Under current law, there are statewide standards for noise level limits for various time periods and areas, and noise in excess of those limits is a public nuisance. The statewide noise level limits do not apply to the use of property for certain purposes. The bill states that the statewide noise level limits also do not apply to the following:The use of property owned or controlled by the state or a political subdivision of the state;The use of property pursuant to a permit or license that addresses sound emitted and that is issued by a local government; andThe use of property owned or controlled by a nonprofit entity for a cultural, entertainment, athletic, or patriotic event.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
On and after January 1, 2027, the bill prohibits the recording of a new covenant or declaration that purports to encumber residential property by requiring the owner to acquire and pay for membership in a private membership club.The bill requires a private membership club to provide a property owner with certain information related to the budget and operations of the private membership club by mailing information to property owners and posting the information on the private membership club's public website.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill establishes certain requirements for social media companies and social media platforms in order to protect Colorado minor users. Specifically, the bill: Relocates, with amendments, certain language requiring a social media platform to include a function that provides minor users information about their engagement in social media, which language was enacted in 2024 by House Bill 24-1136; Requires a social media company to implement an age assurance system to determine whether a current or prospective Colorado user on the social media company's social media platform is a minor; Requires a social media company to provide tools and settings for a minor user to control their own experience using a social media platform; Requires a social media company to provide tools and settings for parents to support a minor user of a social media platform; Specifies minimum capabilities for the tools and settings; Requires a social media company to take additional specific measures to maximize the privacy and security of minor users; Prohibits a social media platform from leading or encouraging a minor or parent to provide personal information, provide consent, disable safeguards or parental tools, or forgo privacy or security protections using a mechanism or interface that is designed to substantially subvert or impair, or that is manipulated with the effect of substantially subverting or impairing, user autonomy, decision-making, or choice; Deems the use of a design, algorithm, or feature to increase, sustain, or extend a minor user's engagement with, or use of, a social media platform to be processing that presents a heightened risk of harm to minors, as defined in existing law, and therefore subject to certain data analysis requirements; and Authorizes the attorney general to adopt rules to implement the bill.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Currently, the controller is required to adopt fiscal rules requiring the state to make disbursements in the payment of any liability incurred on behalf of the executive branch of the state within 45 days of receiving a correct notice that this liability was incurred. The bill modifies this requirement so that either a correct notice of the state's liability or a demonstration of a good faith effort to provide a correct notice of the state's liability initiates the 45-day period. A state agency that awards a grant generally requires the grant recipient to access the grant amount awarded by applying for the reimbursement of costs incurred in completing the activity for which the state agency awarded the grant. The bill directs the controller to adopt fiscal rules requiring a state agency to award a nonprofit organization a retainer when entering into a contract with or awarding a grant to a nonprofit organization. The retainer amount must equal at least 35% of the grant amount or 35% of the amount to be disbursed by the state to the nonprofit organization in the first year of a contract between the state and the nonprofit organization. A nonprofit organization is required to spend the retainer amount within a year of the state awarding the grant to or entering into the contract with the nonprofit organization. A nonprofit organization may only expend a retainer on expenses the nonprofit organization incurs in connection with the relevant grant or contract. The bill also requires a nonprofit organization that receives disbursements from the state to provide the following information to the controller and requires the controller to make that information available upon request: The ethnicity of the nonprofit organization's leadership; The business structure of the nonprofit organization; and Whether the nonprofit organization has previously received a disbursement from the state.