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Less than a week after the 2006 Legislative Session has begun, the following are the bills concerning families and children of which we should be aware:

House Bills:

HB 1005 – by Pommer and Bacon – Allows a school district to fund a local mill levy to raises funds for full-day kindergarten.

HB 1011 by Mc Cluskey and Sandoval – Makes it a crime to contact children unrelated to you and 15 years old or younger via computer; adds the statute of limitations as 10 years, makes requires registration as a sexual offender1

HB 1022 by Clapp – Eliminates the mandatory 90-day waiting period before a court can enter a dissolution of marriage decree.

HB 1024 by Frangas and Tapia – Extends the services that higher institutions should provide to assure a college education for underserved students (poor, in need of tutoring, etc.)

HB 1026 by Berens and Mitchell – In sexual assault against a child less than 12 years of age, with other factors present, requires the court to sentence the perpetrator to a life sentence.

HB 1034 by King and Bacon – Assures that special education is increasingly funded.

HB 1037 by Merrifield and Jones - Requires counties, state-funded preschools and others to submit to the state data concerning children ages 5 and younger who have been disenrolled in preschool due to bad behaviors.

HB 1046 by Vigil and Hanna – Provides for oversight of, and guidelines for, private occupational schools.

HB 1052 by Paccione – Provides for the ability of a person to subtract from state taxable income the amount of bad debt owed to medical providers that cannot be subtracted from federal taxes.

HB 1054 by Plant – Requires funding for HIV and AIDS prevention to be overseen by the Department of Public Health, and that the institution create grant programs for such prevention.

HB 1056 by Hanna – Requires that at least 50% of all vended products in school meet nutritional requirements, by the school year 2008-2009.

HB 1058 by Pommer and Williams – Requires the perpetrators of child abuse to pay an amount to the county court clerk if convicted of child abuse. The money will go to a legislative-disbursed fund that will pay for a multi-disciplinary approach treatment of the victims of child abuse.

HB 1062 by Welker – Mandates schools to collect and report to the Joint Budget Committee, data about the countries of citizenship of all children who attend public K-12 education in Colorado.
HB 1064 by Butcher and Tapia – Requires all schools to send to the parents of students the school populations, and individual student’s, data on a pass/fail basis.

HB 1065 by King – Allows the state Department of Education to contract for the implementation of a state-wide data sharing system between schools.

HB 1066 by Boyd – Establishes additional protections to the Colorado Fair Debt Practices Act, to do away with fraudulent, deceptive or misleading acts that may be committed by private agencies collecting child support.

HB 1070 by Stafford and Windels – Creates Juvenile Mental Health/ Family Advocacy Programs, six demonstration projects to report back, overseen by the Division of Mental Health.

HB 1071 by Massey and Kester – Eliminates jury trials for Dependency and Neglect Actions. Allows Human Services to intervene in cases in which a juvenile is in their system, into the juvenile’s delinquent hearings. Also, the county may seek judge oversight of a magistrate’s decisions.

HB 1079 by Frangas and Johnson – Makes receiver of monies for benefits, when the receiver is not owed the monies, liable for such receiving. Establishes hearings for such.

HB 1088 by Marshall and Sandoval – Eliminates the statute of limitations for the time period for which juveniles or adults can be charged with sexual offenses against children.

HB 1089 by Harvey – prohibits a person who has committed sexual offenses against children from living within 1,500 feet of a school, day care center or playground – local governments can put into place stricter standards.

HB 1090 by Green – Requires a presentence report on a person convicted of sexual assault to provide risk of re-offense, provides for community notification, removes statute of limitations for such crimes, requires local law enforcement to post help for the community in identification of sexual offenders, and provides for the sharing of information between agencies concerning such offenders, and requires a yearly report to the judiciary committees about such offenders.

HB 1092 by Schultheis and Jones – Elevates the penalty for sexual offenses against children by being in possession of porn.

HB 1098 – by Cloer and Keller – Provides for inservice training credit for teachers who attend juvenile mental health education programs, especially including prevention of student suicide programs.

HB 1107 and 1108 – by Benefield and Schaeffer - two bills about minors’ driving designed to keep better track of the practice a new driver has received, and to ensure more safety during such driving.

HB 1109 by King and Grossman – Tweaks the way in which public schools are measured for academic achievement and improvement.

HB 1110 by Clapp – Changes the requirement to the court that it shall order classes about the impact of divorce to children, to “May not order but may encourage” divorcing spouses to attend such classes. Makes all assessments about the parents and family confidential.

