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Race Trait Hairstyle Anti-discrimination Protect, The CROWN Act (Rep. Herod, Rep. Buckner, & Sen. Fields) – The bill specifies that, for purposes of anti-discrimination laws in the context of public education, employment practices, housing, public accommodations, and advertising, protections against discrimination on the basis of one’s race includes traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles. (HB20-1048) https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1048
Insurance Cover Infertility Diagnosis Treatment Preserve (Rep. Herod) – The bill enacts the “Colorado Building Families Act”, which requires health benefit plans issued or renewed in Colorado on or after January 1, 2022, to cover diagnosis of infertility, treatment for infertility, and fertility preservation services. The coverage for fertility medications must not impose any limits that are not applicable to coverage under the plan for other prescription medications, and the plan cannot impose deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, benefit maximums, waiting periods, or other limitations that are not applicable to other medical services covered under the plan. (HB20-1158) https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1158
Environmental Justice And Projects Increase Environmental Fines (Rep. Jackson) – Concerning additional public health protections regarding alleged environmental violations, and, in connection therewith, raising the maximum fines for air quality and water quality violations and allocating the fines to environmental mitigation projects. (HB20-1143) https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1143
Suppressing Court Records Of Eviction Proceedings (Rep. Jackson) – The bill specifies that court records related to an eviction proceeding or an action for termination of a mobile home park tenancy are suppressed court records that are not publicly available. If an order granting the plaintiff possession of the premises is entered in the action, the court records are no longer suppressed and the court must make the records available to the public, unless the parties agree that the records should remain suppressed. (HB20-1009) https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1009
Employee Protection Lawful Off-duty Activities (Rep. Melton) – Concerning clarification that the prohibition on an employer terminating an employee for the employee’s lawful off-duty activities extends to activities that are lawful under state law even if those activities are not lawful under federal law. (HB20-1089) https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1089
Diverse Kindergarten Through 12th Grade Educator Workforce Report (Rep. Coleman & Sen. Fields) – The bill directs the department of higher education and the department of education to convene a workgroup on diversity in the educator workforce (workgroup). The department of higher education and the department of education shall select the members of the workgroup, which shall include but are not limited to those agencies, persons, and organizations specified in the bill. The workgroup shall investigate barriers to the preparation, retention, and recruitment of a diverse educator workforce and shall consider strategies to increase diversity in the educator workforce. The bill includes specific issues for the workgroup to consider. (HB20-1007) https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1007
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