What does it take to get a bill to the Governor?
by Kathy Zambrano and Anja Boyd You’d think that once a bill makes it through both houses and the first house concurs with second house changes, if necessary, the bill […]
Legislative Process
The 2022 Legislative Session Is Just Over Two Months Away
Where did the interim go? The 2022 Legislative Session will convene at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, but, as those who follow the legislature know, bill drafting starts […]
ARPA Part 2: The Task Forces
by Bob Lackner As we covered in our last article, in SB21-137, SB21-291, and HB21-1329, the General Assembly created task forces to meet in the 2021 interim and make recommendations […]
ARPA Part 1: The General Assembly’s Allocation
by Ed DeCecco As part of the federal “American Rescue Plan Act of 2021” (ARPA), Colorado received $3,828,761,790 from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund. That is quite a bit […]
End of Session Approaches Triggering Exceptions in Legislative Rules
by Julie Pelegrin For the second year in a row, we know we’re close to the end of the regular legislative session, we just don’t know how close. We know […]