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Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study
Committee. Section 1 of the bill establishes in statute the opioid and
other substance use disorders study committee, consisting of 5 senators
and 5 representatives from the general assembly, to:
  • Study data and statistics on the scope of the substance use
disorder problem in Colorado;
  • Study current prevention, intervention, harm reduction,
treatment, and recovery resources available to Coloradans,

as well as public and private insurance coverage and other
sources of support for treatment and recovery resources;
  • Review the availability of medication-assisted treatment
and the ability of pharmacists to prescribe those
medications;
  • Examine measures that other states and countries use to
address substance use disorders;
  • Identify the gaps in prevention, intervention, harm
reduction, treatment, and recovery resources available to
Coloradans and hurdles to accessing those resources; and
  • Identify possible legislative options to address gaps and
hurdles to accessing prevention, intervention, harm
reduction, treatment, and recovery resources.
The committee is authorized to meet 6 times in a calendar year and
may report up to 6 legislative measures to the legislative council, which
bills are exempt from bill limitations and introduction deadlines. The
committee is repealed on July 1, 2020.
Section 2 specifies school-based health care centers may apply for
grants from the school-based health center grant program to expand
behavioral health services to include treatment for opioid and other
substance use disorders.
Section 3 directs the department of health care policy and
financing, starting July 1, 2018, to award grants to organizations to
operate a substance abuse screening, brief intervention, and referral
program.
Section 4 directs the center for research into substance use
disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery to develop and implement
continuing medical education activities to help prescribers of pain
medication to safely and effectively manage patients with chronic pain,
and when appropriate, prescribe opioids. Sections 2 through 4 also direct
the general assembly to appropriate money to implement those sections.

Concerning measures to prevent opioid misuse in Colorado.

During the 2017 session, the general assembly enacted a bill
involving civil forfeiture requiring seizing agencies to submit reports to

the department of local affairs (department). The bill requires reporting
agencies rather than seizing agencies to file the reports and defines
reporting agency. The bill also expands the scope of the reports to
include seizures related to a local public nuisance law or ordinance.
The 2017 act also prohibited seizing agencies from receiving
forfeiture proceeds from the federal government unless the aggregate
value of property seized in a case is over $50,000. The bill establishes the
law enforcement assistance grant program in the department of public
safety to reimburse seizing agencies for revenue lost because of this
prohibition.
The bill establishes the law enforcement community services grant
program (program) in the division of local government in the department
to provide grants to law enforcement agencies, local governments, and
community organizations to improve community services. It establishes
a committee to review grant applications and make recommendations on
grant awards and establishes a fund from which grants are paid.
Under current law, the net balance of proceeds received from a
forfeiture action are divided evenly between the governmental body of the
seizing agency and the managed service organization providing
behavioral health in the judicial district (MSO). The bill provides that the
50% that went to the MSO is now divided so that the MSO and the new
law enforcement community services grant program fund each receive
25%.

Concerning civil forfeiture reform, and, in connection therewith, changing the entity required to report on forfeitures, expanding the scope of the forfeitures to be reported, establishing grant programs, and changing the disbursement of net forfeiture proceeds.

Current law includes a separate crime for cruelty to a service
animal or a certified police working dog. The bill adds a definition for
certified police working horse to statute and adds certified police
working horses to the crime of cruelty to a service animal or a certified
police working dog. A person who, in good faith, reports an incident of

cruelty to a certified police working horse is granted the same immunity
from civil liability that persons have when reporting, in good faith, cruelty
to a service animal or a certified police working dog.

Concerning adding certified police working horses to the crime of cruelty to a service animal or a certified police working dog.

The bill establishes a crime if a person knows or should know that
another person is in need of emergency assistance and fails to call 911 or
use another means to summon assistance.

Concerning a failure to summon emergency assistance.

