common health care services it provides and whether the facility accepts Medicaid, Medicare, the Children’s Basic Health Plan (CHIP) and TRICARE (for vets).

Senate Local Government Committee, 1:30 p.m., SCR 354

House Bill 1041, adding police horses to the crime of cruelty to a service animal or certified police dog.

House Judiciary Committee, 1:30 p.m., Room 112

Sunset hearing for the Colorado Division of Civil Rights and Colorado Commission on Civil Rights, for action only (this will determine whether the committee intends to recommend a bill to extend the agency; the bill comes next.)

House Public Health Care & Human Services Committee, 1:30 p.m. Room 107

Senate Bill 148, extending benefits to families of state employees killed in the line of duty.

WEDNESDAY

House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, 1:30 p.m. Room 271

House Bill 1037, allowing concealed carry permit holders to bring handguns on school grounds.

House Bill 1074, extends the right to use deadly force against an intruder at a business.

House Bill 1015, repeal the 2013 law limiting the size of ammunition magazines.

House Transportation & Energy Committee, 1:30 p.m., Room 112

House Bill 1018, to require commercial trucking training to include information on human trafficking.

Senate Education Committee, upon adjournment, SCR 352

Senate Bill 118, to make the final decision by local school districts on charter school applications the last word. Background here.

Senate Health & Human Services Committee, upon adjournment, SCR 354

House Bill 1086, to allow community colleges to offer four-year nursing degree programs. Background here.

THURSDAY

House State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee, upon adjournment, LSB-A

Senate Bill 44, to allow private businesses to grant veteran’s preference in hiring decisions

House Business Affairs & Labor Committee, 1:30 p.m., LSB-A

House Bill 1220, to require Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency dealers to register as money transmitters.

House Health, Insurance & Environment Committee, 1:30 p.m., room 271

House Bill 1082, requires a pregnant woman seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound, and the right to see it, or not, at least 24 hours before the abortion.

House Bill 1225, protect human life at conception.