HIRE Colorado
(SB 1, Hudak)

Prioritizes businesses that employ Colorado workers first in state construction and service contracts, and supports Colorado workers by also prioritizing companies that offer quality benefits to their employees.

Buy American
(SB 4, Foster)

Creates a preference for companies that purchase and utilize American made materials when bidding on state contracts.

Invest in Colorado
(Bacon)

Provides a choice for entrepreneurs to choose a new business model called  a Benefit Corporation in Colorado which is to provide investors and businesses to not only seek profit but to effect a material positive impact society and the environment as well as fair treatment of employees, business partners and consumers.

Colorado Business Retention and Expansion Program
(SB 5, Newell)

Engages and protects existing businesses in Colorado by gathering relevant information about current business needs and obstacles, and facilitates the relationship between businesses and government.

Childcare Transition for Working Families
(SB 22, Williams)

Helps working families transition out of childcare assistance and become responsible for childcare payments while creating stability for their jobs and their children.

Employment Opportunity Act
(SB 3, Carroll)

Prevents hiring discrimination based on bad credit by abolishing abusive credit check practices that limit opportunities for Colorado citizens.

Colorado Entrepreneur Act
(SB 58, Heath)

Increases the amount and diversity of investment capital available to Colorado entrepreneurs.

Colorado Aerospace Jobs Promotion
(SB 35, Hodge)

Facilitates development of the commercial spaceflight industry in Colorado and brings potential industry providers to the state.

Electronic Recycling Jobs Act
(SB 133, Schwartz)

Provides a safe way to recycle electronic waste while promoting job creation in this industry.

Growing Rural Jobs Act
(Schwartz)

Identifies market-based models for forest management including private development of biomass resources.

Building Better Schools and Local Jobs
(Schwartz)

Reauthorizes financing options for public school capital construction projects--particularly in rural areas.

Rural Broadband Jobs Act
(SB 129, Schwartz)

Brings internet access to rural areas of Colorado to help connect Colorado businesses and communities, and provide efficiencies and opportunities in underserved areas.

Colorado Tech Jobs Hub
(Shaffer)

Creates a commerce/communication hub for aerospace, biotech, and clean-tech job development in Colorado.

Supporting Olympics in Colorado
(Shaffer)

Endorses efforts to bring the 2022 Olympics to Colorado.

Colorado Local Business Database

(SB 143, Carroll)

Provides a resource for Coloradans to find and support local businesses in their community.

Local Economic Improvement Act

(SB 101, Nicholson)

Strengthens the economic development authority of local improvement districts in Colorado to help small businesses and facilitate job growth throughout the state.

Resolution for a US Patent Office in Colorado
(SJR 08, Shaffer)

Advocates Colorado as the best state in the Nation to locate a US patent office.

Ready to Work
(Newell)

Continues the success of the Colorado HIRES program that has so far employed 2,500 Coloradans at 1,100 Colorado businesses.

Local Foods, Local Jobs
(SB 48, Schwartz)

Supports local, small-scale growers and producers by creating alternative methods for them to sell homemade, value added goods.