For income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2023, but prior to January 1, 2028, the bill allows a $750 income tax credit to any taxpayer that purchases a new motor vehicle (purchaser) and at the same time trades in an old motor vehicle for recycling. The purchase of the new motor vehicle and the trade in for recycling of the old motor vehicle are required to occur through the same licensed motor vehicle dealer. The bill defines a vehicle that is a 2015 model year or newer as a "new motor vehicle" and a vehicle that is a model year 2009 or older as an "old motor vehicle". The purchaser is required to assign the tax credit to the purchaser's financing entity in a manner specified in the bill, and the financing entity is required to compensate the purchaser for the full nominal value of the tax credit. To complete the tax credit assignment, the purchaser and the financing entity are required to enter into an agreement that identifies the vehicle identification numbers of the old motor vehicle and the new motor vehicle, includes certification from the licensed motor vehicle dealer that the old motor vehicle will be traded for recycling pursuant to current law, and satisfies all other requirements regarding the assignment of the tax credit. The financing entity is required to electronically submit a report containing the information required in the agreement to the department of revenue (department) in a form and manner to be determined by the department. In addition, the financing entity is required to file the agreement described with the original tax return for the taxable year in which the old motor vehicle is traded in for recycling and a new motor vehicle is purchased. The licensed motor vehicle dealer that sells the purchaser the new motor vehicle and takes the old motor vehicle for recycling is required to certify, in a form and manner to be determined by the department, that an old motor vehicle that is traded in for recycling for the purpose of claiming the tax credit will be recycled in accordance with current law. A licensed motor vehicle dealer that provides certification that it will recycle an old motor vehicle but that fails to transfer the vehicle for recycling is subject to a fine. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill allows a holder of a vintner's restaurant license to sell and deliver wine by common carrier or by the licensee to a personal consumer located in Colorado if certain conditions are met. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill authorizes a city, county, city and county, or community-based nonprofit organization to establish a multiagency, multidisciplinary family justice center to ensure victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, elder or dependent adult abuse, and human trafficking are able to access all needed services in one location. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill creates the grants to homeowners to make residential space available to renters grant program (grant program) as a 3-year pilot program in the division of housing (division) within the department of local affairs (DOLA). The grant program is established to provide state assistance in the form of a one-time grant award of $500 to eligible recipients who make residential space available within their homes for the use of individuals seeking long-term rental housing. The grant program must operate for 3 consecutive state fiscal years, commencing with the 2023-24 state fiscal year through the 2025-26 state fiscal year. The division administers the grant program. The division is required to create a process by which grant awards are made. In order to be eligible to receive a grant award under the bill, an individual must: Be the owner of record of residential real property that the individual occupies as the individual's primary residence (owner-occupier); Be at least 55 years of age as of the date of an application submitted by the individual for a grant award; Make residential space available within the owner-occupier's home for use by an individual seeking housing on a rental basis for a period of not less than 180 consecutive days. The bill creates the grants to homeowners to make residential space available to renters grant program fund (fund) in the state treasury. The fund funds grant awards under the grant program and the administrative costs of the division in administering the grant program. The division is required to publish on an annual basis a report summarizing the use of the money that was awarded under the grant program in the preceding fiscal year. The bill specifies minimum contents of the report, and the report must be posted on DOLA's and the division's websites. The division is also required to prepare educational materials concerning the grant program and to display such materials on its page on DOLA's website. Each county treasurer is required to include general information about the grant program in the notice the assessor sends concerning the property tax exemption for qualifying seniors. The division is required to provide information to the county treasurers about the grant program for inclusion in the notice. