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THIS WEEK AT THE COLORADO CAPITOL | Week of March 13, 2023

Here are legislative committee hearings and other events of note for the week ahead at the Colorado state Capitol.

Committee schedules are subject to change. The daily schedule is available on the legislature’s website.

Options for public testimony during committee hearings can be found here

House regulations regarding remote testimony can be found here. Senate regulations are here.

Bills listed below may not be the only items considered by a committee during the hearings. Check this website on the hearing day for the bills in committee, other items on the agenda and changes in bill order.

MONDAY, MARCH 13

1:30 p.m., Senate Education Committee, Room 357

  • HB23-1001, Kipp and McLachlan — Expanding Assistance For Educator Programs
  • SB23-029, Moreno — Disproportionate Discipline In Public Schools. Background here.
  • HB23-1093, McLachlan and Martinez — Higher Ed Staff Sabbaticals

1:30 p.m., Senate Judiciary Committee, Old Supreme Court

  • HB23-1037, Martinez and Pugliese — DOC Earned Time For College Program Completion. Background here.

1:30 p.m., House Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee, Room 0107

  • HB23-1075, Snyder — Wildfire Evacuation & Clearance Time Modeling
  • HB23-1066, Bradley — Public Access Landlocked Publicly Owned Land

1:30 p.m., House State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee, Legislative Services Building Room A

  • HB23-1217, Froelich — Motor Vehicles Tows & Crime Victims

TUESDAY, MARCH 14

8 a.m., Interim Committee Treatment of Persons with Behavioral Health Disorders in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems, Room 0112

  • Scope of Study for the Task Force
  • Task Force Appointments

Upon adjournment, House Health and Insurance Committee, Room 0112

  • HB23-1209, Boesenecker and McCormick — Analyze Statewide Publicly Financed Health-care
  • HB23-1227, Jodeh and Ortiz — Enforce Laws Against Pharmacy Benefit Managers

1:30 p.m., House Judiciary Committee, Room 0112

  • HB23-1032, Ortiz — Remedies Persons With Disabilities
  • HB23-1155, Weissman and Bacon — Advisement During Custodial Interrogation

1:30 p.m., House Public and Behavioral Health and Human Services Committee, Room 0107

  • HB23-1142, Pugliese — Information Of Person Reporting Child Abuse
  • HB23-1203, Garcia and Bradfield — Authorized Representatives for Pediatric Clients

1:30 p.m., House Transportation, Housing and Local Government Committee, Legislative Services Building Room A

  • SB23-035, Herod — Middle-income Housing Authority Act
  • SB23-068, Lukens and Pugliese — Operations Of County Public Hospitals
  • SB23-012, Catlin and Froelich — Commercial Motor Carrier Enforcement Safety Laws

2 p.m., Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee, Old Supreme Court

  • HB23-1126, Ricks and Weinberg — Consumer Reports Not Include Medical Debt Information. Background here.

2 p.m., Joint Select Committee on Rising Utility Rates, Old State Library

  • Presentations from Xcel Energy, Black Hills Energy, Colorado Rural Electric Association, Holy Cross Energy, CORE Electric Cooperative, Colorado Association of Municipal Utilities and Atmos Energy. Background here

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15

Upon adjournment, Senate Health and Human Services Committee, Room 357

  • SB23-020, Coleman — Timely Certified Death Certificates
  • SB23-173, Fields and Liston — Colorado Child Support Commission Recommendations

Upon adjournment, House Education Committee, Room 0107

  • SB23-096, Amabile and Soper — In-State Tuition Classification Institutions Of Higher Education
  • HB23-1176, Wilson — Public Employees’ Retirement Association Defined Contribution Plan School Personnel

1:30 p.m., House Judiciary Committee, Room 0112

  • HB23-1019, Weissman and Lynch — Judicial Discipline Procedures & Reporting
  • HB23-1205, Lynch and Bacon — Office Of Judicial Ombudsman
  • HCR23-1001, Weissman and Lynch — Judicial Discipline Procedures & Confidentiality

1:30 p.m., House Public and Behavioral Health and Human Services Committee, Room 0107

  • HB23-1204, Lindstedt — Recovery Residence Discharge Policy

1:30 p.m., House Transportation, Housing and Local Government, Legislative Services Building Room A

  • HB23-1232, McCluskie and Jodeh — Extend Housing Toolkit Time Frame

THURSDAY, MARCH 16

Upon adjournment, Senate Finance Committee, Room 357

  • SB23-171, Priola — Entertainment Facility Substance-free Seating

Upon adjournment, Senate Local Government and Housing Committee, Room 352

  • SB23-166, Cutter and Exum — Establishment Of A Wildfire Resiliency Code Board

Upon adjournment, House Finance Committee, Room 0112

  • HB23-1162, Woodrow — Consumer Legal Funding Transactions

Upon adjournment, House State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee, Legislative Services Building Room A

  • SB23-036, Armagost and Ortiz — Veterans With Disabilities Property Tax Exemption Requirements

1:30 p.m., Senate Health and Human Services Committee, Room 357

  • SB23-014, Moreno — Disordered Eating Prevention. Background here.

1:30 p.m., House Education Committee, Room 0107

  • HB23-1089, Young — Special Education Services For Students In Foster Care
  • HB23-1231, McLachlan and Pugliese — Math In Pre-kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade. Background here.

FRIDAY, MARCH 17

Upon adjournment, House Health and Insurance Committee, Room 0112

  • HB23-1218, Brown and Titone — Health Facility Patient Information Denied Service
  • HB23-1215, Sirota and Boesenecker — Limits On Hospital Facility Fees

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