Brighton legislative committee outlines bills it is tracking, opposes state preemption bills and flags food-truck proposal

Representatives of the city’s legislative committee and the Purple Label lobbying team briefed Brighton council at the April 22 study session on bills the city is tracking at the Colorado Capitol, the status of several land-use and housing measures, and the recently adopted state budget.

Matt LeCru and Ellie Reynolds of Purple Label said the team had tracked about 50 bills that could affect Brighton; many were killed or stalled but several remain in play. They summarized a group of land-use and housing bills under close watch: a “Yes in God’s Backyard” proposal to allow administrative review of housing projects on faith-based or educational land (described by presenters as a preemption of local land-use control), a construction-defects reform bill intended to restore condo construction by adjusting statute-of-limitations and adding mitigation and inspection provisions, a residential stairway/“single stair” bill that would let some five‑story…