The bill states that each entity of the state government and each
entity of the government of each city, county, and city and county
(government entity) shall broadcast its dispatch radio communications
without encryption such that the communications may be monitored by
commercially available radio receivers and scanners; except that:
  • A government entity may encrypt tactical radio

communications or investigative radio communications so
long as the encryption is necessary to preserve the tactical
integrity of an operation, protect the safety of law
enforcement officers or other emergency responders, or
prevent the destruction of property; and
  • An investigative unit of a government entity engaged in the
investigation of criminal conduct or potential criminal
conduct may encrypt its radio communications.
Any government entity that encrypts any of its dispatch radio
communications shall disclose on its public website and make available
for public inspection a list of its radio communication channels, a
description of the functions allocated to those channels, and an indication
of which of the channels are always encrypted or sometimes encrypted.
In describing the functions of the channels, the government entity shall
indicate whether each channel is used for tactical radio communications
or investigative radio communications.
Any person has standing to bring an action for injunctive relief in
district court against any sheriff, chief of police, fire chief, or other
administrative head of any government entity for an allegedly unlawful
encryption of dispatch radio communications.
Any person who monitors dispatch radio communications of a
government entity for the purpose of perpetrating or attempting to
perpetrate criminal activity or assisting another person in the furtherance
of criminal activity commits a class 3 misdemeanor.

Concerning dispatch radio communications by government entities.

Last session, Senate Bill 17-115 expanded the group of people
who, if they possessed sexually exploitative material in the performance
of their duties, could not commit sexual exploitation of a child to all law

enforcement personnel and defense counsel personnel. The bill clarifies
that the sexual exploitation of a child statute does not change the
discovery procedure for sexually exploitative materials and that the
defendant and defense counsel personnel are not allowed to receive
copies of the materials.

Concerning clarifying that the law enforcement and defense counsel exemption for sexual exploitation of a child crime does not change the discovery procedures for sexually exploitative material.

The bill repeals the authorization for the state, a county, a city and
county, or a municipality to use automated vehicle identification systems
(including red light cameras) to identify violators of traffic regulations
and issue citations based on photographic evidence and creates a
prohibition on such activity.
The bill repeals the authorization for the department of public

safety to use an automated vehicle identification system to detect
speeding violations within a highway maintenance, repair, or construction
zone.

Concerning the elimination of the use of automated vehicle identification systems for traffic law enforcement.

The bill extends the right to use deadly force against an intruder
under certain conditions to include owners, managers, and employees of
a business.

Concerning the use of deadly physical force against a person who has made an illegal entry into a place of business.

The bill requires the peace officers standards and training board
(P.O.S.T. board), which certifies peace officers, to revoke the
certification of a peace officer if:
  • The P.O.S.T. board receives notification from a law
enforcement agency that employs or employed the peace

officer that the peace officer made an untruthful statement
or omitted a material fact on an official law enforcement
document or while testifying at an official judicial
proceeding or during an internal affairs investigation; and
  • Either the law enforcement agency or a panel of the
P.O.S.T. board reached a determination on the matter after
completing an administrative process.

Concerning the P.O.S.T. board revoking the certification of a peace officer who is found to have made an untruthful statement.

In current law, second degree burglary is a class 4 felony, but it is
a class 3 felony under 2 circumstances. The bill designates a third type of
second degree burglary as a class 3 felony; that is, a burglary, the
objective of which is the theft of one or more firearms, firearm parts,
firearm accessories, or ammunition. The bill also states that when a
person is convicted of such a burglary, in addition to any other sentence,

the court may require the person to pay a fine of at least $10,000 but not
exceeding $750,000.

Concerning the penalty for a person who commits burglary to acquire firearms.

The bill states that, except in certain cases, a court shall not require

a defendant arrested and charged for any misdemeanor, petty offense, or
municipal code violation to post monetary bail as a condition of being
discharged from custody. A defendant who is charged with an offense
other than a felony may not be released from custody under his or her
own recognizance until he or she signs and files with the clerk of the
court or other designated person a written release agreement that includes
certain promises.
Current law requires any pretrial services program to be
established pursuant to a plan formulated by a community advisory board
created for such purpose and appointed by the chief judge of the judicial
district. The bill makes this requirement merely permissible.
The bill states that if a person is in custody and the court imposed
a monetary condition of bond for release, and the person, after 5 days
from the setting of the monetary condition of bond, remains in custody
because he or she is unable to meet the monetary obligations of the bond,
upon motion of the person, the court shall forthwith conduct a hearing to
reconsider the monetary condition of the bond.

