Office Hours Podcast

Who Should Enforce Workplace Safety? The Push for Expanded Oversight in Colorado

This week on Colorado Chamber Office Hours, Ed Sealover sits down the Cole Wist, attorney and former state representative, and Rep. Elizabeth Velasco (D-57), to discuss legislation aimed at overhauling Colorado’s worker protection system. 

HB 1054 would create a state-level enforcement process for violations of both federal OSHA and state workplace health and safety standards. However, the proposal stops short of creating a federally approved OSHA “State Plan,” raising questions about how the bill would function. Tune in as our guests explore legal considerations, the policy’s goals and potential implications of the legislation.