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2017
ECONOMIC FREEDOM
SCORECARD

Dear Concerned
Taxpayer,
Welcome to the Americans for
ProsperityColorado 2017 Legislative
Scorecard.
As one of 36 AFP state chapters with
over 2.75 million activists nationwide, AFP-CO is home to over 127,000
Colorado activists and a strong base of local donors. Together, we work
hard to preserve a free market economy that leads to economic freedom
and prosperity for all Coloradans.
There are many important issues facing Colorado. With those in
mind, we created seven public policy priorities to focus on for the
2017 legislative session. The purpose of this Scorecard is to hold
elected officials accountable and recognize those who vote in line
with economic freedom principles.
As you go through the Scorecard, I hope youll join us in celebrating
legislators that are our Champions of Economic Freedom!
Sincerely,
POLICIES THAT PROMOTE
ECONOMIC FREEDOM
Our 2017 Legislative Agenda is based on
promoting the principles of economic
freedom. In short, economic freedom is
the freedom to choose how to produce,
sell and use your own resources, while
respecting others rights to do the same.
A more economically free government
has low taxes, a limited scope and size of
government, government spending thats
under control, eliminates unnecessary
regulations, protects individual rights and
prefers free markets over cronyism. States
with more economic freedom experience
greater economic growth, which leads to
more prosperity for its citizens.
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
BUDGET COLORADO 2017
LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD
The bills that appear on the 2017 AFP-CO
Scorecard include those that relate to our
Budget Colorado Public Policy Agenda. In
addition, we have included bills that fit our
vision of economic freedom and opportunity
described at AmericansforProsperity.com.
SCORECARD GRADING
In determining the percentage for each
score, one point is awarded for a vote
in favor of a bill we support or against
a bill we oppose. Likewise, one point
is deducted for a vote in favor of a bill
we oppose, and for a vote against a bill
we favor. Committee and floor votes
both count, however the last action
taken by the legislator is the one
counted. We also award one point for
prime sponsorship of a bill we support
and deduct one point for prime
sponsorship of a bill we oppose.
GRADING SCALE
A+ - 100%
A - 90%-99%
*Champion of Economic Freedom 90%
or above
B - 80%-89%
C - 70%-79%
D - 60%-69%
F - 59% or Below

THIS YEARS LEGISLATIVE

PRIORITIES:
Jesse Mallory 1. Uphold the Taxpayers Bill of Rights
State Director (TABOR)
Americans for Prosperity-Colorado
2. Stop Special Favors in Workforce
Development

3. Reform Construction Defects Litigation

4. Promote School Choice
5. Reprioritize Budget Spending
6. Protect the Energy Sector and
Ratepayers
7. Reduce Regulations that Hinder
Business Development
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Champions of Freedom ............................ 3
Senate Abbreviated Scores ..................... 4
House Abbreviated Scores ...................... 5
Senate Votes ............................................. 6-7
House Votes ............................................. 8-10
Scorecard Bill Summaries .................. 11-13
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CHAMPIONS OF
ECONOMIC FREEDOM
LEGISLATOR GRADE SCORE LEGISLATOR GRADE SCORE

Senator Cooke A+ 100.00% Representative McKean A 91.67%

Senator Hill A 91.67% Representative Neville P. A+ 100.00%

Senator Marble A 95.45% Representative Nordberg A 92.31%

Senator Neville T. A+ 100.00% Representative Ransom A+ 100.00%

Senator Scott A 90.00% Representative Saine A+ 100.00%

Senator Smallwood A 95.24% Representative Van Winkle A 92.86%

Senator Tate A 91.67% Representative Williams D. A 94.12%

Representative Beckman A 91.67% Representative Wist A+ 100.00%

Representative Lundeen A 91.67%

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SENATE ABBREVIATED SCORES

FINAL FINAL
SENATOR 2017 SENATOR 2017
PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE
Aguilar F 33.33% Kefalas F 41.18%