Concerning reform of pretrial criminal procedures, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting the use of monetary bonding except for certain defendants and requiring courts to conduct timely hearings to reconsider monetary conditions of bond under certain circumstances.

The bill creates a pilot program to allow marijuana delivery. The
marijuana state licensing authority can enter into a memorandum of
understanding with up to 3 municipalities to allow medical and retail
marijuana delivery. The state licensing authority can adopt rules regarding
marijuana delivery and can issue up to 15 marijuana delivery licenses.

Concerning a pilot program for marijuana delivery.

The bill requires the division of criminal justice to provide human
trafficking training to law enforcement agencies and entities that provide
services to human trafficking victims. The training may include:
  • Train-the-trainer programs;
  • Direct trainings; and
  • Online training programs.

The training may be provided to law enforcement agencies, organizations
that provide direct services to human trafficking victims, school personnel
and parents or guardians of students, and any other organization, agency,
or group that would benefit from such training. The training must be
developed in consultation with the Colorado human trafficking council.
When considering requests for training, the division should give priority
to requests from areas of the state that have limited access to training
resources. Beginning in 2019, the council's annual human trafficking
report must include an update on the trainings provided.

Concerning the provision of training materials related to human trafficking by the department of public safety.

The bill creates the Colorado next generation 911 board (board) in
the division of homeland security and emergency management within the
department of public safety. The board's purpose is to lead the planning
for, implementation of, and transition to a sustainable next generation 911
service. The board is required to:
  • Commission a study to assist in formulating a next

generation 911 plan. The study must address business
requirements for the transition, gaps and vulnerabilities,
potential funding mechanisms, challenges to
implementation, current and emerging technologies, and
opportunities to save costs by using existing network
facilities.
  • Develop a next generation 911 plan. The plan must address
coordination and timing for implementation, maintenance
and funding of the current 911 service through the
transition period, services to ensure that the access and
functional needs population has access to next generation
911, rapid deployment, a testing plan and timeline,
contingency plans, a governance plan, and end-user
training and implementation.
  • Assist with next generation 911 implementation and
transition oversight, coordinate outreach and education
initiatives related to the next generation 911 plan,
coordinate and facilitate stakeholder outreach, identify
costs and funding opportunities for the transition to next
generation 911, and collect and report on progress
measurements.
The board has the authority to seek and accept gifts, grants, and
donations and to contract with private or public entities to accomplish its
purposes. The bill specifies that the board does not have regulatory
authority over basic emergency service or other areas under the public
utilities commission and does not supersede local control of 911
operations.

Concerning the creation of the Colorado next generation 911 board in the department of public safety.

Current law requires county and municipal authorities (authorities)
to conduct a traffic investigation or survey before increasing or
decreasing the speed limits within the authority's jurisdiction. The bill
adds the requirement that the authority consider the following factors:
  • Road characteristics;
  • Current and future development;

  • Environmental factors;
  • Parking practices;
  • Pedestrian and bicycle activity in the vicinity; and
  • Crash statistics from the most recent year.

Concerning a local authority's ability to alter speed limits within the local authority's jurisdiction.

The bill designates an administrator of judicial security in the
Colorado judicial department as a peace officer who must be certified by
the peace officer standards and training board.

Concerning peace officer status for the administrator of judicial security in the Colorado judicial department.

Sunset Process - House Transportation and Energy
Committee. The bill continues the automobile theft prevention authority
and the automobile theft prevention board until 2029.

Concerning the continuation of a grant program to prevent motor vehicle theft, and, in connection therewith, implementing the sunset review recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies.

Currently, Colorado criminalizes posting nude images of another
person for harassment purposes or for pecuniary gain. The bill makes the
following changes to those crimes:
  • Adds images of sex acts that may not include nude images;
  • Removes the requirement that the defendant intend to
inflict serious emotional distress;

  • Removes as an exception to the crimes that the image
relates to a newsworthy event; and
  • Clarifies that the images subject to the crimes may be
disclosed by law enforcement personnel, human or social
services personnel, prosecutors, and court personnel in the
course of their normal business.