HB 1111 by Clapp – Establishes law that can award attorney fees for misconduct of an attorney or a party, for reasons listed, during a divorce proceding.

HB 1112 by Marshall and Veiga – Provides additional protections, including federal, for juveniles accused of criminal activity.


Senate Bills:

SB 0002 by Schaffer – Requires seller of homes to disclose to the buyer that the home was previously used as a methamphetamine laborabtory.

SB 005 by Windels and Solano –Requires the payment for ongoing needed mental health treatment for individuals who are involved in the criminal or juvenile justice system, regardless of whether the treatment is voluntary or court-ordered.

SB 007 by Windels and Penry – Directs that any monies earned from administion of state school lands be deposited back into educational funds.

SB 012 by Isgar and Curry – Extends the time that the state income-tax check-off can include donations for family resource centers.

SB 017 by Green and Keller – Creates a fund to insure small business employees and others, and a board to oversee such programs. Names the program “ Healthy Business, Healthy People.”

SB 019 by Tochtrop and Carroll – Adds insurance for emergency medial treatment as a portion of what must be paid for all Colorado automobile insurance policies.

SB 022 by Kester and Penry – Expands the definition of Sexually Violent Predator, and requires notification of the community where such predators reside.

SB 025 by Owen and Coleman – Expands the law about viscious dogs, including prosecution for a first-time offense of one’s dog and mandating owner’s provisions for others’ safety.

SB 26 by Brophy and Merrifield – Outlaws colleges from defining which high school courses a student must have obtained, and changes the title of the admissions standards.

SB 30 by Evans and Merriefield – Creates an “Academy” of recruited school leaders to identify and lead Colorado schools in best practice. Creates funding for such.

SB 035 by Boyd and Hagedorn – Creates a subsidy program for Colorado residents who are the “working poor” and cannot afford health insurance.

SB 026 by Hagedorn – changes the requirements of small business to offer a standard health insurance program, to allow for flexible insurance options for employees.

SB 042 – by Windels and King – Makes technical changes in the wording of the rules around funding for charter schools.

SB 044 by Hagedorn and Boyd – Creates a 15 million dollar fund to provide insurance for adults who are beset by certain medical conditions.

SB 045 by Williams and Solano – Requires fingerprints of all adults in a home which provides child care, whether licensed or not, if such home receives state monies for children cared for. Makes laws about denial or revocation of such licenses based on background checks.

SB 046 by Tupa and Merrifield – Creates a legislative committee to study ongoing issues related to Pre-kindergarten through grade 16 education in the state.

SB 050 – Provides for greater sharing of information, peer review and discipline of providers of medical care.

SB 054 by Entz and Cerbo – Repeals local ordinances that make it illegal to prohibit dangerous dogs.

SB 55 by Jones and Garcia – Adds to, and clarifies, the actions that should result in a report of criminal assaults at the schools.

SB 59 by Tapia and Frangas – Creates a pilot program of dental screening, through the Health Department (CDPHE) to screen school children for dental problems and refer them for treatment.

SB 061 by Keller and Larson – Changes the authority for providing interpreters for the deaf and hard of hearing, and makes rules about such provision, and creates funding for such.

SB 065 by Windels and Mc Kinley – Authorizes a committee at the State department of Education that will oversee school building needs and construction, and grants for such.

SB 066 by Groff – Establishes and mandates guidelines for employee leave to attend school conferences for ones’ children.

SB 067 by Hanna and Kerr – Allows a student in higher education to sign a consent form and designate a person to be notified if such student seems suicidal – and requires the school to so notify.

SB 69 by Windels and Merrifield – Makes language changes to the School Accountability Act, and eliminates the TABOR override box.

SB 073 by Tapia – Raises the mandatory ages to attend school from 7 through 16 years to 6 through 17 years old.

SB 081 by Viega and Madden – Expands the discrimination definition under state laws related to employment, to include sexual orientation.

SB 082 by Johnson – Allows for construction for schools by shifting funding for such.

SB 083 by May and Ragsdale – Expands who can be a permit supervisor for a minor driver.

SB 086 – Requires that the higher education institution that cancels a class, refund the student’s tuition for such class.

To follow any of these bills, simply click on the General Assembly web site at http://www.leg.state.co.us/ and click to House Bills or Senate Bills. You may speak in the committee hearings for any of these bills. Let me know if you need guidance at 303 798 3881, or email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it - which is the easiest way to reach me.