Staff Publications
The Colorado General Assembly meets annually in regular session for up to 120 days. However, the Colorado Constitution allows the Colorado General Assembly to meet outside of the 120‑day regular legislative session to...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2025-09-11
This issue brief provides an overview of the state governance structure for public K-12 schools and discusses the main provisions of the school accountability system in Colorado.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2025-09-09
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Judges are responsible for interpreting laws and making decisions that significantly affect people's lives. Because of this, judges must adhere to strict ethical codes in both their professional and personal lives to ...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2025-09-08
Session Related Publications
Publishing agency:
House of Representatives
Release date:
2025-09-05
Staff Publications
This memorandum provides a brief overview of the human services delivery structure in Colorado, which is primarily state-supervised and county-delivered. This includes an overview of the Department of Human Services (...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2025-09-05
Subjects:
- Children & Domestic Matters
- Human Services
Session Related Publications
Publishing agency:
House of Representatives
Release date:
2025-09-04
Session Related Publications
Publishing agency:
Senate
Release date:
2025-09-02
Session Related Publications
Publishing agency:
House of Representatives
Release date:
2025-09-02
Report #:
2461P
Release date:
2025-09-01
Subjects:
- Financial Services & Commerce
Staff Publications
This memorandum provides a listing of criminal justice reform legislation enacted in Colorado from 2015 through 2025. More specifically, the attached table provides the bill number, title, and description of the crimi...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2025-08-28
Subjects:
- Courts & Judicial
- Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
HB25B-1006
Bill | 2025 Extraordinary Session
LONG TITLE: Concerning modifications to the Colorado health insurance affordability enterprise to address the affordability of health insurance in the individual market using nonappropriated funding sources, and, in connection therewith, making an appro...
LAST ACTION:
08/28/2025 | Governor Signed
SUBJECTS:
- Health Care & Health Insurance
HB25B-1002
Bill | 2025 Extraordinary Session
LONG TITLE: Concerning corporate income taxation related to foreign jurisdictions.
LAST ACTION:
08/28/2025 | Governor Signed
Staff Publications
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2025-08-27
Session Related Publications
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Publishing agency:
Office of Legislative Legal Services
Release date:
2025-08-27
Budget Related Publications
The Appropriations Report summarizes the final action of the General Assembly and the Governor on the budget and other legislation passed during the previous legislative session that contained an appropriation of moneys.
Publishing agency:
Joint Budget Committee Staff
Release date:
2025-08-27
Session Related Publications
Publishing agency:
House of Representatives
Release date:
2025-08-26
Between 2023 and 2025, the General Assembly passed laws designed to boost the type and supply of housing in Colorado communities. These laws emphasize higher‑density residential housing near transit areas and encourag...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2025-08-26
Session Related Publications
Publishing agency:
House of Representatives
Release date:
2025-08-26
SB25B-003
Bill | 2025 Extraordinary Session
LONG TITLE: Concerning supporting access to healthy food for Coloradans, and, in connection therewith, amending the ballot issue language for a measure on the November 2025 ballot and modifying the permissible uses of the healthy school meals for all ca...
LAST ACTION:
08/26/2025 | Sent to the Governor
SUBJECTS:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K 12)
SB25B-002
Bill | 2025 Extraordinary Session
LONG TITLE: Concerning state-only funding for entities that are prohibited from receiving reimbursement from the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services due to the entity providing certain reproductive health-care services.
LAST ACTION:
08/26/2025 | Governor Signed
SUBJECTS:
- Health Care & Health Insurance
Session Related Publications
Publishing agency:
Senate
Release date:
2025-08-21
HCR25B-1002
Resolution | 2025 Extraordinary Session
LONG TITLE: Submitting to the registered electors of the state of Colorado an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the modification of existing law to protect the separation of powers by requiring a governor's proclamation convening the gen...
LAST ACTION:
08/21/2025 | House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone Indefinitely
SUBJECTS:
- State Government
- State Revenue & Budget
Staff Publications
The Health Care Affordability Act of 2009, House Bill 09-1293, authorized the collection of a provider fee from most Colorado hospitals. Senate Bill 17-267 created the Colorado Healthcare Affordability and Sustainabil...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2025-08-17
Subjects:
- Health Care & Health Insurance
The right of the public to access rivers flowing through private property in Colorado has been a source of debate since before statehood. Coloradans rely primarily on case law to determine how and where one can float ...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2025-08-15
Session Related Publications
Publishing agency:
House of Representatives
Release date:
2025-08-15
