Task Force Related to the Rights of Coloradans with Disabilities

The Colorado General Assembly recently passed HB23-1296 which created a task force to study the rights of Coloradans with disabilities.

The act creates the task force on the rights of Coloradans with disabilities (task force) in the Colorado Civil Rights Commission (CCRC). The task force shall create a minimum of 4 subcommittees to study and make recommendations on specific issues related to persons with disabilities:

• The Rewrite Subcommittee, which must study and make recommendations concerning the various issues related to the rewrite and modernization of the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning civil rights of persons with disabilities;
• The Outdoors Subcommittee, which must study and make recommendations related to the basic accessibility of outdoor spaces for persons with disabilities;
• The Housing Subcommittee, which must study and make recommendations related to the affordability, accessibility, and attainability of housing for persons with disabilities; and
• The Government Subcommittee, which must focus on basic physical and programmatic accessibility within state and local government.

The mission of the task force is to bring together the appropriate stakeholders, experts, and impacted groups to study and make recommendations concerning issues related to persons with disabilities.

Engage with the Task Force

The Task Force encourages participation from affected and involved stakeholders and is asking for input as it relates to the topics above. Please feel free to reach out via email or share your personal story below. Please feel free to share ideas, recommendations or guidance to help inform the Task Force recommendations.

Join an upcoming meeting. If you would like to sign up for public comment at an upcoming executive committee meeting, or at one of the subcommittee meetings, please use the sign up buttons to the right of the page, or email us directly with your written comments.

Meetings are open to the public and time is held at the end of each meeting for public comment.

Join the Executive Committee Meetings on the last Monday of each month at 3:30pm via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89699005014?pwd=xKvLZJ53daDd58FS5r3A61lZgh1ka4.1