SB 91 CO
Exclusion of Newspaper Deliverers as Employees
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Summary
This bill extends Colorado's exclusion of newspaper and shopping news deliverers from employment definitions to additional areas of state law. Currently, the Colorado Employment Security Act excludes these deliverers, and the bill extends this same exclusion to the Workers' Compensation Act, the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act, and provisions concerning wages. The bill adds clarifying language regarding how the independent contractor test should be applied to determine whether newspaper deliverers should be classified as employees or independent contractors. The clarifying language applies across multiple areas of Colorado employment law. The effect is to create consistency in how newspaper deliverers are treated under different state employment and wage laws.
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Official abstract
In current law , the 'Colorado Employment Security Act' excludes services performed by certain individuals engaged in the trade or business of delivering or distributing newspapers or shopping news from the definition of 'employment' . The bill adds the same exclusion to the 'Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado', the 'Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act', and provisions concerning wages repeals that exclusion and adds clarifying language regarding how the independent contractor test should be applied to determine whether such individuals are employees. The bill adds the same clarifying language to the provisions concerning wages.(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
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Action history (7)
- May 6, 2026 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Postpone Indefinitely · lower
- Apr 29, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor · lower
- Apr 29, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
- Apr 28, 2026 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee · upper
- Apr 28, 2026 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
- Apr 2, 2026 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations · upper
- Feb 10, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology · upper
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