Baumgardner B 85.00% Kerr F 30.43%

Cooke A+ 100.00% Lambert B 89.47%

Coram C 73.68% Lundberg B 85.00%

Court F 32.00% Marble A 95.45%

Crowder C 72.22% Martinez Humenik B 82.35%

Donovan F 36.84% Merrifield F 33.33%
Fenberg F 23.81% Moreno F 38.10%
Fields F 47.06% Neville T. A+ 100.00%
Garcia F 33.33% Priola B 80.00%
Gardner C 75.00% Scott A 90.00%
Grantham C 72.22% Smallwood A 95.24%
Guzman F 36.84% Sonnenberg B 87.50%
Hill A 91.67% Tate A 91.67%
Holbert B 88.24% Todd F 35.29%
Jahn F 50.00% Williams A. F 47.37%
Jones F 22.22% Zenzinger F 47.37%
Kagan F 38.89%
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HOUSE ABBREVIATED SCORES

FINAL FINAL FINAL

REPRESENTATIVE 2017 REPRESNTATIVE 2017 REPRESENTATIVE 2017
PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE
Arndt F 23.08% Hooton F 15.79% Rankin B 83.33%

Becker J. C 76.92% Humphrey B 89.47% Ransom A+ 100.00%

Becker K. F 25.00% Jackson F 23.08% Rosenthal F 35.71%

Beckman A 91.67% Kennedy F 42.86% Saine A+ 100.00%

Benavidez F 20.00% Kraft-Tharp F 23.08% Salazar F 25.00%

Bridges F 23.08% Landgraf D 69.23% Sias B 80.00%

Buck B 85.71% Lawrence D 69.23% Singer F 27.27%

Buckner F 33.33% Lebsock F 27.27% Thurlow D 60.00%

Carver C 78.57% Lee F 30.77% Valdez F 25.00%

Catlin D 61.54% Leonard B 85.00% Van Winkle A 92.86%

Coleman F 30.77% Lewis C 75.00% Weissman F 15.79%

Covarrubias C 78.57% Liston C 72.73% Willett C 75.00%

Danielson F 30.77% Lontine F 21.05% Williams D. A 94.12%

Duran F 38.46% Lundeen A 91.67% Wilson D 69.23%
Esgar F 28.57% McKean A 91.67% Winter F 23.08%
Everett B 84.62% McLachlan F 28.57% Wist A+ 100.00%

Exum F 23.08% Melton F 17.65% Young F 33.33%

Foote F 28.57% Michaelson Jenet F 38.46%

Garnett F 28.57% Mitsch Bush F 30.77%

Ginal F 25.00% Navarro B 85.71%

Gray F 40.00% Neville P. A+ 100.00%

Hamner F 33.33% Nordberg A 92.31%

Hansen F 30.77% Pabon F 53.33%

Herod F 42.86% Pettersen F 28.57%

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SENATE VOTES

HB17-1090

HB17-1094
HB17-1068
HB17-1057

HB17-1256

HB17-1242

HB17-1375
HB17-1041

SB17-004
SB17-009

HB17-1124
SB17-003
HB17-1187

SB17-043
SB17-045
SB17-042

SB17-065
SB17-039
SB17-029

SB17-055

SB17-067
SB17-023
SB17-022

SB17-057

SB17-075

SB17-267
SB17-001
HB17-1115

SB17-061
SB17-188

SB17-156

Lifetime
SB17-113

Current
District

Score

Score
Senator

Aguilar, Irene 32 NV NV - - - - - - - - - NV - - - NV - 33.33% 43.17%

Baumgardner, Randy 8 NV - - - - - - - - - - - 85.00% 86.50%

Cooke, John 13 NV - - - - - - - - - - - 100.00% 91.00%

Coram, Don 6 NV - - - - - - - - - - - - 73.68% 79.84%

Court, Lois 31 NV - - - - - - 32.00% 41.00%

Crowder, Larry 35 NV - - - - - - - - - - - - - 72.22% 67.61%

Donovan, Kerry 5 NV - - - - - - - - - - - - 36.84% 41.92%

Fenberg, Stephen 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 23.81% 23.81%

