Manny Rutinel Voted For and Even Co-sponsored HB25-1296 to continue TAXING OVERTIME WAGES IN COLORADO!
Here's what Google says:
In 2025, the federal government enacted the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which introduced a temporary federal income tax exemption for a portion of overtime pay through 2028.
Because Colorado's state taxable income is tied directly to federal taxable income, a federal exemption would have automatically eliminated Colorado's state tax on overtime as well. Legislative analysts estimated this automatic cut would cost the state between $400 million and $600 million annually
What HB25-1296 Does
Democratic lawmakers—including Manny Rutinel—designed the bill to "decouple" state tax policy from the new federal rules. The law requires individuals calculating their Colorado taxable income to "add back" any overtime compensation that was excluded at the federal level.
As a result, Colorado workers continue to pay the standard state income tax on their overtime wages just as they did before the federal changes took effect.
Proponents of the measure argued it was a necessary defensive move to preserve funding for state services, while critics and groups like Advance Colorado have challenged the law, arguing it bypassed required voter approval under the state's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR)