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THIS WEEK AT THE COLORADO CAPITOL | Week of Jan. 23, 2023

Here are legislative committee hearings and other events of note for the week ahead at the Colorado state Capitol.

Committee schedules are subject to change. The daily schedule is available on the legislature’s website.

Options for public testimony during committee hearings can be found here

House regulations regarding remote testimony can be found here. Senate regulations are here.

Bills listed below may not be the only items considered by a committee during the hearings. Check this website on the hearing day for the bills in committee, other items on the agenda and changes in bill order.

MONDAY, JAN. 23

1:30 p.m., Senate Education Committee, Room 357

  • SB23-007, Zenzinger and Kirkmeyer – Adult Education 

1:30 p.m., Senate Transportation & Energy Committee, Room 352

  • SB23-011, Winter – Minor Driver’s Education Requirements. Background here
  • SB23-012, Winter – Commercial Motor Carrier Enforcement Safety Laws

1:30 p.m., House Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Committee, Room 0107

  • HB23-1010, McLachlan – Task Force On High-altitude Water Storage

1:30 p.m., House Finance Committee, Room 0112

  • HB23-1015, Bird – Taxation Tobacco Products Remote Retail Sellers
  • HB23-1021, Snyder – Embargo And Destroy Marijuana

1:30 p.m., House State, Civic, Military & Veterans Affairs Committee, Legislative Services Building Room A

  • HB23-1052, Marshall – Modify Property Tax Exemption For Veterans With Disabilities

TUESDAY, JAN. 24

1:30 p.m., House Judiciary Committee, Room 0112

  • HB23-1012, Amabile – Juvenile Competency To Proceed

2 p.m., Senate Local Government Committee, Room 352

  • SB23-001, Roberts and Zenzinger – Authority Of Public-private Collaboration Unit For Housing 

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25

Upon adjournment, House Business Affairs & Labor Committee, Room 0112

  • HB23-1041, Duran and Lynch – Prohibit Wagering On Simulcast Greyhound Races
  • HB23-1004, Velasco – Language Access In Insurance Documents

Upon adjournment, House Education Committee, Room 0107

  • HB23-1009, Lindsay – Secondary School Student Substance Use

1:30 p.m., Joint judiciary committees, Old State Library

  • Sex Offender Management Board Presentation
  • Domestic Violence Offender Management Board Presentation
  • Prison Population Projection Presentation
  • Access to Justice Presentation

1:30 p.m., Senate Education Committee, Room 357

  • SB23-003, Buckner and Gardner – Colorado Adult High School Program
  • SB23-043, Van Winkle and Kolker- Continue School Access For Emergency Response Grant Program

1:30 p.m., Senate Transportation & Energy Committee, Room 352

  • SB23-016, Hansen – Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Measures

1:30 p.m., Senate Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Committee, Room 0107

  • HB23-1058, Dickson – Child-occupied Facility Lead-based Paint Abatement
  • HB23-1043, Lindsay and Pugliese – Emergency & Continued Placement With Relative Or Kin
  • HB23-1031, Story and Willford – Mental Health Professionals Reporting Exemption

THURSDAY, JAN. 26 

Upon adjournment, Senate Business, Labor & Technology Committee, Old Supreme Court

  • SB23-026, Pelton – Financial Institution Discrimination Environmental Criteria
  • SB23-006, Roberts and Rich – Creation Of The Rural Opportunity Office

1:30 p.m., Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee, Room 352

  • SB23-032, Simpson and Ginal – Wildfire Detection Technology Pilot Program
  • SB23-005, Jaquez Lewis and Cutter – Forestry And Wildfire Mitigation Workforce

1:30 p.m., Senate Health & Human Services Committee, Room 357

  • SB23-009, Ginal – Limit Opioid Rx & Exception For Intractable Pain
  • SB23-031, Danielson and Cutter – Improve Health-care Access For Older Coloradans
  • SB23-002, Mullica and Simpson – Medicaid Reimbursement For Community Health Services

1:30 p.m., Senate State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee, Old Supreme Court

  • SB23-021, Liston – Name Order On Primary Ballot
  • SB23-030, Rich – Eligible Educator Classroom Expenses Tax Credit

1:30 p.m., House Business Affairs & Labor Committee, Room 0112

  • HB23-1006, Young – Employer Notice Of Income Tax Credits

1:30 p.m., House Education Committee, Room 0107

  • HB23-1025, Taggart – Charter School Application Timelines
  • HB23-1001, Kipp and McLachlan – Expanding Assistance For Educator Programs

1:30 p.m., House Energy & Environment Committee, Legislative Services Building Room A

  • HB23-1038, Bockenfeld – Stolen Catalytic Converter Replacement Exemption 

FRIDAY, JAN. 27

7:30 a.m., Interim Committee on School Finance, Room 357

  • Consideration of Bill Drafts
FILE PHOTO: The Colorado State Capitol building’s gold dome gleams in the sun on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, in Denver, Colo. (Timothy Hurst/The Denver Gazette)
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