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Legislative NewsSigns predict Kagan win
4/3/2009
By Janet Simons Maybe it was the posters. As we searched to discover the political factors that played into Daniel Kagan’s victory in the vacancy election to replace departing Anne McGihon as state representative for House District 3, the posters leapt to mind. Panel OK’s bill to help schools 'go green'
4/3/2009
By Elizabeth Stortroen Renewable energy seems to be all the buzz at the Statehouse this session, as lawmakers offer bills designed to do everything from creating training programs for the “new energy economy” to requiring homebuilders to offer prospective homebuyers a solar-power option. Panel OK's School Finance Act
4/3/2009
By Jason Kosena The bipartisan wheels are turning fast in an effort to race a new School Finance Act through the Senate this week. After being introduced Monday, Senate Bill 256 gained a favorable 8-0 vote in the Senate Education Committee Wednesday and is expected to pass the full Senate by week’s end. Immigrant tuition bill sneaks out of panel
4/3/2009
By Jason Kosena When the cat’s away, the mice will play. Early Wednesday morning, Senate Democrats, led by Abel Tapia, of Pueblo, and Chris Romer, of Denver, pushed Senate Bill 170, which would allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition at public universities and colleges. Democrats hold a 6-4 majority on the Senate Appropriations Committee, where the bill has been sitting for weeks. However, Sen. Moe Keller, D-Wheat Ridge, doesn’t support the legislation, and the Democrats had been stalling a vote out of fear of a tie, which would kill it. Jig is up for GOP on oil-rig rules
3/26/2009
By Jason Kosena The Republicans are running out of options in their attempt to stop implementation of the state’s new proposed rules and regulations for the growing oil and gas industry. The rules gained initial approval by the full Senate Tuesday, despite strong objection by Republicans, and now await a third reading before heading to Gov. Bill Ritter’s desk to be signed into law. The vote on Tuesday, like many in this year, split on a straight party line, with 21 in favor, 13 against and 1 excused. Single-payer health insurance takes small step on legislative ladder
3/26/2009
By Richard Haugh An ambitious bill to create a system to provide health care coverage for all Coloradans took a step forward last Wednesday. Following a nearly seven-hour hearing on March 18, the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee approved House Bill 1273, sponsored by Rep. John Kefalas, D-Fort Collins, on a 5-4 vote. The bill now goes to the House Appropriations Committee for consideration. Health Care Affordability Act dodges GOP bullets
3/26/2009
By Richard Haugh Despite a barrage of Republican attempts to amend it, a bill aimed at boosting state Medicaid funding by assessing a fee on hospitals will go to the Senate. House Bill 1293, the Health Care Affordability Act of 2009, sponsored by Reps. Jim Riesberg, D-Greeley, and Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver, and by Sen. Moe Keller, D-Wheat Ridge, passed the House March 25 and goes to the Senate for consideration. 6 percent limit heads to House
3/20/2009
By Jason Kosena With one Senate-sized hurdle out of the way, Senate Bill 228 is headed to the House. If passed, the legislation, sponsored by Sen. John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, would repeal the Arveschoug-Bird limit, a 1991 legislative provision that allows the state’s General Fund to grow by only 6 percent each year. GOP frets as Dems push provider fee bill
3/20/2009
By Richard Haugh A proposal to generate $1.2 billion in additional funding for Colorado’s Medicaid program by assessing a fee on hospitals has passed two committees and is on its way back to the House Appropriations Committee for further consideration. HB 1243 would OK limited HMO coverage
3/20/2009
By Richard Haugh An amended bill allowing health maintenance organizations to sell limited-benefit health plans was approved by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee March 12 and sent to the full Senate. House Bill 1243, sponsored by Rep. Spencer Swalm, R-Centennial, and Sen. Gail Schwartz, D-Snowmass Village, would authorize HMOs to sell the limited-benefit plans to uninsured Coloradans who earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid. |
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