With only a few days left in the legislative session, several bills still hang in the balance. One bill the Colorado Chamber has been aggressively fighting continues to move through the Senate, and we’re asking members to help us stop this proposal before the clock runs out. That bill is HB 1294 – the air […]
Colorado Chamber Celebrates Small Business Week
Colorado small businesses are the heart of our local communities and critical to our state economy. They account for more than 99% of all businesses in Colorado and created a net of more than 25,000 new jobs last year. They’ve exported more than $2 billion in goods outside of the state and made up 87% of […]
Employer Training Workshop: Meeting the Requirements of SB20-200 (Colorado SecureSavings Program) by the June 30 Deadline
Live Call With Colorado Treasurer Dave Young Colorado businesses with five or more employees that don’t already have a retirement solution for their workers will soon need to facilitate either the Colorado SecureSavings program or another qualified plan. Deadlines are quickly approaching in June, but businesses still have questions concerning: Employee eligibility Payroll deduction options […]
FAMLI Newsletter
The April 2023 edition of the FAMLI newsletter from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) is here. This newsletter brings you significant updates related to Colorado’s paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI) program. Read the April FAMLI Newsletter here.
What We’re Watching: HB 1078
We’re in the heat of the final two weeks of legislative session, and in the coming days we’ll see which bills make it through all of the procedural hurdles and which bills stall before the clock runs out. This week, we’re watching HB 1078, which is scheduled to be heard in the Senate Business, Labor […]
ACTION ALERT: Keep the Momentum Going Against HB 1294!
Our outreach efforts against the anti-science permitting bill, HB 1294, are working and the bill has been delayed in the House Appropriations Committee while lawmakers review the updated fiscal note! Now is the time to continue the pressure against this misguided proposal and continue reaching out to legislators to ask them to vote “NO.” As […]
What We’re Watching: HB 1294
Health-care bills look to expand programs that aren’t fully implemented
By Ed Sealover During Gov. Jared Polis’ first term, Colorado legislators passed significant health-care reform in areas ranging from prescription-drug pricing to lower-cost insurance offerings. Read More at The Sum & Substance.
Affordable-housing package advances, but with a major concession
By Ed Sealover Gov. Jared Polis’ package of bills seeking to ease Colorado’s affordable-housing crisis by ramping up new construction has passed its first key tests — albeit with the loss of a provision that could have allowed building of as many as six units on any single-family-home plot in a Colorado city. Read More […]
Bill seeks to rein in utility rates by limiting several current practices
By Ed Sealover After more than a month of hearings and discussions about rising utility rates, legislative Democrats introduced a bill to require greater justification for future rate hikes and push utilities to move away from natural-gas infrastructure, saying it will improve transparency and accountability. Read More at The Sum & Substance.