Senate Bill 44 by Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, addressing barriers that are faced by people who have a felony conviction as they re-enter society passed the Senate today. The measure is now headed to the House for consideration.
“These are the people who are there everyday for us. Why shouldn’t we give them the benefit of elevated protection?”
Senate Bill 236 by Sen. Lois Tochtrop, D-Thornton, and Senate Bill 237 by Sen. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud, were both heard and rejected today by the Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee. Both measures offered alternatives for the State Implementation Plan for regional haze.
Tochtrop’s bill sought to replace a key provision of a PUC-backed plan with [...]
“Let’s let people do what they want and let’s quit making things hard for people in this state—the little guy.”
House Bill 1254, by Rep. Sue Schafer, D-Wheat Ridge, and Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, updating existing bullying policies in schools, passed on a 5-2 vote in the Senate Education Committee. The measure also calls for data collection, and a website with anti-bullying resources. Next up for the bill is the Senate Appropriations Committee.
“They need to have the option of going to court and deserve to have the matter resolved in a timely way.”
Lawmakers were told Colorado farmers and ranchers rendered last year’s legislation moot by shopping across state lines.
House Bill 1291, which approves the State Implementation Plan as spelled out by the Public Utilities Commission for regional haze issues, passed out of the Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee today. The measure is now headed to the Senate floor for debate.
“Currently, anyone with shingles in the back of their pickup truck can say they are a roofer.”
“Everyone can agree that paying millions of dollars in debt service to the federal government is not a good use of taxpayer money.”
