Last week, twenty-six more bills reached Governor John Hickenlooper’s desk and were signed into law. The bills comprised the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth groups of legislation to emerge from the 2011 General Assembly.

• HB 11-1156
  • Sponsored by Rep. Becker and Sen. Hodge. Extension of the Conservation Grant Funding with Severance Tax Revenues.
• HB 11-1004
  • Sponsored by Rep. Baumgardner and Sen. Harvey. Registration of a Vehicle used for Agricultural Production.
• HB 11-1258
  • Sponsored by Rep. Baumgardner and Sen. Newell. Guidelines for Autopsy Practices.
• HB 11-1042
  • Sponsored by Rep. Levy and Sen. Nicholson. Concerning the Classification of Residential Land when the Residential Improvement is Temporarily Removed.
• HB 11-1201
  • Sponsored by Rep. Hamner and Sens. Nicholson and White. Concerning Measures to Facilitate the Issuance of Educator Licenses.
• HB 11-1097
  • Sponsored by Rep. Barker and Sen. Guzman. Voluntary Contribution Designation Benefitting the Goodwill Industries Fund that Appears on the Individual State Income Tax Form.
• HB 11-1234
  • Sponsored by Rep. Vaad and Sens. Spence and S. Williams. Creation of a Taxicab License Plate for Vehicles Authorized to Provide Taxicab Services.
• HB 11-1160
  • Sponsored by Rep. Gerou and Sen. Jahn. Concerning the Establishment of a Green Building Incentive Pilot Program Administered by the Governor’s Energy Office to Incentivize the Making of Energy Efficiency Improvements to Existing Residences with Current Ratings Below Minimum Standards.
• HB 11-1251
  • Sponsored by Rep. Conti and Sen. Tochtrop. Exemption from the Restrictions on Window Tinting for Public Safety Vehicles.
• HB 11-1286
  • Sponsored by Reps. Sonnenberg and Becker and Sen. Schwartz. State Engineer’s Rule-Making Authority in the Case of Dewatering of Geologic Formations by Withdrawing Nontributary Ground Water to Facilitate the Mining of Minerals.
• HB 11-1291
  • Sponsored by Rep. McNulty and Sen. Morse. Legislative Approval of Regional Haze Element of the State Implementation Plan.
• SB 11-209 (the FY 2011-12 Long Bill)
  • The Governor signed the FY 2011-12 budget appropriations bill, and endorsed supporting legislation that will help balance the state’s budget. The governor also vetoed eight footnotes in the bill because of violations to Article III and/or Article V of the Colorado Constitution.
• HB 11-1200
  • Sponsored by Rep. Baker and Sen. Roberts. Conducting a Substance Abuse Assessment at Probation Intake when the Presentence Report is Waived.
• SB 11-211
  • Sponsored by Sen. Hodge and Rep. Ferrandino. Concerning the Use of the Tobacco Tax for Health-Related Purposes During a State Fiscal Emergency.
• SB 11-212
  • Sponsored by Sen. Hodge and Rep. Gerou. Additional Permissible Uses for the Hospital Provider Fee Cash Fund for State Medicaid Expenditures to Offset State General Fund Expenditures for the Next Two Fiscal Years.
• SB 11-214
  • Sponsored by Sen. Hodge and Rep. Becker. Decommission Fort Lyons Prison.
• SB 11-215
  • Sponsored by Sen. Hodge and Rep. Becker. Reduction in the General Fund Portion of Per Diem Rates Paid to Nursing Care Facilities in 2011-12 Fiscal Year.
• SB 11-216
  • Sponsored by Sen. Hodge and Rep. Ferrandino. Reduction in the General Fund Appropriations for the Children’s Basic Health Plan by Reallocating Tobacco-Related Revenue Streams.
• SB 11-217
  • Sponsored by Sen. Hodge and Rep. Ferrandino. Reduction in the Juvenile Detention Bed Caps.
• SB 11-218
  • Sponsored by Sen. Hodge and Rep. Ferrandino. Transfer of Money from Certain Cash Funds to State Education Fund.
• SB 11-221
  • Sponsored by Sen. Hodge and Rep. Becker. Contributions to Pay the Unfunded Accrued Liability of Old Hire Pension Plans that are Affiliated with the Fire and Police Pension Association.
• SB 11-222
  • Sponsored by Sen. Hodge and Rep. Gerou. Concerning Transfers of Money Related to Capitol Construction.
• SB 11-223
  • Sponsored by Sen. Hodge and Rep. Gerou. State Sales Tax Revenues Retained by the Vendor as Compensation for Expenses Incurred by the Vendor for Collection and Remittance of such Revenues to the State.
• SB 11-224
  • Sponsored by Sen. Hodge and Rep. Ferrandino. Suspension of Annual Increases in the Percentage of Tobacco Litigation Settlement Moneys Received by the State that are Allocated to the Nurse Home Visitor Program.
• SB 11-228
  • Sponsored by Sen. Steadman and Rep. Gerou. The Formula by which Moneys Shall be Advanced to the County from the County Tax Base Relief Fund in the Event that Appropriations are Insufficient.
• SB 11-229
  • Sponsored by Sen. Steadman and Rep. Ferrandino. Increasing the Statutory Cap on Administrative Expenses for the School Counselor Corps Grant Program.

For a complete list of Governor Hickenlooper’s 2011 legislation decisions click here.