HB 22-1193 Summary

• Transfers $2 million from the Coal Transition Workforce Assistance Program Account to the Just Transition Cash Fund to implement Colorado's just transition plan for coal communities.

• Expands eligible uses of workforce assistance funds to include support for family members and other household members of coal transition workers, and authorizes pilot programs to test innovative support services.

• Appropriates $500,000 for fiscal year 2021-22 and $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2022-23 to the Department of Labor and Employment's Division of Employment and Training for coal transition workforce assistance.

• Appropriates $150,000 to the Colorado School of Mines for fiscal year 2021-22 to expand the CORE-CM Initiative (Carbon Ore, Rare Earth, and Critical Minerals Initiative) in the Greater Green River and Wind River Basins.

• Limits pilot programs testing innovative coal transition work support to no more than 40 total participants.