Concerning measures to clarify the scope of revenge porn criminal offenses.

The bill creates the new criminal offense of obstructing a peace
officer, firefighter, emergency medical service provider, rescue specialist,
or volunteer with an unmanned aircraft system. A person commits the
offense when he or she operates an unmanned aircraft system in a manner
that violates one or more safety requirements and obstructs, impairs, or
hinders:

  • A peace officer acting under color of his or her official
authority;
  • A firefighter acting under color of his or her official
authority;
  • An emergency medical service provider or rescue specialist
acting under color of his or her official authority; or
  • The administration of emergency care or emergency
assistance by a volunteer, acting in good faith to render
such care or assistance without compensation at the place
of an emergency or accident.
Obstructing a peace officer, firefighter, emergency medical service
provider, rescue specialist, or volunteer with an unmanned aircraft system
is a class 2 misdemeanor.

Concerning prohibiting the use of unmanned aircraft systems to obstruct public safety operations.

Joint Budget Committee. The statewide digital trunked radio
system (DTRS) provides interoperable radio communications that allow
personnel from multiple agencies in different levels of government to
rapidly share information and coordinate efforts in emergency situations.
While DTRS is considered one of the nation's most successful statewide

public safety communications voice networks, there are areas of the state
that do not have adequate coverage on the DTRS network. This means
public safety officials are unable to communicate with others when
working in geographies with little to no coverage.
The general assembly established the public safety
communications trust fund (trust fund) for the acquisition and
maintenance of public safety communications systems, including the
DTRS. Currently, through the 2024-25 fiscal year, the general assembly
appropriates $7.2 million each fiscal year from the general fund and other
funds to the trust fund for purposes of the DTRS. The governor's office
of information technology (office) is required to use the money for the
replacement of legacy radio equipment and hardware at radio tower sites
and for software upgrade assurance. Due to a one-time savings achieved
through negotiations between the office and its DTRS software vendor,
approximately $3 million of the money appropriated to the trust fund to
date is unexpended.
The bill authorizes the office to use any unencumbered and
unexpended money appropriated for purposes of the DTRS on DTRS site
supporting infrastructure and DTRS supporting software and hardware.
In addition, in both the 2018-19 and 2019-20 fiscal years, the bill
requires the general assembly to appropriate an additional $2 million from
the general fund to the trust fund. The bill requires the office to use the
money to work in partnership with local and regional government entities
to add additional radio tower sites in areas of the state that are
experiencing critical coverage gaps for public safety radio
communications. The office is required to submit a report to the joint
budget committee detailing the use of the additional $2 million.

Concerning measures to address coverage gaps in the statewide digital trunked radio system, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.

Current law has separate collateral relief sections for when a court
orders an alternative sentence, probation, or community corrections. The
bill combines collateral relief provisions into one section and authorizes
a court to enter an order for collateral relief at the time of conviction of
a defendant or any time thereafter. The bill requires a fingerprint-based
criminal history record check only if the hearing is held after sentencing.

The bill adds the authority for a juvenile court to enter an order for
collateral relief using the same process as criminal courts.

Concerning relief from collateral consequences of criminal actions.

The bill makes an internal investigation file (file) of a peace
officer for in-uniform or on-duty conduct that involves a member of the
public subject to an open records request. The bill requires some
information to be redacted before complying with the open records
request. The bill allows the custodian of the file to first provide a
summary of the file to the requester and then allows the requester access

to the file after the requester has reviewed the summary. Under the bill,
a custodian of a file in which there is an ongoing criminal case can deny
inspection of the file. The file becomes open for inspection after all the
charges are dismissed or the defendant is sentenced.

Concerning public disclosure of a completed peace officer internal investigation file.

