HB 21-1132 CO

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The act clarifies the authorized distributions from the local government limited gaming impact fund by:Specifying that "documented gaming impacts" should be for negative impacts and defining that phrase; Requiring grant awards to be prioritized for: Eligible local governmental entities that have lower property values compared to all eligible local governmental entities; or prioritized for eligible local governmental entities located in counties with lower property values compared to the property values of all counties that are eligible local governmental entities. If an eligible local governmental entity has a jurisdictional boundary that includes more than one county, then the prioritization for that eligible local governmental entity is established based on the county in which the eligible local governmental entity's administrative offices are located; and Based on a methodological approach that incorporates a weighted decision matrix which includes community and impact scoring; Defining "property values" as the sum of the actual value of all property, including the actual value of all tax-exempt property, as of December 31 of the prior year; Requiring documented negative gaming impacts to be explicitly identifiable; Defining "negative impacts"; and Allowing grants from the gambling addiction account to be used to provide gambling addiction treatment training to staff at nonprofit community mental health centers or clinics; this is in addition to the current authorized use for gambling addiction counseling services to Colorado residents.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• Judy Amabile Democratic · primary
• Mark Baisley Republican · primary
• Tammy Story Democratic · primary

1. May 24, 2021 Governor Signed · executive
2. May 14, 2021 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. May 14, 2021 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
4. May 14, 2021 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
5. May 3, 2021 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
6. Apr 30, 2021 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
7. Apr 27, 2021 Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
8. Apr 13, 2021 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government · upper
9. Apr 12, 2021 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
10. Apr 9, 2021 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee · lower
11. Apr 5, 2021 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
12. Mar 16, 2021 House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Amended to Finance · lower
13. Feb 24, 2021 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government + Finance · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Signed Act (05/24/2021) · PDF
• Final Act (05/14/2021) · PDF
• Rerevised (05/03/2021) · PDF
• Revised (04/30/2021) · PDF
• Reengrossed (04/12/2021) · PDF
• Engrossed (04/09/2021) · PDF
• Introduced (02/24/2021) · PDF
• PA2 (04/07/2021) · PDF
• PA1 (03/18/2021) · PDF
• Committee Amendment · PDF