Thursday is the final day for Gov. Ritter to take action on bills from the 2008 legislative session. He will be signing health-care and transportation bills in Denver today, legislation authorizing a new state justice center and history museum on Wednesday morning, and several bills in Grand Junction Wednesday afternoon.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
9 a.m. Gov. Ritter will deliver opening remarks at a workshop sponsored by CSU's Warner College of Natural Resources, "Communicating About Climate Change: A Governor's Initiative Toward a Sustainable West."
Location: Inverness Hotel and Conference Center , 200 Inverness Drive West , Englewood .
10:30 a.m. Gov. Ritter will sign nearly a dozen health-care bills into law, including several pieces of legislation that form the heart of his "Building Blocks to Health Care Reform" package. The full list of bills to be signed:
SB 57 (Kester/Marshall), Insurance Coverage Hearing Aids Minors
SB 135 (Mitchell/Gagliardi), Health Ins Standardized Benefits Card
SB 138 (Johnson/McGihon), Physician Designation Full Disclosure
SB160 (Hagedorn/McGihon), Children's Health Care
SB 161 (Boyd/Merrifield), CHP+ and Medicaid Enrollment
SB 194 (Hagedorn/McGihon), Pub. Health Reorg.
SB 217 (Hagedorn/McGihon), Centennial Care
HB 1100 (Gagliardi/Keller), Colo. Responds to Kids with Special Needs
HB 1372 (Primavera/Hagedorn), Adult Stem Cell Donation Awareness
HB 1385 (Primavera/Schwartz), Increased Health Insurance Transparency
HB 1410 (A. Kerr/Tochtrop), Preventive Coverage Colorectal Cancer
Location: The Children's Hospital, Anschutz Medical Campus at Fitzsimons, 13123 E. 16th Ave. , Aurora . From downtown Denver : Take Colfax east to Anschutz Medical Campus. Turn left on Ursula Street, pass East 16th Avenue, take the next right into the media-reserved parking area on the west side of the hospital. Children's contact: Lonna Lindsay, (720) 777-8526.
1:30 p.m. Gov. Ritter will sign five transportation bills into law:
HB 1010 (McFadyen/Takis), Motor Vehicle Traffic Fines
HB 1036 (McFadyen/Williams), Charles Mather Highway Safety Act
HB 1257 (Vaad/Williams), Overweight Motor Vehicle Permits & Fees
SB 60 (Boyd/Summers), Automobile Theft Prevention Authority
SB 63 (Penry/Butcher), Off-Highway Vehicle Sound Standards
Location: West Foyer, State Capitol.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
9:30 a.m. Gov. Ritter will sign legislation (Senate Bill 206) authorizing the financing for the new Ralph L. Carr Justice Center and a new home for the Colorado History Museum . The Justice Center will be located on the block currently occupied by the Supreme Court building and the Colorado History Museum , and the new museum will be located just one block to the south. The Justice Center is scheduled to open in 2014.
Location: North side of the existing Judicial Building , 2 E. 14th Ave.
11:30 a.m. Gov. Ritter will sign several bills at Mesa State College in Grand Junction :
SB 218 (Schwartz & Penry/Buescher & Balmer) Federal Mineral Lease Allocation
SB 245 (Windels/Buescher), Higher Ed Intercept
HB 1359 (Buescher/Penry), Alternating Proprietorship Wineries
HB 1414 (Buescher/Penry), Regulate Oil & Gas Waste Disposal Pits
Location: Mesa State College, Grand Junction . The ceremony will take place in front of Wubben Hall, the school's science building, which is just south of Mav Circle. Press and public should park in lot P-1 at 12th and Elm.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
9:30 a.m. Gov. Ritter will sign a package of legislation supporting people with developmental disabilities:
HB 1031 (Pommer/Keller), DD Waiting List Navigator
HB 1047 (B. Gardner/Boyd), State Set Asides for Severely Disabled
HB 1072 (Soper/Williams), Medicaid Buy-In for Disabled Persons
HB 1101 (B. Gardner/Renfroe), DD Waiting List
HB 1127 (Liston/Gibbs), DD Employee Income Tax Credit
HB 1220 (Buescher/Keller), DD Statutory Clean Up
HB 1246 (Green/Keller), Abuse Caregiver Registry for DD
SB 02 (Boyd/Soper), Family Caregiver for Developmentally Disabled
SB 04 (Keller/B. Gardner), State Employment for Persons with DD
SB 165 (Williams/ M. Carroll), Advisory Council
HB 1047 (B. Gardner/Boyd), State Set Asides for Severely Disabled
HB 1072 (Soper/Williams), Medicaid Buy-In for Disabled Persons
HB 1101 (B. Gardner/Renfroe), DD Waiting List
HB 1127 (Liston/Gibbs), DD Employee Income Tax Credit
HB 1220 (Buescher/Keller), DD Statutory Clean Up
HB 1246 (Green/Keller), Abuse Caregiver Registry for DD
SB 02 (Boyd/Soper), Family Caregiver for Developmentally Disabled
SB 04 (Keller/B. Gardner), State Employment for Persons with DD
SB 165 (Williams/ M. Carroll), Advisory Council
Location: West Foyer, State Capitol
10:30 a.m. Gov. Ritter will sign a consumer-protection package of bills:
HB 1389 (M. Carroll/Sandoval), Fair Accountable Insurance Rates
HB 1216, (Ferrandino/Romer), Consumer Outreach and Education
HB 1402, (Gagliardi & Ferrandino/Bacon), Protections for Homeowners
HB 1402, (Gagliardi & Ferrandino/Bacon), Protections for Homeowners
SB 77 (Johnson/Jahn), On-line Circumvention Sale Event Tickets
SB 153 (Boyd/Ferrandino), Licensure of Home Care Facilities
SB 246 (Williams/Jahn & Lundberg), Unfair Practices Act
Location: West Foyer, State Capitol
11 a.m. Gov. Ritter will sign a variety of different bills:
HB 1033 (Levy/Sandoval), Historic Preservation Income Tax Credit
HB 1049 (Benefield/Groff), Extend Child Care Income Tax Credit
HB 1151 (Lambert/Schultheis), Boy Scouts Centennial Plates
HB 1168 (Marshall/Romer), Financial Literacy
HB 1317 (Looper & Gallegos/Tapia & Schultheis), Interstate Compact Educate Military Kids
HB 1325 (Looper/Tapia), Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program
HB 1353 (Madden/Isgar), Verify Conservation Easement Tax Credits
SB 11 (Morse/Massey), Trauma Care Funding
Location: West Foyer, State Capitol