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Section 1 of the bill requires the election of the commissioner of insurance. Sections 6 and 7 make conforming amendments.Section 2 repeals and reenacts existing statutes requiring the governor to appoint members of the air quality control commission to require the election of all commissioners. Section 3 requires the election of the voting members of the oil and gas conservation commission.Section 4 requires the election of all members of the public utilities commission, and section 5 makes conforming amendments.Sections 2 through 5 become effective on January 1, 2024. Because the Colorado constitution requires the appointment of the commissioner of insurance, sections 1, 6, and 7 only become effective on January 1, 2024, if, based on the passage of a concurrent resolution and a vote of the people, the governor declares a vote at a general election to change the Colorado constitution to require the election of the commissioner of insurance.Sections 2 and 4 also require that an elected commissioner's oath of office include a commitment to prioritizing energy reliability and reducing consumer costs above all other considerations in making decisions as a commissioner.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill identifies a school district that is on performance watch as a chronically low-performing school district. The bill requires a chronically low-performing school district to establish a parent choice program to create accounts for the parents of students who reside within the school district and are enrolled in the school district. The school district must deposit into each account an amount equal to the per-pupil amount of the school district's state share of total program and the per-pupil share of categorical funding for the eligible student. The school district may deposit into each account an amount equal to the school district's local share of total program. A parent may withdraw money from the account for eligible expenses related to education. A chronically low-performing school district is required to maintain the parent choice program until the school district achieves an accreditation rating of accredited or higher. However, the chronically low-performing school district is required to maintain all accounts in existence from when the school district was chronically low-performing until all accounts are closed. A chronically low-performing school district must adopt certain procedures for the parent choice program. If a parent misuses money provided into the account twice within a school year, the chronically low-performing school district will stop depositing money into the account. A parent may appeal the decision. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Beginning with the 2022-23 school year, the bill requires each school district, each board of cooperative services that operates a public school, and each charter school (local education provider) to post on its website: A list of the educational materials that the local education provider uses for each grade, subject, and course; A copy of each survey, nonacademic assessment, analysis, and evaluation distributed to students; A list of the devices, programs, and software that the local education provider uses that collect student biometric data; and Information concerning the professional development requirements for educators whom the local education provider employs. A local education provider may adopt a policy concerning the teaching of controversial issues. At a minimum, the policy must include procedures for reporting policy violations, and the local education provider must post the policy on its website. Upon request, a local education provider must provide a copy of an item on the educational materials list to the parents of enrolled students. The local education provider shall not impose a nondisclosure requirement on a parent. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Under current law, there is a single sex offender management board that sets standards for sex offender treatment and approves sex offender treatment providers (treatment providers), among other things. The bill creates 2 boards, one for adult sex offenders and one for juvenile sex offenders. Under current law, a sex offender is given the choice of 2 treatment providers. The bill allows a sex offender access to the list of all treatment providers to choose from, with some restrictions. The bill gives prosecutors discretion to permit a sex offender evaluation to be dispensed with if it is only triggered by sexual offense history. The bill directs the department of corrections (department) to identify all inmates who are required to undergo sex-offense treatment, are eligible to receive sex-offense treatment, and have not been provided with the opportunity to undergo sex-offense treatment while incarcerated. The department shall provide this data to the adult sex offender management board prior to August 31, 2022. The division of parole in the department and the adult sex offender management board shall meet and develop solutions to address the needs of treatment for offenders incarcerated in the department. The adult sex offender management board shall present findings to the division of criminal justice in the department of public safety prior to January 1, 2023. The bill requires the boards to create a joint application review subcommittee to serve each board for the application and review process of treatment providers, evaluators, and polygraph examiners. The bill requires the boards to maintain a record of any denial or removal from the list of approved treatment providers or other sanctions due to a provider's criminal history. The bill requires the adult sex offender management board to conduct a reoffense research project to collect and analyze data related to rearrest and reconviction rates for sex offenders. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill requires an employer that imposes a COVID-19 vaccine requirement to grant an employee an exemption if the employee submits a written request stating that compliance with the requirement would endanger the employee's or household member's health and well-being or would violate or conflict with the employee's sincerely held religious beliefs. If an employer terminates an employee for failing to comply with the employer's COVID-19 vaccine requirement, the terminated employee is not disqualified from eligibility for unemployment benefits.