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Senate introduces bills on housing grants, agricultural overtime, renewable project permitting and other measures
Summary
On Feb. 6 the Colorado Senate clerk introduced several new bills, including Senate Bill 80 (creating a 'bridal to career' grant program as read), Senate Bill 81 (agricultural overtime threshold), Senate Bill 82 (local government control of renewable energy project permitting and optional fee structure), Senate Bill 83 (implementation of legal services recommendations), Senate Bill 84 (privileges related to state auditor access), and multiple House bills referred to committees.
The Senate introduced a slate of bills and referred them to committee during its Feb. 6 session.
A chamber reader announced Senate Bill 80 (sponsors Senators Coleman and Simpson; Representative Lukins) 'concerning creating the bridal to career grant program' and referred it to Local Government and Housing. The transcript records the title as read on the floor.
Senate Bill 81 (Senator Danielson; Representative Velasco), concerning establishment of an overtime threshold for agricultural employees consistent with thresholds for other Colorado workers, was introduced and referred to Business, Labor, and Technology. Senate Bill 82 (Senator Pelton B) was introduced 'concerning the process by which a local government controls the development of renewable energy projects' and would authorize an optional two‑tier application fee program and a success fee; it was referred to Transportation Energy. Senate Bill 83 (Senators Weisman and Frizzell; Representatives Soper and Camacho) implements recommendations from the Committee on Legal Services for legislative review of agency rules and was referred to Legal Services. Senate Bill 84 (Senators Weisman and Frizzell; Representatives Brooks and Wilford) concerns preservation of privileges for certain state entities in information provided to the state auditor and duties related to the state's fraud hotline; it was referred to Judiciary.
The clerk also read several House bills: House Bill 1027 (boards of cooperative services; retiree employment and postsecondary/workforce readiness funding eligibility) to Education; House Bill 1045 (housing protections for individuals with disabilities) to Local Government and Housing; and House Bill 1068 (authority for remote participation policies for legislators on certain joint committees) to State and Military Affairs.
No substantive debate, amendments, or committee testimony was recorded during the introductions; the items were entered and referred to the committees listed in the clerk's announcements.
