You may have thought that, since the Colorado Legislature has suspended because of the corona virus, we may be safe this year from their agenda. The Colorado Constitution specifies a 120 day calendar, which would mean the session expires on 5 May. Not so fast! Based on a request of the legislature to the Colorado Supreme Court, and considering a ‘rule’ passed over a decade ago, the Court ruled that, since the Constitution did not specify ‘consecutive’ days, the legislative session may resume, according to rule, at any time of its choosing to continue the legislative calendar.
Therefore, and since we have temporarily suspended our Facebook videos on the subject, here is where our latest update stands. As always, you can read these and other bills on the website Bill Search | Colorado General Assembly and contact Sen. Coram and Rep. Catlin as previously posted on our website at fourcorners912.com.
HB20-1305 Crop And Livestock Contribution Tax Credit
Removes $1000 tax credit for charitable donation
HB20-1303 Excise Tax On Alcohol Beverages Sacramental Wines
Removes tax exemption for religious institutions
HB20-1306 Excise Tax Credit Unsalable Alcohol Beverages
Repeals refund of prepaid excise tax on damaged or lost booze
HB20-1309 Income Tax Credit For Telecommuting Employees
Any tax credit is good
HB20-1319 Prohibit Sale Of Flavored Nicotine Products
Gov’t regulation of personal choice—single use plastic
HB20-1327 Water Diversions From Rio Grande Basin
Seems like good protection of Rio Grande
HB20-1330 CGIA Colorado Governmental Immunity Act And A State Hospital Authority
Special exemption for Anschutz Medical Center
HB20-1349 Colorado Affordable Health Care Option
More State interference in the Healthcare insurance market (mandates)
Hospitals fined or closed if not participating
HB20-1354 Film Production Income Tax Credit
Compare to removing tax credits mentioned earlier
HB20-1355 Secure Storage Of Firearms
Among other things requires dealer to provide a locking device
SB20-159 Global Warming Potential For Public Project Materials
Dumb policy based on flawed ‘science’
SB20-160 Require Movie Theaters To Provide Open Captioning
If there was a demand for this service it would be offered without mandate
SB20-166 Simplifying Requirements For New Birth Certificate
Promotes gender identification dysphoria
SB20-167 Electric Motor Vehicle Manufacturer And Dealer
Another special carve-out
SB20-168 Sustainable Severance & Property Tax Policies
Additional taxes on coal to subsidize solar and wind
SB20-204 Additional Resources To Protect Air Quality
Creates ‘air quality enterprise’ fund, exempt from TABOR. Raises fees (TAXES) on ‘stationary polluters’ (POWER PLANTS)