Rep. Hugh McKean

State board of health - water quality control - joint operating agreement approval - water conservancy district board of directors - rules. The act eliminates the requirement that the state board of health approve a municipality's entrance into a joint operating agreement with an industrial enterprise for work relating to sewerage facilities. The act also clarifies that the board of directors of a water conservancy district must comply with the rules of the water quality control commission concerning the manner in which watercourses of the district are used for waste disposal.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

State board of health - supervision of air quality control programs - repeal. The act eliminates the requirement that the state board of health supervise certain air quality control programs and removes statutory provisions relating to the air pollution variance board and the air quality hearings board.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

Securities - registration and licensing requirements - exemptions - cryptocurrency - Colorado Digital Token Act. The act provides limited exemptions from the securities registration and securities broker-dealer and salesperson licensing requirements for persons dealing in digital tokens. "Digital token" is defined as a digital unit with specified characteristics, secured through a decentralized ledger or database, exchangeable for goods or services, and capable of being traded or transferred between persons without an intermediary or custodian of value.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

Department of public health and environment - fire safety - life safety - rule-making authority - repeal. The act repeals statutory provisions that require the department of public health and environment (department) to adopt rules relating to fire safety of health facilities and allow the department to establish a life safety code for health facilities, because these functions were transferred to the department of public safety.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

State board of health - repeal of approval for retention of counsel. The act removes the requirement that the state board of health (state board) approve the retention of counsel when the executive director of the department of public health and environment seeks to bring an action to enjoin, prosecute, or enforce public health laws or standards and the local district attorney fails to act. The act also removes the requirement that an agency, through its county or district board of health or through its public health director, acquire the approval of the state board before retaining counsel to defend the agency and its officers and employees against actions brought against them. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

Alcohol beverages - fermented malt beverage licenses - sale for consumption on and off the licensed premises - continued availability in rural areas. Recent legislation (Senate Bill 18-243, concerning the retail sale of alcohol beverages) terminated the licensing of retailers to sell fermented malt beverages (formerly known as "3.2 beer" but now including all beer) for consumption on and off a licensed premises as of June 4, 2018, requiring the holder of such a license to combine its renewal application with an application to convert the license into either a license to sell for consumption on the licensed premises or a license to sell for consumption off the licensed premises. The act lifts the requirement to convert an existing license and reinstates the availability of new licenses to sell beer for consumption both on and off the licensed premises, in specified areas with low populations. The act specifies that it applies to license applications filed on or after June 4, 2018. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

The bill requires local education providers, upon entering into an agreement with an individual or entity to provide a hunter education course (course), to require all seventh graders to complete a course offered by the local education provider. The course must satisfy the requirements of a hunter education course certified by the division of parks and wildlife (division); except that hands-on activities are not required. The course must be taught by a division-certified instructor. A parent must provide permission for a student to participate in any hands-on activities that are offered as part of the course. A local education provider must enter into an agreement with an individual or entity to provide the course prior to requiring students to participate in the course. The bill defines local education providers to mean school districts, and charter schools and boards of cooperative services that enroll students in seventh grade. The parks and wildlife commission may accept completion of a course toward meeting the requirements of a hunter education certificate.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

The bill adds a new traffic offense of tandem DUI per se if a peace officer has evidence to believe that a driver had consumed alcohol or drugs, that the driver was substantially incapable of safely operating a vehicle, and that the driver had any measurable amount of a drug in his or her blood or oral fluid. The penalties for tandem DUI per se are the same as for DUI. The bill repeals the 5 nanogram THC threshold for the presumption that a driver is under the influence of marijuana. The bill makes conforming amendments. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Alcohol beverages - removal of dual licensing requirement - fermented malt beverage and malt liquor manufacturers, wholesalers, and importers. The act removes the dual licensing requirement for manufacturers, wholesalers, and importers under the "Colorado Beer Code" (beer code) and the "Colorado Liquor Code" (liquor code) by: Converting each manufacturer's license issued under the beer code to a manufacturer's license issued under the liquor code; Converting each wholesaler's license issued under the beer code to a wholesaler's beer license issued under the liquor code; Converting each nonresident manufacturer's license issued under the beer code to a nonresident manufacturer's license issued under the liquor code; Converting each importer's license issued under the beer code to a malt liquor importer's license issued under the liquor code; and Repealing the authority of the state licensing authority to issue new licenses under the beer code, except for licenses authorizing the retail sale of fermented malt beverages. The act specifies that it applies to conduct occurring on or after January 31, 2019. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

Under current law, a traffic control signal is required to cycle yellow before cycling red to indicate to vehicles and pedestrians facing the signal that movement in that direction is being terminated. The bill would require a traffic control signal to cycle yellow before cycling green as well to indicate to vehicles and pedestrians facing the signal that movement in that direction will soon commence.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More