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill creates the septic-system replacement enterprise (enterprise), which operates as a government-owned business imposing and collecting a fee charged on septic-system permits and using the fee revenue to provide loans to replace failing septic systems (loan program). The enterprise is governed by a board that consists of 7 members appointed by the governor as follows: One member who is a county commissioner in a county that has rural areas; One member who is a member of a county board of health in a county that has rural areas; One member who is a member of a governing body of a municipality that has septic systems; One member who represents the department of public health and environment (department); One member who represents the department of local affairs; One member who represents an association of counties within Colorado and who lives in a rural area; and One member who is a rural homeowner with a septic system. Each member of the board serves at the pleasure of the governor. The term of appointment is 4 years, with some members having staggered terms. Members of the board serve without compensation but are entitled to receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the members' duties on the board. The board will meet as necessary. The enterprise will impose a fee on septic-system permits and administer the collection of the fee, and the enterprise may issue revenue bonds, buy and sell property, enter into contracts, sue or be sued, hire employees, set up an office, place liens on property, adopt rules, and take any action necessary to implement the bill. Starting January 15, 2027, and by January 15 each year through 2029, the enterprise will submit a written report to the governor, the joint budget committee, the house of representatives transportation, housing, and local government committee, and the senate local government and housing committee. The report must include: An accounting of the number of loans made under the loan program, the total amount of the loans, the average amount of a loan, and the number of septic systems replaced as a result of the loan program; An evaluation of the loan program; and Any legislative recommendations for the loan program. The enterprise will impose a septic-system enterprise fee on each permit to install or replace a septic system. The fee is: $10 if the fee for the septic-system permit is less than $500; $50 if the fee for the septic-system permit is $500 or more but less than $1,000; $100 if the fee for the septic-system permit is $1,000 or more but less than $1,400; and $200 if the fee for the septic-system permit is $1,400 or more. The enterprise must consult with and coordinate with the water quality control commission (commission) and local boards of health that issue septic-system permits. The division of administration within the department and the local government that issues the permit may retain up to 5% of the fee to cover administrative costs. When the fee revenue is projected to exceed the amount reasonably necessary to implement the loan program and administer the bill, the enterprise shall adjust the amount of the fee so that the revenue will equal the amount of money needed to reasonably administer the loan program. The commission may adopt rules to implement the division of administration's collection of the fee. The fee will be used by the enterprise to establish the loan program, which makes interest-free or low-interest loans to low-income or low-credit-score households to replace failing septic systems. The enterprise will contract with at least 2 community development financial institutions (financial institutions) to administer the loan program. Standards are set for a financial institution to qualify to administer the loan program. The financial institution must enter into a contract with the enterprise. The bill sets contract standards, including authorization for a financial institution to include an administration fee in an amount reasonably calculated to cover the costs to implement the contract. A financial institution will use the money collected from the fee to make loans to eligible homeowners in low-income or low-credit-score households for the purpose of replacing septic systems. The financial institution may establish reasonable standards and procedures to make loans in compliance with the bill and the contract. The enterprise or the department may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources to fund the bill. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Current law requires a motor vehicle to be designed for operation on a highway to be covered by the "Uniform Motor Vehicle Law", which governs driver's licenses, registrations, and traffic regulation. The bill authorizes the owner of a surplus military vehicle to register the vehicle and be issued a license plate. If the vehicle is registered, it may be driven on the road but must comply with the registration provisions. The driver's license provisions and the traffic regulations apply to these vehicles.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill creates the fallen firefighter special license plate. An applicant becomes eligible to use the plate by providing a certificate to the department of revenue (department) confirming that the applicant has made a donation to a nonprofit organization (organization) chosen by the department based on the organization's provision of services to the families of firefighters who have been killed in the line of duty. In addition to the normal fees for a license plate, a person must pay 2 additional one-time fees in the amount of $25, one of which is credited to the highway users tax fund and the other to the Colorado DRIVES vehicle services account. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Currently, a lobbyist may be either a professional lobbyist or a volunteer lobbyist. A professional lobbyist must register with the secretary of state before conducting lobbying activities with one or more covered officials. For each month in which a professional lobbyist lobbies one or more covered officials, a professional lobbyist must complete and submit a disclosure statement to the secretary of state. The bill creates a new category of lobbyist for nonprofit lobbyists and exempts nonprofit lobbyists from the registration and disclosure statement requirements for professional lobbyists. A nonprofit lobbyist is a lobbyist who is exclusively employed by a single nonprofit entity and who lobbies as an incidental part of the lobbyist's duties with the nonprofit entity. A nonprofit entity may use a nonprofit lobbyist to lobby a maximum of 30 days during a state fiscal