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House Business Affairs & Labor
Colorado's House Business Affairs & Labor Committee killed a bid to exempt newspaper carriers from the Wage Act on a narrow bipartisan split and cleared a first-in-the-nation 'artist company' business structure over Bar Association objections, while advancing workers' comp and occupational-licensure fixes with little dissent.
Key Actions
·Optional Residential Construction Contractor CertificationKilled
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Notable Quotes
“SB 91 is an unprecedented carve out from wage and other rights. Some jobs have partial exemptions like like farm overtime. But this is the first carve out of a specific job from the entire employee coverage in the Wage Act.”
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Votes
Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction
Yes (13)Max Brooks, Regina English, Ryan Gonzalez, Rebecca Keltie, Javier Mabrey, Bob Marshall, Tisha Mauro, Chris Richardson, Gretchen Rydin, Larry Don Suckla, Sean Camacho, Naquetta Ricks, Sheila Lieder
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (13)Max Brooks, Regina English, Ryan Gonzalez, Rebecca Keltie, Sheila Lieder, Javier Mabrey, Bob Marshall, Tisha Mauro, Chris Richardson, Gretchen Rydin, Larry Don Suckla, Sean Camacho, Naquetta Ricks
Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction
Yes (7)Regina English, Sheila Lieder, Javier Mabrey, Bob Marshall, Gretchen Rydin, Sean Camacho, Tisha Mauro
No (6)Max Brooks, Ryan Gonzalez, Rebecca Keltie, Larry Don Suckla, Naquetta Ricks, Chris Richardson
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Regina English, Ryan Gonzalez, Rebecca Keltie, Sheila Lieder, Javier Mabrey, Bob Marshall, Tisha Mauro, Gretchen Rydin, Sean Camacho, Naquetta Ricks
No (3)Max Brooks, Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (10)Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla, Naquetta Ricks, Ryan Gonzalez, Rebecca Keltie, Sheila Lieder, Javier Mabrey, Tisha Mauro, Gretchen Rydin, Regina English
No (3)Bob Marshall, Sean Camacho, Max Brooks
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (9)Regina English, Javier Mabrey, Bob Marshall, Tisha Mauro, Gretchen Rydin, Larry Don Suckla, Sean Camacho, Ryan Gonzalez, Sheila Lieder
No (2)Max Brooks, Rebecca Keltie
Excused (2)Chris Richardson, Naquetta Ricks
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (13)Max Brooks, Regina English, Ryan Gonzalez, Rebecca Keltie, Sheila Lieder, Javier Mabrey, Bob Marshall, Tisha Mauro, Chris Richardson, Gretchen Rydin, Larry Don Suckla, Sean Camacho, Naquetta Ricks
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The committee will come to order. Ms. Aroja, please call the row. Representatives Brooks. English. English Representative. English Rep. English Representative Gonzalez Kelty. Leader. Excused. Leader. Here. Mabry. Marshall. Morrow. Here. Richardson, Ryden. Excused. Sukla. Excused. Camacho. Here. Madam Chair. Present. Thank you. So today we have seven bills and we do have our witnesses or sponsors, I should say before us. Who wants to go first? Rep. Taggart. Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you to committee members. I have very fond memories of serving on the Business and Labor Committee and I miss some of those discussions. Not all of them, but some of those discussions. I come to this bill from very much a business perspective. As many of you know, I spent my career building organizations and creating environments where people can succeed. One thing I've learned is simple. When the structure of an organization fits what we're trying to accomplish, we are much better off. And in this particular case, we do not have a structure to support our creative industries. In Grand Junction and across the Western Slope, we have a growing creative economy. We have a downtown creative district, which is a great…
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