Colorado General Assembly

Building Energy Code Board Members Announced 0
- October 4, 2022
The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) has released the names of the final members of the state’s new Energy Code Advisory Board tasked with implementing the recently passed HB 22-1362, a cost raising piece of the legislation that seeks to encourage building electrification. Here’s the final make up of the board, per the CEO website: Board
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Regressive Fees Fund Transportation Bill 0
- May 18, 2021
Despite being awash with funds from improved revenues and billions of dollars in federal pandemic aid to the state, Democrat legislators have chosen to fund their transportation priorities with regressive new fees that disproportionately impact the poorest Coloradans. The $5.3 billion transportation bill (SB 21-260) working its way through the legislature this week will create approximately $3.8 billion in new
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How The Colorado Transportation Bill Circumvents TABOR and Proposition 117 0
- May 17, 2021
Year-after-year, voters continue to send a message to Colorado politicians that they want a chance to vote on tax increases regardless of whether legislators call them “taxes” or “fees.” With this year’s transportation bill (SB 21-260), legislators have found multiple creative ways to disregard the will of the people. Their legal gymnastics to get around
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The Forgotten Stakeholders: “Green” Transportation Will Be Funded by Underpaid Workers 0
- June 21, 2019
By Tegan Truitt Fourth blog in our series on the Colorado Green New Deal The indirect, and in some cases the direct consequences of the Colorado Green New Deal will not be pretty. Among the bills comprising this stream of environmental legislation is Senate Bill 239, which Governor Jared Polis signed into law on May 31,
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Are More Government Regulations Really Necessary?0
- May 29, 2019
Third blog in our series on the Colorado Green New Deal After reading House Bill 1231, one cannot help but wonder, do the members of our state Legislature really have enough time to micromanage businesses and individuals? The stated intent of 1231 is to “protect consumers and businesses against manufacturers who would otherwise sell, in
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Democrats Demand More Electric Vehicles 0
- April 24, 2019
Second blog in our series on the Colorado Green New Deal Colorado’s Democrat party-controlled government has decided to manufacture, or at least play a part in generating the demand for zero emission vehicles, known also as electric vehicles (EV). Increasing the number of EVs on the road is a vital component of the Colorado Green
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