The budget bill, known as the “Long Bill” , originally scheduled to be introduced in the Senate Monday, has been postponed until the Joint Budget Committee is finished with it. It is likely that it may not be ready until the following Monday. Due to the delay, Senate Majority Leader John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, announced [...]
“This is a screwed up program—let’s be honest about this.”
“Families are strapped for cash and are having to choose between their gas bill, groceries or mortgage.”
House Bill 1168, by Rep. Carole Murray, R-Castle Rock, and Sen. Nancy Spence, R-Centennial, failed to make it through the Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee today. The measure would have raised tuition stipends given to students at private universities to the same level as the stipends granted students at state schools.
Backers of failed ban had hoped to stop cash-strapped cities from using car crashes as a revenue source.
House Bill 1069, by Reps. Tom Massey, R-Poncha Springs, Rep. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, and Sen. Irene Aguilar, D- Denver, requiring Colorado school districts to adopt a policy setting aside a minimum of 30 minutes a day dedicated to physical activity for elementary-aged school children, has been sent to a conference committee today by its House [...]
House Bill 1183, sponsored by Rep. Laura Bradford, R- Collbran, and Sen. Nancy Spence, R-Centennial, was approved today by the Senate. HB1183 allows a woman’s death certificate to reflect the fact that she had been pregnant if it occurred within the previous 12 months. Similar measures have been adopted in 18 other states as a [...]
Sponsor says schools are no place for ex-cons; critic says they face enough hurdles to employment as it is.
Senate Bill 87, by by Sen. Betty Boyd, D-Lakewood. and Reps. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, and Donald Beezley, R-Broomfield, which shields Coloradans with medical conditions from higher electrical rates due to tiered rating, is now on it’s way to the governor for his consideration. The bill is unamended.
An additional $161.3 million is anticipated this fiscal year said Henry Sobanet, executive director of the Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting today. The revenue forecast, by the Governor’s office, presented to the Joint Budget Committee, represents “a faster-than-expected rebound of income tax,” according to Sobanet.
In a prepared statement Sobanet [...]
