CO HB1033

Expands employee voting leave to include purposes beyond voting: registering to vote, obtaining ballots or replacement ballots, and obtaining identification or documents required to vote or register.

For general, primary, or coordinated elections, employees are entitled to take two hours of leave on any day polling locations are open.

For all other elections, employees are entitled to take two hours of leave on any day during the eight days prior to and including election day, with specific time windows (7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on election day, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on other days).

Employers may deny leave requests if the employee has three or more consecutive hours during the relevant time window when they are not scheduled to work.

Amendments apply to state election laws (C.R.S. 1-7-102) and municipal election laws (C.R.S. 31-10-603); act takes effect on elections held on or after the bill's effective date.