A House panel on Monday advanced a bill seeking to lift the state's ban on local governments passing stricter gun laws than those that exist in state law over objections from Republican lawmakers.
What’s more, the House State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee approved Senate Bill 256 without amendments, setting the stage for it to head straight to Gov. Jared Polis’ desk should it clear the House chamber unamended.
The bill is one of a trio introduced in response to the mass shooting in Boulder, where a gunman killed 10 people on March 22. A Boulder County judge overturned a city council ordinance just 10 days before the shooting that banned assault weapons within Boulder city limits, something several of the witnesses who provided testimony took note of.