Position Papers

House Bill 25-1295, Food Truck Operations, as amended, undermines local business licensing authority and regulations by requiring municipalities to issue reciprocal business licenses to mobile food vendors who are licensed in other jurisdictions.

House Bill 25-1169 forces communities to administratively rezone properties owned by “faith-based organizations” and educational institutions to allow for residential development, regardless of the existing allowed uses or surrounding zone districts. By circumventing existing planning and zoning processes that are readily available to all property owners, “YIGBY” creates a special privileged class of property owners with insufficient guardrails that would promote the creation of affordable housing, protect against fraud or abuse, and ensure a minimum of consistency with community plans.

House Bill 25-1276 only affects defendants who repeatedly ignore court dates by giving courts discretion to require a cash or surety bond instead of a PR bond for an extremely narrow class of defendants.

House Bill 25-1295, Food Truck Operations, would harm community planning to provide special benefits to a particular industry. The bill stops municipalities from regulating public roads and commercial districts to ensure economic vitality and employment opportunities of local businesses.

Senate Bill 25-132 allows distilleries to purchase alcohol from wholesalers and open as many as five bars without adhering to the local licensing process required of taverns and bars.