The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: State agencies increasingly collect residents’ personal information to be able to provide a variety of services, including education, healthcare, financial assistance, and regulatory and enforcement activities designed to ensure the safety of Colorado residents; Colorado residents have a reasonable expectation that state agencies will not disclose this […]
As used in this article 74, unless the context otherwise requires: “Personal identifying information” means information that may be used, along or in conjunction with any other information, to identify a specific individual, including but not limited to a name; a date of birth; a place of birth; a social security number or tax identification […]
A state agency employee shall not disclose or make accessible, including through a database or automated network, personal identifying information that is not publicly available information for the purpose of investigating for, participating in, cooperating with, or assisting in federal immigration enforcement, including enforcement of civil immigration laws and 8 U.S.C. sec. 1325 or 1326, […]
Beginning January 1, 2022, a state agency employee shall not inquire into, or request information or documents to ascertain, a person’s immigration status for the purpose of identifying if the person has complied with federal immigration laws, including civil immigration laws and 8 U.S.C. sec. 1325 or 1326, except as required by state or federal […]
Beginning January 1, 2022, to be granted access to personal identifying information through a database or automated network that is not publicly available information, a third party must have, within the past year, certified under penalty of perjury that: The third party will not use personal identifying information obtained from the database or automated network […]
For purposes of this section, “request” includes any time a third party, other than a person in interest as defined in section 24-72-202 (4), communicates, whether through written or electronic form, with a state agency or state agency employee for the purpose of obtaining records or information that includes personal identifying information. “Request” does not […]
Any state agency employee who intentionally violates the provisions of this article 74 is subject to an injunction and is liable for a civil penalty of not more than fifty thousand dollars for each violation. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-131), ch. 353, p. 2298, § 1, effective June 25.
If any provision of this article 74 or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this article 74 which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this article 74 are severable. Source: […]