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill allows individuals who are required to receive an immunization for any purpose to claim an exemption from the requirement if the: Immunization has not been approved by the federal food and drug administration (FDA); Immunization has only received emergency use authorization; Immunization manufacturer is not liable for injury or death caused by the immunization; or Pivotal clinical trial the FDA relied on to approve the immunization did not evaluate the immunization's safety, for at least one year after the immunization was first administered, against a control group. The bill requires the department of public health and environment to post on its website: The criteria that must be met for an individual to claim an exemption from an immunization requirement; and For each immunization required: The injuries or diseases caused by the immunization and the rate at which each injury or disease occurs; and Whether the risk of permanent disability or death from the required immunization has been proven to be less than the risk of permanent disability or death from the infection or disease the immunization is intended to prevent.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill authorizes the parents of children enrolled in a low-performing school, or the parents of children enrolled in schools that matriculate to a low-performing school, (petitioner) to petition the school district board of education for the low-performing school, or the state charter school institute board if the low-performing school is an institute charter school, (oversight board) to implement specified reforms. A school is considered low-performing if it is required to adopt a priority improvement or turnaround plan for 2 consecutive school years. The bill specifies the types of reforms that a petitioner may request and the requirements for petitions. A petition must be signed by at least 50% of the parents of students enrolled in the low-performing school or in schools that matriculate to the low-performing school. If an oversight board receives a valid petition, the oversight board must hold a meeting at which the petitioner may present the requested reforms. The oversight board may propose alternative reforms, and the petitioner may amend the requested reforms or withdraw the petition. At the conclusion of the meeting, if the petitioner has not withdrawn the petition, the oversight board must vote whether to implement the reforms, as originally presented or as amended, and, if applicable, adopt a plan to implement the reforms by the following school year. If the oversight board chooses not to approve and adopt a plan to implement the reforms, the petitioner may submit the petition to the state board of education (state board) and may consider recall procedures against the oversight board if it is a school district board of education. If the state board receives a petition, it must hold a public hearing at which it takes testimony from the petitioners, other eligible parents, and the oversight board concerning the requested reforms. At the conclusion of the hearing, the state board must decide whether to require the school district or state charter school institute, whichever is applicable, to implement the reforms or to require other specified actions. If the state board requires the school district or the institute to take actions, the low-performing school is subject to the same oversight and requirements that apply to public schools that have been on priority improvement or turnaround plans for 5 school years. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill implements a number of measures to protect pollinators and people throughout the state. Section 1 of the bill makes legislative findings.Section 2 restricts the use of pesticides on the grounds of a school, preschool program, child care center, or children's resident camp and requires that notification be sent when a pesticide is used at such a location. The executive director of the department of public health and environment may adopt rules to implement section 2.Section 3 requires the executive director of the department of natural resources or the executive director's designee (DNR executive director) to conduct a study on how to address pollinator decline and increase pollinator health in the state. In conducting the study, the DNR executive director shall consult with other state agencies and with scientists with expertise in pollinator health, ecological processes, biodiversity, native plants, and ecological land management. The DNR executive director shall submit a report of the study to the general assembly and the governor on or before January 1, 2024.Section 4 creates a pilot grant program in the department of agriculture to provide financial grants to agricultural producers to test the use of noncoated seed-applied systemic insecticide on their crops.Sections 5 and 6 require the commissioner of agriculture to adopt rules designating as restricted-use certain pesticides that contain an active ingredient belonging to the neonicotinoid class of insecticides or the sulfoxomine class of insecticides, but allowing the use of such pesticides in pet care, personal care, wood preservatives, and indoor pest-control products and products used on golf courses. The commissioner's rules will not affect the use of the restricted-use pesticides for agricultural purposes.Sections 7 through 10 authorize local governments to regulate pesticide use and remove certain preemptions regarding local government regulation of pesticide use.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
