Early this week, nineteen bills reached Governor John Hickenlooper’s desk. They comprised of the fifth group and sixth group of bills to emerge from the 2011 General Assembly.

• HB 11-1030
  • Sponsored by Rep. B. Gardner and Sen. Boyd. Set Aside for Program Requiring the State to First Solicit Bids from Nonprofits Employing People with Severe Disabilities.
• HB 11-1117
  • Sponsored by Reps. McCann and Court and Sen. S. King. Subpoenas Issued by Administrative Law Judges in Campaign Finance Proceedings.
• HB 11-1148
  • Sponsored by Reps. Labuda and Nikkel and Sen. Boyd. Disclosure of Employment Information to an Employer Regarding a Health Care Worker and Immunity on Disclosing said Information.
• HB 11-1202
  • Sponsored by Rep. Labuda and Sen. Tochtrop. Requiring Public Entities to have Appropriations Available Prior to Work by a Contractor Pursuant to a Change Order.
• SB 11-002
  • Sponsored by Sen. Carroll and Rep. J. Kerr. Low-income Telephone Assistance Program Guidelines.
• SB 11-020
  • Sponsored by Sen. Morse and Rep. Stephens. Authorization of Certain Employees of the Department of Law as Peace Officers.
• SB 11-093
  • Sponsored by Sen. S. King and Rep. Vaad. Continuation of Interagency Task Force on Drunk Driving.
• SB 11-101
  • Sponsored by Sen. Spence and Rep. Swalm. Continuation of Fixed Rate and Tuition Fee Program.
• SB 11-103
  • Sponsored by Sens. Lundberg and Foster and Rep. Scott. Repeal of the Benefit Design Advisory Committee.
• SB 11-104
  • Sponsored by Sen. Roberts and Rep. Holbert. Repeal of Community Accountability Program Advisory Board.
• SB 11-106
  • Sponsored by Sen. Spence and Rep. Ferrandino. Repeal of the Science and Technology Education Grants Advisory Board.
• SB 11-123
  • Sponsored by Sen. Foster and Rep. Summers. Technical Changes to Child Support Procedures.
• SB 11-061
  • Sponsored by Sen. Spence and Rep. Ferrandino. Process for Appeals Under the “Exceptional Children’s Education Act.”

• HB 11-1177
  • Sponsored by Reps. Sonnenberg and Jones and Sens. Schwartz and White. Extension of Voluntary Tax Contributions to the Healthy Rivers Fund.
• HB 11-1031
  • Sponsored by Rep. Miklosi and Sen. Foster. Authorizing Specific Local Governments to Designate a Portion of their Territory as a Creative District.
• HB 11-1040
  • Sponsored by Rep. Brown and Sen. Tochtrop. Increase in Term Length for State Conservation Board Members.
• HB 11-1085
  • Sponsored by Rep. S. Schafer and Sen. Jahn. Guidelines for Referral of Offenders to Community Corrections.
• SB 11-029
  • Sponsored by Sen. Hudak and Rep. Summers. Annual Reports of the State Board of Land Commissioners Regulations.
• SB 11-086
  • Sponsored by Sen. Foster and Rep. Murray. Period Governing the Appeals of Taxpayers in Tax Disputes with Local Government.

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