The bill states that if the department of corrections (department)
relocates an inmate for incarceration or contracts with another state for
the incarceration of an inmate in a penal institution in another state, then
not later than 48 hours after such relocation, the department shall notify
the prosecuting attorney and any registered victim of crimes for which the

inmate is serving his or her sentence of the name and location of the penal
institution where the inmate is to be housed.
This disclosure requirement does not apply if:
  • The inmate is a witness and the executive director of the
department (executive director) determines that disclosing
the inmate's location would pose a risk to the personal
safety of the inmate, corrections staff, other inmates, or
facilities;
  • The prosecuting attorney requests in writing that the
department not disclose the location of the penal institution
where the inmate is located;
  • The registered victim is currently incarcerated; or
  • The inmate has been employed by the department or as a
law enforcement officer and the executive director
determines that disclosing the inmate's location poses a risk
to the personal safety of the inmate, corrections staff, other
inmates, or facilities.
If the department relocates an inmate and the executive director
determines that any of these factors applies, then not later than 48 hours
after such relocation, the department shall notify the prosecuting attorney:
  • That the inmate has been relocated; and
  • Which of the factors the executive director has determined
applies.
If the prosecuting attorney agrees with the executive director's
determination that a factor applies, then the prosecuting attorney shall
confirm the executive director's determination in writing, the department
shall retain such written confirmation, and the department shall notify any
registered victim of one or more crimes for which the inmate is serving
his or her sentence that:
  • The inmate has been relocated; and
  • The department is unable to disclose the inmate's location
because one of the factors applies.
If the prosecuting attorney disagrees with the executive director's
determination that a factor applies, then the department shall disclose the
inmate's location to any registered victims.

Concerning requiring the department of corrections to disclose the location of inmates who are relocated to facilities outside of the state.

Current law requires each license plate to be at the approximate
center of a motor vehicle and at least 12 inches from the ground. The bill
repeals this requirement for the front license plate.

Concerning the repeal of certain requirements for where a license plate is mounted on a motor vehicle.

Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study
Committee. The bill:
  • Specifies that hospitals may be used as clean syringe
exchange sites (section 1);
  • Provides civil immunity for participants of a clean syringe
exchange program (section 1);
  • Creates a supervised injection facility pilot program in the
city and county of Denver and provides civil and criminal
immunity for the approved supervised injection facility
(sections 2 through 4);
  • Allows school districts and nonpublic schools to develop a
policy by which schools are allowed to obtain a supply of
opiate antagonists and school employees are trained to
administer opiate antagonists to individuals at risk of
experiencing a drug overdose (sections 5 through 11); and
  • Requires the commission on criminal and juvenile justice
to study certain topics related to sentencing for
opioid-related offenses (section 12).

Concerning measures to address the opioid crisis in Colorado, and, in connection therewith, providing immunity for individuals who provide clean syringes through a clean syringe exchange program, creating a supervised injection facility pilot program, allowing school districts to develop policies for the supply and administration of opiate antagonists, and requiring the commission on criminal and juvenile justice to study certain topics related to sentencing for opioid-related offenses.

The bill makes failure to report child abuse or neglect one of the
crimes in which the statute of limitations begins to run upon discovery of
the criminal act or the delinquent act.

Concerning making failure to report child abuse a crime in which the statute of limitations begins to run upon discovery of the act.

The bill creates the law enforcement information-sharing grant
program (grant program) within the division of homeland security and
emergency management (division). The grant program shall provide a
grant to a consortium of at least 50 law enforcement agencies in the state
for the purpose of operating and maintaining a law enforcement
information-sharing system.

The bill requires the executive director of the department of public
safety to promulgate rules for the administration of the grant program. At
a minimum, the rules must specify the time frames for applying for
grants, the form of the grant program application, and the time frames for
distributing grant money. In determining whether to award a grant, the
division shall consider:
  • The applicant's capacity to serve law enforcement agencies
statewide;
  • The applicant's ability to operate and maintain a law
enforcement information-sharing system; and
  • The applicant's ability to make necessary investments in a
law enforcement information-sharing system.
The bill creates the law enforcement information-sharing grant
program fund (fund) and directs the general assembly to appropriate $1.9
million to the fund from the marijuana tax cash fund for the 2018-19
fiscal year.

Concerning creation of a public safety information-sharing system.

