Senate Judiciary advances HB 1090 on price transparency after amendment votes

During a Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee meeting, members advanced House Bill 1090, a consumer price-transparency bill that the sponsors and stakeholders say is intended to require clearer upfront pricing by businesses, including delivery network companies such as DoorDash and Instacart. The committee adopted sponsor amendments adding narrowly drawn safe harbors and sector-specific compliance paths, approved a change removing a private right of action in favor of state enforcement, rejected proposed federal-preemption language and a carve-out for one-time upfront fees, and passed the bill on a 4-3 roll call.

The bill’s sponsor, Senator Cutter, told the committee the text reflects weeks of stakeholder negotiations. "We've worked really hard, and my thanks to all the stakeholders and everyone who have been involved in this," Cutter said, adding the sponsors had made compromises to reach a place that left "a few of our key stakeholders in a really good place." The measure and its amendments were discussed at length by committee members and industry representatives earlier in the day and in a prior hearing.

Committee discussion and the sponsor amendments

The committee first took up two sponsor amendments identified as L22 and L23. Amendment L22 adds a safe-harbor provision that points to specific federal regulatory frameworks—among them portions of the Code of Federal Regulations governing cable and satellite services (cited in committee as 47 CFR)—so that entities already meeting those federal…