With certain exceptions, current law prohibits a concealed carry permit holder from carrying a concealed handgun on public elementary, middle, junior high, or high school grounds. The bill removes this limitation. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Federal law requires federally licensed firearms dealers to conduct background checks of prospective transferees prior to transferring a firearm by contacting the national instant criminal background check system (NICS). A dealer is not required to conduct a NICS background check of a prospective transferee if the transferee presents a state license or permit that is recognized by the federal bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives (ATF) as an alternative to a NICS background check. In order to be eligible for recognition, a permit must have been issued within 5 years before the transfer and the state must have completed a NICS background check prior to issuing the permit. The bill makes a Colorado-issued permit to carry a concealed handgun eligible for recognition as an alternative to a NICS background check by requiring a sheriff to receive the results of a background check prior to issuing or renewing the permit. The Colorado attorney general is required to contact the ATF to request that a Colorado-issued permit qualifies as an alternative to the federal background check requirement. Upon approval by the ATF, a concealed carry permit issued after the effective date of the bill can be used to satisfy a background check required by state or federal law. A permit issued in another state that is otherwise recognized in Colorado is not valid as a substitute for a background check. A prospective transferee who presents a permit as an alternative to a background check must attest, in writing, that the person has not, since the issuance of the permit, been convicted of a crime of domestic violence or been treated for a mental health condition, or is otherwise ineligible to possess a firearm pursuant to state or federal law. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill repeals statutory provisions: Prohibiting the sale, transfer, or possession of certain large-capacity ammunition magazines; and Requiring each large-capacity ammunition magazine manufactured in Colorado on or after July 1, 2013, to include a permanent stamp or marking indicating that the magazine was manufactured or assembled after July 1, 2013.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Under existing law, during a disaster emergency the governor may suspend or limit the sale, dispensing, or transportation of firearms, explosives, and combustibles. The bill repeals the governor's authority related to firearms and clarifies that the governor may not suspend or limit the sale of firearms ammunition during a disaster emergency. The bill repeals the prohibition on completing a handgun training class via the internet or in a location other than the physical location where the certified instructor offers the course. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Currently, the location of a small or low impact hydroelectric energy facility, a geothermal energy facility, a biomass energy facility, a wind energy facility, or a solar energy facility on real property does not affect the classification of that real property for purposes of determining the actual value of that real property. As a result, a county assessor cannot use the location of the facility as a basis for reclassifying the real property. The bill creates an exception to this requirement for real property that, immediately prior to the location of the facility, was classified as agricultural. Therefore, an assessor will be able to consider the location of the facility when determining whether the real property should be reclassified.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill requires, whenever possible, that a report of known or suspected child abuse or neglect made by a public school official or employee includes information as to whether the child who is the subject of the report has an individualized education program (IEP), as defined in statute. Unless the child is in imminent danger of child abuse or neglect, prior to reporting the suspected child abuse or neglect, a public school official or employee shall request an immediate advisory meeting concerning the child with a least one person who is a primary teacher or special education teacher of the child, if applicable, to share information concerning the child and any IEP or safety plan for the child. Public school officials or employees are encouraged to provide a child's IEP with any report of suspected child abuse or neglect made by a public school official or employee. The bill authorizes the state board of human services to adopt rules to include a notation or flag in a report or inquiry that the child who is the subject of the report or inquiry has been identified as a child who is neuroatypical. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill authorizes the director of the division of professions and occupations or the applicable regulatory board in the department of regulatory agencies (regulator) to suspend or waive statutes or rules governing a health care profession or occupation over which a regulator has authority during a disaster emergency declared by the governor. The suspension or waiver of a statute or rule is limited to those in which strict compliance would prevent, hinder, or delay necessary action in coping with or responding to the disaster emergency and may not suspend, waive, or modify any supervisory requirements. The bill allows a regulator to promulgate emergency rules commensurate with the nature of the disaster emergency and within the limits of the declaration and the applicable practice act for a health care profession or occupation. The emergency rules automatically expire 60 days after the termination of the declared disaster emergency. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill prohibits state government from passing or implementing any law or rule restricting the natural rights of a private sector enterprise or its customers to use and exercise their free will and free choice to conduct business, exchange goods and services, and take risks in any manner, time, or condition that is acceptable by the private sector enterprise, its customers, and any private sector individuals. The bill authorizes a private sector enterprise to assert a violation as a claim against state government in any judicial or administrative proceeding or as a defense in any judicial or administrative proceeding without regard to whether the proceeding is brought by or in the name of state government, any private sector enterprise, private person, or any other party. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Current law appropriates $5 million annually from the tobacco tax cash fund to the department of public health and environment (department) for breast and cervical cancer screenings. The bill expands the use of the funds for additional cancer screenings. The bill changes the name of the breast cancer screening fund to the cancer screening fund and authorizes the money in the fund to be used for breast and cervical cancer screenings, colorectal cancer screenings, and screenings for additional screenable cancers. The bill changes the makeup of the existing advisory board from persons interested in health care and the promotion of breast cancer screenings to include persons who are interested in health care and the promotion of services for other screenable cancers. When making recommendations to the executive director of the department concerning cancer screening services, the bill requires the advisory board to allocate, at a minimum, $2.5 million annually for breast and cervical cancer screenings, $1 million annually for colorectal cancer screenings, and, if feasible, money for screenings for additional screenable cancers. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Current law prohibits a county from appropriating county general fund money for roads and bridges and, subject to an exception for disaster emergency response within the county, from transferring county general fund money to the county road and bridge fund. The bill authorizes a county to use county general fund money to fund roads and bridges by eliminating these existing prohibitions. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill exempts a business from a public health agency order or executive order requiring businesses to close if: The products sold or services offered by the business are also available at a business that has not been required by the applicable order to cease or limit operations and the open business is operating at a physical location in the geographical area that is subject to the order; and The business that is required by the applicable order to limit or cease operations complies with any safety precautions that the order requires of businesses that are permitted to continue operations.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Under current law, if an eligible elector is unable to sign a mail ballot issued to the elector, the elector may provide the self-affirmation required to cast the ballot by making a mark on the self-affirmation, with or without assistance, witnessed by another registered elector (witness). The bill requires the envelope used for the ballot's return to show a place for the witness to list the witness's voter identification number, and the witness is required to write the witness's voter identification number on the return envelope. The county clerk is required to verify the witness's signature. A witness must be registered in the same county in which the elector completing the self-affirmation is registered. A returned ballot for which an elector's self-affirmation has been witnessed in a manner that does not satisfy the requirements of the bill will be treated as a provisional ballot.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
