Each week during sessions of the Colorado General Assembly, we bring you the latest news and analysis of legislation impacting the early development, health, and education of Colorado kids. Check the updates below for analysis, testimony, fact sheets, vote totals, and other information to help you stay informed.
Need help finding specific info? Updates are sorted in reverse-chronological order, based on the date they were last updated. You can also use the update filters in the sidebar to filter this archive by update type and by Colorado Children's Campaign's position on the legislation. For additional legislative information, including capitol updates prior to 2016, please see our Legislative blog category.
In order to ensure the required option is affordable this bill would require carriers to utilize a hospital reimbursement rate formula and require hospital participation.
View UpdateThe bill would require the State Board of Education to adopt standards related to Holocaust and genocide studies.
View UpdateThis bill would make it a Class 2 misdemeanor to store a firearm in a way that the firearm owner knows or should know would allow a juvenile to access the firearm without permission from the juvenile’s parent or guardian.
View UpdateThis bill would increase Basic Cash Assistance (BCA) in the TANF program to help narrow the gap created by the fact that BCA has not adjusted for cost of living since the program was created in 1996.
View UpdateThis bill would raise the minimum age to purchase nicotine products from 18 to 21 years old and ban online sales of nicotine products without proof of I.D.
View UpdateThis bill would update and improve the Mobile Home Park Act (MHPA) and the Dispute Resolution and Enforcement Program.
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