As the session nears its end, roughly 85 bills have been killed or postponed indefinitely.
One of the killed bills this year would have established serial meetings between two or more members of a state public body that individually don’t constitute a meeting of a quorum of the body, but collectively constitute a meeting of a quorum of the body, are a violation of the Colorado Open Meetings Law.
A different bill addressing the open meetings law, Senate Bill 24-157, was signed earlier on in the session by Gov. Jared Polis. That new law establishes written communication exchanged between members of the general assembly aren’t subject to COML, but any records of the communications are subject to disclosure to the extent required by the Colorado Open Records Act.
Among the PI’d bills for this session is one that would have repealed state immigration laws that prohibit a person from being arrested while they’re in a courthouse, or a probation officer from providing personal information about an individual to federal immigration authorities, among others.
Below are some of the bills that have been PI’d so far this session.
HB24-1028 — Overdose Prevention Centers
Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Postpone Indefinitely
HB24-1101 — Empower Victims through Access Restorative Justice
House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
HB24-1126 — Substance Use Disorder Treatment as Bond Condition
House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
HB24-1127 — Truth in Sentencing Parole Violent Offenses
House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
HB24-1128 — Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law
House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone Indefinitely
HB24-1140 — Workers’ Comp for Complex Trauma
House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Postpone Indefinitely
HB24-1224 — Personhood of Living Unborn Human Child
House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone Indefinitely
HB24-1284 — Pretrial Release for Repeat Violent Offenses
House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
HB24-1303 — Colorado Open Meetings Law for the General Assembly
House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
SB24-049 — Content of Material in Libraries
Senate Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely
SB24-062 — Prohibit Attorney Fees on Personal Injury Interest
Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
SB24-118 — Indeterminate Sex Offender Sentencing
Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
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