The bill creates in the peace officers standards and training board (P.O.S.T. board) the safe neighborhoods grant program (grant program) to provide grants to local law enforcement agencies to provide critical incident training to the agencies' peace officers. Grant recipients shall submit a report to the P.O.S.T. board of expenses and costs, and evidence of impacts as a result of the grant award. The P.O.S.T. board shall submit a report summarizing the information reported by grant recipients to the judiciary committees of the senate and house of representatives. For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate $50 million to the P.O.S.T. board for grants. The P.O.S.T. board may use not more than 3% of the appropriation for costs to administer the grant program. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
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The act changes the name of Pikes Peak community college to Pikes Peak state college. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The bill creates the grants to homeowners to make residential space available to renters grant program (grant program) as a 3-year pilot program in the division of housing (division) within the department of local affairs (DOLA). The grant program is established to provide state assistance in the form of a one-time grant award of $500 to eligible recipients who make residential space available within their homes for the use of individuals seeking long-term rental housing. The grant program must operate for 3 consecutive state fiscal years, commencing with the 2023-24 state fiscal year through the 2025-26 state fiscal year. The division administers the grant program. The division is required to create a process by which grant awards are made. In order to be eligible to receive a grant award under the bill, an individual must: Be the owner of record of residential real property that the individual occupies as the individual's primary residence (owner-occupier); Be at least 55 years of age as of the date of an application submitted by the individual for a grant award; Make residential space available within the owner-occupier's home for use by an individual seeking housing on a rental basis for a period of not less than 180 consecutive days. The bill creates the grants to homeowners to make residential space available to renters grant program fund (fund) in the state treasury. The fund funds grant awards under the grant program and the administrative costs of the division in administering the grant program. The division is required to publish on an annual basis a report summarizing the use of the money that was awarded under the grant program in the preceding fiscal year. The bill specifies minimum contents of the report, and the report must be posted on DOLA's and the division's websites. The division is also required to prepare educational materials concerning the grant program and to display such materials on its page on DOLA's website. Each county treasurer is required to include general information about the grant program in the notice the assessor sends concerning the property tax exemption for qualifying seniors. The division is required to provide information to the county treasurers about the grant program for inclusion in the notice. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
If the owner of a vehicle fails to title or register the vehicle as required by statute, current law imposes the following penalties, when applicable: For failing to register a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or vehicle within 60 days after purchase, a penalty of $50 and a surcharge of $16; For failing to title or register a vehicle within 90 days after becoming a resident: A fine of $300 or 10 days in county jail; A supplemental unregistered vehicle fine of $25 to $100 for each month after the 90-day period; and A civil penalty of $500; For failing to apply for a certificate of title within 60 days after purchasing a motor vehicle or off-highway vehicle, a penalty of $15 to $100; For failing to follow any part of the titling statute, including applying for or obtaining a certificate of title, a fine of $300 or 10 days in county jail; For failing to register a vehicle, a late fee of $25 to $100 for each month after the expiration of the registration; and For failing to register a vehicle that is without motive power and weighs 16,000 pounds or less or a camper trailer or a multipurpose trailer, a late fee of $10. If an owner failed to title or register a vehicle within the 60- or 90-day period required by law between January 1, 2021, and January 1, 2023, and the owner titles or registers the vehicle by June 1, 2023, the bill exempts the owner from the penalties, fines, surcharges, and late fees imposed by statute. If a person has already paid statutory penalties, fines, surcharges, and late fees incurred on or after January 1, 2021, and before January 1, 2023, the person may apply to the department of revenue (department) for reimbursement. The department will reimburse the person from money appropriated for that purpose from the general fund. The highway users tax fund is reimbursed from the general fund for the portion of these penalties, fines, surcharges, and late fees that are not paid to the highway users tax fund. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill requires the state treasurer to transfer $723 million from the general fund to the state education fund for the 2022-23 budget year. The bill repeals the budget stabilization factor starting in the 2023-24 budget year, and for each budget year thereafter. The bill creates the Hope Scholarship Program (program) in the department of education (department). The purpose of the program is to meet the educational needs of every eligible student by assisting with certain education expenses. The bill requires: The department to contract with an entity that will administer the program (administering entity); The department to transfer to the administering entity an amount equal to 125% of the prior budget year's average state share of per pupil revenues for an eligible student who receives a scholarship; The department to prorate the amount transferred to the administering entity based on the amount of time remaining in the budget year, and deduct the amount transferred from the amount that the department distributes to the eligible student's school district of residence for the budget year in which an account is created, subject to limitations; The parent of an eligible student to apply to the administering entity for a scholarship; A parent of an eligible student to only spend scholarship money on defined eligible expenses; and The administering entity to oversee the program and perform an audit to ensure scholarship money is spent on defined eligible expenses.