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Committee trims and advances mold‑awareness bill to require public information and limited property disclosures
Summary
The House Energy and Environment Committee voted 8–4 to advance House Bill 12 02 after amendments that shifted the measure from a broad, funded public‑awareness and registry proposal to a lower‑cost package of web‑based public information and limited disclosure requirements in real‑estate transactions.
The House Energy and Environment Committee voted to send House Bill 12 02, a measure intended to increase public awareness about mold and water damage and to require certain disclosures in residential real‑estate transactions, to the Appropriations Committee with a favorable recommendation after sponsors narrowed the bill to reduce costs.
What the bill does: Sponsors described the legislation as a public‑health and consumer‑protection measure that will put basic information about mold on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) website, require landlords and sellers to provide a short written warning and link to that website, and require that property disclosure forms include known past mold events and remediation summaries for a set look‑back period.…
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