#colorado legislature
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Colorado governor nixes bills on swipe fees, suing feds and firefighter benefits
Gov. Jared Polis vetoed three bills Wednesday, rejecting measures on credit‑card swipe fees, immigration enforcement lawsuits, and firefighter cancer coverage. In doing so, the governor set a new personal record for vetoes in a single session, having now rejected 12 bills that were passed this year. Among those bills was Senate Bill 134, which would…
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Colorado will soon require age-bracket verification for online platforms
Colorado will soon require apps and online services to verify users’ approximate age under a new law Gov. Jared Polis signed Thursday, creating a statewide framework that sponsors said would shield minors from inappropriate content while limiting how companies can share age‑related data. Senate Bill 051 — sponsored by Sens. Matt Ball, D‑Denver, and Larry…
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Colorado governor rejects bill to ban individualized pricing, wages based on personal data
Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a Democratic‑backed bill that would have prohibited companies from using personal data to set individualized prices or wages, saying the proposal was overly broad and could unintentionally restrict legitimate consumer discounts. House Bill 1210 sought to bar companies from using a “price or wage‑setting algorithm,” defined as any technology that uses…
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Gov. Jared Polis signs law imposing new limits on sports betting in Colorado
Colorado’s sports‑betting industry will face new regulations — limits on deposits, prohibitions on credit‑card funding, and barring companies from targeting anyone under 21 — under a bill signed by Gov. Jared Polis. Senate Bill 131 — sponsored by Sens. Matt Ball, D‑Denver, and Byron Pelton, R‑Sterling, along with Reps. Steven Woodrow, D‑Denver, and Dan Woog,…
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Gov. Polis signs law allowing ‘conversion therapy’ recipients to sue providers
Gov. Jared Polis on Monday signed a bill enabling individuals who underwent “conversion therapy” to seek damages from practitioners, calling it harmful and ineffective as he also moved to prohibit state funding for it. Conversion therapy refers to practices that attempt to counsel people on their choices of sexual orientation or gender identity. Critics argue…
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Colorado governor signs new regulations on AI chatbots for minors
Colorado will impose restrictions on AI chatbots used by minors after Gov. Jared Polis on Friday signed a bill requiring developers to disclose when kids are talking to a machine and block features that can mimic intimacy or encourage addictive engagement. House Bill 1263 will require AI developers to disclose to minor users that they…
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Polis signs RTD overhaul bill aimed at rebuilding transit ridership
Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday approved an overhaul of the Regional Transportation District, signing legislation that sponsors hope would reverse stagnant ridership by, among other things, reshaping the agency’s leadership. The bill’s sponsors also argued that the changes would help restore public trust in metro Denver’s transit system, which operates bus and light‑rail service across…
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180,000 signatures submitted to put Colorado road funding initiative on November ballot
Organizers of a proposal seeking to dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars to road construction and maintenance have submitted signatures to state election officials in their campaign to put the initiative on the ballot this November. If officials certified the signatures as sufficiently meeting the threshold — organizers need 124,000 to be valid — the…
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Gov. Polis signs prison bill targeting Colorado’s overcrowding crisis
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday signed a corrections bill that seeks to ease chronic overcrowding in state prisons by expanding earned‑time credits and launching a new working group to overhaul population management. Senate Bill 159 establishes a working group to make recommendations for how the Department of Corrections can reduce overcrowding in its facilities.…
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Colorado issues draft guidance on semi-automatic firearms ahead of new law’s implementation
The Colorado Department of Revenue has issued a draft of its “specified semi-automatic firearms guidance,” as required by a 2025 law that goes into effect on Aug. 1 of this year. Last legislative session, lawmakers passed Senate Bill 003, which requires individuals to undergo a $52 safety course through Colorado Parks and Wildlife in order…