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The act creates personal data privacy rights and:Applies to legal entities that conduct business or produce commercial products or services that are intentionally targeted to Colorado residents and that either: Control or process personal data of at least 100,000 consumers per calendar year; or Derive revenue from the sale of personal data and control or process the personal data of at least 25,000 consumers; and Does not apply to certain specified entities including state and local governments and state institutions of higher education, personal data governed by listed state and federal laws, listed activities, and employment records. The act defines a "controller" as a person that, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data. A "processor" means a person that processes personal data on behalf of a controller. Consumers have the right to opt out of a controller's processing of their personal data; access, correct, or delete the data; or obtain from a controller a portable copy of the data.The act:Specifies how controllers must fulfill duties regarding consumers' assertion of their rights, transparency, purpose specification, data minimization, avoiding secondary use, care, avoiding unlawful discrimination, and sensitive data; Requires controllers to conduct a data protection assessment for each of their processing activities involving personal data that present a heightened risk of harm to consumers, such as processing for purposes of targeted advertising, profiling, selling personal data, or processing sensitive data; and Specifies that a violation of its requirements is a deceptive trade practice for purposes of enforcement, but the act may be enforced only by the attorney general or district attorneys. Local governments are preempted from adopting laws that govern the processing of personal data by controllers or processors. The attorney general may promulgate rules to administer the act and is required to adopt rules detailing technical specifications for a universal opt-out mechanism that controllers must use.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The career development success program provides financial incentives for participating school districts and participating charter schools to encourage pupils enrolled in grades 9 through 12 to enroll in and successfully complete qualified industry-credential programs; qualified internship, residency, or construction industry pre-apprenticeship or apprenticeship programs; and qualified advanced placement courses (programs and courses). The act amends the list of qualified programs by removing residency programs and expanding pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs to include any industry program, not just construction industry programs.The act expands the definition of a qualified industry-credential program to include a career and technical education program that, upon completion, results in an industry-recognized credential with labor market value aligned with a high-skill, high-wage, in-demand job.Current law requires the work force development council (council) to identify the qualified programs and courses by identifying the jobs included in the Colorado talent report with the greatest regional and state demand, including jobs in in-demand industries. The act requires the council to consult with relevant industries to identify the programs and courses by identifying high-skill, high-wage jobs in in-demand industries that have labor market value. Any programs and courses the council determines do not demonstrate labor market value may be removed from the council's website.Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, and each school year thereafter, the department of education (department), in coordination with the department of labor and employment, the department of higher education, the Colorado community college system, and employers from in-demand industries, shall identify the top 10 industry-recognized credentials that may be awarded to high school students. For each identified credential, the department shall specify how the courses taken to earn the credential align with the state academic standards.The act requires each participating school district, each nonparticipating school district on behalf of its participating charter schools, and the state charter school institute on behalf of each participating institute charter school to report to the department the total number of pupils who successfully complete a program or course, disaggregated by each student's race, ethnicity, and gender, and whether each student is a student with a disability, an English language learner, or eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.Current law requires each participating school district and each participating charter school to regularly communicate to all high school students the availability of programs and courses and the benefits a student receives as a result of successfully completing one of the programs or courses. The act expands this requirement to all middle school students and the students' families.The act requires each participating school district and each participating charter school to communicate how industry-recognized credentials and guaranteed-transfer pathways courses that are included in such credentials are aligned with postsecondary degrees and high-skill, high-wage, in-demand jobs, and the top 10 industry-recognized credentials identified by the department. The communications must be provided in a language that the students and the students' families understand.The act updates the department's annual reporting requirements to the general assembly to include:Whether the students participating in the programs and courses enlisted in the military or entered the workforce after graduation; How money received under the career development success program was used to promote the availability of programs and courses; and How the participating school district or participating charter school determined which programs and courses to offer, including how the programs and courses are aligned with local workforce needs. No later than July 1, 2022, the department, in collaboration with the Colorado community college system, shall publish and disseminate materials through existing and relevant platforms used to engage with districts that include, at a minimum, the top 10 industry-recognized credentials and a sample communications plan for how a participating school district or participating charter school may communicate the value of credentials and experiences to students and families.The act requires participating school districts and participating charter schools to utilize program funding to promote access to programs and courses.The act requires the return on investment report to include information specifically identifying the number of high school students enrolled and the number of degrees and certificates awarded through the career development success program.The act appropriates $20,000 from the general fund to the department of education to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Under current law, it is unlawful for a person to make available on the internet the personal information of certain law enforcement officials or certain human services workers if the dissemination of the personal information poses an imminent and serious threat to the official's or the worker's safety or to the safety of the official's or the worker's immediate family. The act extends the crime to include the following persons:An employee or contractor of the department of corrections who has contact with persons in the custody of the department of corrections; A noncertified deputy sheriff or detention officer who has contact with inmates; An employee or contractor of a community corrections program who has contact with offenders in the program; and Public defenders and alternate defense counsel. The act redefines "law enforcement official" and includes officials covered under that statutory definition within the broader definition of "protected person". Further, the act repeals the crime specific to law enforcement officials and includes those officials within the same crime that is now inclusive of all protected persons.In addition, the act adds all protected persons to the statutory provision that allows protected persons to submit a written request to a state or local government official to remove personal information, as defined in statute, from public records that are available on the internet.