construction defects reform

IN RESPONSE | Don’t sell short the big tent of the two-party system

Jun 4, 2018

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Colorado Politics

I was cruising right along through Miller Hudson’s essay (“Is independent thought making a comeback at the legislature?” May 29) until I came to his surprising conclusion – that the breakthroughs achieved by the state legislature in the last two sessions would somehow multiply if independent or third-party candidates win more seats in the election…
Colorado Senate candidate who ‘glitter-bombed’ Mitt Romney quits Democratic primary, mounts independent bid

Feb 26, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Charging that the Democratic establishment has already picked its nominee, Senate District 32 candidate Peter Smith, who gained national attention when he “glitter-bombed” Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Denver six years ago, said this week he’s left the Democratic Party and plans to run for the seat as an independent. Initially issued a citation…
Construction litigation reform roller-coaster concludes with unthought-of unanimous votes

May 11, 2017

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Ernest Luning

It was almost anticlimactic when the bipartisan construction defects litigation reform bill passed unanimously in the Senate on May 4, sending the much-anticipated legislation to Gov. John Hickenlooper’s desk. While there had been plenty of drama surrounding the measure throughout most of April, after the governor, House sponsors and prominent stakeholders announced a deal had…
Senate committee gives unanimous OK to bipartisan construction litigation reform bill

May 1, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Bipartisan legislation to make it more difficult for homeowners’ associations to sue condominium developers for defective construction is one step closer to becoming law after winning unanimous approval from a Senate committee Monday on its first vote in the upper chamber. House Bill 1279, sponsored in the Senate by Minority Leader Lucia Guzman, D-Denver, and…
House passes bipartisan construction litigation reform bill unanimously

Apr 24, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Bipartisan legislation to make it more difficult for homeowners associations to sue condominium developers for construction defects passed unanimously out of the Colorado House on Monday and is headed to the Senate. The bill marks a breakthrough backers hope will thaw Colorado’s frozen condo construction market and help address a housing shortage across the state.…
Lawmakers, stakeholders say persistence, high stakes led to breakthrough on construction defects bill

Apr 19, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Officials say they’re hopeful a breakthrough compromise reached on construction defects legislation as Tuesday night turned to Wednesday will thaw Colorado’s frozen condominium market and help resolve the state’s housing crisis. Calling the agreement a “psychic win,” Gov. John Hickenlooper said Wednesday at a Capitol news conference that he expects builders to respond favorably, and…
Breakthrough reached as business coalition, mayors throw support behind bipartisan construction defects bill

Apr 19, 2017

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Ernest Luning

After weeks of protracted negotiations and postponed hearings, the standoff over bipartisan construction defects legislation broke Wednesday with the announcement that an alliance of builders and business groups and a group representing the metro area’s mayors will back the bill. House Bill 1279, which would require that a majority of unit owners in a condo…
Lawmakers delay bipartisan construction defects bill for a third time, remain hopeful a fix is in sight

Apr 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Sponsors of a bipartisan bill to reform Colorado’s construction defects law tapped the brakes again Wednesday, delaying for a third time the legislation’s scheduled committee hearing in order to spend more time negotiating the fix, lawmakers said. House Bill 1279 has been scheduled for its first hearing three Wednesdays in a row now, but each time…
#Coleg Week 14: Dueling sanctuary bills, rolling coal, sexting, anti-fracktivism

Apr 10, 2017

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John Tomasic

The state budget debates have moved off the floors of the chambers and so mostly out of the headlines. The action heads back to the committee rooms. The pace will pick up; there are four weeks till sine die closing day. Committee schedules, as always, subject to change. Monday The Senate Judiciary Committee will hear…
Conservative group sounds alarm over health care’s rapidly rising share of Colorado state budget

Apr 7, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado’s state budget has jumped by more than 19 percent over the last decade, measured in constant dollars, a free-market think tank says in a report delivered at the Capitol this week as lawmakers weigh next year’s budget. And nearly all of that increased spending has gone to health care, the study by the Common…