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Bill Number: HB24-1168
HTTP Status: 200
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Archived At: 2026-04-15 14:41:53 MDT
Created At: 2026-04-15 14:41:53 MDT

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  "active": "F",
  "origin": "House",
  "lls_num": "24-0541",
  "session": "2024A",
  "subject": [
    "Local Government",
    "State Government"
  ],
  "bill_num": "HB24-1168",
  "sponsors": [
    {
      "id": "MF002",
      "title": "Representative",
      "s_type": "Prime Sponsor",
      "chamber": "House",
      "full_name": "Meg Froelich",
      "last_name": "Froelich",
      "first_name": "Meg",
      "sponsor_order": "1"
    },
    {
      "id": "MR001",
      "title": "Representative",
      "s_type": "Prime Sponsor",
      "chamber": "House",
      "full_name": "Manny Rutinel",
      "last_name": "Rutinel",
      "first_name": "Manny",
      "sponsor_order": "2"
    },
    {
      "id": "NH001",
      "title": "Senator",
      "s_type": "Prime Sponsor",
      "chamber": "Senate",
      "full_name": "Nick Hinrichsen",
      "last_name": "Hinrichsen",
      "first_name": "Nick",
      "sponsor_order": "3"
    }
  ],
  "bill_files": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/csl.nsf/0/E316933D5FB1803587258A4C00688FF4/$File/1168_01.pdf",
      "date": "01/31/2024",
      "label": "Introduced",
      "lastModified": "01/31/2024 04:31:40 PM"
    }
  ],
  "committees": [
    {
      "id": "H_THL_2024A",
      "name": "Transportation, Housing & Local Government",
      "chamber": "House"
    },
    {
      "id": "H_APP_2024A",
      "name": "Appropriations",
      "chamber": "House"
    }
  ],
  "long_title": "Concerning equal access to public meetings.",
  "bill_status": "Deem Postponed Indefinitely",
  "short_title": "Equal Access to Public Meetings",
  "bill_summary": "<html><body><p><t></t></p><p style='text-indent:50px'>The bill requires state and local public bodies (public bodies) to ensure that the following accessibility requirements are implemented by July 1, 2025:</p><p style='text-indent:50px'><ul><li>Any public meeting at which public business is discussed, formal action may be taken, or recommendations to the governing body of the public body may be discussed (meeting) held by a public body is required to be accessible in real time by live streaming video or audio that is recorded and accessible to individuals with disabilities;<li>A public body is required to post on its website, at least 24 hours before a meeting, any documents that will be distributed during the meeting;<li>For any meeting of a public body during which public testimony will be heard, the public body is required to allow any individual to participate in the meeting and offer public testimony by using a video conferencing platform unless the meeting occurs in a geographic location that lacks broadband internet service; and<li>A public body is required to provide any auxiliary aids or services requested in time for the meeting for which they were requested. A public body may require that a request for auxiliary aids or services to attend a meeting of the public body with the use of the video conferencing platform be made up to 7 days before the date of the meeting.</li></ul><t></t></p><p style='text-indent:50px'>Nothing in the bill prohibits a public body from promulgating rules for the administration of public testimony so long as the rules apply to both in-person and remote testimony, and nothing in the bill requires a public body to provide hardware or software or internet or phone access at an individual's home.</p><p style='text-indent:50px'><t></t></p><p style='text-indent:50px'>The failure of any public body to comply with the applicable requirements of the bill constitutes discrimination on the basis of disability. Any individual who is subjected to a violation is entitled to seek relief as currently provided in law.</p><p style='text-indent:50px'><br/><i>(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)</i></p></body></html>",
  "progress_bar": [
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      "label": "Introduced",
      "position": 1
    },
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      "end": "T",
      "label": "Lost",
      "position": 2
    }
  ],
  "special_type": "",
  "bill_category": "Government - Local",
  "allow_testimony": "F",
  "amendment_files": [
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      "url": "https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/leg.colorado.gov/2024A/amendments/0312F1AA3B5EC14D87258AE50068BE1E/HB1168_L.002.pdf",
      "date": "3/20/2024 3:36:12 PM",
      "vote": "Passed*",
      "chamber": "House",
      "hearing": "HOU Transportation, Housing & Local Government",
      "amendment": "L.002"
    }
  ],
  "full_bill_topic": "Equal Access to Public Meetings",
  "long_bill_files": [],
  "GHG_report_files": [],
  "preamended_files": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/csl.nsf/0/E316933D5FB1803587258A4C00688FF4/$File/1168_H_THL_01.pdf",
      "date": "03/21/2024",
      "label": "PA1",
      "lastModified": "03/21/2024 05:28:06 PM"
    }
  ],
  "bill_sub_category": "Other",
  "fiscal_note_files": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/csl.nsf/0/E316933D5FB1803587258A4C00688FF4/$File/HB1168_00.pdf",
      "date": "02/28/2024",
      "label": "FN1",
      "lastModified": "02/28/2024 03:12:07 PM"
    },
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      "url": "https://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/csl.nsf/0/E316933D5FB1803587258A4C00688FF4/$File/HB1168_r1.pdf",
      "date": "04/12/2024",
      "label": "FN2",
      "lastModified": "04/12/2024 09:07:05 AM"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/csl.nsf/0/E316933D5FB1803587258A4C00688FF4/$File/HB1168_f1.pdf",
      "date": "06/06/2024",
      "label": "FN3",
      "lastModified": "06/06/2024 11:52:05 AM"
    }
  ],
  "is_budget_package": "No",
  "session_laws_files": "",
  "summarized_history": [
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      "date": "05/14/2024",
      "action": "House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed",
      "location": "House"
    },
    {
      "date": "03/20/2024",
      "action": "House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations",
      "location": "House"
    },
    {
      "date": "01/31/2024",
      "action": "Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government",
      "location": "House"
    }
  ],
  "research_note_files": [],
  "bill_sub_sub_category": "Other",
  "committee_report_files": [
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      "date": "03/20/2024",
      "label": "H_THL_2024A",
      "lastModified": "03/21/2024 05:03:15 PM"
    },
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      "url": "https://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2024A/csl.nsf/0/E316933D5FB1803587258A4C00688FF4/$File/HB1168_H_APP_001.pdf",
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      "lastModified": "06/13/2024 01:39:51 PM"
    }
  ],
  "demographic_note_files": [],
  "updated_bill_summary_files": [],
  "budget_staff_analysis_files": [],
  "first_chamber_third_reading_date": "",
  "second_chamber_third_reading_date": ""
}

Raw Response

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