Fields, Rhonda 29 NV - NV - - - - - - - - - - - - 47.06% 43.03%

Garcia, Leroy 3 NV - - - - - - - - - - 33.33% 32.67%

Gardner, Bob 12 NV NV - - - - - - - - - - 75.00% 75.00%

Grantham, Kevin 2 NV NV - - - - - - - - - - - - 72.22% 72.11%

Guzman, Lucia 34 NV NV - - - - - - - - - - - 36.84% 38.42%

Hill, Owen 10 NV NV - - - - - - 91.67% 87.83%

Holbert, Chris 30 NV NV - - - - - - - - - - - - - 88.24% 90.62%

Jahn, Cheri 20 NV NV - - - - - - - - - - 50.00% 47.50%

Jones, Matt 17 NV - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22.22% 26.11%

Kagan, Daniel 26 NV NV - - - - - - - - - - - - 38.89% 44.44%

Kefalas, John 14 NV NV - - - - - - - - - - - - - 41.18% 37.09%

Kerr, Andy 22 NV NV - - - NV - - - 30.43% 30.22%

Lambert, Kent 9 NV NV - - - - - - - - NA - - 89.47% 84.74%

Lundberg, Kevin 15 NV NV - - - - - - - - - - 85.00% 84.50%

Marble, Vicki 23 - - - - - - - - - - 95.45% 89.23%

Martinez Humenik, Beth 24 NV NV - - - - - - - - - - - - - 82.35% 83.18%

Merrifield, Michael 11 NV NV - - - - - - - - - - - - 33.33% 29.67%

AFP Position: PRO | CON

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SENATE VOTES

HB17-1090

HB17-1094
HB17-1068
HB17-1057

HB17-1256

HB17-1242

HB17-1375
HB17-1041

SB17-004
SB17-009

HB17-1124
SB17-003
HB17-1187

SB17-043
SB17-045
SB17-042

SB17-065
SB17-039
SB17-029

SB17-055

SB17-067
SB17-023
SB17-022

SB17-057

SB17-075

SB17-267
SB17-001
HB17-1115

SB17-061
SB17-188

SB17-156

Lifetime
SB17-113

Current
District

Score

Score
Senator

Moreno, Dominick 21 NV NV - - - - - - - - - 38.10% 33.55%

Neville, Tim 16 NV NV - - - - 100.00% 101.50%

Priola, Kevin 25 NV NV - - - - - - - - - - 80.00% 82.50%

Scott, Ray 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - 90.00% 84.50%

Smallwood, Jim 4 NV NV - - - - - - - - - 95.24% 95.24%

Sonnenberg, Jerry 1 - - - - - - - - 87.50% 90.75%

Tate, Jack 27 NV NV - - - NV - - 91.67% 77.33%

Todd, Nancy 28 NV NV - - - - - - - - - NA - NA - 35.29% 36.65%

Williams, Angela 33 NV NV - NV - - - - - - - - - 47.37% 50.18%

Zenzinger, Rachel 19 NV NV - - - - - - - - - - - 47.37% 47.37%

AFP Position: PRO | CON

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HOUSE VOTES

HB17-1090

HB17-1094
HB17-1068
HB17-1063
HB17-1057

HB17-1256

HB17-1242

HB17-1375
HB17-1041

SB17-004
SB17-009

HB17-1124
SB17-003
HB17-1187

SB17-043

SB17-045

SB17-065
SB17-039
SB17-029

SB17-055

SB17-067

SB17-075

SB17-267
SB17-001
HB17-1115

SB17-061

SB17-156

Lifetime
SB17-113

Current
District

Score

Score
Representative

Arndt, Jeni James 53 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23.08% 32.04%

Becker, Jon 65 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 76.92% 88.46%

Becker, KC 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25.00% 34.50%

Beckman, Susan 38 - - - - - - - - - - - - NV - - - 91.67% 91.67%

Benavidez, Adrienne 32 - - - - - - - - 20.00% 20.00%

Bridges, Jeff 3 - - - - - - - - - NV - - - - - 23.08% 23.08%

Buck, Perry 49 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 85.71% 99.36%

