By Thelma Grimes | Colorado Politics
Gov. Jared Polis’ office announced late Friday evening that the governor has rejected six bills, including measures that deal with employee discipline, construction wages and the treatment of energy derived from burning solid waste.
It’s the governor’s first vetoes of bills passed in this year’s legislative session, when lawmakers sent more than 500 bills of the 705 introduced to Polis’ desk. As for Friday night, Polis was still working through more than 300 bills that needed his action.
One of the bills vetoed involved wage claims in the construction industry. House Bill 1008 would have made a general contractor liable for wage claims by workers for salaries allegedly owed by a subcontractor.