For the 2024 legislative session, CCLP is keeping its eye on bills focused on expanding access to justice, removing administrative burden, preserving affordable communities, advocating for progressive tax and wage policies, and reducing health care costs. The bills CCLP is keeping its eye on are provided below. Keep up to date on each of these bills through CCLP’s legislative watch for April 5, 2024.
Expanding access to justice
CCLP advocates to ensure Coloradans have the tools to assert their rights, whether that means access to courts or greater accountability by private and public entities.
Click here to find registered amend, monitor, oppose, and support positions for the bills below.
CCLP position |
Bill # |
Bill title |
Sponsor(s) |
Status |
Support | SB24-072 | Voting for Confined Eligible Electors | Gonzales, Rutinel, Brown | House Floor |
Support | HB24-1133 | Criminal Record Sealing & Expungement Changes | Mabrey, Soper, Rodriguez | Senate Judiciary |
Support | HB24-1286 | Equal Justice Fund Authority | Joseph, Lindsay, Roberts, Priola | Senate Floor |
Oppose | HB24-1306 | Increase Penalty Possession of Synthetic Opiates | Lynch, Pelton | Postponed Indefinitely |
Support | HB24-1368 | Language Access Advisory Board | Lindsay, Velasco, Gonzales | Senate Floor |
Support | HB24-1432 | Repeal CBI Criminal Justice Record Sealing Fee | Clifford, Soper, Michaelson Jenet | Senate Judiciary; May 1 @ 1:30pm |
Removing administrative burden
CCLP aims to reduce unnecessary hurdles that are so often a barrier for people who face poverty so that Coloradans can meet their basic needs and become self-sufficient.
Click here to find registered amend, monitor, oppose, and support positions for the bills below.
CCLP position |
Bill # |
Bill title |
Sponsor(s) |
Status |
Support | SB24-093 | Continuity of Health-Care Coverage Change | Michaelson Jenet, Amabile | Governor signed on 4/4/2024 |
Support | SB24-116 | Discounted Care for Indigent Patients | Buckner, Jodeh | House Health & Human Services; May 2; upon adjournment |
Support | SB24-211 | Adjustments to the Necessary Document Program | Hinrichsen | Senate Health & Human Services; May 1, upon adjournment |
Support | HB24-1035 | Modernize Health Benefit Exchange Governance | Boesenecker, Jodeh, Jaquez Lewis, Will | Governor signed on 4/4/2024 |
Support | HB24-1229 | Presumptive Eligiblity for Long-Term Care | English, Mullica, Will | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |
Support | HB24-1360 | Colorado Disability Opportunity Office | Ortiz, Clifford, Rodriguez | Senate Business, Labor, & Technology; |
Support | HB24-1399 | Discounted Care for Indigent Patients | Sirota, Taggart, Bridges, Kirkmeyer | Governor signed on 4/18/2024 |
Support | HB24-1400 | Medicaid Eligibility Procedures | Bird, Sirota, Kirkmeyer, Zenzinger | Governor signed on 4/18/2024 |
Preserving affordable communities
CCLP supports housing initiatives centering community priorities and furthering a path toward affordability for all renters in Colorado, including mobile home park residents.
Click here to find registered amend, monitor, oppose, and support positions for the bills below.
