Signed #COLeg trending: Establishes several measures aiming to protect the best interests of a child and not hinder reunification with the child's family when the child has been temporarily placed outside the family home with a relative or kin (relative)
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1513769

Amenities for All Genders in Public Buildings Act is trending. Passed #COLeg requires qualifying buildings provide non-gendered single-stall restrooms where the restroom is accessible to the public & ensure that any single-stall restroom is #nonGendered
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1523300

#BehavioralHealth legislation trending. Signed #COLeg aims to help serve persons with behavioral health needs who are enrolled in medicaid.
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1572142

NCCPR in @NewslineCO Good news Colorado: Contrary to the fearmongering from the #residentialtreatment industry, demon homicidal 6-year-olds are *not* rampaging through your state: https://coloradonewsline.com/2023/07/27/no-colorado-you-dont-need-to-institutionalize-6-year-olds/ #childwelfare #fostercare #childabuse #COpol #COleg #Cogov

Failed #FairWorkweek trending: #COLeg would have imposed requirements for certain types of employers with regard to: the determination of employee work schedules, employee requests for changes to schedules & notices & posting of employee work schedules.
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1543165

SMALL CLASS ACTS: Aurora, state get serious about pre-school

“It’s a very important part of education that has not been given the respect and credit its due"

https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/education/small-class-acts-aurora-state-get-serious-about-pre-school/

#EDcolo #COleg #COpolitics #NoPaywallHere

EDITORIAL: Kudos to 2 legislators determined to make the other 98 stop violating open meeting laws

"State legislators know what the state’s open meeting law is about, and they routinely and purposely flout it"

https://sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/editorial-kudos-to-2-legislators-determined-to-make-the-other-98-stop-violating-open-meeting-laws/

#COleg #COpolitics #FOIA

Colorado lawmakers sue fellow Dems over closed-door meetings, Signal posts

Acknowledging that closed-door meeting practices are long-standing, Rep. Marshal said, “There’s not moral fault in any of this.”

https://sentinelcolorado.com/state-and-region-news/colorado-news-state-and-region-news/colorado-lawmakers-sue-fellow-dems-over-closed-door-meetings-signal-posts/

#COpolitics #COleg

Addiction, dollars and a local plan

Billions of settlement dollars from the opioid epidemic trickling down to where the problems persist

https://ow.ly/3TZJ50P768f

#COleg #COpolitics #OpioidCrisis #NoPaywallHere

Colorado Supreme Court strikes law allowing child sex abuse lawsuits from decades past

“The General Assembly may accomplish its ends only through constitutional means.”

https://sentinelcolorado.com/orecent-headlines/colorado-supreme-court-strikes-law-allowing-child-sex-abuse-lawsuits-from-decades-past/

#COpolitics #COleg #NoPaywallHere

#HOA legislation trending. Passed #COLeg allows homeowners in #CO to swap their grass lawns for landscaping that needs less water to maintain, requiring HOAs to accept the alternative landscaping.
#xeriscape
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1591540

Gov. Jared Polis’ signature on Senate Bill 23-286 Tuesday will change the Colorado Open Records Act in some small but important ways when the measure takes effect in early August. Here are some things to know about what the CORA bill does — and does not do. #coleg #copolitics https://coloradofoic.org/eight-things-to-know-about-2023-changes-to-the-colorado-open-records-act/

Concerned the measure would “act as an impediment to legitimate challenges to open meetings,” Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a heavily amended bill that would have barred pro se litigants who sue over executive sessions from collecting legal fees if they prevailed in court. #coleg #copolitics #edcolo https://coloradofoic.org/polis-vetoes-executive-sessions-bill-citing-possible-impediment-to-legitimate-open-meetings-law-challenges/

Colorado Transparency News: social media blocking law signed; CFOIC amicus brief in open meetings case; body-cam footage of police shooting 14-year-old; Dougco school board lawsuit; DPS executive session; #coleg secret survey; more. #copolitics #edcolo https://mailchi.mp/81e63e0cad7d/colorado-transparency-news-662023

Signing into law a bill that lets elected officials block anyone from their private social media accounts for “any reason,” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis urged state lawmakers to monitor two cases related to the issue pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. #coleg #copolitics #FirstAmendment https://coloradofoic.org/polis-signs-bill-letting-colorado-elected-officials-block-people-on-private-social-media-but-acknowledges-this-area-of-the-law-is-unsettled/

EDITORIAL: Safeguard ‘last resort’ for Colorado’s most vulnerable students

"...critical is the specialized socialization, therapy and coaching these children need to thrive in a world that will later offer few if any accommodations"

https://sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/editorial-safeguard-last-resort-for-colorados-most-vulnerable-students/

#COleg #EDcolo

🏗️👷‍♀️👷‍♂️Good news! The Governor of Colorado signed the labor bill (SB23-292) into law! Now, energy infrastructure projects require #FairWages and #apprenticeship utilization. https://bit.ly/45p6e2q #COLeg

EDITORIAL: Colorado property-tax-crisis legislation is awkward but sound

"Because of TABOR and other tax mechanisms, only something this complex can fend off an imminent tax increase and stabilize revenues for government services"

https://sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/editorial-colorado-property-tax-crisis-legislation-is-awkward-but-sound/

#COleg #COpolitics

A CO lawmaker promised to keep working to improve access to government for people with disabilities after asking for the defeat of his bill to mandate livestreaming of meetings and make other changes to promote more equal participation in democracy. #coleg #copolitics
https://coloradofoic.org/colorado-lawmaker-promises-to-keep-trying-to-improve-access-to-government-for-people-with-disabilities-after-requesting-defeat-of-his-own-bill/

RT @COHouseDem
SB23-213 will allow property owners in urban areas to build ADUs, create locally tailored anti-displacement and affordability measures, encourage multi-family housing near mass transit hubs, and reduce parking requirements that drive up rents and housing costs. #copolitics #coleg