Current law requires employees of the department of human services and independent contractors with the department of human services (employees) who have or will have direct contact with vulnerable persons to undergo a fingerprint-based criminal history record check (background check) in order to work in a facility operated by or licensed by the department of human services. Current law also requires employees or operators of licensed child care facilities or child placement agencies to undergo a background check. Employees or operators of licensed child care facilities that are under contract with the department of human services must obtain 2 separate background checks, one pursuant to title 26, Colorado Revised Statutes, and one pursuant to title 27, Colorado Revised Statutes. The bill adds language to statute that allows for a single background check for such employees who have or will have direct contact with vulnerable persons, reducing redundancy for such employees. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More
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Currently the Colorado constitution defines industrial hemp. The resolution would define industrial hemp pursuant to the federal statutory definition or as it is defined in state statute. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this concurrent resolution as introduced in the second house.) , Read More
The bill prohibits county law enforcement agencies from detaining individuals for the federal immigration and customs enforcement agency (ICE) or providing notifications of an individual's release date and time to ICE unless ICE has a judicial warrant. The bill prohibits renewal of current intergovernmental service agreements with ICE and prohibits new agreements. The bill requires local law enforcement officers to administer an advisement of rights to an individual prior to an ICE interview, informing the individual that he or she has the right to deny an ICE interview request and that he or she can exercise his or her constitutional rights. The bill requires the department of human services to develop and publish model policies to ensure that public schools, state-funded colleges and universities, public libraries, public health facilities, shelters, courthouses, probation offices, and entities providing criminal court-ordered classes, treatment, and appointments are places that are accessible to all residents regardless of immigration status. All public schools, state-funded colleges and universities, public libraries, public health facilities, shelters, and courthouses shall adopt the policies or equivalent policies. Probation offices and entities providing criminal court-ordered classes, treatment, and appointments may adopt the policies or equivalent policies. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More
The bill defines 'open blockchain token' and exempts certain open blockchain tokens from the definition of 'security' for purposes of the 'Colorado Securities Act'. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More
Current law specifies that any individual who claims the basic standard deduction on their federal income tax return, and is therefore unable to claim a federal itemized deduction for charitable contributions, may take a deduction on their Colorado income tax return for the portion of the charitable contributions that exceed $500 that the individual makes during the tax year. The bill specifies, by removing the $500 calculation threshold, that for income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2019, an individual who claims the basic standard deduction on their federal income tax return may take a deduction on their Colorado income tax return for all of the charitable contributions that they make during the tax year.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More
The bill creates in the department of labor and employment a purple card program that would allow certain persons who came to the United States without legal documentation to apply for a purple card allowing them to work legally in Colorado. The executive director of the department will ensure that the information provided by a purple card applicant remains confidential. The bill appropriates $103,815 to the department to implement the bill. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More
For income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2019, but prior to January 1, 2023, the bill creates a state income tax credit for a donation of cash or securities a taxpayer makes to an eligible developer to be used solely for the costs associated with an eligible project. The bill defines 'eligible developer' to mean, in part, a nonprofit community-based home ownership development organization that satisfies specified requirements relating to its background in the field of housing development and is developing or plans to develop the eligible project that is or will be receiving the donations for which the tax credits may be claimed. The bill defines 'eligible project' to mean the development of new residential housing for home ownership consisting of one or more residential units constructed for sale to a buyer whose median income is 120% or less of the area median income and for which each unit sold is to be preserved as affordable housing for a minimum of 15 years by means of a specified deed restriction or long-term land use. In order to be designated as an eligible developer authorized to accept donations, a nonprofit community-based home ownership development organization must satisfy certain criteria as created and evaluated and as may be amended by the Colorado housing and finance authority (authority). The amount of the credit allowed by the bill is 50% of the amount of the money or the value of the securities donated to the eligible developer as documented in a form and manner acceptable to the department of revenue (department); except that the aggregate amount of the credit awarded to any one taxpayer under the bill is limited to $250,000 in any one income tax year. The aggregate amount of tax credits certified is limited to $1.5 million for each tax year beginning January 1, 2019, but prior to the tax year beginning January 1, 2023. If the amount of the credit allowed exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's income tax liability in the income tax year for which the credit is being claimed, the amount of the credit not used as an offset against income taxes in such income tax year is not allowed as a refund but may be carried forward and applied against the income tax due in each of the 5 succeeding income tax years, but must first be applied against the income tax due for the earliest of the income tax years possible. A tax credit allowed by the bill is neither transferable nor assignable to any other taxpayer. In order to claim the credit, the donation the taxpayer provides to obtain the credit must be accepted by the eligible developer to whom it has been given and certified by the authority. The authority is required to certify each donation. The authority completes certification by providing a certificate to the taxpayer in a format acceptable to the department evidencing that the certification requirements of the bill have been met. The authority is permitted to charge and collect an administrative fee from each applicant to recover program administration costs and expenses. A taxpayer claiming the credit must submit, maintain, and record any information that the department may require by rule regarding the taxpayer's donation to the eligible developer, including the certificate received from the authority. A taxpayer is required to electronically file with the department the certificate the taxpayer receives from the authority. Not later than January 15 of each year immediately following the year in which the authority certifies a tax credit, the authority is required to provide the department with an electronic report on the taxpayers who have received a credit for the calendar year that conforms to the income tax year for which the credit is allowed. The bill specifies information the report must contain. The tax credit is repealed, effective July 1, 2030. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More
The bill exempts the transmission of virtual currency from regulation under the Colorado 'Money Transmitters Act'. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More
The bill establishes a test for determining whether a marketplace contractor is considered an 'employee' under the 'Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado' and whether services provided by a marketplace contractor are considered 'employment' under the 'Colorado Employment Security Act'. The bill defines a 'marketplace contractor' as a person that enters into a written agreement with a marketplace platform to use the platform's online-enabled application, software, website, or system to receive services requests from third parties seeking the types of services offered by the contractor. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) Read More
The bill defines in statute an 'individual residential services and supports provider' (individual provider) as an individual who provides residential services and supports in his or her home to one or more persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities who receive comprehensive services and who are not related to the individual provider. The bill grants authority to the department of health care policy and financing to promulgate rules and adopt the federal department of housing and urban development housing quality standards for individual providers. The bill also grants the department of health care policy and financing, together with the division of housing, the authority to inspect individual providers for compliance with standards, as well as permissible corrective actions. The state housing board is granted authority to establish the amount of a fee to be charged to a host home provider or an individual residential services and supports provider to cover the direct and indirect costs incurred by the division of housing in performing inspections of such residences. A cash fund is created for the deposit of the fees and any other appropriations as necessary. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More