Buckner, Janet 40 - - NV - - - - - - - - - - - - - 33.33% 34.67%

Carver, Terri 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 78.57% 78.79%

Catlin, Marc 58 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 61.54% 61.54%

Coleman, James 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30.77% 30.77%

Covarrubias, Phil 56 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 78.57% 78.57%

Danielson, Jessie 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30.77% 34.38%

Duran, Crisanta 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 38.46% 31.73%

Esgar, Daneya 46 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 28.57% 27.29%

Everett, Justin 22 NA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 84.62% 88.81%

Exum, Tony 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23.08% 23.08%

Foote, Mike 12 - - - - - - - 28.57% 31.79%

Garnett, Alec 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 28.57% 40.29%

Ginal, Joann 52 - - - - - - - NV - - - - - - - - 25.00% 27.50%

Gray, Matt 33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 40.00% 40.00%

Hamner, Millie 61 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 33.33% 32.67%

Hansen, Chris 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30.77% 30.77%

Herod, Leslie 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 42.86% 42.86%

Hooton, Edie 10 - - - - - - - - - 15.79% 15.79%

Humphrey, Stephen 48 - - - - - - - - - 89.47% 90.74%

AFP Position: PRO | CON

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HOUSE VOTES

HB17-1090

HB17-1094
HB17-1068
HB17-1063
HB17-1057

HB17-1256

HB17-1242

HB17-1375
HB17-1041

SB17-004
SB17-009

HB17-1124
SB17-003
HB17-1187

SB17-043

SB17-045

SB17-065
SB17-039
SB17-029

SB17-055

SB17-067

SB17-075

SB17-267
SB17-001
HB17-1115

SB17-061

SB17-156

Lifetime
SB17-113

Current
District

Score

Score
Representative

Jackson, Dominique 42 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23.08% 23.08%

Kennedy, Chris 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 42.86% 42.86%

Kraft-Tharp, Tracy 29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 23.08% 24.04%

Landgraf, Lois 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 69.23% 84.62%

Lawrence, Polly 39 NA - - - - - - - NV - - - - - - 69.23% 84.50%

Lebsock, Steve 34 NA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 27.27% 29.14%

Lee, Pete 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30.77% 34.88%

Leonard, Timothy 25 - - - - - - - - 85.00% 87.00%

Lewis, Kimmi 64 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 75.00% 75.00%

Liston, Larry 16 NA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 72.73% 72.73%

Lontine, Susan 1 - - - - - - - - - 21.05% 27.03%

Lundeen, Paul 19 - - - - - - - - - - NV - - - - - 91.67% 95.83%

McKean, Hugh 51 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 91.67% 91.67%

McLachlan, Barbara 59 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 28.57% 28.57%

Melton, Jovan 41 - - NV - - - - - - - 17.65% 20.82%

Michaelson Jenet, Dafna 30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 38.46% 38.46%

Mitsch Bush, Diane 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30.77% 31.88%

Navarro, Clarice 47 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 85.71% 92.86%

Neville, Patrick 45 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 100.00% 100.00%

Nordberg, Dan 14 - - - - - - - - - NV - - - - - 92.31% 96.15%

Pabon, Dan 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 53.33% 45.17%

Pettersen, Brittany 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 28.57% 32.79%

Rankin, Bob 57 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 83.33% 78.67%

Ransom, Kim 44 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 100.00% 102.50%

Rosenthal, Paul 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 35.71% 32.36%

Saine, Lori 63 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 100.00% 100.00%

AFP Position: PRO | CON

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HOUSE VOTES

HB17-1090

HB17-1094
HB17-1068
HB17-1063
HB17-1057

HB17-1256

HB17-1242

HB17-1375
HB17-1041

SB17-004
SB17-009

HB17-1124
SB17-003
HB17-1187

SB17-043

SB17-045

SB17-065
SB17-039
SB17-029

SB17-055

SB17-067

SB17-075

SB17-267
SB17-001
HB17-1115

SB17-061

SB17-156

Lifetime
SB17-113

Current
District

Score

Score
Representative

Salazar, Joseph 31 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25.00% 24.00%

