HB1303  DORA Certify Speech Language Pathologists

House Sponsor Schafer, S         

Senate Sponsor Spence                    

CUT votes NO   Newly created criminal class.  Government keep out of the way of business.     

SB155     Transparency of Elections and CORA

Senate Sponsor Heath & White

House Sponsor Court & Murray      

CUT votes NO    Election transparency benefits voters.                       

HB1123   PUC Report to GA on Rate Case Hearings      

House Sponsor Conti     

Senate Sponsor Williams, S                       

CUT votes Yes  Provides increased transparency.                    

HB1226    Surcharge on Crimes Against At-risk Persons

House Sponsor Barker

Senate Sponsor Aguilar               

CUT votes NO   Crime is crime no matter to whom against.

SB022  Maintain Child Care Assistance Working Families

Senate Sponsor Williams          

Senate Sponsor Massey                     

CUT votes NO   Expansion of entitlement program costing taxpayers.

SB124 Eliminate Regional Tourism Project Limit     

Senate Sponsor Harvey

House Sponsor None                                                                                                                             

CUT votes NO          Expands corporate welfare.

HB1009 Federal Funds Transparency Act           

House Sponsor Gerou   

Senate Sponsor Lambert                            

CUT votes Yes         Taxpayers should be able to see where their tax dollars are spent.

HB1029    Economic Stimulus Personal Property Tax Exemption       

House Sponsor Holbert 

Senate Sponsor Scheffel                            

CUT votes Yes     Good for business which is good for job creation.

HB1005   Legal Investments for Public Funds

House Sponsor Pabon

Senate Sponsor Harvey

CUT votes YES         Prudent and fiscally responsible asset management.

HB1110    Regulation of Appraisal Management Company

House Sponsor Williams, A       

Senate Sponsor None                                                                                                                           

CUT votes NO          Newly created criminal class.  Government keep out of the way of business.

SB023    Improve Eligible Persons Access to PACE Programs

Senate Sponsor Boyd

House Sponsor None                                                                                                                             

CUT votes NO          Expands coverage.  Moves participants to a program with less oversight and more costs.  Brings in federal funds.

HB1132 Creative District Tax Incentives

House Sponsor Miklosi

Senate Sponsor Williams, S

CUT votes NO Tax policy should be simple and uniform.

HB1142 New PERA Employee Defined Contribution Plan Choice

House Sponsor DelGrosso

Senate Sponsor None

CUT votes YES Converting as many employees as possible to defined contribution plan will help with PERA unfunded liability.

HB1150 PERA Seven Year Highest Average Salary Calculation

House Sponsor Priola

Senate Sponsor Lambert

CUT votes YES Another positive reform to PERA.

HB1179 Composition of PERA Board

House Sponsor Kerr, J

Senate Sponsor None

CUT votes YES Reduces number of trustees who are PERA members or retirees.

HB1246 Reverse Payday Shift State Employees Paid Biweekly

House Sponsor Becker

Senate Sponsor Hodge

CUT votes YES Places expense in the proper FY.

HB1250 PERA Health Care Trust Fund Employer Contributions

House Sponsor Holbert

Senate Sponsor Harvey

CUT votes YES Yet another reform to help PERA deal with unfunded liabilities.

HB1251 Reforms to Urban & Rural Enterprise Zone Act

House Sponsor Hullinghorst

Senate Sponsor Heath

CUT votes NO Tax policy should be simple and uniform. This adds complexity to an already complex system.

HB1253 Low-income Property Expenses Assistance Grants

House Sponsor Kefalas

Senate Sponsor Johnston

CUT votes NO Expands a subsidy.

HB1260 Limit Enterprise Zone Investment Income Tax Credit

House Sponsor Labuda

Senate Sponsor None

CUT votes NO Change in tax policy which should be sent to voters for approval.

HB1265 Require State Investment in Colorado Corporate Securities

House Sponsor Giron

Senate Sponsor Pace

CUT votes NO Government not a venture capitalist entity.

HB1280 Video Lottery Terminals for College Scholarships

House Sponsor Coram & Sonnenberg

Senate Sponsor Tochtrop & Spence

CUT votes NO Insidious expansion by legislature of gambling in CO. VLTs are synonymous with slots. Existing gambling approved by citizens. This usurps citizen approval.

HBHB1129 Moneys for Small Business Development Centers

House Sponsor Tyler

Senate Sponsor Jahn

CUT votes NO Government does not create jobs. Not a function of government.

HB1235 Energy Efficient Public Schools

House Sponsor Kerr A.

Senate Sponsor Johnston

CUT votes NO Not a function of State. Local Boards should manage according to cost/benefit.

HB1279 Public Financing of Legislative Campaigns

House Sponsor Lee

Senate Sponsor None

CUT votes NO Probably tax increases hidden as fees. Total misuse of public dollars.

