The act continues the regulation of conveyances and conveyance mechanics, contractors, and inspectors by the director of the division of oil and public safety within the department of labor and employment for 9 years, until September 1, 2031. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Under the "Fair Campaign Practices Act" ("FCPA"), the candidate committees of candidates for statewide offices must submit a post-election report disclosing contributions and expenditures 30 days after the major election in election years. The committees of candidates for county, special district, and municipal offices must submit a post-election report 30 days after the primary election, where applicable, and 30 days after the major election in election years. Under the public official disclosure law ("PODL"), elected candidates and incumbents are required to file a personal financial disclosure statement and an annual update to the personal financial disclosure statement. Under the FCPA, candidates are required to file a disclosure statement. The act changes the post-election report filing deadline from 30 days to 35 days and exempts a political party committee from the requirement of filing a report of a major contribution during an off-election year. The act exempts candidates seeking reelection who have filed their annual update to the personal financial disclosure statement under the PODL from the requirement of filing a disclosure statement under the FCPA. The act further clarifies that an incumbent seeking reelection who files an annual update to the personal financial disclosure statement under the PODL is exempt from the requirement of filing a disclosure statement under the FCPA. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Under current law, a vacancy in the office of many political officials is filled by a vacancy committee. A vacancy committee is selected by the relevant central committee. The act requires central committees to include at least all of the members of the relevant central committee on a vacancy committee. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The bill restricts a person from applying for clemency for a crime if a resentencing hearing is scheduled or has been requested or if the person has not exhausted all state appeal and administrative processes before applying or being considered for clemency. If an application for clemency was submitted before a resentencing hearing was scheduled or requested, the governor is barred from considering and acting upon such application until the conclusion of the resentencing hearing. The executive director of the department of corrections shall promulgate rules relating to the determination of whether an individual is incapable of exhausting all state or administrative processes due to indigence or other matters.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill prohibits teaching or using instructional materials at public schools that promote discrimination. The bill prohibits public schools from certain discriminatory practices based on a student's, student's family, or teacher's race or ethnicity. The bill creates a $25,000 fine to be paid by the school district of the public school, or by the state charter school institute in the case of an institute charter school, to the state education fund if the commissioner of education finds that a public school knowingly violates a prohibition. The bill waives sovereign immunity and creates a civil action against a public school and the school district or board of cooperative services or the state charter school institute that violates a prohibition.
The bill defines a "person" to include an unborn child at all stages of gestation, from fertilization to natural death, as it relates to a private right of action and current homicide and assault provisions. The bill declares that any existing state law relating to prenatal homicide or regulating abortion or abortion facilities is superseded to the extent it conflicts or is inconsistent with the provisions of the bill. The bill requires the state to enforce homicide and assault provisions without regard to the opinion of the United States supreme court in Roe v. Wade and other supreme court decisions, past and future. The bill authorizes the state to disregard any federal court decision that purports to enjoin or void this requirement and subjects a Colorado judge to impeachment or removal if the judge purports to enjoin, stay, overrule, or void the requirement. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Section 1 of the bill states that if the state or a local government that is not already using automated vehicle identification systems (systems) wishes to begin using such systems, it must submit the matter to the voters of the state or the local government, as applicable, as a ballot question at a general election. A governmental entity or its agent or a toll road or toll highway operator may use a system to assess tolls and charges and issue citations for violations relating to high-occupancy vehicle and high-occupancy toll lanes, to assess tolls and civil penalties for toll roads and highways, and to assess tolls and civil penalties for public highways. On and after November 9, 2022, the state or a local government that generates revenue through the use of systems shall use the revenue for traffic safety or transportation-related projects. Section 2 makes necessary conforming amendments and states that a driver against whom a penalty is assessed as a result of the use of a system may satisfy the penalty by paying the full amount of it to any of certain nonprofit agencies and providing proof of such payment to the entity that imposed the penalty.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The act allows a person who is nominated as a candidate for an elected office other than the office of United States senator or representative in congress who is also nominated as a candidate for lieutenant governor to run for both offices. If the person wins the election for both offices, the person must accept the office of lieutenant governor and resign from the other elected office within 7 days of the final certification of the results of both elections. The vacancy created by the resignation is filled in accordance with existing law on vacancies for that office.A candidate who is nominated for lieutenant governor and for another elected office is required to affirmatively close any candidate committee registered in the person's name for the other office before accepting the nomination for lieutenant governor. The person is prohibited from receiving contributions and making expenditures in support of the person's election to the other office.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies' sunset review and report on the registration of direct-entry midwives by:Continuing the registration requirements for 7 years, until September 1, 2028; Authorizing direct-entry midwives to administer group B streptococcus (GBS) prophylaxis; Adding licensed birth centers to the locations where a direct-entry midwife may practice; and Requiring the director of the division of professions and occupations (director) to develop policies regarding direct-entry midwives in training. The act also:Specifies that a direct-entry midwife who is granted additional authority is not required to apply for renewal of that authority or pay any renewal fees for the authority; Removes the requirement that a direct-entry midwife report certain data at the time of registration renewal; Authorizes the director to order the physical or mental examination of a direct-entry midwife if the director has reasonable cause to believe that the direct-entry midwife is subject to a physical or mental disability that renders the direct-entry midwife unable to treat patients with reasonable skill and safety or that may endanger a patient's health or safety; and Requires the state registrar to revise the birth certificate worksheet form to include a requirement to report whether the live birth occurred after a transfer to a hospital by a direct-entry midwife. The act appropriates to the department of public health and environment: $50,080 from the health facilities general licensure cash fund for use by the health facilities and emergency medical services division for administration and operations; and $30,000 from the vital statistics records cash fund for use by the health statistics and vital records subdivision for operating expenses.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