CCLP position |
Bill # |
Bill title |
Sponsor(s) |
Status |
Support | SB24-032 | Methods to Increase the Use of Transit | Priola, Winter, Vigil, Marvin | House Transportation, Housing & Local Government; April 30, upon adjournment |
Support | SB24-064 | Monthly Residential Eviction Data & Report | Mullica, Marchman, Bird | House Judiciary; May 2, upon adjournment |
Support | SB24-094 | Safe Housing for Residential Tenants | Gonzales, Exum, Lindsay, Froelich | Sent to Governor |
Support | SB24-184 | Support Surface Transportation Infrastructure Development | Fenberg, Marchman, McCluskie, Boesenecker | House Floor |
Support | HB24-1007 | Prohibit Residential Occupancy Limits | Rutinel, Mabrey, Exum, Gonzales | Governor signed on 4/15/2024 |
Support | HB24-1057 | Prohibit Algorithmic Devices Used for Rent Setting | Woodrow, Mabrey, Gonzales, Hinrichsen | Passed Senate; back to House for a concurrence vote on Senate amendments |
Support | HB24-1098 | Cause Required for Eviction of Residential Tenant | Mabrey, Duran, Gonzales, Hinrichsen | Governor signed 4/19/2024 |
Support | HB24-1175 | Local Governments Rights to Property for Affordable Housing | Boesenecker, Sirota, Winter, Jaquez Lewis | Senate Floor |
Monitor | HB24-1233 | Homeowners’ Association Delinquency Payments Enforcement Procedures | Wilson, Snyder, Roberts, Gardner | Passed Senate; back to House for a concurrence vote on Senate amendments |
Support | HB24-1294 | Mobile Homes in Mobile Home Parks | Boesenecker, Velasco, Cutter | Passed Senate; back to House for a concurrence vote on Senate amendments |
Support | HB24-1318 | Modify Rental Premises Person with Disability | Ortiz, Danielson | Passed House and Senate; onto signatures |
Support | HB24-1322 | Medicaid Coverage Housing & Nutrition Services | Brown, Bird, Kirkmeyer, Rodriguez | Senate Health & Human Services; May 1, upon adjournment |
Progressive tax & wage policies
CCLP continues to back progressive tax and wage policies that boost the incomes of working families and bring more stability to household budgets.
Click here to find registered amend, monitor, oppose, and support positions for the bills below.
CCLP position |
Bill # |
Bill title |
Sponsor(s) |
Status |
Support | SB24-040 | State Funding for Senior Services | Danielson, Ginal, Willford, Young | Senate Floor |
Support | SB24-075 | Transportation Network Company Transparency | Priola, Rodriguez, Bacon, Ricks | House Business Affairs & Labor; May 1, upon adjournment |
Support | HB24-1008 | Wage Claims Construction Industry Contractors | Duran, Froelich, Danielson, Kolker | Senate Business, Labor, & Technology; April 30 @ 2pm |
Support | HB24-1052 | Senior Housing Income Tax Credit | Weissman, Marshall, Kolker, Hansen | Senate Finance; April 30 @ 2pm |
Oppose | HB24-1065 | Reduction of State Income Tax Rate | Bottoms, Pugliese, Kirkmeyer | Postponed Indefinitely |
Support | HB24-1084 | Repeal & Reenact Earned Income Tax Credit Increase | Willford, Young, Kolker, Fields | Governor signed on 1/31/2024 |
Support | HB24-1095 | Increasing Protections for Minor Workers | Lieder, Amabile, Sullivan | Senate Business, Labor, & Technology; May 2, upon adjournment |
Support | HB24-1129 | Protections for Delivery Network Company Drivers | Vigil, Mabrey, Hinrichsen, Priola | Senate Floor |
Support | HB24-1134 | Adjustments to Tax Expenditures to Reduce Burden | Weissman, Rutinel, Hinrichsen | House Floor |
Monitor | HB24-1142 | Reduce Income Tax Social Security Benefits | Holtorf | House Floor |
Support | HB24-1148 | Amending Terms of Consumer Lending Laws | Weissman, Mabrey, Gonzales | Senate Finance |
Support | HB24-1288 | Earned Income Tax Credit Data Sharing | Rutinel, Sirota, Hansen | Senate Appropriations |
Support | HB24-1297 | Baby Bonds Program Study | Willford, García, Coleman | House Appropriations |
Support | HB24-1311 | Family Affordability Tax Credit | deGruy Kennedy, Willford, Winter, Coleman | House Floor |
Reducing health care costs
CCLP aims to keep health care industry accountable, ensuring they provide Coloradans with the care and coverage they need, and honoring the commitment to the public good.
