Unemployment Insurance Marijuana-licensed Business
Summary
Current law states that a common paymaster is not a single employing unit for purposes of considering the services performed by another employing unit subject to a single or common payroll. The act creates an exception for an employee leasing company or other employing entity that is owned by one or more persons who have a medical or retail marijuana license and who own at least 50% of an entity that shares the employee leasing company's or other employing entity's services. The employee leasing company or other employing entity is not considered a common paymaster for the purposes of the "Colorado Employment Security Act".(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Mar 4, 2021
Signed Apr 29, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 16, 2021 · House Mar 22, 2021
How they voted
32–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 34
Apr 16, 2021
D
Democratic20
95% Yea
R
Republican14
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Apr 29, 2021
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
Apr 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
upper
Apr 12, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
upper
Mar 25, 2021
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology
upper
Mar 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
Mar 4, 2021
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
CH
Chris Holbert
RRepublican
P
JG
Joann Ginal
DDemocratic
P
Marc Snyder
DDemocratic
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