HB1287 Adjust Value of Senior Property Tax Exemption

House Sponsor Pabon

Senate Sponsor None

CUT votes NO Contradicts what citizens approved and caps amount to taxpayer.

SB 050 Prohibit Red Light Camera Vehicle Identification

Senate Sponsor Renfroe

House Sponsor Baumgardner

CUT votes YES Program is merely a revenue enhancing technique. There is no proof any improvement in traffic.

HB1002 The CLEAR Act & Application Permit Rules

House Sponsor Sonnenberg

Senate Sponsor Jahn

CUT votes YES Provides reasonable expectations to those submitting applications.

HB1102 Cap Clean Air Clean Jobs Electricity Rate Impact

House Sponsor Swalm

Senate Sponsor Tochtrop

CUT votes YES Caps rate, good for consumers

HB1123 PUC Report to GA on Rate Case Hearings

House Sponsor Conti

Senate Sponsor Williams S

CUT votes YES Provides increased transparency.

HB1145 State Personnel Total Compensation Policies

House Sponsor Bradford

Senate Sponsor None

CUT votes NO Increases personnel costs.

HB1146 Funding for Dropout Recovery Programs

House Sponsor Nikkel

Senate Sponsor None

CUT votes NO Increases Educational Costs

HB1219 Funding Emerging Medical Discoveries

House Sponsor Miklosi

Senate Sponsor None

CUT votes NO Not a government function.

HB1226 Surcharge on Crimes Against at-risk Persons

House Sponsor Barker

Senate Sponsor Aguilar

CUT votes NO Crime is crime no matter to whom against.

HB1241 Review Enterprise Zone Designations

House Sponsor Ferrandino

Senate Sponsor None

CUT votes YES Reviewing enterprise zone eligibility might help to eliminate some enterprise zone designations.

HB1247 Reduce Tobacco Settlement Accelerated Payments

House Sponsor Gerou

Senate Sponsor Steadman

CUT votes YES Reduces General Fund allocation to tobacco programs and reduces FTE.

HB1252 Transparency of Higher Ed Financial Information

House Sponsor Nikkel

Senate Sponsor Spence

CUT votes YES Transparency to taxpayers of how their dollars are spent.

HB1272 Enhanced Benefits Unemployed Workers in Training

House Sponsor Duran

Senate Sponsor None

CUT votes NO Increased subsidies.

HB1286 Film Production Activities in Colorado

House Sponsor Massey

Senate Sponsor Ferrandino

CUT votes NO Subsidy to special industry. Government picking winners/losers.

HB1103 Exclude Clean Counties from Enhanced Emission Area

House Sponsor Vaad

Senate Sponsor None

CUT votes YES No need to hassle counties with no problem emissions.

HB1118 School Collective Bargaining Open to Public

House Sponsor Conti

Senate Sponsor None

CUT votes YES Transparency to taxpayers. Taxpayers should be able to observe how taxpayer dollars are being bargained away.

HB1119 Success Act to Limit State Agency Fines

House Sponsor Coram/Giron

Senate Sponsor King

CUT votes YES Businesses should not be burdened with fines over trivial errors.

HB1121 PUC Hearings Utility Ratepayers’ Bill of Rights

House Sponsor Scott

Senate Sponsor None

CUT votes YES Mission must be to provide energy at the lowest possible cost. Charges for other than energy delivery are hidden taxes.

HB1137 DORA Registration Music Therapists

House Sponsor Todd

Senate Sponsor None

CUT votes NO Government regulation which harms consumers by restricting entry into a profession. Consumers can decide for themselves.

HB1218 Early Childhood & School Readiness Commission

House Sponsor Penniston

Senate Sponsor None

CUT votes NO Commission set up for the purpose to show why preschool education must be endorsed and funded by taxpayers.

SB 080 Business Comment Fiscal Impact Proposed Laws Rules

Senate Sponsor Mitchell

House Sponsor None

CUT votes YES Gives businesses opportunity to say costs to be incurred by them.

SB 108 Medicaid Dental Services Pregnant Women

Senate Sponsor Nicholson

House Sponsor None

CUT votes NO Expansion of entitlement.

SB 119 PERA Fiscal Sustainability

Senate Sponsor Neville

House Sponsor Holbert

CUT votes YES Caps PERA liability and ends taxpayer liability for poor investment decisions. Ever-increasing oversight of PERA is a must for taxpayer protection.

SB 129 Rural Broadband Jobs Act

Senate Sponsor Schwartz

House Sponsor Coram

CUT votes NO Government interference in business cost/benefit decisions.

SB 134 Hospital Payment Assistance Program

Senate Sponsor Aguilar

House Sponsor None

CUT votes NO Not the business of government.

