GOP to lead barnstorm against HB-1072

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Senate Republicans are rallying for a showdown with House Bill 1072. They will offer a blizzard of amendments to the Democrat bill allowing closed, forced-dues shops at Colorado workplaces, according to two GOP senators who will help lead the floor fight.
“We can’t stop the train, but hopefully we can slow it down long enough to […]

Mitchell: Rape Rx bill legislates doctor-patient relationships

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The Colorado Senate today gave initial approval to a bill that would require hospitals to educate rape victims about the availability of emergency contraception.
The bill would exempt health-care workers with religious conflicts from having to talk about the issue, but it would require that hospitals - even Catholic institutions - find someone on staff to […]

Mitchell bill extends Samaritan law to school sports

An update to Colorado’s Good Samaritan law—making it easier for off-duty health care workers to offer emergency assistance at school sporting events—was approved by the Senate on second reading Monday.
Republican Senator Shawn Mitchell’s bill will make clear that the law covers doctors and other health care professionals in such circumstances in order to ward off […]

Sen. Mitchell to introduce bill: If DNA test proves you’re not the father, don’t pay child support

DENVER – State Sen. Shawn Mitchell, R-Broomfield, is scheduled to introduce legislation Monday that relieves men, who are proven not to be the father through DNA testing, from continuing to pay child support.
Senate Bill 56 is scheduled for consideration in Monday’s Judiciary Committee meeting.
“This legislation sounds like common sense,” said Mitchell. “We need to have […]

Senate republicans denounce democrat bill to undo electoral college

Sen. Mitchell to lead fight on floor against Senate Bill 46
DENVER –Senate Minority Leader Andy McElhany, R-Colorado Springs, Sen. Shawn Mitchell, R-Broomfield, and Sen. Dave Schultheis, R-Colorado Springs, made the following remarks in response to the Democrats’ proposal to undermine the Electoral College:
“For politicians to push this idea — after voters strongly rejected it in […]