2025 Blue Book (English)

The statewide General Election will be held on November 4, 2025. This booklet provides information on the 14 statewide measures that will appear on your ballot. You will receive information about local government ball...

Overview and History of Statewide Ballot Measures in Colorado

This memorandum provides an overview of the statewide ballot measure process; a summary of the measures approved or rejected by Colorado voters between 1880 and 2025; and links to additional resources at the offices o...

Funding Mechanisms and Fiscal Notes

This memorandum is intended for use by policymakers, legislative drafters, and budget analysts to understand the different funding mechanisms that may be used in legislation. It describes how different funding mechani...

Geothermal Energy Resources and Policy Incentives

This issue brief provides an overview of geothermal energy resources and policies in the United States and Colorado as well as recent legislation enacted to promote the use of geothermal energy in Colorado.

Local Government Affordable Housing Strategies

Several factors contribute to high housing costs in Colorado. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development defines being housing cost burdened as households paying more than 30 percent of their income...

Specific Ownership Tax

In place of property taxes, Coloradans pay the specific ownership tax (SOT) on their vehicles. This issue brief provides an overview of the SOT, including how it is calculated, collected, and distributed.

Overview of Minimum Wage Laws

Federal law requires employers to pay their employees a minimum hourly wage. States have the authority to set different pay standards than the federal minimum wage requirement. However, when the state and federal law ...

National Environmental Policy Act and Large Transportation Projects

The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) was signed into law in 1970. It requires federal agencies to consider the environmental effects of a project and involve the public in the decision-making process b...

Aquatic Nuisance Species Program

Aquatic nuisance species (ANS) are invasive animals, plants, and disease-causing pathogens that can affect lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams, and wetlands. This issue brief provides an explanation of ANS and an overv...

Current status:

Pending Review and Comment Hearing 01/26/2026 Senate Committee Room 354 02:00:00 PM

Current status:

Pending Review and Comment Hearing 01/26/2026 Senate Committee Room 354 02:00:00 PM

Current status:

Pending Review and Comment Hearing 01/26/2026 Senate Committee Room 354 02:00:00 PM

Current status:

Pending Review and Comment Hearing 01/26/2026 Senate Committee Room 354 02:00:00 PM

2025 1st Extraordinary Session Cumulative Senate Journal

Executive Committee Policy on Remote Testimony

Executive Committee Policy on Electronic Participation in Joint Committees during the Legislative Interim

Executive Committee Policy on Language Interpretation Services

2025 Cumulative Senate Journal

2022 Cumulative Senate Journal

2021 Cumulative Senate Journal

Regional Accountable Entities (19-20)

This issue brief provides an overview of Regional Accountable Entities, organizations responsible for coordinating the physical and behavioral health care of the state’s Medicaid members.