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The bill creates the digital communications division (division) and
the digital communications commission (commission) within the
department of regulatory agencies. On an annual basis and for a

reasonable fee determined by the commission, the division shall register
digital communications platforms, which are certain
communications-oriented online businesses, such as social media
platforms or media-sharing platforms, that conduct business in Colorado
or own or operate services that are offered to Colorado residents. A
digital communications platform that fails to register with the division
commits a class 2 misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 for
each day that the violation continues.
The division shall investigate and the commission may hold
hearings on claims filed with the division alleging that a digital
communications platform has allowed a person to engage in one or more
unfair or discriminatory digital communications practices on the platform,
which practices:
  • Include practices that promote hate speech; undermine
election integrity; disseminate intentional disinformation,
conspiracy theories, or fake news; or authorize, encourage,
or carry out violations of users' privacy; and
  • May include business, political, or social practices that are
conducted in a manner that a person aggrieved by the
practices can demonstrate are unfair or discriminatory to
the aggrieved person. Such practices, if done in an unfair
or discriminatory manner, might include:
  • Practices that target users for purposes of collecting
and disseminating users' personal data, including
users' sensitive data;
  • Profiling users based on their personal data
collected;
  • Selling or authorizing others to use users' personal
data to provide location-based advertising or
targeted advertising; or
  • Using facial recognition software and other tracking
technology.
If a person who files a complaint with the division exhausts all
administrative remedies and proceedings, the person may file a civil
action in district court alleging an unfair or discriminatory digital
communications practice.

The bill authorizes a person with a club license (licensee) that
allows the sale of alcohol beverages by the drink to members of the club
and their guests for consumption on the premises of the club to:

  • Commingle any donated alcohol beverages with the
licensee's inventory of alcohol beverages; and
  • Retain and sell donated alcohol beverages that remain on
the licensee's premises after a special event.

Under current law, a retail liquor store licensee that was licensed
on or before January 1, 2016, and is a Colorado resident is permitted to
obtain one additional retail liquor store license on or after January 1,
2017; 2 additional retail liquor store licenses on or after January 1, 2022;
and 3 additional retail liquor store licenses on or after January 1, 2027.
The bill modifies the provisions governing the ability of a retail

liquor store to obtain additional retail liquor store licenses as follows:
  • Retains the ability of a retail liquor store owner that applied
for a license on or before January 1, 2016, to obtain one
additional retail liquor store license on or after January 1,
2017, but removes the requirement that the licensee be a
Colorado resident;
  • On or after the effective date of the bill, mirrors the
multiple license provisions applicable to liquor-licensed
drugstore licenses by allowing a retail liquor store owner to
obtain: A maximum of 5 total retail liquor store licenses
between the effective date of the bill and December 31,
2021; a maximum of 8 total retail liquor store licenses
between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2026; a
maximum of 13 total retail liquor store licenses between
January 1, 2027, and December 31, 2031; a maximum of
20 total retail liquor store licenses between January 1,
2032, and December 31, 2036; and an unlimited number of
retail liquor store licenses on or after January 1, 2037; and
  • For additional licenses obtained on or after the effective
date of the bill, requires a person seeking additional
licenses to apply to transfer ownership of, change location
of, and merge at least 2 retail liquor store licenses located
within the same local licensing authority jurisdiction as the
applicant's premises into a single retail liquor store license.
Additionally, the bill prohibits a retail liquor store from allowing
customers to use a self-checkout to complete an alcohol beverage
purchase and requires a retail liquor store to:
  • Verify the age of a customer attempting to purchase an
alcohol beverage by examining the customer's valid
identification; and
  • Maintain certification as a responsible alcohol beverage
vendor.
The bill sets state and local application fees for a retail liquor store
licensee applying for a transfer of ownership, change of location, and
merger of 2 retail liquor store licenses.

The bill creates the Traveling Animal Protection Act (Act),
which prohibits the use of certain animals in a traveling animal act. A
person who violates the Act commits a misdemeanor and is subject to a
fine ranging from $250 to $1,000 per violation.