HB1362 sets standards to reduce building greenhouse gas emissions and requires certain bureaucrats to appoint an energy code board that develops two model codes that require local governments and certain state agencies to adopt and enforce codes that are consistent with the model codes developed by the energy code board.
The Colorado State House of Representatives passed HB1362 on May 11, 2022 by a vote of 41 to 24. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this legislation creates more government interference in the free market economy and advances the Marxist climate change agenda. Businesses should have the freedom to conduct business without the government meddling in their affairs. The Declaration of Independence states, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” and government interference in entrepreneurship and private business is in violation of that belief.