Legislature

Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed into law a bill that will protect job-seekers from unwarranted scrutiny of their credit information when they apply for work.

The law, which originated as Senate Bill 18, prohibits employers from using credit information in making hiring or promotion decisions unless the information is "substantially related" to a job.

The Bell Policy Center and the Colorado Fiscal Institute (CFI) yesterday filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the plaintiffs in the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights. The brief explains how TABOR works and some of the effects it has had in Colorado since voters approved it in 1992.

PRESS RELEASE

Contact: Wade Buchanan
The Bell Policy Center
303-297-0456, ext. 221

Carol Hedges
Colorado Fiscal Institute
720-379-3019, ext. 221

Bell Policy Center, Colorado Fiscal Institute file amicus
in case challenging Taxpayer's Bill of Rights

Continuation of Ed Success Task Force

House Bill 13-1244

Testimony to the Senate Education Committee
Frank Waterous, Senior Policy Analyst
April 18, 2013

My name is Frank Waterous, and I am a senior policy analyst with the Bell Policy Center. The Bell is a non-partisan, non-profit research and policy organization founded on progressive values and dedicated to expanding opportunity for all Coloradans.

Note: This Opportunity Note is revised from the version presented Jan. 28, 2013

Urban and Rural Enterprise Zone Act Reforms

House Bill 13-1142

George Awuor, Policy Analyst
Testimony to the Senate Finance Committee
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

My name is George Awuor and I am a Policy Analyst at the Bell Policy Center. The Bell is a non-partisan, non-profit research and advocacy organization founded on progressive values and dedicated to expanding opportunity for all Coloradans.

The Bell Policy Center strongly supports Senate Bill 13-213, the proposal to update our state's financing formula for P-12 education. Wade Buchanan, president of the Bell, testified in favor of the proposal on Monday before the House Education Committee, noting that it helps move Colorado in the direction of expanding opportunity for all students.

Future School Finance Act

Senate Bill 13-213

Wade Buchanan, President, the Bell Policy Center
Testimony to the House Education Committee

April 15, 2013

My name is Wade Buchanan, and I am the president of the Bell Policy Center. The Bell is a non-partisan, non-profit research and policy organization founded on progressive values.

Family Care Act of 2013

House Bill 13-1222

Kathleen Hallgren, public policy fellow
Testimony to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee
April 11, 2013

Thank you for the opportunity to address this committee.

Direct Deposit Income Tax Refunds College Savings

­­­­Senate Bill 13-206

Sarah Lipscomb, MSW Fellow, Bell Policy Center

Testimony to the ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Senate Finance Committee

April 9, 2013