Our Western Colorado Alliance all volunteer Legislative Committee has been busy tracking bills and watching everything that’s happening under Colorado’s Golden Dome. We are writing to you today with an update on our big bills of 2022 and ways you can help them become law.
The 2021 and 2022 Colorado legislative sessions produced some of Colorado’s boldest legislation in a generation. Big sweeping bills on climate, energy, pollution, mental health, and racial justice are now being implemented by state agencies and put to work. This means that the 2022 session is seeing bills of more narrowed scope and limited focus. You can check out some of the bills we’re following at the bottom of this email.
Senate Bill 22-086 Homestead Exemption and Consumer Debt Protection
We’re always looking for ways to make big numbers of people’s lives better in Western Colorado and we’ve got one great opportunity to do that this year. Western Colorado Alliance member and bankruptcy attorney Don Bell co-authored an exciting bill that upgrades Colorado protections for individuals facing debt and bankruptcy. Colorado currently gets a “D’ grade on debtor protections and our Legislative Committee has decided to make this a top priority of 2022. We are forming an Action Team on this bill ASAP and need members of the public who want to help us plan and execute a winning campaign for this bill. Check out this fact sheet here and email me at joel@westerncoloradoalliance.org if you know anyone who can help. Stay tuned for more bite-sized action opportunities on this bill by email here soon.
2022 People’s Lobby Trip
We will be holding our major annual Lobby Trip to the Capitol March 6-8 (Sunday through Tuesday). This decades-old Alliance event is one of our most engaging membership activities of the year. You’ll get to meet face-to-face with legislators, see what a day under the Golden Dome looks like, visit the House or Senate floor, and help us lobby on priority bills! If you’re interested and able to travel with a group of Alliance members to Denver, reach out to me at joel@westerncoloradoalliance.org. RSVPs to attend are due no later than Tuesday, March 1.