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County lobbyists brief commissioners on several bills, including worker protections and KORA timing
Summary
Lobbyists updated the board on HB1272 (extreme temperature worker protections), SB107 (KORA timing) and SB62 (rodenticide rules); HB1272 carries a large fiscal note and SB107 died in committee this session.
Elbert County lobbyists Steve Berovich and Tim Coleman used a March 18 special meeting to update commissioners on several other bills moving through the Colorado General Assembly.
They reported that House Bill 1272, which would require data collection and a model plan for temperature-related worker illness and injury prevention, carries a high fiscal estimate of about $450,000 for the current budget year and roughly $5 million annually in later years; lobbyists said such a fiscal note makes the bill unlikely to advance in its current form. "Anything with a remotely high fiscal note is going to be pretty much dead on arrival," the lobbyists said.
On records law, lobbyists recounted the history of Senate Bill 107 (timing related to KORA requests): the bill passed but was vetoed last year and, in its current form, died in committee this session after members said it did not go far enough on financial exemptions. Regarding Senate Bill 62, a bill restricting use of rodenticides, lobbyists said the measure has been substantially amended to loosen some restrictions and a narrowed version may pass.
The lobbyists advised commissioners that fiscal notes and amendments typically determine a bill's viability and urged commissioners to rely on fiscal analyses before taking positions. No formal county positions were recorded on these three bills at the meeting; lobbyists said they will continue to monitor committee hearings and amendments.
