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Commissioner Schroeder briefs Elbert County on several state bills, flags land-use, worker-safety and food-truck concerns
Summary
Commissioner Schroeder updated the board on multiple bills before the Colorado legislature, including a firearms-registration measure that passed, a transmission-line bill flagged for land-use questions, a worker-temperature protection bill opposed by counties, and a food-truck reciprocity bill that drew opposition from county commissioners.
At the Elbert County Board of County Commissioners meeting March 26, Commissioner Schroeder provided an update on several bills pending in the Colorado General Assembly and explained positions taken by Colorado Counties, Inc. (CCI), the counties’ lobbying association.
Schroeder said a firearms-registration bill described during the briefing had passed at the state level but is not scheduled to take effect until 2026; county officials opposed the measure, arguing it could add administrative burden for local sheriff’s offices. “It was an opposed position by the commissioners, but it did pass,” Schroeder said, adding that shooting clubs and other groups were preparing court challenges.
He also raised House Bill 25-1292 (as cited in the meeting), legislation that would authorize transmission developers to use existing utility corridors, state highway rights-of-way and potentially new corridors for high-voltage lines. The county took a monitor position at CCI because the bill raised questions about whether it would change local land-use authority. “There were questions specifically about land use authority, if that would take land use authority out of local control and put it more at the state level,” Schroeder said.
Schroeder described additional bills under CCI review. House Bill 25-1286 would impose worker protections related to extreme temperatures, defining thresholds the bill calls “extreme” (the briefing cited 90 degrees and above and 30 degrees and below); Schroeder said many rural, agricultural counties opposed that measure. He also described a food-truck reciprocity proposal (cited as House Bill 25-12905) that county officials opposed because of concerns about property-tax and traffic implications when food trucks operate across county lines.
On a different item Schroeder said county leaders had opposed a property-tax payment-spread proposal (cited as 25-11909 in the briefing), and he reported the measure was postponed indefinitely during the current session.
Schroeder said the steering committee meeting of CCI had been light earlier in the session but was expected to pick up as the session advanced. He told commissioners he would continue to provide updates as bills moved through the legislature.
No formal board action was recorded on the bills during the meeting; Schroeder’s briefing was informational.
