HB23-1296
Create Task Force Study Rights Persons Disabilities
Concerning the creation of a task force to study issues related to the rights of Coloradans with disabilities, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
Session:
2023 Regular Session
Subject:
Bill Summary
State Government
The bill creates the task force on the rights of Coloradans with disabilities (task force) in the Colorado civil rights commission. The task force shall create a minimum of 4 subcommittees to study and make recommendations on specific issues related to persons with disabilities:
- The rewrite subcommittee, which must study and make recommendations concerning the various issues related to the rewrite and modernization of the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning civil rights of persons with disabilities;
- The outdoors subcommittee, which must study and make recommendations related to the basic accessibility of outdoor spaces for persons with disabilities;
- The housing subcommittee, which must study and make recommendations related to the affordability, accessibility, and attainability of housing for persons with disabilities; and
- The government subcommittee, which must focus on basic physical and programmatic accessibility within state and local government.
Minimum mandatory membership and reporting requirements are outlined for the task force and each subcommittee. The task force shall produce a final report, including recommendations, to submit the governor and general assembly on or before January 30, 2025.
(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)