Colorado’s Citizen Legislature
By Doris Beaver Colorado has the dubious distinction of being one of three states in the country that does not require certain professionals to report the abuse or exploitation of at-risk adults....
View ArticleColorado’s Citizen Legislature – April 2013
Each year during the Governor’s state-of-the-state address, he emphasizes the need for greater efficiency, cutting waste and less red tape in Colorado government. The bills presented in this month’s...
View ArticleColorado’s Citizen Legislature – May 2013
With the May 9th adjournment day fast approaching, legislators are necessarily picking up the pace down under the gold dome. Senate Bill 13-225: The Committee on Health and Human Services amended the...
View ArticleColorado’s Citizen Legislature – June 2013
Today’s edition is a review of the legislation written about in Colorado’s Citizen Legislature for the 2013 General Assembly. House Bill 13-1068: The introduced bill underwent significant amendment...
View ArticleColorado’s Citizen Legislature – Feb. 2014
~ By Doris Beaver ~ The Sixty-Ninth Colorado General Assembly opened this year with a new Senate President. Senator Morgan Carroll (D-Arapahoe) replaced former President John Morse (D-El Paso). Morse...
View ArticleColorado’s Citizen Legislature – Mar. 2014
~ By Doris Beaver ~ One of today’s bills, SB 14-012, will be a tremendous help to some of Colorado’s most vulnerable citizens waiting for federal benefits to begin. For a person newly disabled, many...
View ArticleColorado’s Citizen Legislature – April 2014
~ By Doris Beaver ~ Legislators are finally taking note of just how long it had been since some allowances for Seniors have been increased, and also providing for automatic future increases. Senate...
View ArticleColorado’s Citizen Legislature – May 2014
As this edition of Prime Time for Seniors goes to print, Colorado’s 2013 legislative will be nearing adjournment – May 7, 2014. This session proved to have some of the most citizen-beneficial...
View ArticleColorado’s Citizen Legislature – June 2014
The 2014 General Assembly adjourned on May 7th this year. Today is the final column for this legislative session and readers learn just what happened to the legislation that appeared in Prime Time for...
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~ By Doris Beaver ~ For the first time in 10 years, Republicans regained a majority in the Colorado Senate, albeit by only one. Republicans are expected to try and “undo” some of the legislation passed...
View ArticleColorado’s Citizen Legislature – Mar. 2015
~ By Doris Beaver ~ House Bill 15-1039: While not specifically directed toward the 50 and over population, HB 1029 will most likely be of great interest, especially to citizens in rural areas of...
View ArticleColorado’s Citizen Legislature – April 2015
~ By Doris Beaver ~ A bill that would have provided help for those trying to pay for expenses related to health care and enabled them to stay in their homes was postponed indefinitely by the House...
View ArticleColorado’s Citizen Legislature – May 2015
~ By Doris Beaver ~ The 2015 legislative session is scheduled for adjournment on May 6th, and looking back over the session, legislators did a commendable job for the citizens of Colorado. With the...
View ArticleColorado’s Citizen Legislature – June 2015
~By Doris Beaver ~ Today’s edition will be a brief one as action on legislation is moving a little slow down under the Gold Dome. This year, look for the final action by the Governor on House Bills...
View ArticleColorado’s Citizen Legislature – July 2015
Today’s edition presents Governor Hickenlooper’s action on the remaining legislation covered during the 2015 Colorado legislative session. House Bill 151018: Postponed indefinitely (killed) on April...
View ArticleColorado’s Citizen Legislature – Feb. 2016
~ By Doris Beaver ~ Welcome back to a new production of action under the Gold Dome, also known as the Colorado General Assembly. One of probably the most controversial issues facing the 2016...
View ArticleColorado’s Citizen Legislature – Mar. 2016
~ By Doris Beaver ~ As each of us age and slip into that group referred to as “older” citizens (elderly is no longer the respectful term), various everyday actions take on greater or different meaning....
View ArticleColorado’s Citizen Legislature – April 2016
~ By Doris Beaver ~ Far too many of us ordinary citizens arrive at the point in our lives that means we are labeled as “Seniors” way sooner than we would like, and woefully unprepared for all that term...
View ArticleColorado’s Citizen Legislature – May 2016
The second regular session of the Seventieth Colorado General Assembly is in the home stretch with adjournment scheduled for May 11th. In the for what it’s worth department, legislators were not...
View ArticleColorado’s Citizen Legislature – June 2016
~ By Doris Beaver ~ Action by Governor Hickenlooper on legislation passed by the 2016 General Assembly is moving at a snail’s pace this year as presidential politics and the Governor’s book publicity...
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