Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
A late-adjournment Senate State, Veterans & Military Affairs hearing advanced three worker- and family-safety bills over Republican objections, framing them repeatedly as Colorado stepping in where federal labor protections have receded. The most combustible moment came on the domestic-violence custody bill, when a Catholic Conference witness and the Democratic vice chair clashed openly.
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“As an example, Aspen Skiing Company has about 2,300 outdoor workers during a season. They've had zero cold weather emergencies among staff in the past four years.”
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Sign in to subscribeThe committee on State Veteran and Military affairs will come to order. Mr. Sayed, please call the roll. Senators Linsted. Excused. Liston. Excused. Damor Wilson. Present. Sullivan. Here. Mr. Madam Chair. Present. Welcome everybody. We have several members coming in and out as they are presenting other bills in these last few days of session. I will have to do so two at certain parts of committee. So just appreciate everybody's patience as we roll through the various bills moving. We will start today with House Bill 1272. And I see that our sponsors are here who would like to kick us off. Senator Cutter thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee. I'm really happy to bring forward HB 261272 protecting workers in extreme temperatures with my co prime, Senator Weissman and excited that a version of this has finally made its way to the Senate. We've working and I should say by we I mean really advocates have been putting in yeoman's work over the last few years to try and get some kind of policy to help workers in the face of, you know, what we know is increasingly volatile weather and temperature fluctuations. So this…
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