Bill Sponsor
Colorado House Bill 1336
Session 2024A
Sunset Broadband Deployment
Active
Active
Passed Senate on May 1, 2024
Sponsors
Democrat
Jennifer Lea Parenti
Republican
Ron Weinberg
Democrat
Robert Rodriguez
Democrat
Kevin Priola
First Action
Feb 23, 2024
Latest Action
May 1, 2024
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1336
State
Colorado
Session
2024A
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Primary
Democrat
Primary
Republican
Primary
Summary
Sunset Process - House Transportation, Housing, and Local Government Committee. The "Connect Colorado to Enhance Economic Development, Telehealth, Education, and Safety Act" (act), which created the broadband deployment board (board) in the governor's office of information technology and tasked the board with awarding grant money from the high cost support mechanism (HCSM) for broadband deployment in unserved areas of the state, is scheduled for repeal on September 1, 2024. The department of regulatory agencies, as part of its sunset process, reviewed the act and board and recommended that they be extended for 5 years. The bill, instead, repeals the act and board, transfers the function of awarding grant money from the HCSM to the Colorado broadband office (office), and authorizes the office to award grants for unserved and underserved areas of the state, authorizes the chief information officer in the office of information technology to adopt rules regarding the grant program, and repeals the grant-making function of the office on September 1, 2030, subject to review by the department of regulatory agencies. The bill appropriates $525,393 for the 2024-25 state fiscal year from the broadband office administrative fund to the office of information technology in the governor's office and reduces cash fund appropriations to the office of information technology by $280,102. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Actions (12)
05/01/2024
Senate
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/30/2024
Senate
Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
04/30/2024
Senate
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
04/25/2024
Senate
Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations
04/19/2024
Senate
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance
04/17/2024
House
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/16/2024
House
House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
04/15/2024
House
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
04/12/2024
House
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
04/03/2024
House
House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations
03/12/2024
House
House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Finance
02/23/2024
House
Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government
Sources
Record Created
Feb 24, 2024 1:09:17 AM
Record Updated
May 1, 2024 6:23:15 PM