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General Assembly Passes Measure to Expand Colorado’s Law Prohibiting Local Anti-Growth Ordinances

The measure expands on the 2023 prohibition on anti-growth ordinances and aims to clamp down on communities limiting residential density in urban areas.

New Colorado Law Aims to Raise Accessibility Standards in Local Building Codes

The law’s sponsors hope that the measure will increase accessibility and reduce the amount of ADA lawsuits brought against municipalities and businesses.

Bipartisan Bill Aims to Protect Whistleblowers at Large Artificial Intelligence Companies

Two Colorado lawmakers brought forth a measure to create a state-level whistleblower protection for workers building artificial intelligence models.

Whittled Down Bill Adding Judgeships in Colorado Advances to Final Legislative Step

A bipartisan bill adding 15 judgeships, down from an initially proposed 29, passed its second-to-last legislative step before the governor’s desk on March 12.

Colorado Judiciary Committee Advances Bill Giving Defendants in Eviction Proceedings a Right to a Jury Trial

Colorado’s House Judiciary Committee passed a bill that would establish a right to trial for defendants in eviction cases.

Legislative Effort to Expand Automatic Residential Solar Permitting Clears First Hurdle

The bill would mandate local governments use an automated process for a large portion of their residential solar applications.

New Colorado Law Protects Consumer Biological and Neural Data

The legislation adds the definitions of biological and neural data to the Colorado Privacy Act, a first in the nation protection for neural data.

Anne Gorsuch, the Woman Whose Work Created the Chevron Deference

In a trailblazing and at times controversial career, Anne Gorsuch was the youngest woman admitted to the Colorado Bar, the first woman to be EPA Administrator and the first cabinet-level official charged with contempt of Congress.