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Governor rejects rideshare reform bill amid corporate exit warnings

denvergazette.com, Approved, State / May 24, 2025 / 75th Colorado Legislature, Governor Jared Polis, Lyft, Rideshare Bill, Uber, Veto

Gov. Jared Polis on Friday vetoed House Bill 1291, a bill that would have put more teeth in regulating rideshare companies.

Sponsors heavily criticized the veto, saying his claims that he cares about victims fell short and that he didn’t engage with the sponsors on the bill until three days before the end of the session.

House Bill 1291 was intended to beef up consumer protections for those who use ride share companies, such as Lyft and Uber. The bill would have required rideshare companies to conduct criminal background checks on drivers at least once every six months and review drivers who have had complaints filed against them by riders. If the company determined that the allegation is “more than likely to have occurred,” it would have had to deactivate the driver’s profile.

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Gazette editorial board: Veto HB 25-1147 to stop the soft-on-crime overreach

Approved, denvergazette.com, State / May 11, 2025 / 75th Colorado Legislature, Crime and safety, Democrat Lawmakers, Government overreach, Governor Jared Polis, House Bill 25-1147, Illegal Immigration, Local Control, Public safety, Veto

Our state was slammed by a crime wave a few years ago — aided and abetted by a notoriously offender- friendly, victims-be-damned Legislature — leaving it to hard-hit local governments to figure out how to respond.

With state lawmakers abandoning the crime fight on every front — hard drugs, auto theft, illegal immigration, you name it — a number of Colorado cities, commendably, took the reins.

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Clock runs out on social media bill: lawmakers shield themselves and Polis from historic override

Without casting a single “no” vote, Colorado lawmakers on April 28 killed a bipartisan attempt to override Governor Jared Polis’ veto of a social media regulation bill. Just days earlier, the Senate had voted 29–6 to override the veto of Senate Bill 25-086, marking the state’s first successful chamber override of a policy bill in more than a decade.

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