SB 84 — No Waiver for Legal Privileges State Auditor Documents

SecondNOTE: Regular Session Seventy-fifth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REREVISED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the Second House LLS NO.

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dTo 6determine Billwhether Summarythe eGovernor 0has msigned 2the Tbill nor 6taken (Note:other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative history, or the Session Laws.

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Thealso billREPRESENTATIVE(S) protectsWillford, certainCarter, legalMarshall n. 2 privileges for state entities related to disclosures to the state auditor, m 2 T n 5 A U 2 E i r Shading denotes HOUSE amendment.

DoubleC underliningONCERNING denotesTHE SENATEPRESERVATION amendment.OF PRIVILEGES FOR CERTAIN STATE ENTITIES IN CONNECTION WITH INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS STATUTORILY PRESCRIBED DUTIES RELATED TO THE STATE 'S FRAUD HOTLINE.

S a r Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.R b Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.

d F legislative audit committee, or governor for purposes of an investigation by the state auditor that is related to the state's fraud hotline.

In Colorado Revised Statutes, 2-3-107,2-3-107,add add (2)(d) as follows:

(2) (d) THET HE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION OR MATERIALS ,AS, DEFINEDAS INDEFINEDINSECTION SECTION2-3-110.5(1),TOTHESTATEAUDITOR 2-3-110.5,THECOMMITTEE (1),TO THE STATE AUDITOR , THE COMMITTEE OR ANY SUCCESSOR COMMITTEE ,OR, OR THE GOVERNOR AFTER THECOMMITTEETHE SAPPROVALTOSENDTHERESULTSOFANINVESTIGATIONCOMMITTEE TOTHEGOVERNORPURSUANTTOSECTION'S 2-3-110.5(3)(c)(IIDOESNOTAPPROVAL ,TO WAIVESEND ANTHE OTHERWISERESULTS VALIDOF CLAIMAN OFINVESTIGATION PRIVILEG,CONFIDENTIALITY,TO ORTHE OTHERGOVERNOR PROTECTIONPURSUANT HELDTO BYSECTION THE2-3-110.5 ENTITY(3)(c)(IIIDOES MAKINGNOT THEWAIVE DISCLOSUREAN ,OTHERWISE INCLUDINGVALID CLAIMSCLAIM OF ATTORNEYPRIVILEGE -CLIENT,CONFIDENTIALITY PRIVILEG,, ATTORNEYOR WORK________ PRODUCTCONFIDENTIALITYCapital ,COMMONINTERESTPRIVILEGEletters DELIBERATIVEor PROCESSbold PRIVILEGE,AND& ANYitalic EXEMPTIONSnumbers FROMindicate PUBLICnew DISCLOSUREmaterial UNDERadded STATEto ORexisting FEDERALlaw; AGENCY RULE .

SECTIONdashes 2.through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of the act.

InOTHER ColoradoPROTECTION RevisedHELD Statutes,BY 2-3-110.5,THE addENTITY (1)(f.5)MAKING andTHE (6)DISCLOSURE as, follows:INCLUDING CLAIMS OF ATTORNEY -CLIENT PRIVILEGE, ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT CONFIDENTIALITY ,COMMON INTEREST PRIVILEGE ,DELIBERATIVE PROCESSPRIVILEGE ,ANDANYEXEMPTIONSFROMPUBLICDISCLOSUREUNDER STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCY RULE .

SECTION2.

InColoradoRevisedStatutes,2-3-110.5,add(1)(f.5) and (6) as follows:

FraudFraudhotline-investigations-confidentiality-access hotline - investigations - confidentiality - access to records - definitions.

(f.5) "INFORMATION"IFORMATIONORMATERIALS OR"INCLUDES MATERIALS,BUT "ISNOTLIMITED INCLUDESTO, ,BUTANY ISWRITING NOTPREPARED LIMITEDTOOR ,ANYWRITINGPREPAREDORMAINTAINEDBYASTATEAGENCYMAINTAINED ORVERBALRESPONSEPROVIDEDBYASTATEAGENCYREPRESENTATIVETOBY ANYA STATE AGENCY OR VERBALRESPONSEPROVIDEDBYASTATEAGENCYREPRESENTATIVETOANY QUESTION OR INQUIRY POSED BY THE STATE AUDITOR OR THE STATE AUDITOR S'SDESIGNEETHATISRELATEDTOTHESCOPEOFANINVESTIGATION DESIGNEE. THAT IS RELATED TO THE SCOPE OF AN -2- 084 INVESTIGATION.

(6) THETHEDISCLOSUREOFINFORMATIONORMATERIALSTOTHE DISCLOSURESTATE OFAUDITOR INFORMATION, OR MATERIALS TO THE STATEAUDITORCOMMITTEE ,THECOMMITTEEORANYSUCCESSORCOMMITTEEOR ORTHEANY GOVERNORAFTERTHESUCCESSOR COMMITTEE SAPPROVALTOSENDTHE, RESULTSOFOR THE INVESTIGATIONGOVERNOR TOAFTER THE GOVERNORCOMMITTEE PURSUANTS APPROVAL TO SUBSECTIONSEND THE RESULTS OF THEINVESTIGATIONTOTHEGOVERNORPURSUANTTOSUBSECTION (3)(c)(III) OF THIS SECTIO,DOESSECTION NOT,, DOES NOT WAIVE AN OTHERWISE VALID CLAIM OF PRIVILEG,CONFIDENTIALITY,ORPRIVILEGE,CONFIDENTIALITY ,OR OTHER PROTECTION HELD BY THE ENTITY MAKING THE DISCLOSURE,DISCLOSURE , INCLUDING CLAIMS OF ATTORNEY -CLIENT PRIVILEGEPRIVILEGE, , ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT CONFIDENTIALITY,COMMONINTERESTPRIVILEGECONFIDENTIALITY ,DELIBERATIVEPROCESS, PRIVILEGE,ANDANYEXEMPTIONSFROMPUBLICDISCLOSUREUNDERSTATECOMMON ORINTEREST FEDERALPRIVILEGE AGENCY, DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE , AND ANY EXEMPTIONSFROMPUBLICDISCLOSURE UNDERSTATE ORFEDERALAGENCY RULE .

on the day following the expiration of the ninety-dayperiodafterfinaladjournmentofthegeneralassembly(Augustninety-dayperiod after final adjournment of the general assembly(August 12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026);

except that, if a referendumreferendumpetitionisfiledpursuanttosection1(3)ofarticleVofthestate petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless approvedapprovedbythepeopleatthegeneralelectiontobeheldinNovember2026 byPAGE the2-SENATE peopleBILL at26-084 the general election to be held in November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.

-3-____________________________ 084____________________________ James Rashad Coleman, Sr.

Julie McCluskie PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES ____________________________ ____________________________ Esther van Mourik Vanessa Reilly SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPROVED________________________________________ (Date and Time) _________________________________________ Jared S.

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