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December Virtual Membership Lunch
   Election Results that Impact My Business
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Colorado Elections
2020
AMBER VALDEZ
VALDEZ PUBLIC AFFAIRS
President
              Joe   Biden- 55.41%
              Donald    Trump- 41.92%
Statewide
            Senate
              John   Hickenlooper- 53.51%
              Cory   Gardner- 44.19%
CD   1
             Diana     Degette- 74.3%
           CD   2
             Joe     Neguse- 61.3%
           CD   3
             Lauren     Boebert- 51.3%
           CD   4

Congress     Ken

           CD   5
                      Buck- 60.2%

             Doug     Lamborn- 57.6%
           CD   6
             Jason     Crow- 57.1%
           CD   7
             Ed     Perlmutter- 59.1%
Democrats    increased their lead by 1 seat
               and will control the Senate 20-15
               Senator Bob Rankin (R) won by about 1%

State Senate   Senator Kevin Priola (R) won by just under 1%
               Democrat Chris Kolker picked up an (R)

 20(D)-15(R)
               open seat
               Democrats Rachel Zenzinger and Jeff Bridges
               were considered targets but won with
               comfortable margins
               Representatives Larry Liston, Sonia Jaquez
               Lewis, Janet Buckner, and James Coleman all
               successfully moved to the Senate
Representative    Bri Buentello (HD 47) lost her
              seat to Republican Stephanie Luck

State House   • Representative Richard Champion (HD 38)
              lost his seat to Democrat David Ortiz

41(D)-24(R)
              • Republicans were trying to cut the
              Democrat majority by 3 seats to narrow the
              committee make up but ¾ targeted
              Democrats Reps. Cutter, Sullivan, and Titone
              held their seats
              • Democrats will control the House with the
              same 41-24 margin
House
                Speaker-    Alec Garnett (Denver)
  State         Majority   Leader- Daneya Esgar (Pueblo)
                Minority   Leader- Hugh McKean (Loveland)
Legislature   Senate
Leadership      President-   Leroy Garcia (Pueblo)
                Majority   Leader- Steve Fenberg (Boulder)
                Minority   Leader- Chris Holbert (Littleton)
Poll Question #1
Before we get into Ballot issues, we want to take a quick Poll
question on one of the big ones. Gallagher Amendment.
Will the repeal of the Gallagher Amendment help or hurt public
spending, schools, fire districts, etc.?
a.   Help
b.   Hurt
c.   I don’t know
Statewide           Amendment       B

     Ballot
                       Repeal   Gallagher Amendment
                     Amendment       C

 Measures              Conduct

                     Amendment
                                   of Charitable Gaming
                                      76
*All passed except     Citizenship   of Qualification of Voters
  Amendment C        Amendment       77
                       Local   Voter Approval of Casino Bet Limits and
                       Games
Proposition   EE
                          Tax    on Nicotine Products

 Statewide           Proposition   113
                          Adopt Agreement to Elect US President by National Popular

     Ballot
                          Vote
                     Proposition   114
                          Reintroduction       and Management of Gray Wolves

 Measures            Proposition

                          Prohibit
                                    115
                                         Abortions After 22 Weeks

*All passed except   Proposition

                          State
                                    116
                                    Income Tax Rate Reduction
  Proposition 115    Proposition   117
                          Voter    Approval for Certain New State Enterprises
                     Proposition   118
                          Paid   Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program
Proposition   118 allows for 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave
                                Anadditional 4 weeks are allowed for pregnancy or childbirth
                                complications

 Proposition
                                Employers cannot take disciplinary or retaliatory actions against
                                employees for requesting or using paid leave
                                Will   cost an estimated $1.2 billion in 2023-24

    118                         Exempts

                          Premiums
                                             businesses with 9 or less employees

Paid Family and Medical         For  the first two years of the program (2023 &2024) the premiums are
                                set to be 0.9% of the employee’s wage
Leave Insurance Program                  0.45%   paid by employer and 0.45% paid by employee
                                         Employers   can pay up to 100% of the cost
                                         For 2023, maximum annual premiums was estimated to be
                                         $1,455 since premiums can only be assessed on wages up to
                                         $161,700 per person
                                2025    and after
                                         Premiums will be adjusted for 2025 so that the total amount of
                                         premium contributions to the program equals 135% of previous
                                         year’s claims and 100% of administrative costs
Poll Question #2
Will Prop 118 – Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance
Program – increase payroll taxes?

a.   Yes
b.   No
c.   I don’t know
What’s coming in 2021?
•   Update on Special Session

•   Private Retainage Reform Bill
     Resources, Factsheet and Information
     https://coloradocontractorscoalition.com/private-retainage-reform

•   Other items to watch for 2021
Questions?
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                           secured a victory for CCC in 2019 with the passage
                           of SB138-Bond Requirements For Public Projects
                           using Private Financing.

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Now thru Dec 14            we pursue PRIVATE Retainage Reform in 2021!

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Final words:
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