Colorado's Governor Greenlights Price-Fixing Algorithms

[justaprogressive]

Last Thursday, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis vetoed the No Pricing Coordination Between Landlords bill (HB25-1004), a measure against price-fixing that would have put more restraints on anti-competitive rent-setting software used by companies like RealPage.

The decision marks yet another consequential veto from Polis and a legislative pattern that’s become all too familiar in Colorado. On the same day as the price-fixing veto, Polis rejected a bipartisan bill that would have protected patients from surprise ambulance bills by private equity–owned health care firms, something that passed both houses of the legislature unanimously, on the grounds that it may raise individual insurance premiums by $2 a month. And earlier in May, he opted to veto a labor-backed bill that would have repealed the state’s de facto right-to-work law.

Given that all three bills were rejected by Polis after Colorado’s General Assembly adjourned its legislative session, they can’t be sent back to legislators for a potential veto override. In the case of the unanimously approved surprise ambulance billing legislation, the two-thirds vote required for an override would be practically guaranteed.

Other bills Polis has vetoed this session include a rideshare safety bill that would have strengthened background checks for drivers and allowed customers to sue companies over assaults that occur during their rides; and a social media bill that would have required takedowns of accounts related to illegal activity.

https://prospect.org/politics/2025-06-04-colorados-governor-greenlights-price-fixing-algorithms/

[Nigrum Cattus]

1. Another corporate rat

It's remarkable how little it takes to buy them.

[JBTaurus83]

2. Must be gearing up for

a lobbying job when he leaves office. With Democrats like these who needs Republicans?

[EdmondDantes_]

5. Given he's worth 400 million, probably not

I think it's more likely he's a tech can do no wrong type.

[Celerity]

3. Colorado's Democratic governor cheers RFK Jr. pick for HHS

https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2024/11/14/jared-polis-democrat-governor-rfk-jr-hhs

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis celebrated President-elect Trump's decision to name Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Why it matters: The vocal support from a Democratic governor is surprising given Polis announced the creation of a national organization designed to push back on actions from the Trump administration a day earlier.

Yes, but: Polis and Kennedy align on the issue of vaccines. Both oppose mandates on school vaccines and worked together to block a proposed requirement in Colorado in 2019.

What he's saying: Kennedy "will help make America healthy again by shaking up HHS and FDA," Polis said in a Thursday statement on X. "What I'm most optimistic about is taking on Big Pharma and the corporate ag oligopoly to improve our health."

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Link to tweet

[BannonsLiver]

4. I'd love to ask this oaf what makes him think he's a Democrat.

Because he is a total DINO in my book.