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Senate Business, Labor, & Technology
Senate Business, Labor & Technology killed a public-health whistleblower bill at its own sponsor's request over an unaffordable fiscal note, then advanced a workers'-comp premium fix and a DORA sunset cleanup to the consent calendar.
Key Actions
·Sunset Division of Professions & OccupationsPassed
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Notable Quotes
“But upon introduction there were some concerns and also a fiscal impact that we couldn't bear, pass and deal with this year. So after discussions, we have decided to postpone this bill. We will work on it with. With the hospitals over the interim and see if we can.”
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Votes
Referred to Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendarAction
Yes (5)Marc Catlin, Iman Jodeh, Larry Liston, Nick Hinrichsen, Jessie Danielson
Referred to Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendarAction
Yes (5)Marc Catlin, Iman Jodeh, Larry Liston, Nick Hinrichsen, Jessie Danielson
Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction
Yes (5)Marc Catlin, Iman Jodeh, Larry Liston, Nick Hinrichsen, Jessie Danielson
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Senator catlin? Here. Judah. Present. Liston. Excused. Henriksen. Excused. Madam chair. Here. Okay. Welcome, Mr. Majority leader. Welcome back to the business labor technology committee. You are here for senate bill 179. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Committee. Good to be here. I came here today to present Senate Bill 179. It was a bill that I had drafted for the communication workers of from a case that happened many years ago. We passed the PROPA bill, which was whistleblower protections for workers in government entities. It was always intended to include the. The political subdivisions of Denver Health and UC Health. We ran the bill in 23 and then we did a correction on it in 24. But what happened this year was there was a claim for whistleblower protection that the judge and the defendants said it didn't apply because political subdivisions aren't covered under PROPWA as a political entity. And they dismiss it based on that and from governmental immunity acts. And that was never the intent of the bill we passed. So we drafted this bill in the intention of running it and. And doing some work. But upon introduction there were some concerns…
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