Senate Bill 26-184
REP. CARTER: Gov. Polis stumbles with veto of bill to help firefighters with work-related cancer
On June 3, Gov. Jared Polis vetoed Senate Bill 26-184 — legislation our caucus designated the “Ruben Sims Jr. Act,” named for Aurora Fire and Rescue’s first Black firefighter. He gave decades of service to this community and died of occupational cancer. I am disappointed, and Coloradans deserve to know why. The governor’s concerns about […]