DENVER—Summary of bills introduced Wednesday in the Colorado Legislature:
— Doubling the vehicle registration fee from $1 to $2 to pay for emergency medical services (Senate Bill 2).
— Requiring cat owners to ensure their pets have identification, either on or inside the body (House Bill 1019).
— Recognizing Sept. 11 as an optional state holiday in recognition of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States (House Bill 1045).
— Requiring slowpoke drivers to pull over if they have five or more vehicles backed up behind them (House Bill 1042).
— Prohibiting illegal immigrants from pleading guilty to a crime if it would allow them to avoid deportation (House Bill 1049).
— Requiring electric and gas companies to tell customers how much carbon dioxide they emit during billing cycles (House Bill 1055).
— Allowing military members and veterans to decide how to dispose of remains of their colleagues that have not been claimed (House Bill 1058).
— Allowing search and rescue funds to be used for finding at-risk adults and juveniles (House Bill 1071).
— Making it a felony to offer compensation to people who agree to withdraw initiatives or ballot measures to prevent ballot measure horse-trading (House Bill 1069).
— Enacting a “Make My Day Better” law that would allow business owners to use deadly force if they feel threatened by an intruder (Senate Bill 8).
— Creating an income tax credit to provide job growth incentives (House Bill 1001).
— Forming professional review committees to investigate the quality of health care (Senate Bill 12).
— Requiring all employers to verify immigration status of workers (Senate Bill 23).
— Requiring all passengers on school buses to wear seat belts (Senate Bill 29).
— Requiring athletic trainers to be registered (Senate Bill 26).
— Barring schools from selling unhealthy snack foods to students (Senate Bill 46).
