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House approves softened building‑decarbonization bill after floor amendments and a contentious floor fight
Summary
Lawmakers passed HB12‑69 after extensive floor amendments that delayed penalties, eased compliance timelines and added technical fixes requested by business groups; opponents warned the policy will raise construction and occupancy costs and urged repeal of the earlier 2021 law rather than incremental fixes.
After lengthy floor debate and a series of business‑focused amendments, the House passed House Bill 12‑69, a package that revises Colorado’s building performance and benchmarking rules and creates a building decarbonization enterprise fund.
Sponsors and business groups worked for months on negotiated amendments that eased near‑term compliance burdens for covered buildings (50,000 square feet and up), clarified penalty tiers, allowed a 2019 baseline to account for pandemic‑era occupancy drops, and expanded task‑force…
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