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Colorado Senate introduces Senate bills 85–93 covering military protection orders, cigar tax cap, leave and Capitol grounds maintenance
Summary
Senate bills 85–93 were introduced and referred to committees; topics include military protection orders (SB85), a 20% cap on premium cigar excise tax (SB86), legislative leave for members (SB87), and maintenance of Capitol grounds memorials (SB88), among others.
The Colorado Senate on the floor introduced a package of Senate bills (SB85 through SB93) and announced committee referrals for each.
Speaker 2 read the titles and committee assignments for the bills. The measures include: - SB85 (sponsored by Senators Frizzell and Ball and Representatives Duran and Hartzuck), concerning military protection orders, requiring peace officers to determine whether a military protection order exists when responding to a domestic-violence incident and for courts to consider such orders as relevant evidence in temporary civil protection order proceedings; referred to Judiciary. - SB86 (sponsored by Senator Sullivan), concerning the taxation of premium cigars and capping the statutory excise tax on premium cigars at 20%; referred to Finance. - SB87 (sponsored by Senator Wallace), authorizing legislative leave from employment during a legislative session for certain General Assembly members; referred to State Fair and Military Affairs. - SB88 (sponsored by Senators Kirkmeyer and Carson and Representatives Winterty and Martinez), concerning maintenance and repair of memorials and monuments on the Capitol grounds and Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park; referred to State, Veterans, and Military Affairs. - SB89 (sponsored by Senators Cutter and Bazely and Representative Velasco), concerning the recreation of the Wildfire Matters Review Committee; referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources. - SB90 (sponsored by Senators Carson and Snyder and Representative Hartzick), concerning exempting critical infrastructure from the Consumer Repair Bill of Rights Act; referred to Business, Labor, and Technology. - SB91 (sponsored by Senators Snyder and Cutter and Representative Soper), concerning exclusion of certain printed news deliveries from employee definitions in state labor laws; referred to Business, Labor, and Technology. - SB92 (sponsored by Senators Simpson and Representatives Zukla and Velasco), concerning salary categorization of locally elected officers in specified counties; referred to Local Government and Housing. - SB93 (sponsored by Senators Sullivan and Representative Morrow), concerning workers' compensation insurance compliance with coverage requirements; referred to Business, Labor, and Technology.
Why it matters: these introductions set the agenda for committee consideration and public hearings. Several bills address public-safety procedures, taxation, labor classifications and infrastructure exceptions that could have policy impact if advanced.
No committee hearings, debates, or roll-call votes on the measures were recorded in the transcript; the reading clerk announced titles and committee referrals only.