Current law provides that in cases involving domestic violence and
in cases involving certain other crimes, a court may enter any of several
types of protection orders against the defendant. The bill adds 2 new
potential protection orders to the list of options available to the court.
They are:
  • An order prohibiting the taking, transferring, concealing,
harming, disposing of, or threatening to harm an animal
owned, possessed, leased, kept, or held by the alleged

victim or witness; and
  • An order directing a wireless telephone service provider to
transfer the financial responsibility for and rights to a
wireless telephone number or numbers to the petitioner if
the petitioner satisfies certain criteria.
The bill also clarifies that the issuance of a protection order in a
case involving domestic violence or any of certain crimes does not
preclude a court from issuing a protective order in a civil proceeding.

Concerning protective orders in criminal cases.

Under current law, there is a crime of false reporting to authorities.
The bill creates a crime of false reporting of an emergency by
criminalizing an act of false reporting to authorities that includes a false
report of an imminent threat to the safety of a person or persons by use of
a deadly weapon. False reporting of an emergency is a class 1
misdemeanor, but it can be a felony depending on the harm caused by the
false report. For purposes of the crime of false reporting to authorities and
false reporting of an emergency, the defendant may be tried in the county

where the defendant made the report, the county where the false report
was communicated to law enforcement, or the county where law
enforcement responded to the false report.

Concerning criminalizing false reports.

The bill states that a person commits class 5 felony false
imprisonment if he or she confines or detains another person less than 18
years of age by means of tying, locking, caging, chaining, or otherwise
restricting that person's freedom of movement by any instrumentality for
an unreasonable amount of time under the circumstances.
The bill states that the statutory privilege between a patient and a
physician or between an individual and his or her spouse is not available
for the purpose of excluding or refusing testimony in any prosecution for

false imprisonment.

Concerning false imprisonment of a minor.

Statutory Revision Committee. Two provisions of current law
require deputy sheriffs to be certified by the peace officers standards and
training (P.O.S.T.) board, but another provision describes the authority of
a noncertified deputy sheriff. The bill clarifies that some deputy sheriffs
may serve without P.O.S.T. certification under certain circumstances.

Concerning clarifying that certain deputy sheriffs may serve without attaining certification from the peace officers standards and training board.

The bill permits a municipality or county to adopt a local
ordinance or resolution regulating the operation of bicycles approaching
intersections with stop signs or illuminated red traffic control signals.
Under a local regulation, a bicyclist approaching a stop sign must slow to
a reasonable speed and, when safe to do so, may proceed through the
intersection without stopping. A bicyclist approaching an illuminated red

traffic control signal must stop at the intersection and, when safe to do so,
may proceed through the intersection. The bill sets the reasonable speed
limit at 15 miles per hour. However, a municipality or county may lower
the reasonable speed to 10 miles per hour or raise the limit to 20 miles per
hour at any individual intersection. If the local government sets a lower
or higher reasonable speed limit, the local government must post signage
indicating that speed limit at the intersection. If the municipality or county
adopts an ordinance or resolution pursuant to the act, it must be consistent
with the act. An ordinance adopted before the effective date of the act that
similarly regulates bicycles remains valid.

Concerning the regulation of bicycles approaching intersections.

A state employee (employee) is eligible for benefits through the
State Employee Group Benefits Act (act) if the employee works or is
on paid leave one or more regularly scheduled full workdays in a month.

When an employee dies, the benefits provided to the employee and any
dependents of the employee through the act end at the end of the month
in which the employee died.
The bill specifies that dependents of an employee who dies in a
work-related death are automatically qualified for the continuation of
dental or medical benefits through the act for 12 months from the end of
the month in which the work-related death occurred, so long as the
dependents had dental or medical benefits pursuant to the act at the time
of the employee's work-related death. The dental or medical benefits
allowed to dependents shall be the same coverage that the dependents
were enrolled in at the time of the employee's work-related death.
The state agency that employs an employee at the time of his or her
work-related death is required to pay the cost of providing dental or
medical benefits on behalf of the employee's dependents for the 12-month
period.
The director of the department of personnel or the director's
designee may promulgate rules necessary to implement the dental or
medical benefit coverage continuation.

Concerning the continuation of certain benefits through the "State Employee Group Benefits Act" for dependents of a state employee who dies in a work-related death.

