Sen. Dennis Hisey

The bill updates various provisions of the "Colorado Children's Trust Fund Act", including renaming it the "Colorado Child Abuse Prevention Trust Fund Act" (act). Changes include: Expanding the membership on the Colorado child abuse prevention board (board) from the current 9 members to 17 members; Expanding the powers and duties of the board to include advising and making recommendations to the governor, state agencies, and other entities regarding child maltreatment prevention; developing strategies to decrease the incidences of child maltreatment and other adverse childhood experiences; and implementing and monitoring the ongoing development of local child maltreatment prevention plans throughout the state; and Extending the repeal of the act from 2022 to 2026.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

The bill requires the owner or operator of a carpooling service internet application (internet application) to register annually with the department of transportation and disclose to users of the internet application that operational requirements for other transportation services are not being met by the carpooling services provided by drivers matched to users through the internet application. The bill also limits the amount that can be charged to a user through the internet application, the number of passengers that can receive carpooling service at any one time from a driver through the internet application, and the number of round trips that a driver providing carpooling service through the internet application may make in a single day.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Current law makes it a class 1 traffic misdemeanor when careless driving of a motor vehicle causes serious bodily injury to a vulnerable road user. The bill changes serious bodily injury to a vulnerable road user to serious bodily injury to anyone. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

The bill extends the repeal date of the innovative industries workforce development program for 5 years, until July 1, 2025. The bill also appropriates $900,000 from the general fund to the division of employment and training in the department of labor and employment to be used for program reimbursements during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Under current law, a secondary school teacher who has sexual contact with a student who is 18 years of age or older may not have committed a crime. The bill provides that a person who subjects a student at the secondary school at which the person is an educator to sexual contact commits the crime of sexual assault on a student by an educator. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

The bill requires the judicial department to publish opinions of the Colorado supreme court and the Colorado court of appeals online. The opinions must be published online in a searchable format and be made available free of charge. Colorado supreme court and court of appeals opinions that are not published pursuant to state law or court rules are exempt from the online publishing requirement. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

The act allows an active member of the armed forces of the United States or a veteran of the armed forces of the United States, or a dependent of the member or veteran, to be eligible for in-state tuition status at a community college, regardless of whether the person satisfies Colorado domicile or residency status. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The act requires an agreement between an assisted living residence referral agency and a prospective resident of an assisted living residence to be in writing and include: The right of the prospective resident or representative of the prospective resident to terminate the referral agency's services for any reason at any time; and A requirement that the referral agency communicate the cancellation of the agreement to all assisted living residences to which the prospective resident has been referred. The act prohibits an assisted living residence from: Paying a referral fee to a referral agency if the agreement between the referral agency and the prospective resident has been terminated; and Selling the prospective resident's or prospective resident's representative's contact information to a third party without written consent. The act expands the definition of "assisted living residence" to include a facility operated for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)