The bill defines a short-term rental unit as a building that is designed for use predominantly as a place of residency by a person, a family, or families, is leased or available to be leased for short-term stays, and includes the land upon which the building is located. A commercial short-term rental unit is defined as a short-term rental unit that is not the owner's primary or secondary residence. A commercial short-term rental unit is classified as lodging property, which is a subclass of nonresidential property for purposes of valuation for assessment. A short-term rental unit that is the owner's primary or secondary residence will continue to be classified as residential property. On or before November 15, 2024, and on or before November 15 of each year thereafter, an owner of a short-term rental unit shall submit to the assessor of the county in which the property is located an affidavit signed by the owner, under the penalty of perjury in the second degree, identifying whether the property will continue to be used as a short-term rental unit in the following property tax year commencing on January 1, and if so, whether it will be the owner's primary or secondary residence. Absent contrary information, the assessor shall use the information in the affidavit to determine whether the property is a commercial short-term rental unit. If a commercial short-term rental unit is sold, the new owner shall submit an affidavit to the county assessor if the property will no longer be a commercial short-term rental unit for the classification of the property to change for the subsequent property tax year. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The concurrent resolution creates a parents' bill of rights and establishes certain rights for parents, including the right to: Direct the parent's child's education, upbringing, and moral or religious training; Enroll the parent's child in a public school, private school, or any other school choice option; Consent to medical or mental health-care treatment for the parent's child; Be promptly notified if an employee of the state suspects that a criminal offense has been committed against the parent's child; Consent or withhold consent to the parent's child's participation in reproductive health and safety education programs; Seek medical or religious exemptions from immunization requirements; Opt out of data collection and student information surveys; Review all available materials that the parent's child has borrowed from a school library or accessed in the classroom; Access the parent's child's education records or health records and be promptly notified of changes in the parent's child's education and health services or monitoring; and Be notified if the parent's child is experiencing gender incongruence. The concurrent resolution prohibits a health-care provider, practitioner, or facility from providing, soliciting, or arranging for the treatment of a child without first obtaining written or documented consent from the child's parent. (Note: This summary applies to this concurrent resolution as introduced.)
The state constitution currently only allows a senior who has owned and occupied the senior's primary residence for 10 years, or the surviving spouse of such a senior, to claim a property tax exemption for 50% of the first $200,000 of actual value of the primary residence (exemption). If approved by the voters of the state at the 2024 general election, the concurrent resolution will allow a senior, or the surviving spouse of such a senior, who has previously qualified for the exemption for 2016 or any later year for a prior primary residence to claim the exemption for the senior's current owner-occupied primary residence regardless of how long the senior has owned and occupied that residence. (Note: This summary applies to this concurrent resolution as introduced.)
Under current law, a school district, the state charter school institute, or the governing board of a nonpublic school may adopt a policy for a school to maintain a supply of and distribute opiate antagonists. The act allows the adoption of a similar policy for maintaining a supply of opiate antagonists on school buses and extends existing civil and criminal immunity to school bus operators and other employees present on buses if they furnish or administer an opiate antagonist in good faith, in addition to other requirements. Additionally, the act allows an adopted policy to allow an employee or agent of the school to furnish an opiate antagonist to any individual, including a student, but only if the student has received school-sponsored training. Under current law, a school district, the state charter school institute, or the governing board of a nonpublic school may adopt a policy for a school to maintain a supply of and distribute non-laboratory synthetic opiate detection tests. The act allows the adoption of a similar policy for non-laboratory additive detection tests and extends existing civil immunity provisions to include non-laboratory additive detection tests. The act requires a school, school district, or the state charter school institute to not prohibit a student of the school district or institute charter school to possess or administer on school grounds, on a school bus, or at any school-sponsored event an opiate antagonist and possess a non-laboratory synthetic opiate detection test or a non-laboratory additive detection test. APPROVED by Governor April 22, 2024 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Signed by the President of the Senate
Signed by the President of the Senate
Current law specifies the conditions a person must meet in order to change the person's name if the person was convicted of a felony. Among those conditions is that the person must show good cause to be able to change the person's name to a name different from the name the person was convicted under. The act states that good cause includes changing the petitioner's name to conform with the petitioner's gender identity. The act authorizes the court to require a petitioner to give public notice of a name change if the name change was requested by a petitioner with a felony conviction and is for the purpose of changing the petitioner's name to conform with the petitioner's gender identity. APPROVED by Governor April 19, 2024 EFFECTIVE April 19, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act applies conduct pertaining to false slates of electors to 5 existing crimes that make it unlawful for an individual to: Offer a false instrument for recording; Commit forgery; Conspire to offer a false instrument for recording or to commit forgery; Commit perjury; or Commit subornation of perjury. Each crime is punishable by a fine of no more than $10,000. In addition, a defendant who is convicted of the crime of perjury or subornation of perjury for knowingly and falsely swearing or attesting to the oath required by law for presidential electors or inducing another to knowingly and falsely swear or attest to the oath required by law for presidential electors is disqualified, as required by the state constitution, from being a member of the general assembly and from holding any office of trust or profit in the state. APPROVED by Governor April 19, 2024 EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The youth restraint and seclusion working group (working group) is set to repeal September 1, 2024. The act extends the working group until September 1, 2034 and requires a sunset review prior to its repeal. APPROVED by Governor April 19, 2024 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
A metropolitan district is a type of special district that provides at least 2 types of services and may perform covenant enforcement similar to the role of a homeowners' association. The act requires a metropolitan district engaging in covenant enforcement and design review services to comply with certain procedural requirements, including: Adopting a written policy governing the imposition and collection of fines; Adopting a written policy governing how disputes between the metropolitan district and a resident are addressed; and Refraining from prohibiting residents from engaging in certain activities regarding the use of their property, including displaying flags and signs; parking a motor vehicle in a driveway; removing certain vegetation to create a defensible space for fire mitigation purposes; performing reasonable property modifications to accommodate disabilities; using xeriscape, nonvegetative turf grass, or drought-tolerant landscaping; using a rain barrel; operating a family child care home; using renewable energy generation devices; and installing or using an energy efficiency measure. Additionally, a metropolitan district is prohibited from requiring residents to use cedar shakes or other flammable roofing materials. The act prohibits a metropolitan district from foreclosing on any lien based on a resident's delinquent fees or other charges owed to the metropolitan district. The act also imposes certain procedural requirements regarding court actions filed by or against a metropolitan district based on an alleged violation of the metropolitan district's declaration, rules and regulations, or other instrument. A metropolitan district that engages in design review services, but does not engage in covenant enforcement or form a homeowners' association, cannot pursue other remedies against residents to enforce its design review requirements and need not adopt the written policies required under the act. APPROVED by Governor April 19, 2024 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act repeals the COVID heroes collaboration fund on July 31, 2024. Prior to the repeal, on July 1, 2024, the state treasurer shall transfer the unexpended and unencumbered money in the COVID heroes collaboration fund to the general fund. APPROVED by Governor April 19, 2024 EFFECTIVE April 19, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act continues the Colorado natural areas council, an advisory council to the parks and wildlife commission, for 10 years until September 1, 2034, subject to sunset review. APPROVED by Governor April 19, 2024 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