The bill creates the school access for emergency response grant
program (grant program) in the division of local government (division)
in the department of local affairs (department). The purpose of the grant
program is to provide funding for interoperable communication hardware,
software, equipment maintenance, and training to allow for seamless

communications between existing school communications systems and
first responder communications systems. Grant recipients may use the
money received through the grant program to provide training in
procedures for effective communications with first responders in an
emergency, to update school crisis management plans, and to work with
the vendor selected by the chief information officer in the office of
information technology to make specified upgrades in connection with
interoperable communications abilities.
The division is required to administer the grant program and,
subject to available appropriations, award grants to be paid from the grant
program fund. The director of the division is required to implement the
grant program and to promulgate rules necessary to implement the grant
program.
To receive a grant, a school district, school, charter school of the
district, institute charter school, or state charter school institute must
submit an application, including specified information, to the division.
The director of the division is required to review the applications received
and consider certain criteria in awarding the grants. Each grant recipient
is required to submit a report to the division and the department is
required to provide an annual update to the general assembly regarding
the grant program.
The bill creates the grant program cash fund in the state treasury,
which consists of a specified amount of money that the state treasurer
transfers to the fund for each of the next 6 fiscal years.
In addition, the chief information officer is required to retain a
vendor to provide an interoperable communication technology solution
for use by grant recipients The chief information officer is required to
solicit vendors to provide the interoperable communication technology
and to select a vendor to provide the interoperable communication
technology solution by a specified date.

Concerning measures to increase school district access to interoperable communication technology to improve school safety.

Under current law, the maximum jail sentence for a class 2
misdemeanor, misdemeanors without a fixed statutory penalty, and
municipal ordinance violations is one year. The bill changes the
maximum jail sentence to 364 days.

Concerning changing the maximum jail sentence for certain crimes from one year to three hundred sixty-four days.

The bill prohibits a public employer from entering into an
employment bargain with a public employee or union to compensate a
public employee or a third party for union activities or to pay the expenses
of an employee or third party's participation in union activities. The
prohibition applies to any employment bargain that is currently in
existence or that is entered into in the future and that includes

compensation to public employees or third parties for union activities or
that includes payment of expenses for union activities.
The bill requires the attorney general to enforce the prohibition of
an employment bargain that compensates a public employee for union
activities or pays the costs of participation in union activities. Any
taxpayer of the jurisdiction in which a violation of the prohibition occurs
has standing in any court to bring a special action against a public
employer that violates the prohibition.
The bill specifies that the regulation of employment bargains is a
matter of statewide concern and is not subject to further inconsistent
regulation by any public employer.

Concerning the prohibition against paid union activities by public employees.

The bill extends the right to use deadly force against an intruder
under certain conditions to include owners, managers, and employees of
a business.

Concerning the use of deadly physical force against a person who has made an illegal entry into a place of business.

The bill specifies that the state and any political subdivision of the
state (jurisdiction) shall not:
  • Prohibit or restrict any jurisdiction, official, or employee
from sending to, or receiving from, federal immigration
agencies information regarding the citizenship or
immigration status of any individual;
  • Prohibit or restrict a jurisdiction from doing any of the
following with respect to information regarding the

immigration status of any individual:
  • Sending the information to, or requesting the
information from, federal immigration agencies;
  • Maintaining the information; or
  • Exchanging the information with any other federal,
state, or political subdivision of this state; or
  • Encourage the physical harboring of an illegal immigrant.
A jurisdiction is deemed a sanctuary jurisdiction if it violates the
prohibitions in the bill, is informed by the federal government that it is in
violation of federal immigration law, or is denied federal grant money or
eligibility for a federal grant due to noncompliance with federal
immigration laws.
The bill also requires each jurisdiction to give written notice to its
elected officials, employees, and law enforcement officers of their duty
to comply with all federal laws concerning immigration.
The bill requires each jurisdiction to submit an annual report to the
department of public safety (department) affirming that it has not violated
the prohibitions in the bill, has not been notified by the federal
government that it is in violation of federal immigration law, and has not
been denied federal grant money or informed that it is ineligible for
federal grant money due to noncompliance with federal immigration laws.

The bill increases the penalty level for a second degree on a peace
officer or firefighter by one class.

Concerning increasing the penalty for assault on certain first responders.