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Updated - Summary of Federal Legislation Passed in Response to COVID-19 (21-05)

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Business & Economic Development

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Public Health

State Government

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Legislative Council Staff

Published

05/26/2021

This issue brief provides a summary of the federal legislation that was passed in response to the COVID‑19, or coronavirus, public health emergency.

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Overview and History of Statewide Ballot Measures

This memorandum provides an overview of the statewide ballot measure process; a summary of the measures approved or rejected by Colorado voters between 1880 and 2021; and links to additional resources at the offices of the Colorado Legislative Council Staff and the Colorado Secretary of State....

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/16/2021

Subjects:

Elections & Redistricting

State Government

Staff Publications

2021 Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning Tax Policy Final Report

Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning Tax Policy.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/13/2021

Subjects:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

General Assembly

Staff Publications

Executive Summary of Governor's Executive Orders During COVID-19

This memorandum provides an executive summary of the various Executive Orders issued during the declared disaster emergency related to COVID‑19 in Colorado.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/10/2021

Subjects:

Public Health

State Government

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of 2021 Health Care and Health Insurance Legislation

The General Assembly adopted several measures during the 2021 legislative session related to health care and insurance.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/08/2021

Subjects:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Public Health

Staff Publications

Colorado Economic Development Programs and Incentives

This memorandum provides an overview of programs that are designed to provide a boost to Colorado's economy, including incentivizing businesses to locate in Colorado, expand their Colorado-based workforce, or otherwise grow their Colorado business operations. This memorandum does not include...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/02/2021

Subjects:

Business & Economic Development

Labor & Employment

Staff Publications

Colorado State Tax Expenditures for Renewable Energy Resources (2021)

This memorandum provides information on state tax expenditures for renewable energy resources. State tax expenditures include individual and corporate income tax credits, deductions, and exemptions, and sales and use tax exemptions. Renewable energy resources include solar, wind, geothermal,...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

12/01/2021

Subjects:

Energy

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Staff Publications

Overview of the Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association

The state legislature established the Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA) in 1931 to provide a pension benefit to state and local government employees, predating the federal Social Security Act of 1935 by four years. PERA is a substitute for Social Security for most...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/17/2021

Subject:

State Government

Staff Publications

Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning Tax Policy Summary Report

Summary report for the Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning Tax Policy & Task Force.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/03/2021

Subject:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Final/Annual Reports

Sales and Use Tax Simplification Task Force Final Report

The Sales and Use Tax Simplification Task Force (task force) was originally created in 2017 pursuant to House Bill 17-1216. In its original form, the task force was scheduled to be repealed in 2020. However,...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

11/03/2021

Subject:

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Staff Publications

Legislative Efforts to Control Prescription Drug Prices

This memorandum summarizes legislative efforts since 2017 to control prescription drug prices. It includes information on both bills that failed as well as those that became law.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

10/20/2021

Subjects:

Health Care & Health Insurance

Public Health

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