CO SB117

Local education employers (charter schools, institute charter schools, and school districts) must disclose to employees the amount of wages deducted for payments to third parties that fund political activities or lobbying.

Each employer must provide annual reports to employees by March 15 detailing deductions for the previous calendar year, including which entities received funds and specific amounts.

Third-party entities receiving paycheck deductions must report to the employer by February 15 each year the amount spent on political activity and lobbying expenses, with itemized lists of each expenditure.

Reports must be easily accessible to employees online or in printed format upon request and must list each contribution or expenditure with details on the specific political activity or lobbying expense.

The bill defines "political activity" as any activity directed toward success or failure of a political party, candidate for partisan office, or partisan political group, and takes effect August 5, 2020, unless subject to voter referendum.