How a Bill Becomes a…Bill! An Inside View of Drafting
by Kate Meyer Bill drafting is the most visible function that the Office of Legislative Legal Services (OLLS) performs, yet the actual process of getting a bill from idea to […]
2013
When Is Equal Protection Not Equal?
by Jery Payne The 14th amendment to the United States constitution forbids states from denying “to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” That seems simple […]
What is all that stuff after a statutory section in Colorado Revised Statutes, Annotated?
by Kathy Zambrano You’re flipping through the 2013 C.R.S. book looking for that amended section that was key to getting a bill passed last session, and there it is, in […]
Can’t You Fix That in the Revisor’s Bill?
by Jennifer Gilroy, Revisor of Statutes It seems that most people who are involved in the legislative process in any way whatsoever have heard about the revisor’s bill — a […]
Legislative Interim Committees Finalize Bills for Introduction in 2014 – Part II
by OLLS Staff The 2013 legislative interim has kept several interim committees busy considering myriad issues ranging from wildfires to the legal representation of juveniles to the treatment of mentally […]