6703420A721D731B8725858200779414 Hearing Summary

Representative Jackson and Representative Duran, co-prime bill sponsors, presented Senate Bill 20-170. The bill amends the Colorado Employment Security Act to eliminate the documentation requirement for workers separating from employment because of domestic violence, expand the definition of immediate family, and substitute severance allowance for remuneration. 

Daniel Chase, Department of Labor and Employment, testified in support of the bill.

Lydia Waligorski, representing Violence Free Colorado, testified in support of the bill.

Written testimony was submitted to the committee (Attachment W).

Representative Jackson and Representative Duran made concluding remarks about the bill.