Joint Budget Committee
The Joint Budget Committee, meeting upon adjournment days before signing the long bill, cleared a fast-tracked JBC measure (LLS 1027) shielding the state from local minimum-wage and occupational-tax ordinances while raising the state employee minimum wage to $19.29 under a same-day MOU with Colorado WINS — approved for introduction 6-0 even as it was still being drafted.
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“definitely was not on my bingo card to be back in front of you this soon. But always a pleasure to be back with the Joint Budget Committee and look forward to signing the long bill in just a few days.”
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Sign in to subscribeIt's. The Joint Budget Committee will come to order. We have, as we always seem to do, a new issue that has arisen. And so I don't know if Director Harper, I am calling on you or if Director Ferrandino is here to tell us about this new issue. Thank you, Madam Chair. CRAIG harper, JBC STAFF I would suggest turning it over to Director Ferrandino. All right. Welcome Director Ferrandino. Thank you Madam Chair, members of the committee, Mark Ferrandino, Director of OSPB definitely was not on my bingo card to be back in front of you this soon. But always a pleasure to be back with the Joint Budget Committee and look forward to signing the long bill in just a few days. So thank you for all the work there. But however, new issues, there's always new issues that pop up it seems and wanted to take the opportunity to bring this to your attention and ask for support for a bill to address a concern that came from some of the issues we are dealing with. As you know, the legislature several years ago passed legislation that allowed local jurisdictions to have flexibility. God bless you…
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