Gov. Hickenlooper signs several bills

DENVER — Monday, April 16, 2012 — Gov. John Hickenlooper signed several bills into law today and last Friday.

Number	Title	Sponsors	Summary
SB12-059	Commercial Vehicle Standards Livestock and Weight	Brophy / Sonnenberg	Concerning Commercial Vehicle Standards Applied To Certain Vehicles Under Twenty-Six Thousand One Pounds.
HB12-1083	Continue Environmental Agriculture Program Fees	Sonnenberg / Schwartz	Concerning Maintenance Of The Current Fee Structure On Certain Feeding Operations Under The "Colorado Water Quality Control Act".
SB12-040	Higher Ed. Facilities Eligible for Controlled Maintenance	Bacon / Vigil	Concerning The Qualification Of Certain State Higher Education Facilities For State Controlled Maintenance Funding.
SB12-055	9Health Fair Tax Checkoff	White / Brown	Concerning The Voluntary Contribution Designation Benefiting The 9Health Fair Fund To Appear On The State Individual Income Tax Return Forms.
SB12-057	Indigenous Language Instruction	Williams / Brown	Concerning Native American Language Instruction
SB12-091	Nursing Home Administrator Qualifications	Tochtrop / Bradford	Concerning Modifications To Provisions Governing The Practice Of Nursing Home Administration, And, In Connection Therewith, Modifying The Criteria For Nursing Home Administrators To Qualify To Serve On The Board Of Examiners Of Nursing Home Administrators, Modifying The Experience Requirements For Persons Applying To Take The Nursing Home Administrator Licensure Examination Or To Participate In The Administrator-In-Training Program, And Permitting A Nursing Home Administrator Who Has Passed A National Examination And An Examination In Another State To Sit For The Colorado Licensure Examination.
HB 12-1246	Reverse Payday Shift State Employees Paid Biweekly	JBC	Concerning A Reversal Of The Annual Payday Shift As It Applies To State Employees Paid On A Biweekly Basis, And Making An Appropriation In Connection Therewith.
HB12-1009	Federal Funds Transparency Act	Gerou / Lambert	Concerning A Report Related To The Federal Moneys Received By The Executive Branch

Gov. Hickenlooper signed these bills into law on Friday, April 13:

Number	Title	Sponsors	Summary
HB12-1204	Sunset Regulation Hemodialysis Technicians	McCann / Boyd	Concerning the continuation of the regulation of hemodialysis technicians, and, connection therewith, implementing the sunset review recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies.
HB12-1215	Surplus Lines Insurance Federal Conformity	JBC	Concerning changes to the “Nonadmitted Insurance Act” to conform it to the requirements of the federal “Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2012”
HB12-1323	Montrose Associate County Judge	Coram / Roberts	Concerning the associate county judge for Montrose County.
SB12-022	Maintain Child Care Assistance for Working Families	Williams / Massey	Concerning maintaining child care assistance for working families.
SB12-034	Repeal Rapid Screen for High-emitting Vehicles	King, S. / Miklosi	Concerning repeal of the rapid screen program to identify high-emitting motor vehicles.
SB12-056	Court Appointments in Domestic Relations Cases Involving Children	Carroll / Holbert	Concerning judicial appointments in domestic relations cases involving children.
SB12-059	Commercial Vehicle Standards Livestock & Weight	Brophy / Sonnenberg	Concerning commercial vehicle standards applied to certain vehicles under twenty-six thousand one pounds.
SB12-061	Charter School Applying Authorizing Revoking	King, K. / Massey	Concerning procedures relating to the authorization of charter schools.
SB12-074	Consumer-directed Care Designee Service Provider	Aguilar / Gardner, B.	Concerning services provided by a person designated by a person eligible for consumer-directed care services.
SB12-092	Motor Vehicle Video Display	Jahn / Liston	Concerning the use of a video display in a motor vehicle that is being operated on a roadway.
SB12-095	Motor Vehicles Sales Certificate of Title Bond Requirement	Lundberg / Barker	Concerning requirements for the valid transfer of title to a motor vehicle.
SB12-102	Repeal Crime of Criminal Libel	Brophy / Nikkel	Concerning the repeal of the crime of criminal libel.
SB12-131	Duty Search for Designated Beneficiary Agreements	Guzman / Pabon	Concerning the responsibilities of a fiduciary with regard to the estate of a person who may have executed a designated beneficiary agreement.
SB12-152	Procedure for Filing Reports with the General Assembly	Cadman / Ferrandino	Concerning changes to the procedures for filing reports with the General Assembly under the “Information Coordination Act”.

For a complete list of Gov. Hickenlooper’s 2012 legislation decisions, click here.

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