HB 1343, the manager licensure clean-up bill, just cleared the Colorado House of Representatives unanimously with no amendments!  The bill will now move over to the Senate for consideration where we do not expect the bill to encounter problems.

Stay tuned for important updates on HB 1343. 

Just minutes ago, HB 1343 unanimously cleared the House Appropriations Committee with a favorable recommendation to the Colorado House of Representatives!  This manager licensure clean-up bill will now move to the full House for consideration where we expect strong bipartisan support.

Stay tuned to this blog for important updates on HB 1343 as it proceeds through…

Yesterday, under the stewardship of Representative Angela Williams who is the Chair of the House Business Affairs & Labor Committee, House Bill 1343 sailed through that Committee with unanimous bipartisan support!  The bill will now be considered by the House Appropriations Committee where we do not expect any problems.  Next week, we anticipate that HB 1343 will be approved by the full House and will then move over to the Senate under the guidance of Senator David Balmer who is the Chair of the Senate Business, Labor & Technology Committee.

As a reminder, here is a synopsis of the key provisions of HB 1343: Continue Reading Manager Licensure Clean-Up Bill Sails Through House Committee

Yesterday, as expected, the Colorado Senate passed Senate Bill 177 on third reading and the bill is now headed to the House for consideration.  While the spin put on this bill by the Metro Mayors Caucus and Denver Chamber of Commerce has been astounding, there is no question that this bill destroys the rights of…

House Bill 15-1343 ("HB 1343") has just been introduced in the Colorado House of Representative to clean-up and improve the manager licensure law which is currently on the books. Given the bipartisan nature of this bill, there is plenty of time left in the legislative session for this bill to proceed through the process. 

Key Republicans…

A week ago, I started a series of blog entries intended to debunk the myths being disseminated on Senate Bill 15-177 (“SB 177”) by a coalition of special interest groups led by the Metro Mayors Caucus and Denver Chamber of Commerce. This coalition has one goal and that is to destroy the rights of homeowners to adequately recover from builders for construction defects to their homes. 

The first debunked myth was that SB 177 will promote the construction of quality affordable housing. While it certainly didn’t take a rocket scientist to debunk that myth, the spin on affordable housing was just the tip of the iceberg for this coalition.

Myth Number 2: SB 177 Will Protect the Right of Homeowners and Builders to Rely Upon the Fundamentally Fair Arbitration Provisions in the DeclarationContinue Reading Debunking the Myths of SB 177: Installment Number 2

Following the rule making hearing last week, and much input from industry stakeholders, on March 9, 2015, the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) adopted the permanent rules regarding managing licensing, effective upon expiration of the temporary rules on May 6, 2015. You can find the revised rules here: http://cdn.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/DORA-DRE/CBON/DORA/1251651466155.