HB 22-1367: Employment Discrimination Law Updates

• Extends the filing deadline for discrimination complaints from 180 days to 300 days to align with federal equal employment opportunity commission timelines.

• Removes the exclusion of domestic workers from employment discrimination protections, bringing them under the same anti-discrimination laws as other workers.

• Eliminates special damages restrictions for age-based discrimination claims, allowing victims to recover the same compensatory and punitive damages as other discrimination claimants.

• Extends the Colorado Civil Rights Commission's jurisdiction period from 270 days to 450 days before formal hearing notice must be served.

• Appropriates $113,548 to the Department of Regulatory Agencies' civil rights division for implementation, including $98,718 for personnel services (1.7 FTE) and $14,830 for operating expenses.