HB25-1208 is finally law. After months of heated debate and multiple rounds of legislative revisions, Colorado’s controversial tipped wages bill was signed last week by Governor Jared Polis — but big questions remain about how cities like Denver and Boulder will respond.
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As a last-minute compromise to get the bill past the House Finance committee, they simplified the proposal to the current format. By doing so, they retained the support of industry groups like the Colorado Restaurant Association, EatDenver, Hispanic Restaurant Association, Colorado Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Denver Partnership, Downtown Boulder Partnership and the Tavern League, and flipped stakeholders such as Matthew Fritz-Mauer, executive director of Denver Labor at the Denver Auditor’s Office.
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