The bill requires the department of public health and environment (department) to: Develop a standardized form and submission process to claim a medical exemption to an immunization; and Develop a standardized form and submission process to claim a religious or personal belief exemption to an immunization. The department is: Required to develop educational materials regarding immunizations to distribute to health care providers and facilities; Required to present immunization exemption information during its annual SMART Act hearing; and Required to use the existing immunization tracking system. The state board of health is: Required to promulgate rules adopting the medical exemption recommendations from the advisory committee on immunization practices of the centers for disease control and prevention in the federal department of health and human services, or any successor entity (ACIP); Required to promulgate rules adopting the the hepatitis A, rotavirus, and meningococcal immunizations; and Allowed to promulgate rules establishing the timing by which schools, parents, legal guardians, and students must demonstrate compliance with immunization requirements. Concerning the immunization tracking system, the bill: Requires a licensed physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse to inform a parent or legal guardian who is claiming a medical exemption that he or she may choose to exclude the student's immunization information from the immunization tracking system before the student's immunization data is sent to the immunization tracking system; Requires the department or local or county, district, or municipal public health agency to inform a parent, legal guardian, or student who is claiming a religious or personal belief exemption that he or she may choose to exclude the student's immunization information from the immunization tracking system before the student's immunization data is sent to the immunization tracking system; and Requires a practitioner who is a licensed physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse to submit immunization and medical exemption data to the immunization tracking system. However, the practitioner is not subject to a regulatory sanction for noncompliance.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) Read More
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The bill repeals existing statutory language prohibiting counties or municipalities (local governments) from enacting any ordinance or resolution that would control rent on either private residential property or a private residential housing unit (collectively, private residential property). The bill authorizes local governments to enact and enforce any ordinance, resolution, agreement, deed restriction, or other measure that would stabilize rent on private residential property.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More
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The bill repeals the death penalty in Colorado for offenses charged on or after July 1, 2019, and makes conforming amendments. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More
Community colleges and occupational education - state student advisory council - membership requirement. A state student advisory council (council) exists for community colleges and occupational education. The act eliminates the requirement that a student member of the council must be classified as an in-state student for tuition purposes prior to the election to the council. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Juvenile court jurisdiction for guardianship and parental responsibilities proceedings - findings supporting federal special immigrant juvenile classification. The act extends the jurisdiction of the court for guardianship proceedings and proceedings concerning the allocation of parental responsibilities for certain unmarried youth under 21 years of age who meet the requirements for such orders, as well as criteria specified in the act, and for whom findings are sought from the court that may support an application for special immigrant juvenile classification under federal law. The act clarifies that juvenile courts exercising jurisdiction for certain purposes may also enter findings establishing eligibility for special immigrant juvenile classification under federal law.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Criminal sentencing - misdemeanors and municipal violations - change maximum penalty from one year to 364 days. Under current law, the maximum sentence for a class 2 misdemeanor, level 2 drug misdemeanor, a misdemeanor without a fixed statutory penalty, and a municipal ordinance violation is one year. The act changes the maximum sentence to 364 days.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Property tax - alternate protest and appeal procedures - notice and information for taxpayer - information taxpayer provides county. For counties that have elected to use the alternate protest and appeal procedures, the act requires: A taxpayer who owns rent-producing commercial real property to provide the assessor with property rental information (rental information) on or before July 15 of the year of the appeal; and The county assessor to mail the notice of determination regarding the appeal by August 15 of the year of the appeal instead of the last working day in August. For all counties, the act modifies: The rental information that a petitioner appealing the valuation of rent-producing commercial property or the denial of an abatement must provide to a county; and The information related to a county's determination of the value that a county is required to provide to a petitioner who has filed an appeal with the board of assessment appeals. A petitioner who provides rental information to an assessor as part of an alternate protest and appeal is not required to provide the same information in an appeal of the valuation. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
The bill establishes Colorado day as a state legal holiday in place of Columbus day. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) Read More
The bill establishes election day as a state legal holiday in place of Columbus day. "Election day" is defined to fall on the day of a general election in even-numbered years and the day on which ballot issues must be decided under the state constitution in odd-numbered years. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More