Citizens Project monitors bills every year at the Colorado State Legislature, and we report back to our community about bills we support and oppose, based on their alignment with our values of equity, inclusion, and justice.
Below are the bills Citizens Project has taken a position on for 2022.
Citizens Project puts out calls to action for certain bills, and we publish a Legislator Report Card at the end of every Legislative Session, outlining how El Paso County Legislators voted on the bills we took positions on.
The bills below have been organized by issue category.
Support:
HB22-1086 The Vote Without Fear Act
Oppose:
HB22-1045 Statutory Initiative Petition Signature Requirements
HB22-1078 Voting Systems Standards Adoption
HB22-1084 Ineligible Jurors Voter Registration
HB22-1085 Paper Ballot Fraud Countermeasures
HB22-1204 Election Systems
Oppose:
SB22-109 Prohibit Labor Actions Against Public Employers
Support:
SB22-001 Crime Prevention Through Safer Streets
SB22-010 Pretrial Diversion For Person With Behavioral Health
SB22-018 Expand Court Reminder Program
SB22-021 Treatment Behavioral Health Disorders Justice System
SB22-023 Deceptive Tactics Juvenile Custodian Interrogation
SB22-099 Sealing Criminal Records
SB22-103 Remedy For Improper Guilty Pleas
Support:
HB22-1049 Prohibiting Transcript And Diploma Withholding
HB22-1057 Public Employees’ Retirement Association Employment After Teacher Retirement
SB22-008 Higher Education Support For Foster Youth
Oppose:
HB22-1066 Public Education Curriculum And Professional Development Information
HB22-1069 Parent Authority To Request Public School Reforms
HB22-1136 Ultrasound Video Demonstration In Sex Education
HB22-1203 Income Tax Credits For Nonpublic Education
HB22-1206 Prohibit Discriminatory Practices In Schools
HB22-1236 Parent’s Bill Of Rights
SB22-039 Funding For Educational Opportunities
Support:
HB22-1038 Right To Counsel For Youth
HB22-1042 Teen Parent Driving Class
HB22-1051 Mod Affordable Housing Tax Credit
HB22-1082 Establish Fair Housing Unit Department Of Law
HB22-1102 Veterans And Military Status In Fair Housing
SB22-104 Tribal Governments Included In State Programs
Support:
HB22-1083 Colorado Homeless Contribution Income Tax Credit
HB22-1196 Pay Equity Study
Oppose:
HB22-1129 General Fund Surplus Rebates To Taxpayers
Support:
HB22-1035 Modernization Of The Older Coloradans’ Act
HB22-1055 Sales Tax Exemption Essential Hygiene Products
HB22-1056 Emergency Temporary Care For Children
HB22-1065 Emergency Mental Health Treatment And Evaluation Standard
HB22-1153 Affirm Parentage Adoption In Assisted Reproduction
HB22-1169 Prohibit Sexual Act Without Consent
HB22-1279 Reproductive Health Equity Act
Oppose:
HB22-1047 Protecting Human Life At Conception
HB22-1079 Abolishing Abortion In Colorado