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Aurora staff brief council on state budget, construction-defect and other bills as session winds down
Summary
City legislative staff reported the Colorado legislative session has about 33 days remaining, summarized the senate-passed long bill and identified several bills the city is tracking including construction-defect legislation, a courts transparency bill and vehicle registration changes.
City legislative staff updated the council on actions at the Colorado State Capitol and on several bills the city is tracking as the session approaches its end.
Peggy reported there are about 33 days left in the session and that the Senate had completed its version of the long bill. Cammie summarized the long bill as a roughly $43.9 billion budget with $17 billion in general funds and about $14 billion in federal dollars; staff said the Senate made multiple cuts and sweeps and that TABOR-related structural funding issues will persist.
Staff said House Bill 11 12 (vehicle registration) passed the House on third reading by a vote of 54-11 and has been assigned to Senate Transportation and Energy. Construction-defects reform had passed the House and moved to the Senate; staff expected additional amendments. Staff also said Senate-passed House Bill 1147 (referred to as a transparency in court systems bill) passed the Senate on third reading and would return to the House for concurrence on amendments.
Megan briefed the council on a separate sentencing-related bill she described as a complex cleanup bill with potential implications for attempted murder sentencing and third-degree assault mens rea; she said the fiscal note explains how the proposed changes would affect sentence lengths and that the bill remained in House Judiciary and was not yet calendared for a vote.
Staff also reported on Senate Bill 1 (identified as the Colorado Voting Rights Act in their summary), which had changes in its fiscal note and was moving toward the House where it had been assigned to State Affairs. Staff said they were coordinating with Colorado Municipal League on potential city impacts and options.
Council members asked staff to continue monitoring bills (vehicle registration, construction defects, transparency measures and sentencing-related changes) and said they would review staff’s summaries before taking formal positions where needed.
Next steps: staff will continue to monitor appropriations actions on the long bill and report back when bills the city is tracking advance to committees or floor votes.
