Requires all public and private post-secondary schools to print on student ID cards the phone and text numbers for Colorado Crisis Services, the new 988 crisis number, and optionally other local resources or campus numbers.

Decreases wait times in the juvenile competency to proceed system and clarifies processes for the courts and the Dept of Human Services.

Places basic guardrails around the use of restraints in state-run correctional facilities to ensure more humane practices and bring Colorado in line with modern standards of care.

Establishes rigorous standards and education requirements to give specially trained psychologists the ability to prescribe mental health medication to streamline access to mental health treatment without burdensome delays and wait times.

Enables a study to explore transitions in two areas of Colorado’s economy: oil and gas industries and industries disrupted by automation.

Allows Colorado residents to communicate by phone with their incarcerated loved ones in state prisons and privately contracted prisons at no cost (phased in over three years).

Mandates processes that will decrease wait times and increase mental health care for persons in the competency to proceed system.

Compels a study to determine the feasibility of providing better systems of support for individuals with serious mental illness through a collaboration of Colorado’s behavioral health and judicial systems.

Provides Boards of Colorado County Commissioners with the ability to regulate shooting on private property in unincorporated areas, where the population is more dense, defined in the bill as 30 or more residential dwellings within one square mile.

A response to the Marshall Fire disaster, this bill requires insurance companies to offer a variety of coverage options that cover the repair or replacement of a damaged or destroyed structure, enabling more transparency and greater consumer peace of mind.

Ensures that pregnant and postpartum people have better access to alternative sentencing so they can give birth, recover from pregnancy, and care for their newborn in community, regardless of their incarceration status.

Establishes a three-day waiting period to obtain a firearm. Delaying immediate access to firearms is proven to help prevent impulsive acts of violence, including suicides, homicides and assaults.

Creates a retroactive state sales tax exemption for construction and building materials for homeowners who are rebuilding or repairing their home after a declared wildfire disaster between 2020 and 2022.

Establishes a quasi-governmental entity, governed by a Board and supervised by the Division, to run a program that provides access to property and commercial insurance for individuals and businesses having difficulty finding insurance coverage

Requires the Colorado Department of Corrections to create policies and programs to improve the placement, services, and visitation options available to parents who are incarcerated, strengthening family bonds and leading to better outcomes for children.

Extends the maximum length of an employment contract between a state system of higher education and a non-tenure-track teacher or librarian from 3 years to 5 years, increasing job security for instructional, research, and clinical faculty.  

Tackles barriers to stable housing by establishing a former foster youth-specific housing voucher program, expands case management and provides $1.4 million to county departments of human/social services to provide youth housing vouchers.

Grants all returning Peace Corps volunteers, regardless of where they lived prior to their service, to receive in-state tuition in Colorado public institutions of higher education.