The Colorado House of Representatives approved the state’s $40.6 billion budget and its accompanying bills on Monday, approaching the end of the constitutionally-required, months-long process to craft a balanced spending plan.
Students in Colorado would be expressly allowed to carry drug overdose reversal medication on campus and at school activities under a bill working its way through the Legislature, a policy that advocates say is a reasonable application of harm reduction thinking.
HB24-1084 repeals and reenacts HB23B-100, increasing the Earned Income Tax Credit to 50% to help Colorado families afford essentials like food, housing and transportation.
