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Capitol Connection – January 22, 2024

Legislative Advocacy This Week at the State Capitol The 2024 Legislative Session kicked off on January 10th and will run 120 days until May 8th. Housing will be a hot topic this session with Governor Polis highlighting the lack of affordable housing in his State of the State address on January 11th. Don’t Miss Out on the Action – Sign up for...

Capitol Connection – March 31, 2023

Legislative Advocacy this Week at the State Capitol “Don’t Miss Out on the Action – Sign up for REALTOR® Party Mobile Alerts” Text REALTORS to 30644 REALTOR® Party Mobile Alerts, NAR’s advocacy texting platform, offers REALTOR® Associations and REALTORS® a way to stay connected directly from their cell phone or tablet. When a national or state legislative call for action...

Capitol Connection – March 17, 2023

Legislative Advocacy this Week at the State Capitol “Don’t Miss Out on the Action – Sign up for REALTOR® Party Mobile Alerts” Text REALTORS to 30644 REALTOR®  Party Mobile Alerts, NAR’s advocacy texting platform, offers REALTOR® Associations and REALTORS® a way to stay connected directly from their cell phone or tablet. When a national or state legislative call for action...

Capitol Connection – March 9, 2023

Legislative Advocacy this Week at the State Capitol “Don’t Miss Out on the Action – Sign up for REALTOR® Party Mobile Alerts” Text REALTORS to 30644 REALTOR®  Party Mobile Alerts, NAR’s advocacy texting platform, offers REALTOR® Associations and REALTORS® a way to stay connected directly from their cell phone or tablet. When a national or state legislative call for action is...

Capitol Connection – February 21, 2023

Legislative Advocacy this Week at the State Capitol CAR Government Affairs is moving ahead with more than a handful of bills with significant impacts to real estate. Housing policy is taking the State Capitol by storm and we need your help to ensure the voice of real estate is loud and clear.  CAR initiated a Call for Action to all members on House...

Capitol Connection: May 3, 2019

Colorado General Assembly Adjourns Sine Die   Today, Friday, May 3rd, the final gavel came down on the first regular session of the 72nd General Assembly. In total, 653 bills were introduced in the 2019 legislative session. The Colorado Association of RELATORS® (CAR) tracked 89 bills this year that would affect our industry and the Legislative Policy Committee (LPC) took...

Capitol Connection: April 19, 2019

House Bill 19-1322: Expand Supply Affordable Housing ### HB19-1322, sponsored by Rep. Dylan Roberts (D-Avon), Rep. Perry Will (R-New Castle), Sen. Dominick Moreno (D-Commerce City) and Sen. Don Coram (R-Montrose), appropriates a portion of the unused funds in Colorado’s Unclaimed Property Trust Fund, while protecting the 20-year claims reserve. The bill ensures all unclaimed property claims will continue to be...

Capitol Connection – February 8, 2019

CAR Economic Summit and REALTOR® Day at the Capitol Focus on the Importance of Homeownership   Thank you to all our members and colleagues who attended CAR’s Economic Summit and REALTOR® Day at the Capitol.  We had a busy two-day event with over 250 REALTORS® attending from across the state. At Tuesday’s Economic Summit, members had the opportunity to hear...

Capitol Connection – May 11, 2018

Sine Die! Wednesday, May 9th, the final gavel came down on the second session of the 71st General Assembly.  In total, 784 bills were introduced.  The Colorado Association of RELATORS® (CAR) tracked 80 bills this year and the Legislative Policy Committee (LPC) took a position on 46 of them.  The split legislature this year with Republicans controlling the Senate and...

Capitol Connection – May 4, 2018

House Bill 18-1195: Tax Credit Contributions Organizations Affordable Housing HB18-1195, sponsored by Representative Pabon (D-Denver) and Senator Tate (R-Centennial), provides a state income tax credit for contributions to nonprofit organizations and Housing Authorities engaged in the new construction of affordable housing for homeownership of at least 120% Average Median Income. The donation by an individual or organization must be tied...