Polis offers some regulatory reform in final bill signings
Nestled among the final bills from the 2025 legislative session that Gov. Jared Polis signed into law over the past week were several regulatory reform…
Regulatory Issues
Polis signs tip credit bill — with a warning for local governments
Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Tuesday allowing local governments with higher minimum wages to expand their tip credits — and warned that if they…
Colorado board approves energy-efficient building codes that favor electric heating over gas-powered appliances
Colorado officials approved building codes Friday for new residential and commercial structures that demand more energy efficiency and do so in specific ways that favor…
Board will consider sweeping — and potentially costly — homebuilding mandates
An Energy Code Board set up by a 2022 law will vote next week on recommendations that could require future homes to be built to…
Polis vetoes attempt to boost safety regulations on Uber, Lyft drivers
Gov. Jared Polis on Friday vetoed a bill that sought to ramp up driver safety regulations on rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft, demonstrating in…
Polis signs several bills that businesses had fought
By inking new laws Thursday that make it easier for Coloradans with disabilities and with wage-theft claims to demand damages from businesses, Gov. Polis completed…
2025 legislative review: Business wins, a few losses and more battles to come
The 2025 legislative session was one where business leaders engaged early — rallying against the first bill to get a Senate committee hearing — and…
Proposed new safety regulations for Uber, Lyft could cause rideshare to exit Colorado
Despite a bevy of amendments added by sponsors over the legislative session’s final two days to try to temper opposition, Colorado’s largest rideshare company is…
Four months after introduction, legislators send largely unchanged wage-theft bill to Polis for his signature
Introduced on the first day of the 2025 legislative session, House Bill 1001 offered a bevy of new weapons against wage theft, including many provisions…
One bill is on its way to Polis after session-long debates over regulatory reform
A Colorado legislative session that began with Democrats and Republicans feuding over what role regulatory reform should play in reducing the cost of living will…