Gov. Polis Rejects Multiple Bills, Brings Veto Total To A Dozen

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Gov. Jared Polis vetoes multiple bills from the Colorado legislature, reaching a total of twelve vetoes for the session.

DENVER–Gov. Jared Polis last week rejected another handful of bills passed by the Democrat-controlled Colorado legislature, bringing his veto total for the recently adjourned session to an even dozen. Modest sounding enough given the more than 400 bills passed, but still a personal record for the term-limited Polis over his eight years in office. As reported by Complete Colorado , the prior week saw Polis take his veto pen to a half-dozen other bills, including a highly contentious effort by his fellow Democrats to unwind Colorado’s longstanding two-vote process for private sector unionization. The latest batch of vetoed bills ranged from limiting what small businesses pay in “swipe fees,” to whether your Pad Thai comes with an unsolicited plastic fork, to suing federal immigration agents in state court, among other issues. Latest vetoes Start with Senate Bill 134 , which among other things barred credit card companies from charging transaction fees on the amount of sales taxes charged. House Majority Leader Monica Duran called it a fight against Wall Street banks lining their pockets at the expense of Colorado’s small businesses. Polis called it legally risky, potentially…

Topics covered

• politics
• legislation
• vetoes
• Colorado
• government

Keywords

• Jared Polis
• veto
• Colorado legislature
• Senate Bill 134
• Senate Bill 184
• small businesses
• unionization
• swipe fees

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Complete Colorado, Electronic Payments Coalition, Colorado legislature

Places: Colorado, Denver

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