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 | Passed Senate & House; onto signatures |
Support | HB24-1133 | Criminal Record Sealing & Expungement Changes | Mabrey, Soper, Rodriguez | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |
Support | HB24-1286 | Equal Justice Fund Authority | Joseph, Lindsay, Roberts, Priola | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |
Oppose | HB24-1306 | Increase Penalty Possession of Synthetic Opiates | Lynch, Pelton | Postponed Indefinitely |
Support | HB24-1368 | Language Access Advisory Board | Lindsay, Velasco, Gonzales | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |
Support | HB24-1432 | Repeal CBI Criminal Justice Record Sealing Fee | Clifford, Soper, Michaelson Jenet | Governor signed on 5/15/2024 |
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.Â
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 | Passed Senate & House; onto signatures |
Support | SB24-211 | Adjustments to the Necessary Document Program | Hinrichsen | Postponed indefinitely |
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 | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |
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.Â
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 | Governor signed on 5/16/2024 |
Support | SB24-064 | Monthly Residential Eviction Data & Report | Mullica, Marchman, Bird | Passed Senate & House; onto signatures |
Support | SB24-094 | Safe Housing for Residential Tenants | Gonzales, Exum, Lindsay, Froelich | Governor signed on 5/3/2024 |
Support | SB24-184 | Support Surface Transportation Infrastructure Development | Fenberg, Marchman, McCluskie, Boesenecker | Governor signed on 5/16/2024 |
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 | Lost |
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 | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |
Monitor | HB24-1233 | Homeowners’ Association Delinquency Payments Enforcement Procedures | Wilson, Snyder, Roberts, Gardner | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |
Support | HB24-1294 | Mobile Homes in Mobile Home Parks | Boesenecker, Velasco, Cutter | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |
Support | HB24-1318 | Modify Rental Premises Person with Disability | Ortiz, Danielson | Sent to the Governor |
Support | HB24-1322 | Medicaid Coverage Housing & Nutrition Services | Brown, Bird, Kirkmeyer, Rodriguez | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |
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 | Passed Senate & House; onto signatures |
Support | SB24-075 | Transportation Network Company Transparency | Priola, Rodriguez, Bacon, Ricks | Passed Senate & House; onto signatures |
Monitor | SB24-228 | TABOR Refund Mechanisms | Mullica, Lundeen, deGruy Kennedy, Pugliese | Governor signed on 5/14/2024 |
Support | HB24-1008 | Wage Claims Construction Industry Contractors | Duran, Froelich, Danielson, Kolker | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |
Support | HB24-1052 | Senior Housing Income Tax Credit | Weissman, Marshall, Kolker, Hansen | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |
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 | Passed House & Senate; onto signature |
Support | HB24-1129 | Protections for Delivery Network Company Drivers | Vigil, Mabrey, Hinrichsen, Priola | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |
Support | HB24-1134 | Adjustments to Tax Expenditures to Reduce Burden | Weissman, Rutinel, Hinrichsen | Governor signed on 5/14/2024 |
Monitor | HB24-1142 | Reduce Income Tax Social Security Benefits | Holtorf, Joseph, Winter, Pelton | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |
Support | HB24-1148 | Amending Terms of Consumer Lending Laws | Weissman, Mabrey, Gonzales | Postponed Indefinitely |
Support | HB24-1288 | Earned Income Tax Credit Data Sharing | Rutinel, Sirota, Hansen | Governor signed on 5/14/2024 |
Support | HB24-1297 | Baby Bonds Program Study | Willford, GarcÃa, Coleman | Postponed Indefinitely |
Support | HB24-1311 | Family Affordability Tax Credit | deGruy Kennedy, Willford, Winter, Coleman | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |
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 | Passed Senate & House; onto signatures |
Oppose | SB24-060 | Prescription Drug Affordability Board Exempt Orphan Drugs | Kirkmeyer, Ginal, Hartsook | Lost |
Support | SB24-080 | Transparency in Health-Care Coverage | Fields, Jaquez Lewis, Young | Passed Senate & House; onto signatures |
Support | SB24-117 | Eating Disorder Treatment & Recovery Programs | Cutter, Winter, deGruy Kennedy | Passed Senate & House; onto signatures |
Support | SB24-175 | Improving Perinatal Health Outcomes | Fields, Buckner, McLachlan, Jodeh | Passed Senate & House; onto signatures |
Support | SB24-203 | Prescription Drug Board Consider Rare Disease Advisory Council | Ginal, Kirkmeyer, Hartsook, Ortiz | Passed Senate & House; onto signatures |
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, GarcÃa, Michaelson Jenet, Gonzales | Postponed Indefinitely |
Support | HB24-1075 | Analysis of Universal Health-Care Payment System | McCormick, Boesenecker, Marchman, Jaquez Lewis | Postponed Indefinitely |
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, GarcÃa, Lindsay | Passed Senate & House; onto signatures |
Support | SB24-053 | Racial Equity Study | Coleman, Herod, Ricks | Passed Senate & House; onto signatures |
Monitor | SB24-129 | Nonprofit Member Data Privacy & Public Agencies | Pelton, Kolker, deGruy Kennedy, Frizell | Passed Senate & House; onto signatures |
Support | SB24-230 | Oil & Gas Production Fees | Fenberg, Cutter, McCluskie, Velasco | Governor signed on 5/16/2024 |
Support | HB24-1009 | Bilingual Child Care Licensing Resources | Joseph, McLachlan, Ginal, Rich | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |
Support | HB24-1019 | Crisis Resolution Team Program | Bradfield, Amabile, Fields, Pelton | Postponed Indefinitely |
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 | GarcÃa, Jodeh, Buckner, Michaelson Jenet | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |
Support | HB24-1355 | Measures to Reduce the Competency Wait List | Mabrey, Amabile, Michaelson Jenet, Gardner | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |
Support | HB24-1380 | Regulation of Debt-Related Services | Mabrey, Cutter, Jaquez Lewis | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |
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 | Passed House & Senate; onto signatures |