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As Colorado gears up for the special session to deal with the crisis-level budget deficit, they’re also going to have to factor in the cost of new regulation – and a lot of new laws are now in effect across the Centennial State.
Here’s the list:
- House Bill 25-1010: Prohibiting Price Gouging in Sales of Necessities. Allows the government to price-fix when they declare an emergency.
- Senate Bill 25-145: Online Cancellation of Automatic Renewal Contracts. Clarity and ease in cancellations online.
- House Bill 25-1203: Misbranding Cultivated Meat Products as Meat. Must label lab meat as “cell-cultivated meat.”
- House Bill 25-1040: Adding Nuclear Energy as a Clean Energy Resource. Includes nuclear in clean energy metrics for the state.
- House Bill 25-1091: Designation of State Mushroom. Colorado will have an official state mushroom thanks to. Known as “The Emperor” mushroom, or the Agaricus julius.
- House Bill 25-1161: Labeling Gas-Fueled Stoves. Warning labels on gas stoves with information about the health and air quality impacts of using gas-fuelled stoves indoors.
- House Bill 25-1099: Communication Devices in Schools. Requires school districts to develop student cell phone policies.
- House Bill 25-1180: Prohibiting Pet Animal Sales in Public Spaces. You can no longer sell pets on the side of the road, in a parking lot or in a public market.
- House Bill 25-1207: Pet Ownership Residential Housing Structures. No insurance denials based on your dog breed.
- House Bill 25-1270: Gun Violence Prevention and Parents of Students. Gun violence prevention materials are coming home from schools this year.
- Senate Bill 25-034: Voluntary Do-Not-Sell Firearms Waiver (delayed). For people who want to voluntarily block themselves from buying a gun.
- Senate Bill 25-069: Tire Chain Traction Control Device Permit. State-issued permits for people or companies who install/remove chains on the side of the road.
- House Bill 25-1163: Free Access to State Parks for Colorado Ute Tribes. Waives entry fees for tribal members.
- Senate Bill 25-061: Federally Recognized Tribes and Construction of Laws. Tribes exempt from new state laws.
- House Bill 25-1290: Transit Worker Assault and Funding for Training. Criminalizes interfering with a transit worker on duty.
- House Bill 25-1185: Child Conceived from Sex Assault Court Proceedings. An expedited process for giving up parental rights.
(List aggregated by CPR, descriptions ours.)
New regulation often requires new bureaucracy to enforce it. That means additional state spending – a barrier for the General Assembly’s special session goal of curing the $1B deficit.
Talk about an impossible task.
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