The bill increases criminal penalties for failing or refusing to leave a premises or property when requested by a peace officer. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
A retail delivery is a retail sale of tangible personal property that is subject to state sales tax by a retailer for delivery by a motor vehicle to the purchaser at any location in the state. As authorized by current law, retail delivery fees are imposed on each retail delivery by the: State; Community access enterprise; Clean fleet enterprise; Statewide bridge and tunnel enterprise; Clean transit enterprise; and Nonattainment area air pollution mitigation enterprise. Effective 90 days after the final adjournment of the general assembly in 2025, the bill eliminates the retail delivery fees. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
For the purpose of reducing transportation costs, the bill repeals the following fees, effective July 1, 2025: The road usage fee imposed by the state and the bridge and tunnel impact fee imposed by the statewide bridge and tunnel enterprise that are imposed on the purchase of each gallon of taxed gasoline and special fuel; The fee imposed by the state on short-term motor vehicle rentals; The passenger per-ride fees imposed on car share rides by the state, the clean fleet enterprise, and the nonattainment area air pollution mitigation enterprise; and The waste tire enterprise fee imposed on the purchase of new motor vehicle and trailer tires by the waste tire management enterprise. Because this fee is the only source of revenue for the waste tire management enterprise, the bill also repeal the enterprise. The bill also requires the nonattainment area air pollution mitigation enterprise, no later than January 1, 2026, to establish a reformulated gasoline cost stabilization program to offer reformulated gasoline cost stabilization rebates to individuals who own motor vehicles that are registered in counties in which the federal government requires all gasoline sold to be reformulated gasoline. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill requires that causes of action for intentional or negligent acts constituting youth gender transition procedures performed on a youth under 26 years of age must be brought before the youth reaches 38 years of age. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill allows a probation officer or employee to provide personal information about an individual to federal immigration authorities if the individual is on probation for certain violent felony offenses. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill creates the youth prevention mental health pilot program (pilot program) in the behavioral health administration (BHA) to provide 42,000 students access to an electronic multicomponent behavioral health prevention tool (prevention tool). No later than January 1, 2026, the bill requires the BHA to enter into a contract with a third party to administer the pilot program. The third party must have the capability to provide access to a prevention tool that includes access to online behavioral health educational resources, peer-to-peer support services, and online private counseling sessions with a behavioral health professional. The pilot program repeals on June 30, 2027. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Current law authorizes the collection of rooftop precipitation from a single-family residence or a multifamily residence with 4 or fewer units (small residence). The bill removes the 100-gallon limitation on the amount of rooftop precipitation that may be collected from a small residence and removes all limitations on how the collected precipitation may be used. The bill allows for collection of any amount of precipitation for any use on the property of a small residence.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Transportation Legislation Review Committee. The bill authorizes a county, city and county, or municipality or a Taxpayer's Bill of Rights exempt enterprise created by a city, city and county, or municipality (local government) to generate additional fee-based funding for local transportation system strategies that improve safety for vulnerable road users (vulnerable road user protection strategies). Specifically, the bill: Authorizes a local government to impose additional local motor vehicle registration fees, up to specified maximum amounts that are annually adjusted for inflation or deflation, on passenger cars and light trucks (fees); Allows fees to be first imposed beginning with a motor vehicle registration period beginning on January 1, 2026, or January 1 of a later year, with adjustments to fee amounts only taking effect beginning on a subsequent January 1, and imposed in amounts that are: Based on the weight of a passenger car or light truck, and, in the sole discretion of a local government, fuel-efficiency, with fees being higher for heavier motor vehicles and, for motor vehicles in the same weight class, light trucks and, if applicable, less fuel-efficient motor vehicles; and Reasonably calculated based on the impacts to vulnerable road users caused by fee payers and the costs of remediating those impacts by funding vulnerable road user protection strategies; Requires fee revenue to be credited to a dedicated local cash fund or account and expended only for vulnerable road user protection strategies, which include infrastructure projects, including active transportation network projects that meet specified criteria, and local transit improvements and enhancements; Authorizes and encourages local governments to consider equity, meaning fairness in mobility and accessibility to meet the needs of all community members through the provision of equitable levels of access to affordable and reliable transportation options based on the needs of the populations being served; Requires each local government that imposes fees to provide its fee schedule to the department of revenue so that the department can collect the fees on behalf of the local government and distribute fee revenue to the local government; and Allows a local government, in its sole discretion and pursuant to written criteria adopted by the local government, to reduce or waive fees for a motor vehicle owner who establishes economic hardship.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
A person, including a corporation or governmental agency, commits human trafficking of a minor for an abortion or gender-affirming health-care services if the person transports an out-of-state minor who is under 18 years of age into Colorado for the purpose of assisting the minor in obtaining an abortion or gender-affirming health-care services. The bill classifies human trafficking of a minor for an abortion or gender-affirming health-care services as a class 2 felony.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill clarifies that a public entity is not required to pay any portion of the civil judgment or settlement if the peace officer's underlying conduct resulted in the peace officer's criminal conviction, unless the public entity played a causal role in the violation.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Under current law, when an employee takes leave from a job pursuant to the state's paid family and medical leave insurance program, the employer is required to hold the employee's job until the employee returns and maintain the employee's health-care benefits during the duration of their leave. Section 1 of the bill creates an exemption from these requirements for an employer that has a workforce of 51% or more highly specialized employees. The bill requires an employer to apply to and get approval from the division of family and medical leave insurance (division) in the department of labor and employment before the employer can qualify for the exemption. An employer that qualifies must reapply annually to maintain the exemption. Lastly, section 1 defines a highly specialized employee as an employee whose job description or duties: Involve responsibilities that are not easily transferrable; Require a specific or unique advanced degree that limits the pool of replacements; or Require a rare or in-high-demand skill set. Section 2 requires the division to establish a standardized application process for employers to apply for the highly specialized employees exemption by submitting documentation that proves that the employer has a workforce of 51% or more highly specialized employees. On or before March 1, 2026, the director of the division is required to adopt necessary rules to implement the application process.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Section 1 of the bill repeals the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote. Section 2 makes a conforming amendment.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
