First Extraordinary Session
              Sixty-fifth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 06B-2020.01 Jerry Barry        HOUSE BILL 06S-1010
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Hall,  Schultheis, and Harvey
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Owen, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the restriction of certain public benefits to
            persons with valid state-issued identification.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently
       adopted.)
       
            Restricts the provision of specified public benefits provided by the
       state or any political subdivision of the state to persons with a valid
       Colorado driver's license or identification card. 
            Makes the act a referred measure.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  Title 24, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY
       THE ADDITION OF A NEW ARTICLE to read:
                           ARTICLE 19.7
                  Restriction on Public Benefits
            24-19.7-101.  Restriction on public benefits.  Except as
       mandated by federal law, the provision of any retirement,
       welfare, health, disability, public or assisted housing,
       postsecondary education, food assistance, or unemployment
       benefit or any similar benefit for which payments or assistance
       are provided to an individual, household, or family eligibility
       unit by the state of Colorado, or any city, county, city and
       county, or other political subdivision thereof, is restricted to
       persons holding a valid Colorado driver's license or Colorado
       identification card issued pursuant to article 2 of title 42, C.R.S.
            SECTION 2.  Refer to people under referendum.  This act shall
       be submitted to a vote of the registered electors of the state of Colorado
       at the next biennial regular general election, for their approval or
       rejection, under the provisions of the referendum as provided for in
       section 1 of article V of the state constitution, and in article 40 of title 1,
       Colorado Revised Statutes.  Each elector voting at said election and
       desirous of voting for or against said act shall cast a vote as provided by
       law either "Yes" or "No" on the proposition: "Shall the provision of
       certain public benefits be restricted to persons who hold valid
       identification issued by the state of Colorado?"  The votes cast for
       the adoption or rejection of said act shall be canvassed and the result
       determined in the manner provided by law for the canvassing of votes for
       representatives in Congress.