On and after July 1, 2027, a manufacturer of a hair relaxer product or a hairpiece product (covered hair product) is prohibited from selling or distributing a covered hair product in the state that contains an intentionally added carcinogen or reproductive toxicant unless the covered hair product has a warning label that notifies the consumer that the covered hair product contains an intentionally added carcinogen or reproductive toxicant, which warning label must comply with certain requirements depending on whether the covered hair product contains an intentionally added carcinogen, an intentionally added reproductive toxicant, or both (warning label requirement). The warning label requirement does not apply to a covered hair product that is sold or distributed to a commercial entity for professional use. On and after July 1, 2028, the attorney general may adopt rules updating the warning label requirement. A violation of the warning label requirement constitutes a deceptive trade practice.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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The act prohibits the Colorado lottery or any licensed lottery retailer from selling lottery tickets or instant scratch game tickets produced by the lottery for sale to the public on a credit basis.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Maddy summaryHB 1307 extends the Colorado Medical Board's existence until September 1, 2035 (replacing a prior 2026 sunset date) and implements several specific changes to medical licensing. It creates a new "administrative license" for physicians performing non-patient work (like research design or quality management) starting January 1, 2027, exempting them from continuing medical education requirements. The bill also exempts natural medicine facilitators (with a specific license) from needing a medical license to facilitate certain services, and modifies renewal rules for foreign teaching physicians and board procedures. These changes directly affect physicians seeking administrative roles, natural medicine facilitators, and the Medical Board’s operational structure.
The act allows persons who are indigenous to receive compensation for traditional Native American healing ceremonies and practices and related expenses under the 'Colorado Crime Victim Compensation Act', which includes:Traditional counseling and healing from an elder or spiritual healer;Traditional ceremonial practices;Ceremonial burials, including clothing for the deceased, meals, and other related expenses;Child care during burial ceremonies;Reimbursement for honoraria provided in connection with ceremonial services; andReasonable travel expenses related to the traditional Native American healing ceremonies and practices.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act changes the purpose of the small business recovery and resiliency loan program (program) from supporting small businesses recovering from the economic crisis caused by COVID-19 to supporting Colorado's small businesses regardless of COVID-19 impacts. The act provides that money in the small business recovery and resiliency fund (fund) may be matched by participants in the program at a ratio of $1 of fund money for every $1 of money from other sources. Once the money from the fund is matched by other sources and comprises a tranche, the act specifies that the money from the tranche may be used for loans or to purchase participation interest in loans for businesses as determined by the program oversight board (board), including working capital and the purchase of equipment. The act allows a deferral of principal and interest payments on a loan made through the program for circumstances of hardship and repeals the requirement that the hardship must be caused by the COVID-19 pandemic or ongoing economic conditions. The act repeals a requirement that money from the fund must be proportionally reserved for applications from eligible borrowers located in a county based on the county's metrics related to small businesses, as determined by the board, for an initial period of time and that the money must be allocated to a county. Instead, the act requires each tranche of loan funding to be used to fund businesses across the state over the duration of the program and to maintain targets and support businesses located in rural counties and businesses owned by women, minorities, or veterans. The program will track the distribution of capital to counties. The act requires the state treasurer to transfer $5 million from the fund to the Colorado startup loan program fund on June 30, 2026.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The microgrids for community resilience grant program (grant program) in the division of local government in the department of local affairs provides grants for cooperative electric associations and municipally owned utilities to purchase microgrid resources for eligible rural communities located within their service territories. Under current law, the grant program is set to repeal on September 1, 2026. The act continues the grant program indefinitely by removing the repeal date.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Section 20 of article X of the state constitution (the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights or TABOR) defines 'fiscal year spending' as excluding 'collections for another government' and 'damage awards'. Although TABOR does not define either 'collections for another government' or 'damage awards', the TABOR implementing statutes define both terms. The act clarifies both of these definitions for state fiscal years commencing on or after July 1, 2025. The act clarifies that 'collections for another government', 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:Revenue from the excise tax and sales and use tax on gasoline used as fuel for the propulsion of specified aircraft that is collected by the state and distributed to governmental or airport entities operating a federal aviation administration-designated public use airport; andRevenue from fees that are collected by the department of public safety for the purpose of criminal history record checks and that is transmitted to the federal bureau of investigation for a required federal component of such criminal history record checks. The act also 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 money from certain sources that is deposited in the crime victim compensation fund of each judicial district. The act specifies that for fiscal years commencing on or after July 1, 2026, the general assembly shall appropriate money to the district attorney in each judicial district in an amount equal to 20% of the total amount of money in the fund in that judicial district for administrative costs and to the court executive in each judicial district in an amount equal to 2.5% of the total amount of money in the fund in that judicial district for administrative costs. For the 2026-27 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $2,250,000 from the general fund to the judicial department for use by state courts administration for victim's compensation administration.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Current law allows the department of revenue (department) to retain an amount equal to its administrative costs in collecting, administering, and enforcing the production fees for clean transit and wildlife and land remediation, the enterprise per ride fees, the retail delivery fees, and the enterprise retail delivery fees. Current law also allows the department to retain 3% of the prepaid wireless trust cash fund to mitigate administrative costs. The money retained by the department is currently transmitted into multiple individual cost recovery cash funds that are used to mitigate the department's administrative costs of collecting those fees and charges. These cash funds include the oil and gas production fees collection fund, the enterprise per ride fees fund, and the retail delivery fees fund (cost recovery funds). The act repeals each of these cost recovery funds and directs the state treasurer to transmit the money retained by the department to mitigate the department's administrative costs for all the programs into a single cost recovery cash fund, which is created in the act. The act also requires the department to submit an annual report starting November 1, 2027, to the joint budget committee with information about the costs associated with collecting, administering, and enforcing the fees and, where applicable, the specific tasks that contribute significantly to the fee collection workload.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act creates a process for an owner of a single-family residence to petition a district court for limited access to an adjoining property to complete repairs or maintenance to the single-family residence if the owner of the adjoining property has denied such access. The owner of a single-family residence is encouraged to engage the adjoining property owner in alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation, prior to petitioning the court. In petitioning the court, the owner of a single-family residence must demonstrate that they have made reasonable efforts to obtain permission from the adjoining property owner to access the adjoining property. A petitioner must also specify the nature of the repairs or maintenance they seek to complete and describe why they cannot complete the repairs or maintenance without access to the adjoining property. If the court determines that access to the adjoining property is necessary to repair or maintain the petitioner's property and will not negatively affect an easement on the adjoining property, the court shall grant access to the adjoining property as necessary to allow completion of the repair or maintenance and shall prescribe the conditions and duration of the petitioner's access. The act does not apply to an adjoining property that is owned or controlled by the federal government, the state, or a political subdivision of the state.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act extends for an additional 10 years the availability of the state income tax credit allowed to a taxpayer who makes a qualifying monetary contribution to promote child care in the state equal to 50% of the total value of the contribution, not to exceed $100,000, through income tax years commencing prior to January 1, 2038.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)