Six years after Colorado started allowing terminally ill patents to access medicine to end their lives, lawmakers are considering how to improve access, but some of the most significant reforms will likely end up on the cutting room floor.
One of the bills makes it easier for people with felony records to change their names to conform with their gender, while the other relates to policies for using students' chosen names in school.
The Colorado House’s commitment to decorum and civility could get its first big test of the legislative session on Friday, when the full chamber is scheduled to debate two bills<p><small><a href="https://www.cpr.org/2024/02/22/colorado-statehouse-trans-rights-bills-debate/" class="more-link">Read More</a></small></p>
Earlier this week, the state House voted 52-12 for a bipartisan measure that would require people convicted of aggravated cruelty to a law enforcement animal to also pay a minimum fine of $2,000 and reimburse an agency for the cost of caring for the animal or replacing it.
As introduced, the bill would ban the sale and transfer of assault weapons, but not the possession of them, so people who already own these types of firearms would be allowed to keep them.