Sias, Lang 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 80.00% 87.50%

Singer, Jonathan 11 NV - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 27.27% 31.64%

Thurlow, Dan 55 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 60.00% 74.00%

Valdez, Donald 62 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25.00% 25.00%

Van Winkle, Kevin 43 - - - - - - - - - NV NV - - - 92.86% 93.43%

Weissman, Mike 36 - - - - - - - - - 15.79% 15.79%

Willett, Yeulin 54 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 75.00% 87.50%

Williams, Dave 15 - - - - - - - NV - - NV 94.12% 94.12%

Wilson, James 60 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 69.23% 78.12%

Winter, Faith 35 - - - - - - NV - - - - - - - - 23.08% 30.04%

Wist, Cole 37 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 100.00% 88.50%

Young, Dave 50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 33.33% 32.67%

AFP Position: PRO | CON


SCORECARD BILL SUMMARIES
Below please find the Scorecard bill summaries,
which have been marked according to whether or
not we support or oppose them.
HB17-1063- Increase in Business Personal Property
Tax Exemption
This bill proposed increasing the exemption from
business personal property taxes from less than
$7,300 of personal property to less than $50,000.
If it had passed, businesses with less than $50,000
of business personal property would not have been
required to submit a schedule to the county assessor.
SB17-9- Increase in Business Personal Property
Tax Exemption
If passed, this bill would have increased the per-
schedule exemption of business personal property
from $7,300 to $10,000 for the next two property
tax years, and then adjusted the amount for
inflation for subsequent property tax cycles.
HB17-1068- Prevailing Wage for CDOT Public
Private Partnerships
This bill mandates the Colorado Department of
Transportation only consider proposals for public-
private initiatives that pay prevailing wages for
construction labor.
SB17-1- Regulatory Relief Act
The bill proposed enacting the Regulatory Relief
Act of 2017, and required relevant state agencies
to give small businesses a period of time to cure
a first-time minor violation of a rule instead of
enforcing the rule by imposing a fine.
AFP Position: PRO | CON
SB17-3- Repeal of the Colorado Health
Benefit Exchange
The bill would have repealed the Colorado Health
Benefit Exchange Act effective January 1, 2018,
allowing the exchange to continue for one year
for the purpose of winding up its affairs. The bill
also required the board of the Exchange, on the
last day of the wind-up period, to transfer any
unencumbered money that remains in the exchange
to the state treasurer, who would then have
transferred the money to the general fund.
SB17-4- Access to Providers for Medicaid
Recipients
Under current law, recipients of services under the
Colorado medical assistance program (Medicaid)
are not responsible for the cost of services by a
medical provider. They are also not responsible
for the cost remaining after payment by Medicaid
or another private insurer, regardless of whether
the medical provider is enrolled in the Medicaid
program unless the medical services provided
are non-reimbursable by Medicaid. If passed, this
bill would have amended the statute so that the
prohibition on charging Medicaid recipients for
medical services would apply only if the medical
provider was enrolled in Medicaid.
SB17-22- Rural Economic Advancement Of
Colorado Towns
This bill concerned the coordination of economic
assistance for rural communities experiencing
certain significant economic events that have
led to substantial job loss in those communities,
authorizing the department of local affairs to
coordinate nonmonetary assistance and award
grant money to assist rural communities with job
creation or retention.
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SB17-23- Register Athlete Agents
The bill would have enacted the Revised Uniform
Athlete Agents Act (2015), drafted by the National
Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State
Laws. The revised act would have established new
provisions for registration and registration renewal
for sports agents, to be administered by the
secretary of state. The revised act would have been
subject to sunset review in 2026.
SB17-29- Funding for Full Day Kindergarten
Concerning increasing the funding for preschool
through twelfth grade public education, and
increasing the funding for full-day kindergarten,
requiring the secretary of state to submit a ballot
question to authorize the state to retain and
spend for preschool through twelfth grade public
education any state revenues above the excess
state revenues cap approved by the voters in 2005.
SB17-39- Education Income Tax Credits for
Nonpublic School
The bill would have established a private school
tuition income tax credit allowing any taxpayer
to claim a credit when the taxpayer enrolls a
dependent qualified child in a private school.
SB17-42- Repeal Local Government Internet
Service Voter Approval
The bill would have repealed restrictions on the
provision of cable television, telecommunications
service or high-speed internet access by a local
government, including providing these services
without first seeking voter approval.