year, with a maximum of 20 of those days occurring when the general assembly is in session. A nonprofit entity that employs a nonprofit lobbyist must report to the secretary of state the following information within 72 hours of engaging in lobbying of one or more covered officials: The name of the nonprofit lobbyist; The full legal name of the nonprofit entity on whose behalf the nonprofit lobbyist lobbied; The date on which the nonprofit lobbyist engaged in lobbying; Any matter about which the nonprofit lobbyist lobbied for the reported day; and The bill number of the legislation about which each nonprofit lobbyist lobbied for the reported day and whether the nonprofit entity is supporting, opposing, requesting amendments, or monitoring the legislation. A nonprofit entity may submit a single form for more than one nonprofit lobbyist if more than one nonprofit lobbyist lobbied for the nonprofit entity on the same day. A lobbyist who was a nonprofit lobbyist but no longer qualifies as a nonprofit lobbyist or who is employed by a nonprofit entity that does not comply with the timing limitations, and who meets the requirements of a professional lobbyist, must register and file disclosure statements with the secretary of state beginning in the month in which the lobbyist first lobbied as a professional lobbyist and must comply with the regulations imposed on a professional lobbyist. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning Tax Policy. The bill changes how income tax expenditures that benefit individuals engaged in military service are provided as follows: Beginning with income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2027, section 2 of the bill eliminates the state income tax subtraction for an amount equal to any compensation received for active duty service in the armed forces of the United States by an individual who has reacquired residency in the state to the extent that the compensation is included in federal taxable income; and For income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2027, but before January 1, 2032, section 3 allows a refundable income tax credit (credit) as a form of tuition assistance to an actively serving member of the Colorado National Guard who is eligible for tuition assistance (eligible member) under an existing statutorily-authorized program (program) administered by the department of veterans and military affairs (department). To claim the credit, an eligible member must obtain a tax credit certificate issued by the department for each academic semester or quarter for which tuition assistance is awarded in the form of the credit. The criteria for receiving a tax credit certificate are generally the same as the criteria for receiving other tuition assistance under the program; except that, to be eligible for a tax credit certificate, an eligible member must apply for all federal government tuition assistance that is not required to be repaid and that is generally made available to eligible members and not to the general population and must use all federal government tuition assistance received. The total amount of tuition assistance that an eligible member to whom the department has issued a tax credit certificate may obtain under the program, including the credit, is subject to existing program limits. In addition, the department may issue no more than $1 million in tax credit certificates for any income tax year. Section 1 makes conforming amendments.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
When a catalytic converter mechanically fails or is stolen from a motor vehicle, current rules of the air quality control commission require the replacement to comply with the rules of the California air resources board. The bill creates a temporary exception that allows a person to use a replacement catalytic converter that complies with the standards established by rules of the federal environmental protection agency if: In the case of the theft of a catalytic converter, the theft has been reported to a law enforcement agency; and The owner or operator of the motor vehicle has made a reasonable effort to obtain the required replacement catalytic converter and has been unable to obtain the replacement catalytic converter. The exception is repealed, effective July 1, 2027. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill creates the missing and murdered Indigenous relatives license plate. An applicant becomes eligible to use the license plate by providing a certificate to the department of revenue confirming that the applicant has made a minimum donation of $25 to the office of liaison for missing and murdered Indigenous relatives. In addition to the normal fees for a license plate, a person must pay an additional one-time fee in the amount of $25, which money is credited to the highway users tax fund.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Under current law, the air quality control commission is tasked with developing an effective air quality control program (program), including adopting rules necessary to carry out the program. The bill requires a person that owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises (owner or operator) a building, structure, facility, or installation that emits or may emit an air pollutant (stationary source) to maintain records that will help the public determine whether the owner or operator is in compliance with rules establishing applicable air quality control regulations (records). The bill requires an owner or operator of a stationary source to make the records publicly available and accessible through a link on the owner or operator's public website. The department of public health and environment is required to include a link on its website directing members of the public to the website of an owner or operator where the records are available. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
