[Colorado-Talk] Fixing The Colorado Antidiscrimination Act

[Julie Reiskin]

I was told I was wrong about "no other groups have to go through CCRD"
--apologies..however, people with disabilities have the worst luck with the
Colorado Civil rights division and it is a drafting error.  We will have
more detailed information early next week.
THANK YOU
With Gratitude

Julie Reiskin,  Co- Executive Director
Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition
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On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 3:27 PM Curtis Chong via Colorado-Talk <
colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Greetings all:
>
>
>
> Our friends at the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition (CCDC) are asking
> for folks who can to attend a hearing next week regarding a technical fix
> (contained in HB23-1032) to the Colorado Antidiscrimination Act. This bill
> is scheduled to be heard before the House Judiciary Committee during its
> hearing scheduled for Tuesday, February 7, starting at 1:30 p.m. Inasmuch
> as some business folks have expressed concern about this issue, we are told
> that it is important to have people with disabilities visibly present at
> this hearing.
>
>
> What does HB23-1032 do?
>
>
>
> Among other things, this bill provides that while people with disabilities
> can file discrimination complaints with the Colorado Civil Rights
> Commission, they are not required to exhaust the administrative process
> before going to court. Current law technically requires disability
> discrimination complaints to be handled through an administrative process
> before any legal action. No other protected class in Colorado is subject to
> such a requirement. HB23-1032 corrects what is understood to be a drafting
> error.
>
>
> Time And Place For The Hearing
>
>
>
> The Judiciary Committee hearing starts at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 7
> in Room HCR 0112 (basement level) of the State Capitol. As of this writing,
> we do not know in what order bills will be considered.
>
>
>
> I am attaching for your convenience a one-page fact sheet from CCDC. If
> you are having trouble with this PDF file, please reach out to me at
> chong.curtis at gmail.com.
>
>
>
> Please attend the hearing next Tuesday if you can.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Curtis Chong, Legislative Cochair
>
> National Federation of the Blind of Colorado
>
>
>
>
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