Rep. Junie Joseph

Maddy summaryHJR 1002 is a commemorative resolution honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It does not create new laws or policies. The resolution recognizes Dr. King's legacy through historical context about his civil rights leadership, his "I Have a Dream" speech, and his role in key legislation like the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It specifically acknowledges Colorado's history of observing MLK Jr. Day, noting that Colorado became the 50th state to recognize the holiday in 2000. The resolution serves only to formally commemorate Dr. King's life and work, with no direct effect on citizens or new government requirements.

Maddy summaryHouse Resolution 1001 appoints specific staff members to roles within the Colorado House of Representatives for the 75th General Assembly's Second Regular Session. It names individuals to positions including Chief Clerk, Assistant Chief Clerk, Journal Clerk, sergeants-at-arms, and leadership support staff for both majority and minority parties, plus student interns from Arrupe Jesuit High School. The resolution was approved without amendments on January 20, 2026, and serves as routine staffing for legislative operations. This procedural resolution does not create new laws or affect public policy.

Maddy summarySJR 3 is a procedural resolution scheduling a joint meeting of Colorado's Senate and House of Representatives on January 16, 2026, to hear a message from representatives of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Council and Southern Ute Tribal Council. It directs the appointment of a six-member committee (three from each chamber) to escort tribal representatives to the session. The resolution recognizes the tribes' historical and cultural contributions to Colorado but does not create new laws or policies. This is a formal procedural step to facilitate the tribal message, not a substantive legislative change.

The act modifies the "Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act" (RUUPA) as follows: Sections 1, 2, 6, and 7 clarify the treatment under RUUPA of legacy preneed contracts, which are preneed contracts for funeral services entered into before August 10, 2022; Sections 2, 3, and 8: Modify the definition of virtual currency; Specify that virtual currency is presumed abandoned 3 years after the latest indication of interest by its apparent owner; Require a holder of unclaimed property (holder) that is reporting unclaimed virtual currency to the state treasurer (administrator) to liquidate the virtual currency within 30 days of filing the report and remit the liquidation proceeds to the administrator unless the virtual currency cannot be liquidated, in which case the administrator may require the holder to transfer the virtual currency to an administrator-selected custodian or continue to hold the virtual currency until it can be liquidated or until an apparent owner expresses interest in it; and Specify that the owner of the virtual currency has no recourse against either the holder or the administrator for any gain in value of the virtual currency after liquidation; Section 4 modifies the circumstances under which a tax-deferred retirement account is presumed abandoned so that abandonment is presumed if the account is unclaimed by the apparent owner 3 years after it becomes payable or distributable if the owner has not accepted the distribution, corresponded in writing concerning the distribution, or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file with the fiduciary of the trust or custodial fund or the administrator of the plan under which the trust or fund is established; Section 5 shortens the period for which a holder required to file a report regarding property that is presumed abandoned must retain records from 10 to 6 years; Section 9 requires a holder that pays money to the administrator to file a claim for reimbursement from the administrator of the amount paid within 2 years of remitting and reporting the money paid; Section 10 reduces the amount of time after a duty of a holder arises that the administrator has to commence an action, proceeding, or examination with respect to the duty from 10 years to 6 years; Section 11 clarifies the authority of the administrator with respect to the sale or other disposition of unclaimed thinly traded securities; If the administrator determines that a county or a municipality owns unclaimed property in the possession of the administrator, section 12 authorizes the administrator to issue a warrant to or transfer the property to an operating account of the county or the municipality; Section 13 acknowledges that the administrator may require a person making a claim for unclaimed property to supply any documents, including nonpublic and nonredacted documents, that are necessary to prove ownership of the property; Section 14 reduces the maximum amount of compensation allowed to be paid under an agreement to recover or assist in recovering an unclaimed overbid transferred to the administrator from either 30% or 20% of the amount of the overbid depending on when the agreement is entered into to 10% of the amount of overbid without regard to when the agreement was entered into; Section 15 clarifies that unless another provision of RUUPA provides otherwise, all records, documents, and information submitted by a claimant to the administrator or the administrator's agent to enable the administrator or agent to determine whether the claimant is the owner of the property are confidential and exempt from public inspection or disclosure; and Section 16 repeals a statutory exemption from RUUPA for a local government that is a holder of property and satisfies specified conditions because few local governments have met the specified conditions.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Prior to taking enforcement actions to recover money owed to a unit owners' association (HOA) and related collection costs or attorney fees through the foreclosure of an association lien, the act requires the HOA to be in compliance with HOA lien or foreclosure laws (lien or foreclosure laws) and applicable lien or foreclosure provisions of the HOA's declaration, bylaws, articles, and rules and regulations (governing documents). If the HOA is not in compliance with the lien or foreclosure laws or the governing documents, the court may stay the foreclosure proceedings to grant the HOA reasonable time to come into compliance and shall consider the effect of the HOA's noncompliance if awarding the HOA attorney fees. For purposes of sending notices to unit owners relating to delinquent assessments or foreclosure actions, the HOA shall periodically request from a unit owner or the unit owner's designated contact an email address, a telephone number, and a cellular number for texts. An HOA's written policy concerning the collection of unpaid assessments must require the notice of deficiency that the HOA sends to a unit owner to include the following: An advisement that the unit owner may request a copy of the HOA's ledger verifying the amount owed, which copy of the ledger shall be sent to the unit owner no later than 7 business days after the request; An advisement that failure to pay a delinquent assessment could result in the HOA filing a lien and instituting foreclosure of the lien (foreclosure action) and that a foreclosure action could result in the sale of the unit at auction and the unit owner losing some or all of the unit owner's equity in the unit; and An advisement that free information relating to the HOA's collection of assessments and the HOA's ability to file a foreclosure action and a link to credit counseling information is available online through the HOA information and resource center (recourse center). At least 30 days prior to initiating a foreclosure action, the HOA must send notice of the HOA's intent to foreclose the association lien, including notice that the foreclosure of the lien will result in the sale of the unit at auction, which could result in the unit owner losing all or some equity in the unit; the unit owner may obtain credit counseling prior to foreclosure; and free online information relating to foreclosure by an HOA is available through the resource center. No later than 5 business days after the HOA initiates legal action to foreclose a lien and sell a unit at auction, the HOA shall provide the unit owner with notice that the unit owner has a right to cure the delinquency and to file a motion with the court to stay the sale of the property at auction. At any time after an HOA files an action for foreclosure of the HOA's lien on a unit, but prior to the date of auction, the unit owner may file a motion with the court to stay the auction of the unit to allow the unit owner to list the unit for sale at fair market value or at an alternate amount determined by the court. The court's order is in effect for 9 months after the date of the order. The court may extend the 9-month stay for good cause or upon proof that the sale of the unit is imminent. Proceeds from the sale will be held in escrow for the court to determine the distribution of the sale proceeds. As part of an HOA's annual registration (annual registration) with the director of the division of real estate in the department of regulatory agencies (director), an HOA shall submit the following information, which aggregated data must be included in the resource center's annual report: The number of unit owners 6 or more months delinquent in the payment of assessments during the preceding 12 month period; The number of judgments obtained against unit owners; The number of payment plans entered into with unit owners; and The number of foreclosure actions filed by the HOA and other information requested by the director.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

