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Colorado House approves ban on conversion therapy
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The Colorado House on Tuesday approved a bill that would ban licensed mental health professionals from providing conversion therapy to minors. The vote on House Bill 1129 was 42-20 with two Republicans, Reps. Colin Larson of Littleton and Hugh McKean of Loveland, voting in favor with the Democrats. Fifteen states and the District of Columbia…
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One Colorado says Republican bill aims to block LGBTQ adoptions
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Advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Coloradans plan to put up a fight over a bill they say would allow organization to factor religion into adoptions and foster care decisions. That would allow them to discriminate, said One Colorado, the state’s largest LGBTQ advocacy organization. Senate Bill 241 will be heard after the…
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Colorado House debates net neutrality versus benefits of competition
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The Colorado House on Monday debated legislation to preserve net neutrality and ensure internet providers that receive tax dollars aren’t playing games with speed and prices. House Bill 1312 passed on a voice vote and is likely to pass the recorded vote in House in the next few days. Then it will have a tougher…
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Moving opioid prescriptions online gets vigorous House debate
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A bill that would move prescriptions for hard drugs online across the state is scheduled for a final vote Monday, but lawmakers gave the idea a tough debate Friday. House Bill 1279 is supported by pharmacies, almost all of which are equipped to take prescriptions straight from the doctor’s office, rather than handed to them…
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Bill aimed at drug abuse has tough time against Colorado doctors’ orders
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Legislators talk a lot about fighting the drug abuse epidemic, but the fate of a bill aimed at helping by connecting doctors writing prescriptions directly to pharmacies is going to down to the wire House Bill 1279 is supported by the Colorado Retail Council, which includes pharmacies who say it’s a common-sense measure to reduce the…
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Colorado House passes bill, again, to ban conversion therapy for minors
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DENVER – For the fourth year in a row the Colorado House passed legislation to ban conversion therapy by licensed therapists who counsel minors who think they might be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. While the Democratic majority has moved the ban to the Senate each year, Republicans in the majority there quickly killed the…
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House Republicans vote against bill continuing Civil Rights Division and Commission
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DENVER – All but two members of the Colorado House Republican caucus Wednesday voted against a bill to continue the Colorado Division of Civil Rights and Colorado Commission on Civil Rights. The 36-26 vote, which drew only two Republican votes in favor, signals the real fight: when House Bill 1256 reaches the Republican-majority Senate, and all-but-assured Republican changes…
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Rep. Dave Williams talks to the White House about Colorado’s sanctuary cities
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Rep. Dave Williams led a delegation of Colorado Republican lawmakers to the White House Thursday to talk about so-called sanctuary cities and what to do about them. Williams, a freshman lawmaker from Colorado Springs, has elevated the welcoming treatment Denver, Aurora and Boulder have extended to undocumented immigrants into the national positions favored by President…
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In the shadow of another school shooting, ‘teachers with guns’ bill fails in Colorado
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In the wake of a Columbine-style school shooting in Florida last week, Colorado lawmakers again weighed a trio of bills aimed at loosening up the state’s gun laws. All three failed on a partisan vote, as they do each year, including one that would have allowed school staff to carry firearms with an existing concealed…
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Guaranteed time off to vote gets initial OK thanks to liberal listening
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Who knew this was a law already? Coloradans are guaranteed by law two hours on Election Day to vote, almost enough time for a round of golf if you don’t have any friends. But that doesn’t really make sense anymore, since the legislature switched Colorado to mail-ballot elections in 2013; you stand in line only…
