Colorado 2018 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 18-171 — Marketplace Contractor Workers' Compensation Unemployment

Last action — House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

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    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

The bill establishes a test for determining whether a marketplace contractor is considered an 'employee' under the 'Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado' and whether services provided by a marketplace contractor are considered 'employment' under the 'Colorado Employment Security Act'. The bill defines a 'marketplace contractor' as a person that enters into a written agreement with a marketplace platform to use the platform's online-enabled application, software, website, or system to receive services requests from third parties seeking the types of services offered by the contractor. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) Read More

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

16 added · 21 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of the bill has made specific changes to the criteria that determine whether a marketplace contractor is considered an independent contractor or an employee under Colorado's Workers' Compensation Act. Notably, it has removed some conditions that previously allowed contractors to be classified as employees, such as performance-based payment and flexibility in working hours. This change emphasizes that as long as contractors have a written agreement stating they are independent, they will not be considered employees for compensation purposes. This matters because it can significantly affect the rights and protections available to these contractors, potentially leaving them without certain benefits that employees typically receive.

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Second Regular Session Seventy-first General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the House of Introduction LLS NO.
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

  2. House Second Reading Laid Over to 05/10/2018 - No Amendments

  3. House Second Reading Laid Over to 05/02/2018 - No Amendments

  4. House Second Reading Laid Over to 05/01/2018 - No Amendments

  5. House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/30/2018 - No Amendments

  6. House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/26/2018 - No Amendments

  7. House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/25/2018 - No Amendments

  8. House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/23/2018 - No Amendments

  9. House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole

  10. Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary

  11. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  12. Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments

  13. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  14. Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

  15. Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

  16. Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor

  17. Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/08/2018 - No Amendments

  18. Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

  19. Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole

  20. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology

Sponsors

  • Chris Holbert · Primary
  • Angela Williams · Primary
  • Dan Pabon · Primary
  • Lang Sias · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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4 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 97 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

  • Chris Holbert
  • Angela Williams
  • Dan Pabon
  • Lang Sias

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (97)

97 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

BILL

Passed 31 Yea · 4 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 30400
Democrat 1000
Total 31400
% of votes cast 89%11%0%0%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
Court — Yea
Gardner — Yea
Kerr — Yea
Neville T. — Yea
Williams A. — Yea
Aguilar — Yea
Baumgardner — Yea
Cooke — Yea
Coram — Yea
Crowder — Yea
Donovan — Yea
Fenberg — Yea
Fields — Yea
Grantham — Yea
Guzman — Yea
Hill — Yea
Holbert — Yea
Jahn — Yea
Jones — Nay
Kagan — Nay
Kefalas — Yea
Lambert — Yea
Lundberg — Yea
Marble — Yea
Merrifield — Nay
Moreno — Nay
Priola — Yea
Scott — Yea
Smallwood — Yea
Sonnenberg — Yea
Tate — Yea
Todd — Yea
Zenzinger — Yea
Martinez Humenik — Yea
Lorena Garcia Democrat Yea

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Subjects

public-safety labor
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 18-171 do?
The bill establishes a test for determining whether a marketplace contractor is considered an 'employee' under the 'Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado' and whether services provided by a marketplace contractor are considered 'employment' under the 'Colorado Employment Security Act'. The bill defines a 'marketplace contractor' as a person that enters into a written agreement with a marketplace platform to use the platform's online-enabled application, software, website, or system to receive services requests from third parties seeking the types of services offered by the contractor. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) Read More
Who sponsors SB 18-171?
SB 18-171 is sponsored by Chris Holbert, Angela Williams, Dan Pabon, and Lang Sias.
What is the current status of SB 18-171?
This bill died with 2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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