House Rules at a Glance

Colorado's Efforts to Address Suicide (2016)

Colorado was tied for the fifth highest suicide rate in the nation in 2014, the most recent year of nationally available data.  In 2015, there were 1,093 suicides among Colorado residents, which is the highest number ...

School Discipline Policies (2016)

This memorandum responds to your request for information on school discipline policies.  Specifically, you were contacted by a constituent expressing concern about several incidents at her granddaughter’s elementary s...

Colorado Judges (2016)

Colorado’s state court system is comprised of many different courts, including the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals (COA), and district courts. Colorado law also governs county courts and jurisdiction-specific cour...

Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Payment Forecast (2016)

Colorado receives annual payments from tobacco manufacturers as part of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.  In April 2015, the state received $88.1 million.  This memorandum presents the distribution of the rece...

Oversight and Review of Capital Projects (2016)

This memorandum provides information about the oversight and review of capital projects. It defines capital projects and gives a sequential overview of the capital process, including master and program planning requir...

Medicaid Trends and Cost Drivers (2016)

This memorandum provides information on recent trends in Medicaid caseload growth and drivers of state Medicaid expenditures. Included in this memorandum is a ten-year history and three years of projections for Colora...

2018 Appropriations History

FY2013-14 Budget Package and Long Bill Narrative

FY2014-15 Budget Package and Long Bill Narrative

FY 2013-14 Appropriations Report

FY 2014-15 Appropriations Report

FY 2013-14 Budget In Brief

FY 2014-15 Budget In Brief

CY 2013 FY 2012-13 Supplemental Package Narrative

CY 2014 FY 2013-14 Supplemental Package Narrative

FY 2013-14 Staff Budget Briefing Summary

FY 2014-15 Staff Budget Briefing Summary

FY 2015-16 Staff Budget Briefing Summary

FY 2016-17 Staff Budget Briefing Summary

Statutory Revision Committee Annual Report 20161115

Uniform Law Commission Current Project List by Category

current-ulc-projects-nov-2016.pdf

Resident and Nonresident Tuition in Colorado (2016)

State-supported institutions of higher education rely on tuition revenue and public funding to pay for operating expenses.  State funding for higher education is provided to the institutions based partly on each insti...

History of Senior Property Tax Exemption

The senior homestead property tax exemption became available beginning in property tax year 2002, following voter approval of Referendum A in the 2000 General Election. The number of seniors claiming the exemption has...

Department of Education SMART Act Presentation

Presented to the Joint Education Committee at its January 10, 2017, meeting.