Second Regular Session
Seventy-third General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REENGROSSED
This Version Includes All Amendments
Adopted in the House of Introduction
LLS NO. 22-0856.02 Kristen Forrestal x4217
HOUSE BILL 22-1313
House Committees Senate Committees
Agriculture, Livestock, & Water
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING HOUSING REQUIREMENTS FOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS101
DURING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY .102
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov
.)
Current law specifies housing requirements for agricultural
workers with which agricultural employers must comply during a public
health emergency. The bill clarifies that these requirements apply only
during a statewide public health emergency that concerns COVID-19.
The bill allows an alternative to compliance with the existing housing
requirements by authorizing a person engaged in agricultural employment
HOUSE
3rd Reading Unamended
April 8, 2022
HOUSE
Amended 2nd Reading
April 7, 2022
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
McCormick and Caraveo, Bacon, Bernett, Bird, Boesenecker, Cutter, Duran, Esgar,
Exum, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Herod, Hooton, Jodeh, Kipp, Lindsay, Lontine, McCluskie,
Michaelson Jenet, Sirota, Titone, Woodrow
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Moreno,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. to instead comply with alternative protections identified in a public health
order issued by the department of public health and environment.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 8-14.4-109, amend2
(1)(a), (1)(b), and (1)(c); and add (2) as follows:3
8-14.4-109. Agricultural employers - responsibilities during4
public health emergency - worker safety protections - definition.5
(1) During a public health emergency, in addition to the other protections6
and rights afforded to workers, a principal engaged in agricultural7
employment shall:8
(a) (I) E
XCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (1)(a)(II) OF THIS9
SECTION, provide each worker living in employer-provided housing with:10
(I)
(A) In a single-occupancy unit where the worker is housed11
alone, at least eighty square feet of combined sleeping and living quarters;12
(II) (B) In multiple-occupancy housing, at least one hundred13
square feet of sleeping quarters per worker and one hundred twenty14
square feet of space per worker in areas used for combined purposes such15
as meal preparation and eating; and16
(III) (C) In all housing, screened windows that open to the outside17
or living space that has an air filtration system.18
(II) A
PRINCIPAL ENGAGED IN AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT MAY ,19
AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO COMPLYING WITH SUBSECTION (1)(a)(I) OF THIS20
SECTION, COMPLY WITH ALTERNATIVE PROTECTIONS APPLICABLE TO21
HOUSING IDENTIFIED IN A PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER ISSUED BY THE22
DEPARTMENT.23
(b) Provide each worker actively engaged in the open-range24
production of livestock with:25
1313-2- (I) A single occupancy mobile housing unit, regardless of any1
variances otherwise available pursuant to 20 CFR 655.235;
OR2
(II) A
LTERNATIVE PROTECTIONS APPLICABLE TO HOUSING3
IDENTIFIED IN A PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT ;4
(c) Allow the DEPARTMENT TO CONSULT WITH THE department of5
public health and environment to routinely inspect employer-provided6
housing to ensure compliance with guidelines issued by the department7
of public health and environment applicable to a public health emergency;8
and any applicable executive orders issued by the governor during a9
disaster emergency declared pursuant to section 24-33.5-704 (4) IN10
ENFORCING THIS SECTION; orders issued by the governor during a disaster11
emergency declared pursuant to section 24-33.5-704 (4);12
(2) A
S USED IN THIS SECTION, "PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY "13
MEANS A STATEWIDE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DECLARED BY14
EXECUTIVE ORDER REGARDING COVID-19, THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE15
CAUSED BY THE SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS16
2,
ALSO KNOWN AS
SARS-COV-2, OR ANOTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASE17
AS DEFINED IN SECTION 25-1.5-102 (1)(a)(IV) THAT IS TRANSMISSIBLE18
FROM PERSON TO PERSON.19
SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,20
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate21
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety.22
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