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Committee advances narrow rewrite of farmworker access law after split testimony
Summary
The committee voted 10–2 to advance Senate Bill 128, a narrowly crafted amendment meant to reconcile Colorado law with U.S. Supreme Court decisions on property access while preserving agricultural workers’ ability to meet with key service providers, but farmworker advocates warned the changes could increase isolation and create legal uncertainty.
Senate Bill 128, sponsored in committee by Representative McCormick with Representative Winter as a co-sponsor, would amend Colorado’s existing law governing access by key service providers (healthcare, legal aid and similar providers) to agricultural workers on employer property. Sponsors said the changes respond to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid and are intended to preserve property owners’ right to exclude while maintaining workers’ access to services.
Representative McCormick told the committee the bill “protects property rights of employers while also acknowledging the important public health and safety interests that are advanced by safeguarding access” to service providers. Assistant Minority Leader Representative Winter and several agricultural organizations…
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