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THIS WEEK AT THE COLORADO CAPITOL | Week of April 10, 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, APRIL 10

1:30 p.m., Senate Judiciary Committee, Old Supreme Court chambers

  • SB23-249, Bridges and Van Winkle – False Reporting Of Emergency
  • HB23-1012, Amabile – Juvenile Competency To Proceed. Background here.
  • SB23-247, Gonzales – Division Of Civil Protections And Rights In DOL

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

  • SB23-099, Kipp and Frizell – Special Education Funding. Background here.
  • HB23-1262, Ricks – Colorado Re-engaged Iniative Modifications
  • HB23-1263, Garcia and Young – Translating Individualized Education Programs
  • HB23-1239, Hamrick and Bacon – Local Innovation For Education Assessments
  • HB23-1261, McLachlan and Martinez – No Requirement For Selective Service Higher Ed

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

  • HB23-1162, Woodrow – Consumer Legal Funding Transactions (FOR ACTION ONLY)
  • SB23-163, Jodeh and Lynch – CPW Officers Classified As State Troopers
  • SB23-108, Pugliese and Frizell – Allowing Temporary Reductions In Property Tax Due
  • HB23-1279, Lindstedt and Sharbini – Allow Retail Marijuana Online Sales
  • HB23-1275, Lindstedt – Modification Film Production Incentive
  • HB23-1277, Marshall and Taggart – Reporting Adjustments To Taxable Income

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

  • HB23-1259, Daugherty and Evans – Open Meetings Law Executive Session Violations
  • SB23-053, Woodrow and Evans – Restrict Governmental Nondisclosure Agreements
  • HB23-1270, Garcia and Lindsay – Creation Of Urgent Incident Response Fund

TUESDAY, APRIL 11

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

  • HB23-1222, Duran and Weissman – Cases Of Domestic Violence In Municipal Court
  • HB23-1164, Lynch – Opioid Harm Reduction. Background here
  • HB23-1258, Sharbini and Garcia – Drug Crime Cost Task Force
  • SB23-067, Bacon – Participant Facilitated Recidivism Reduction Program

1:30 p.m., House Transportation, Housing and Local Government Committee, Legislative Services Building Room A

  • HB23-1287, McCluskie and Lukens – County Regulations Related To Short-term Rentals
  • HB23-1267, McCluskie and Soper – Double Fines Speeding Trucks On Steep Grades
  • SB23-069, McLachlan – Requirements To Operate A Motorboat
  • HB23-1266, Brown and Ricks – Reverse Mortgage Repayment When Home Uninhabitable
  • HB23-1254, Brown and Mabrey – Habitability of Residential Premises

2 p.m., Senate Finance Committee, Room 357

  • SB23-207, Buckner – Sales & Use Tax Refund For Data Center Purchases
  • SB23-199, Hinrichsen – Marijuana License Applications and Renewals
  • SB23-263, Priola – General Fund Loan Natural Disaster Mitigation Enter

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12

Upon adjournment, Senate Health and Human Services Committee, Room 357

  • HB23-1067, Young and Bradfield – Family Intervener Program Deafblind Children
  • HB23-1024, Gonzales-Gutierrez and Epps – Relative & Kin Placement Of A Child (FOR ACTION ONLY)
  • HB23-1002, Mabrey and Jodeh – Epinephrine Auto-injectors. Background here.
  • HB23-1224, Brown and Jodeh – Standardized Health Benefit Plan. Background here

1:30 p.m., Legislative Council Committee, Old State Library

  • HB23-1248, Garcia and Mabrey – Executive Committee’s Investigatory Authority

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

  • SB23-269, Buckner and Rich – Colorado Preschool Program Provider Bonus Payments

1:30 p.m., Senate Judiciary Committee, Old Supreme Court chambers

  • HB23-1027, Joseph and Weissman – Parent And Child Family Time
  • SB23-251, Roberts and Rich – Revoke Driver’s License Appeal Attorney General
  • SB23-254, Fields and Gonzales – Search Warrant Procedures

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

  • SB23-268, Mullica – Ten-year Transportation Plan Information

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

  • HB23-1286, Armagost and Duran – Increase Penalty Cruelty Police & Service Animals
  • HB23-1280, Joseph and Soper – Colorado Access To Justice Commission

1:30 p.m., House Public and Behavioral Health and Human Services Committee, Room 0107

  • HB23-1268, Lukens and Evans – Private Treatment for Out-of-state Defendant
  • SB23-174, Lukens and Winter T. – Access To Certain Behavioral Health Services

1:30 p.m., House Transportation, Housing and Local Government Committee, Legislative Services Building Room A

  • HB23-1257, Velasco and Boesenecker – Mobile Home Park Water Quality
  • SB23-183, Titone and Weinberg – Local Gov Provision Of Communications Services
  • SB23-178, McCormick and Lindsay – Water-wise Landscaping In HOA Communities. Background here.

THURSDAY, APRIL 13

8:30 a.m., Conference Committee, Room 354

  • SB23-090, Gardner – Uniform Commercial Code 2022 Amendments

Upon adjournment, House Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee, Room 0107

  • HB23-1273, Snyder and Joseph – Creation Of Wildfire Resilient Homes Grant Program
  • HB23-1274, McCormick and Catlin – Species Conservation Trust Fund Projects

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

  • SB23-092, Simpson and Hansen – Agricultural Producers Use Of Agrivoltaics
  • HB23-1036, McLachlan – Nontoxic Bullet Replacement Hunting Program
  • SB23-201, Jaquez Lewis – Mineral Resources Property Owners’ Rights
  • SB23-266, Priola – Neonic Pesticides As Limited-use Pesticides
  • SB23-270, Roberts and Simpson – Projects To Restore Natural Stream Systems

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

  • HB23-1130, Michaelson Jenet – Drug Coverage For Serious Mental Illness. Background here
  • SB23-252, Van Winkle and Gonzales – Medical Price Transparency
  • SB23-260, Mullica – Individual Access To Publicly Funded Vaccines
  • HB23-1003, Michaelson Jenet – School Mental Health Assessment. Background here
In this file photo, the Colorado State Capitol is pictured on the final day of the legislative session on June 8, 2021, in Denver.
Katie Klann, Gazette file
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