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…
Regulatory Issues
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…
Colorado is losing assisted-living beds, and industry leaders blame regulations
Colorado has the second-fastest-aging population in America, and those between 65 and 74 years old are its fastest-growing demographic. Despite that, the number of assisted-living…
Gov. Polis stared down legislators that sought social-media regulation. Polis won.
During an April 14 news conference urging Gov. Jared Polis to sign a bill seeking to impose new child-safety protections on social-media companies, Chelsea Congdon…
Following changes, regulatory-reform bill getting across-the-board support
Five days ago, opponents of a bill to boost oversight of two key Colorado regulatory departments called it unfair to state workers and accused backers…
After asking Legislature for heaping of help, restaurants receive only crumbs
Colorado restaurants’ two-part strategy to reduce cost pressures during a period of significant eatery closings fully collapsed this week after a Senate committee killed a…
Legislators fix bill to help commercial buildings meet emissions-cut mandates
Months of negotiations have resulted in what business leaders called a mutually beneficial agreement with state regulators on how to proceed with commercial-building decarbonization efforts…
Bipartisan bill to require audits of Colorado regulators gets labor, enviro pushback
Signs of overregulation are rampant for Colorado businesses, from the 459 days it takes to get an air-quality permit to the 43 major energy-related rulemakings…