Bill Sponsor Basics: A Quick Pre-session Review
by Julie Pelegrin With the 2013 legislative session starting in less than two weeks, we thought it might be time to review some of the ins and outs of bill […]
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Educator Effectiveness and Senate Bill 10-191
by Jane Ritter The Licensed Personnel Performance Evaluation Act (Act), Article 9 of Title 22, C.R.S., created in 1984, addresses licensed personnel evaluations for K-12 educators. Minor amendments to the […]
Must and Shall: A Statutory Distinction
by Thomas Morris You may have noticed that some of the bills recently drafted by the Office of Legislative Legal Services have begun to use the word “must” in some […]
Single Subject Requirement Prevents a Multitude of Evils
by Julie Pelegrin Because of the legislative rules you can only introduce five bills. But, you have eight issues that really need to be addressed in legislation. Why not combine […]
Bill requests in? Now you’re ready for the bill introduction shuffle.
by Patti Dahlberg According to Joint Rule 24(b)(1)(A), every legislator is allowed five bill requests each session. These five bill requests are in addition to any appropriation, committee-approved, or sunset […]