Click here to find registered amend, monitor, oppose, and support positions for the bills below.
CCLP position |
Bill # |
Bill title |
Sponsor(s) |
Status |
Support | SB24-001 | Continue Youth Mental Health Services Program | Michaelson Jenet, Cutter, Brown, Rutinel | Passed Senate & House; onto Signatures |
Support | SB24-007 | Behavioral Health First Aid Training Program | Fields, Michaelson Jenet, Titone; Weinberg | Senate Floor |
Oppose | SB24-060 | Prescription Drug Affordability Board Exempt Orphan Drugs | Kirkmeyer, Ginal, Hartsook | Assigned for after session; bill to be killed |
Support | SB24-080 | Transparency in Health-Care Coverage | Fields, Jaquez Lewis, Young | Passed Senate; onto House |
Support | SB24-117 | Eating Disorder Treatment & Recovery Programs | Cutter, Winter, deGruy Kennedy | House Appropriations |
Support | SB24-175 | Improving Perinatal Health Outcomes | Fields, Buckner, McLachlan, Jodeh | House Appropriations |
Support | SB24-203 | Prescription Drug Board Consider Rare Disease Advisory Council | Ginal, Kirkmeyer, Hartsook, Ortiz | House Floor |
Support | HB24-1040 | Gender-Affirming Health-Care Provider Study | Vigil, Marchman, Winter | Postponed Indefinitely |
Support | HB24-1066 | Prevent Workplace Violence in Health-Care Settings | Hamrick, García, Michaelson Jenet, Gonzales | House Appropriations |
Support | HB24-1075 | Analysis of Universal Health-Care Payment System | McCormick, Boesenecker, Marchman, Jaquez Lewis | Senate Health & Human Services |
Support | HB24-1113 | Credit for Paid Health Insurance Deductible | Brown, Boesenecker, Roberts | Postponed Indefinitely |
Support | HB24-1258 | Credit Covered Person Expenses Insurer Insolvency | Brown, Boesenecker, Roberts | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |
Other bills CCLP has taken a position on
Click here to find registered amend, monitor, oppose, and support positions for the bills below.
CCLP position |
Bill # |
Bill title |
Sponsor(s) |
Status |
Support | SB24-034 | Increase Access to School-Based Health Care | Marchman, Kolker, García, Lindsay | House Education; May 1, upon adjournment |
Support | SB24-053 | Racial Equity Study | Coleman, Herod, Ricks | House Floor |
Monitor | SB24-129 | Nonprofit Member Data Privacy & Public Agencies | Pelton, Kolker, deGruy Kennedy, Frizell | House Business Affairs & Labor; May 1, upon adjournment |
Support | HB24-1009 | Bilingual Child Care Licensing Resources | Joseph, McLachlan, Ginal, Rich | Senate Appropriations |
Support | HB24-1019 | Crisis Resolution Team Program | Bradfield, Amabile, Fields, Pelton | House Appropriations |
Support | HB24-1028 | Overdose Prevention Centers | Epps, Priola | Postponed Indefinitely |
Monitor | HB24-1124 | Discrimination in Places of Public Accomodation | Soper, Mabrey, Gonzales | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |
Support | HB24-1262 | Maternal Health Midwives | García, Jodeh, Buckner, Michaelson Jenet | Senate Health & Human Services; May 1, upon adjournment |
Support | HB24-1355 | Measures to Reduce the Competency Wait List | Mabrey, Amabile, Michaelson Jenet, Gardner | Senate Judiciary |
Support | HB24-1380 | Regulation of Debt-Related Services | Mabrey, Cutter, Jaquez Lewis | Passed Senate; back to House for a concurrence vote on Senate Amendments |
Support | HB24-1390 | School Food Programs | Bird, Sirota, Kirkmeyer, Bridges | Governor signed on 4/29/2024 |
Support | HB24-1444 | Federal Indian Boarding School Research Program | McLachlan, Herod, Bridges, Simpson | House Floor |