SB 140 GAAP for State Gov

Senate Sponsor Grantham

House Sponsor None

Cut votes YES Will provide consistency and accountability.

SB 144 Ofc Econ Dev Strategy Grow & Retain Key Industries

Senate Sponsor Heath and Scheffel

Senate Sponsor Summers and Ryden

CUT votes NO Government interference in private industry. Best strategy is for government to stay out of way.

SJR006 Prohibition on Mandates to State & Local Governments Without Adequate Funding

Senate Sponsor Roberts

House Sponsor None

CUT votes YES No unfunded mandates.

HB1009 Federal Fund Transparency Act

House Sponsor Gerou. Senate Sponsor Lambert

CUT votes YES Taxpayers should be able to see where their tax dollars are spent.

HB1029 Economic Stimulus Personal Property Tax Exemption

House Sponsor Holbert. Senate Sponsor Scheffel

CUT votes YES Good for business which is good for job creation.

HB1034 Waste Tire Processor End User Fund

House Sponsor Looper. Senate Sponsor Spence

CUT votes NO A 15-year program which has not produced results.

HB1037 Classify Certain Ag Products Wholesale Sales

House Sponsor Becker. Senate Sponsor None

CUT votes YES Legitimate business expense which should not be taxed.

HB1039 Pay-as-you go Requirements

House Sponsor Hullinghorst. Senate Sponsor None

CUT votes NO Balanced budget is required already.

SB 005 Ofc Econ Dev Business Retention & Expansion Program

Senate Sponsor Newell. House Sponsor Massey

CUT votes NO Government attempting to pick winners/losers. Free market solutions work best.

SB 022 Maintain Child Care Assistance Working Families

Senate Sponsor Williams. House Sponsor Massey

CUT votes NO Expansion of entitlement program costing taxpayers.

SB 053 Colorado Health Benefit Exchange Repeal

Senate Sponsor Neville. House Sponsor Looper

CUT votes YES Reverses SB 11-200. Government interference in healthcare.

SB 068 No Trans Fats in Public School Foods

Senate Sponsor Guzman. House Sponsor Massey

CUT votes NO Personal liberty decisions for parents and children.

SB 082 PERA Retirement Age Same as Social Security

Senate Sponsor Harvey. House Sponsor None

CUT votes YES Puts government employees (paid by taxpayers) on par with private sector employees (taxpayers). Currently government employees receive much richer plans than private sector.

SB 084 PERA Transparency

Senate Sponsor Lambert. House Sponsor Swalm

Cut votes YES Fiscal transparency makes for better informed payers.

SB 085 Reducing General Fund Expenditures

Senate Sponsor Mitchell. House Sponsor None

CUT votes YES Reduces Medicaid funding. A step in the right direction.

SB 100 Prohibit Discrimination Labor Union Participation

Senate Sponsor Neville. House Sponsor Joshi

CUT votes YES Right to work. Good for business and jobs.

SB 001    Contracting Preferences for Employing Coloradoans

Senate Sponsor Hudak/Duran. House Sponsor Ryden

CUT votes NO  Government interference in trade and social engineering.

SB 004    Preferences for US Materials in Public Contracts

Senate Sponsor Foster. House Sponsor Miklosi

CUT votes NO   Difficult for firms to verify. Government interference in trade.

SB 015 Creating Optional Category of Higher Ed Tuition

Senate Sponsor Giron/Johnston. House Sponsor Duran

CUT votes NO     Entitlement for persons not legally in the US.

SB 016 Local Gov Option to Change PERA Contribution Rates

Senate Sponsor Lambert. House Sponsor DelGrosso           

CUT votes YES  Sensible idea to help local govt control skyrocketing costs of retirement benefits.

SB 018   Alternative Medicaid Program for Elderly

Senate Sponsor Lundberg. House Sponsor None

CUT votes YES  Decreases cost and increases individual choice.

SB 021 Financial Literacy Program for County Residents

Senate Sponsor Nicholson. House Sponsor Lee

Cut votes NO Government subsidy; not government business.

SB 026  Agency Rules With State Mandates on a Local Govt

Senate Sponsor Cadman.   Senate Sponsor none

CUT votes YES    No unfunded mandates

SB 032 Medicaid Reform Seek Federal Waiver

Senate Sponsor Brophy. House Sponsor None

CUT votes YES State could better control soaring Medicaid costs.

SB 052 Local & Statewide Assessed Prop Tax Exemption

Senate Sponsor Scheffel. House Sponsor Priola

CUT votes YES  Business tax which is anti-business growth and costly to ensure compliance.

SB 089 Repeal Motorcycle Operator Safety Program

Senate Sponsor Renfroe. House Sponsor Holbert

Cut votes YES Eliminates a government program and associated costs.