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act requires the Colorado school of public health to do a systematic review of the scientific research related to the possible physical and mental health effects of high-potency THC marijuana and concentrates using only funding provided by the general assembly. The act creates a scientific review council (council) to review the report and make recommendations to the general assembly. Based on the research and findings, the Colorado school of public health shall produce a public education campaign for the general public, to be approved by the council, regarding the effect of high-potency THC marijuana on the developing brain and mental health.Current law requires a doctor to conduct a full assessment of the patient's medical history when making a medical marijuana recommendation. The act requires that assessment to include the patient's mental health history. If the recommending physician is not the patient's primary care physician, the act directs the recommending physician to review the records of a diagnosing physician or licensed mental health provider. When a practitioner makes a medical marijuana authorization, the practitioner must certify that authorization to the department of public health and environment (department). The act requires the certification to include:The date of issue and the effective date of the recommendation; The patient's name and address; The recommending physician's name, address, and federal drug enforcement agency number; The maximum THC potency level of medical marijuana being recommended; The recommended product, if any; The daily authorized quantity, if the quantity exceeds the maximum statutorily allowed amount for the patient's age; Directions for use; and The recommending physician's signature. The act prohibits a physician for charging an additional fee for recommending an extended plant count or making a recommendation related to an exception to a medical marijuana requirement. The act directs the department to annually report on the number of physicians who made medical marijuana recommendations in the past year, how many recommendations each physician made, and the number of homebound patients ages 18 to 20 years old in the registry.The act imposes the following requirements on medical marijuana patients ages 18 to 20 years old:Two physicians from different medical practices have to diagnose the patient as having a debilitating or disabling medical condition after an in-person consultation; One of the physicians must explain the possible risks and benefits of the medical use of marijuana to the patient; One physician must provide the patient with the written documentation specifying that the patient has been diagnosed with a debilitating or disabling medical condition and the physician has concluded that the patient might benefit from the medical use of marijuana; and The patient attends follow-up appointments every 6 months after the initial visit with one of the physicians unless the patient is homebound. The act requires the department to create a report from emergency room and hospital discharge data of patients who presented with conditions or a diagnosis that reflects marijuana use and provide that report at the department's annual "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act" hearing.The act directs the association representing coroners to establish a working group to study methods to test for all scheduled drugs and the presence and quantity of THC in each case of a non-natural death and make recommendations by July 1, 2022. The recommendation must be reported to the house of representatives health and insurance committee and the senate health and human services committee, or their successor committees. Beginning January 1, 2022, the act requires the coroner in each case of a non-natural death to complete a toxicology screen. The coroner shall report the results of the toxicology screen to the Colorado violent death reporting system. The department then produces an annual report of the data beginning January 2, 2023, and annually each year thereafter.The act prohibits medical marijuana advertising that is specifically directed to persons ages 18 to 20 years old and requires medical and retail marijuana concentrate advertising to include a warning regarding the risks of medical marijuana concentrate overconsumption.A medical marijuana store and retail marijuana store shall provide a patient with a tangible education resource regarding the use of medical or retail marijuana concentrate when selling concentrate.The act requires medical marijuana stores to immediately record transactions in the seed-to-sale inventory tracking system to allow the system to:Continuously monitor entry of patient data to identify discrepancies with daily purchase limits and potency authorizations; Access and retrieve real-time sales data based on patient identification number; and Respond with a user error message if a sale to a patient or caregiver will exceed the patient's allowed purchase limit for that business day or potency authorization. The data collected is confidential and shall not be shared with anyone except when necessary to complete a sale.The act limits the amount of medical marijuana concentrate that a patient can purchase in one day to 8 grams, unless the patient is 18 to 20 years old then the limit is 2 grams, except in the case of a homebound patient, if the patient's certification states that the patient needs more than 8 grams or 2 grams respectively. The limit does not apply to medical marijuana patients if it would be a significant physical or geographic hardship for the patient to make a daily purchase or if the patient had a registry identification card prior to being 18 years old.The act limits the amount of retail marijuana concentrate that a patient can purchase in one day to 8 grams.The marijuana enforcement division shall convene a stakeholder work group to develop and complete by January 1, 2022:A uniform certification form to be used by recommending physicians when authorizing the patient to purchase more than the statutorily allowed quantities, as required by section 25-1.5-106 (5), Colorado Revised Statutes, which may be relied upon by medical marijuana stores. The form must contain a uniform weight and uniform potency description to enable a medical marijuana store to fulfill its obligations without the need to make a further calculation or examine other documents. The form shall not contain any information concerning the patient's medical condition or diagnosis. A tangible educational resource regarding the use of regulated marijuana concentrate. For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, the act appropriates:$4,000,000 from the marijuana tax cash fund to the department of higher education for use by the Colorado school of public health and any unexpended money from the appropriation is further appropriated to the department for the same purpose; $541,826 to the department of public health and environment for use by the center for health and environmental information: $265,656 of the appropriation is from the general fund and is $276,170 from the medical marijuana program cash fund; $50,000 from the general fund to the department of public health and environment for use by disease control and public health response; $255,167 from the marijuana cash fund to the department of revenue to implement the act; $95,706 and allocates 0.5 FTE to the department of law from reappropriated funds from the department of revenue; and $2,000,000 from the first time drunk driving offender account to the department of transportation.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)