Is it a motion? Is it a COW motion? No! It’s a Supermotion!
By Jery Payne Imagine you’re sitting down to hear testimony at a committee hearing. People are signing up to testify. The committee chair asks the sponsor to explain the bill. […]
Legislative Rules
ICYMI: A Refresher on the Legislative Rules
With the end of the second full week of the legislative session, committees of reference are looking at calendars full of bills and both houses will soon be spending hours […]
Are Temporary Legislative Rules of Procedure Really Temporary?
by Sharon Eubanks On January 7, 2015, the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 70th Colorado General Assembly convened amid much pomp and circumstance. The day was filled […]
Automatic suspensions of House and Senate rules during the last days of session
By Matt Dawkins and Chuck Brackney We’re in the last few days of the 2014 regular legislative session. If it seems to you that things are moving faster—well, it’s not […]
Conference Committees: A quick review of the options
by Julie Pelegrin Just three weeks left in the 2014 regular legislative session and a legislator’s thoughts turn to…conference committees! Following is an overview of the conference committee process.