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AAUW Public Policy Issues & 2009-2010 Federal Policy Agenda

AAUW Colorado Stances on Selected State Bills & Ballot Initiatives*

*Please note that it is early in the state legislative session and ballot qualification process. Other bills and ballot issues may arise for AAUW Colorado public policy committee consideration, and amendments to supported bills might change the intent or impact of a bill enough for the AAUW Colorado public policy committee to reconsider its stance. Likewise, supported bills might be reassigned to active support status when lobbying efforts are deemed necessary.

The following information is current as of February 6, 2010. Stances are based on positions articulated in the AAUW 2009-2011 and AAUW Colorado 2008-2010 public policy platforms.  Individuals can follow bills at http://www.leg.state.co.us.
Active Support (lobbying at the state capitol)

• HB10-1008 (No Gender Individual Health Insurance Rates)

Support

• HB10-1002 (Priority of TABOR Refund Methods)
• HB10-1021 (Required Coverage Reproductive Services)
• HB10-1026 (Quality Child Care Grant Incentive Program)
• HB10-1040 (Collegeinvest Lifelong Learning Savings)
• HB10-1248 (CO Safe Personal Care Products Act)
• HB10-1252 (Breast Cancer Screening with Mammography)

Oppose

• Amendment 60, Amendment 61, and Proposition 101 (anti-revenue, budget-constricting ballot measures that will gut funding for education and other vital services)
• Colorado Fetal Personhood Amendment
• HB10-1261 (Unborn Victims of Violence Act)
• SB10-113   (First Degree Murder of a Fetus)

Watching

• SB10-039  (Job Training Scholarship Program)
• SB10-131  (Quality Full-Day Kindergarten Incentives)

Advocating for Legislation in Coalition with Other Organizations

• Mandatory Paid Sick Days
• Workplace Fairness & Civil Rights Act
• Permanent State Pay Equity Commission (possible executive order; if not, bill)

Be informed and participate in our democratic process.

For more than a century, AAUW has influenced legislative debate on critical issues such as education, Social Security, sex discrimination, civil rights, reproductive choice, affirmative action, Title IX, welfare reform, vocational education, pay equity, family and medical leave, and health care reform.

Association Resources

Visit http://www.aauw.org/takeaction/index.cfm to access a multitude of resources that can empower you for action:

• Subscribe to the monthly Action Alert newsletter.
• Monitor the voting records of your members of Congress.
• Learn more about AAUW's priority public policy issues.
• Read the latest AAUW news releases.
• Pass on the messages in Get the Facts.
• View and download AAUW's Public Policy Program · Pick up these tools for grassroots activism.
• Speak out on today's hot issue with the Two-Minute Activist.
• Take part in AAUW's voter education campaign. This spring AAUW will release Woman-to-Woman Voter
  Turnout: A Manual for Community-Based Campaigns to Mobilize Women to Vote. This manual will direct AAUW members to conduct efficient and effective get-out-the-vote campaigns to impact the turnout of women voters.
• AAUW's Pay Equity Resource Kit (a PDF file). This new resource kit contains a variety of useful resources to help you take action on Equal Pay Day and beyond. We've included information about state and federal legislation, and step-by-step suggestions to help you pursue pay equity projects. View at: http://www.aauw.org/issue_advocacy/
  actionpages/payequity.cfm

About Stating Official Positions of AAUW...

Unless AAUW's support or opposition is explicitly noted in the writeup of a bill, AAUW does not have a position either for or against it at the time of the writeup.  BECAUSE OF AMENDMENTS, AAUW'S POSITIONS MAY CHANGE.  IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KEEP UP TO DATE. CONTACT US. The status of bills changes daily.

AAUW members are urged to support local, state and national measures that implement AAUW priorities. Members may choose not to support such measures, but they may not use the name of AAUW in public opposition to those measures. As individuals, AAUW members are encouraged to be active in the political and legislative process. Each branch president has a copy of USE OF NAME for members to review.

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