To improve the clarity and certainty of the statutes, the act amends, repeals, and reconstructs various statutory provisions of law that are obsolete, imperfect, or inoperative. The specific reasons for each amendment or repeal are set forth in the appendix to the act. The amendments made by the act are not intended to change the meaning or intent of the statutes. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The act establishes visitation as a right for a person confined in a correctional facility (confined person). The department of corrections (department) may: Limit visitation for a confined person who is in restrictive housing or as a sanction following a conviction for a class 1 code of penal discipline violation; Reduce, but not eliminate, the number of visits available per week to a confined person as a result of an increase in the person's custody classification level; Temporarily deprive visitation as necessary for facility operations or for the safety of the facility, persons in the facility, and the general public; and Deny or cancel visitation for a confined person at any time as necessary to comply with requirements imposed by a court order, for victim safety, to prevent communication with a co-defendant, to preserve the integrity of a criminal investigation, to comply with treatment protocols, or for any other reason required by law. Video visits may supplement, but must not take the place of, in-person visits when in-person visits are permitted. If a confined person provides the department with reasonable notice that a requested visitation is for virtual attendance at a funeral or during or immediately following the birth of a child in the person's family, the act requires the department to make all reasonable efforts to allow the person to participate in the visitation via virtual attendance, or, if virtual attendance is not possible, via telephone. The department may adopt policies to govern visitations, including policies necessary to allow visitation as part of routine facility operations. The act states that it does not create a private right of action. The act permits a confined person to file a grievance with the department if the confined person alleges deprivation of visitation. The department is required to include information about visitation and grievances in its annual SMART Act hearing. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Section 20 of article X of the state constitution (TABOR) defines "fiscal year spending" as not including either "damage awards" or "property sales". Although TABOR does not define either "damage award" or "property sale", the TABOR implementing statutes do. The act clarifies both of these definitions for state fiscal years commencing on or after July 1, 2024. The act clarifies that "damage award", as used for the purpose of determining whether specific money received by the state is subject to the TABOR limitation on state fiscal year spending, includes certain fines and monetary penalties imposed by the state. The act also clarifies that "property sale", as used for the purpose of determining whether specific money received by the state is subject to the TABOR limitation on state fiscal year spending, includes certain specified types of sales by the state. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The act prohibits residential rental agreements, in relation to a tenant's death, from requiring acceleration of rent beyond the end of the month or more than 10 business days after the dwelling unit is vacated after notice to the landlord of the tenant's death, whichever is later. Further, the act prohibits the enforcement of terms in rental agreements that authorize liquidated damages or other penalties if the rental agreement is terminated before the end of its term due to the death of a tenant. The act authorizes a landlord to take possession of the dwelling unit without filing an eviction action or otherwise obtaining a court order if the personal representative of the tenant's estate notifies the landlord of the surrender of the premises or,30 days after the death of the tenant, rent remains unpaid or substantially all of the tenant's property has been removed. In addition, a landlord may retain a security or damages deposit sufficient to cover costs of damages caused by the death of the tenant. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The act requires an employer or the employer's insurer to use the division of workers' compensation's (division) utilization standards when responding to a request for authorization from a treating physician, and, if they do not, the director of the division may deem the services as authorized, reasonable, and necessary and require payment for the services by the employer or the employer's insurer. The act provides injured workers control over the selection of their primary treating physician in workers' compensation cases, allowing them to choose from any level I or level II accredited physician through the division subject to geographic limitations. The act creates the mechanism by which an injured worker may select the treating physician and requires the employer or insurer to choose the physician when an injured worker is unable or unwilling to select the treating physician. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)