SCORECARD BILL SUMMARIES
SB17-43- Transportation Network Company
Drivers Medical Certificate Not Required
The bill would have eliminated the requirement
for a medical certificate for persons who drive for
transportation network companies.
SB17-45- Construction Defect Claim Allocation of
Defense Costs
If passed, this bill required the equitable allocation
of the costs of defending a construction defect
claim, requiring the court to apportion the costs of
defense, including reasonable attorney fees, among
all insurers with a duty to defend.
SB17-55- Prohibit Discrimination Labor Union
Participation (Right-to-Work)
The bill prohibited an employer from requiring any
person, as a condition of employment, to become
or remain a member of a labor organization to pay
dues, fees or other assessments to a labor or charity
organization or other third party in lieu of the labor
organization. Any agreement that violated these
prohibitions or the rights of an employee is void.
SB17-57- Colorado Healthcare Affordability &
Sustainability Enterprise
If passed, this bill would have created an enterprise
that is exempt from the requirements of section 20
of article X of The State Constitution and related
statutory provisions to administer a fee-based
healthcare affordability and sustainability program
for hospitals.
* SB17-061 was postponed indefinitely so that HB17-1375 could move through the process,
therefore House Education Committee members were not scored for this vote.
AFP Position: PRO | CON
SB17-61- Equalized Funding Charter School
Operating Costs*
The bill requires a school district to distribute
revenue it receives from ongoing local property tax
mill levies equally, on a per-student basis, to the
school district charter schools.
SB17-65- Transparency in Direct Pay Health Care
Prices
This bill required that health care providers disclose
the charges they impose for common health care
services when payment is made directly rather than
by a third party.
SB17-67- Strip Accountability in School Testing
Current law relating to performance evaluations
for teachers and principals (educator evaluations)
includes a requirement that at least 50 percent
of an evaluation must be determined by the
academic growth of the teachers students or the
students in the principals school. The bill eliminated
that requirement but grants school districts the
flexibility to continue to use student academic
growth, in an amount not to exceed 20 percent, in
educator evaluations.
SB17-75- Income Tax Deduction for Military
Retirement Benefits
The bill created an additional deduction under
which a person of any age may deduct a
percentage of military retirement benefits from his
or her state income tax.
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HB17-1090- Advanced Industry Investment Tax
Credit Extension
Advanced Industry Investment Tax Credit Extension
This bill extends and expands the Advanced
Industry tax credit for an additional five years. The
total maximum amount of credits allowed per
calendar year is increased to $ 1.5 million.
HB17-1124- Local Government Liable Fracking Ban
Oil and Gas Moratorium
The bill specified that a local government that
bans hydraulic fracturing of an oil and gas well is
liable to the mineral interest owner for the value
of the mineral interest. It also specified that a
local government that enacts a moratorium must
compensate oil and gas operators, mineral lessees
and royalty owners for all costs, damages and losses
of fair market value associated with the moratorium.
HB17-1115- Direct Primary Health Care Services
The bill established parameters under which an
agreement may be entered into between a direct
primary health care provider and a patient for the
payment of a periodic fee and for a specified period
of time, if the agreement is not the business of
insurance or the practice of underwriting and does
not fall under regulation of the division of insurance.
HB17-1094- Telehealth Coverage Under Health
Benefit Plans
Under current law, health benefit plans are required
to cover health care services delivered to a covered
person by a provider via telehealth in the same
manner that the plan covers health care services
delivered by a provider in person. The bill clarifies
a number of related items, such as the assertion
that a health plan cannot restrict or deny coverage
of telehealth services based on the communication
technology or application used to deliver the
telehealth services.

