SB 22-097 CO

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Current law provides whistleblower protections for workers who raise a reasonable concern about health or safety related to a public health emergency. The act expands the protection to all health and safety concerns regardless of whether there is a declared public health emergency. To implement the act, the act appropriates: $417,629 to the department of labor and employment, of which $386,579 is for use by the division of labor standards and statistics and $31,050 is for the purchase of legal services; $228,499 to the department of personnel, of which $125,000 is for use by the division of human resources for liability claims and $103,499 is for the purchase of legal services; and $134,549 to the department of law, reappropriated from the department of labor and employment and the department of personnel.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• Brittany Pettersen · primary
• Robert Rodriguez Democratic · primary
• Leslie Herod · primary
• Tom Sullivan · primary

1. May 31, 2022 Governor Signed · executive
2. May 9, 2022 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. May 6, 2022 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
4. May 6, 2022 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
5. May 3, 2022 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
6. May 2, 2022 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · lower
7. Apr 29, 2022 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
8. Apr 12, 2022 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations · lower
9. Mar 29, 2022 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services · lower
10. Mar 29, 2022 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
11. Mar 28, 2022 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee · upper
12. Mar 22, 2022 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · upper
13. Mar 18, 2022 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
14. Feb 16, 2022 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Appropriations · upper
15. Feb 1, 2022 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology · upper

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 (05/31/2022) · PDF
• Final Act (05/06/2022) · PDF
• Rerevised (05/03/2022) · PDF
• Revised (05/02/2022) · PDF
• Reengrossed (03/29/2022) · PDF
• Engrossed (03/28/2022) · PDF
• Introduced (02/01/2022) · PDF
• PA1 (03/18/2022) · PDF
• Committee Amendment · PDF