[Colorado-Talk] Our 2024 Legislative Successes

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Yes! Thanks for all the work you and your crowd do all the time for all of us.

From: Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Julie Reiskin via Colorado-Talk
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You all did amazing work this session!!

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With Gratitude,

Julie Reiskin
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On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 9:30 AM Dan Burke via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org<mailto:colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
Greetings all --

Well, the 2024 Colorado General Assembly signed off last night, and we have some significant successes.

Yes - SB24-153 News Access for Print Disbled Coloradans will give us $125,000 for Newsline expansion and outreach over the next year. Thanks to our sponsors, Sen. jessie Danielson and Reps. Daid Ortiz and Stephanie Vigil for being champions of this bill!

Yes, HB24-1115 Prescription Label Accessibility passed as well. Thanks to our sponsors, Reps. mary Young and Junie Joseph and Sen. Steve Fenberg. Also, Jack Johnson, an attorney with Disability Law Colorado, helped shepherd this bill through. Now the state pharmacy board will work on the rules for implementing and complying with the bill.  That can often prove to be more work than getting a bill passed. So, stay tuned, but also know that this bill will take effect July 1, 2025 and you will be able to request accessible labels for your prescriptions when you go to your local pharmacy.

I was out of town and only in touch by email, sometimes phone, fo r the month of March because of my brother's illness. But we are a team in the NFB, so here's my shout-out to President Beecham and Curtis Chong in particular. Things get rescheduled and bumped around, but you should all know that Curtis and Jessica tracked and testified on our bills and made sure they kept moving.

And now, on to our next jobs!
Dan


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Dan Burke

National Federation of the Blind of Colorado Legislative Co-chair

"Blindness is not what holds you back.  You can live the life you want!"

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