SCORECARD BILL SUMMARIES
SB17-113- Cap Employer Contribution Rates For
PERA Public Employees Retirement Association
Employers
This bill required that the total employer
contribution rates for public employees retirement
association employers in the 2018 calendar year
would become the maximum total employer
contribution rates for future calendar years.
SB17-156- Homeowners Association Construction
Defect Lawsuit Approval Timelines
The bill stated that when the governing documents
of a common interest community require mediation
or arbitration of a construction defect claim and
the requirement is later amended or removed,
mediation or arbitration is still required for a
construction defect claim.
HB17-1242- Sales Tax Increase for Transportation
Funding Revenue
The bill required a ballot question to be submitted
to the voters of the state seeking approval for the
state to impose a 21 percent state sales tax increase,
$700 million per year, and to issue a specified
amount of transportation revenue anticipation
notes (TRANs) for the purpose of funding specified
state transportation projects.
HB17-1041- Inform Students and Parents of
Education Leading to Jobs
In assisting a student and his or her parent in
creating the ICAP, the public school must discuss
the skills and educational opportunities available
through military enlistment and is encouraged to
provide to the student information concerning the
military enlistment test.
AFP Position: PRO | CON
SB17-267- Sustainability of Rural Colorado and
Enterprising of Hospital Provider Fee
In order to save rural hospitals, this bill reclassified
the hospital fee as an enterprise, including lowering
the TABOR revenue limit by $200 million to offset
the more than $800 million in additional tax money
the state can retain after removal of the fee, raising
some Medicaid co-pays, providing a tax break for
small businesses, and $30 million for rural schools,
to be funded by increasing the special sales tax
on retail marijuana to the maximum of 15 percent.
The bill also approved issuing $2 billion worth of
certificates, backed by mortgaging state buildings,
for transportation and other construction projects,
25 percent of which must be used in rural areas of
the state.
HB17-1057- Interstate Physical Therapy
Licensure Compact
This bill concerns the adoption of an interstate
compact to allow persons authorized to practice
physical therapy in a state to obtain the privilege to
practice physical therapy in other member states.
HB17-1187- Change Excess State Revenues Cap
Growth Factor
This bill modifies the excess state revenues cap
established in 2005 as Referendum C by allowing
an annual adjustment for an increase based on
the average annual change of Colorado personal
income over the last five years, rather than
adjusting for inflation and population. Colorado
personal income is the total personal income for
Colorado as reported by a federal agency. As the
modification may increase the amount that the
state retains and spends in a given fiscal year, the
bill seeks voter approval for the change, as required
by TABOR.
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HB17-1256- Oil and Gas Facilities Distance from
School Property
The Colorado oil and gas conservation commission
requires oil and gas production facilities and wells to
be located at least 1,000 feet from school buildings
and other high occupancy buildings. This bill clarifies
that the minimum 1,000-foot distance from which
newly permitted production facilities and wells must
be located from any school applies to the school
property line and not the school building.
SB17-188- Repeal Income Tax Credit Innovative
Motor Vehicles
This bill repeals the income tax credits for
innovative motor vehicles and innovative trucks
for a designated period of time, requiring the
state controller to credit an amount of tax revenue
estimated to be retained by the repeal of the
income tax credits to the highway users tax fund.
The bill requires the secretary of state to submit a
ballot question, to be treated as a proposition, at
the statewide election to be held in November 2017
requesting voter approval.
HB17-1375- Distributing Mill Levy Override
Revenue to Schools
This bill requires school districts to distribute mill
levy revenue to meet the needs of students, create a
fund to provide equalizing money to institute charter
schools, and requires school districts and charter
schools to post a list of statutory waivers received.
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