Denver Metro Chamber Of Commerce: Prosper CO's Policy Objectives

Press release from Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce:

Cameron Ochse

March 11, 2022

Prosper CO

A Prosper CO priority for this session is fair chance hiring, which helps eliminate unnecessary employment barriers for people with criminal histories. One fair chance hiring bill currently working its way through the legislature is House Bill 1098, which requires an investigation into what barriers exist for licensing, certification and registration of individuals with a criminal history, and it limits the ability for a regulator to deny a certification due to someone’s criminal history if it isn’t relevant to the certification they are pursuing. The Chamber and Prosper CO believe that people with criminal histories deserve a fair and transparent process when applying for jobs and certifications related to their career goals, and we support this bill.

House Bill 1098 House Bill 1051 House Bill 1002 House Bill 1009 Senate Bill 50 Senate Bill 99 Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation named a finalist for the Economic Development Administration’s Build Back Better grant program

To read bill summaries and justifications, visit our current legislation page.

current legislation page Here are the bills we took a stance on this week. Support  House Bill 1230 Senate Bill 145 Oppose  House Bill 1218 House Bill 1277 current legislation page Contact our Government Affairs team

This press release was produced by the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.