Delayed Bills 101
by Patti Dahlberg Joint Rules 23 and 24 limit the number of bill requests a legislator may submit as well as the deadlines for moving bills through the legislative process. […]
Legislative Process
The session is about to start – how much longer do I have to request my bills?
Your first three bill requests, which are intended to meet the early bill introduction deadlines, had to be submitted by December 1, 2011. If you submitted only three bill requests […]
Can another member add my name as a sponsor on his or her bill without my permission?
No. Your name will not go onto any bill unless the OLLS has received your permission to be added as a joint prime sponsor, an additional sponsor, or as the […]
To Prime or to Joint Prime
by Patti Dahlberg Every introduced bill has at least one prime sponsor, but many bills introduced in the Colorado General Assembly have joint prime (or co-prime) sponsors. There are many […]
How many days does it take to pass a bill?
Section 22 of Article V of the Colorado constitution says that “no bill shall become a law except by a vote of the majority of all members elected to each […]