Budget Related Publications
This document accompanied the Legislative Council Staff presentation of the September 2017 economic and revenue forecast.
Release date:
2017-09-20
Subjects:
- Fiscal Policy & Taxes
- State Revenue & Budget
Final/Annual Reports
Legislative Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Final Report for 2017.
Release date:
2017-11-29
Subjects:
- General Assembly
- State Government
Staff Publications
This memorandum provides a brief description of the Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA), presents the pension plan's historical funded ratio, and summarizes provisions of 2010 PERA reform legislat...
This issue brief provides an overview of public sector use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly known as drones, including federal and state regulations, and current applications in Colorado.
Release date:
2024-10-21
Subjects:
- Transportation & Motor Vehicles
Staff Publications
This memo compares Colorado’s felony sentencing laws with those of Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington. It provides an overview of determinate versus indeterminate sentencing schemes and incarcera...
Release date:
2017-11-22
Subjects:
- Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
Staff Publications
This memorandum provides an overview of the mandatory minimum sentencing schemes in Colorado law. It provides information on the general categories of offenses subject to enhanced prison sentences and specific crimes...
Release date:
2017-11-22
Subjects:
- Courts & Judicial
- Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
Staff Publications
This memorandum provides information concerning second look sentencing. Second look sentencing refers to sentence modification that occurs while an offender is serving his or her term of incarceration. This memorand...
Release date:
2017-11-22
Subjects:
- Courts & Judicial
- Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
Staff Publications
This memo explains enhanced sentencing requirements for two different criminal offense categories: crimes of violence and habitual offenders. It also provides sentencing data for offenders convicted of crimes of viole...
Release date:
2017-11-22
Subjects:
- Courts & Judicial
- Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
Staff Publications
This memorandum provides an overview of broadband internet service programs in Colorado, including the Colorado High Cost Support Mechanism; state grant programs and other state efforts; local governments’ ability to ...
Release date:
2017-11-22
Subjects:
- Business & Economic Development
- Local Government
- State Government
- Telecommunications & Information Technology
Staff Publications
Public-private partnerships have become integral to developing infrastructure in Colorado and across the country. This memorandum describes public-private partnerships, summarizes relevant law, and provides examples o...
Release date:
2017-11-21
Subjects:
- Transportation & Motor Vehicles
Summary of Major Legislation
During the 2017 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to the sunset review of the Division of Insurance, insurance fraud, life insurance cash surrender value, financial examinations and...
Summary of Major Legislation
During the 2017 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to tax credits, employee-owned businesses, the state’s sales and use tax structure, and reducing the regulatory burden on small bus...
Release date:
2017-12-15
Subjects:
- Business & Economic Development
Summary of Major Legislation
During the 2017 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to the cleanup of Senate Bill 16-197, liquor licensees’ operations, wine, and higher education campuses.
Release date:
2017-12-15
Subjects:
- Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana
Summary of Major Legislation
During the 2017 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to public benefit corporations, trusts, and financial regulators.
Release date:
2017-12-15
Subjects:
- Financial Services & Commerce
Final/Annual Reports
Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the County Courthouse and County Jail Funding and Overcrowding Solutions Interim Study Committee.
Release date:
2017-12-15
Subjects:
- Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
Final/Annual Reports
Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee.
Release date:
2017-12-14
Subjects:
- Health Care & Health Insurance
- Human Services
- Public Health
Summary of Major Legislation
During the 2017 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to Colorado’s behavioral health crisis system and the use and misuse of opioids. Other issues considered include child care regulat...
Approximately one-third of new students entering Colorado’s public four-year institutions of higher education are transfer students from another school. This issue brief provides an overview of credit transfers betwe...
Final/Annual Reports
Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the Transportation Legislation Review Committee.
Release date:
2017-12-06
Subjects:
- Transportation & Motor Vehicles
Fiscal Policy & Taxes
The memorandum describes how marijuana is taxed and how marijuana tax revenue is distributed. In FY 2016-17, state tax revenue from the marijuana industry totaled $211.1 million. Marijuana tax revenue is deposited in ...
Release date:
2017-11-17
Subjects:
- Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana
Staff Publications
This memorandum answers common questions about how revenue from the marijuana industry fits into Colorado’s state budget.
Summary of Major Legislation
During the 2017 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures to address Colorado’s growing demand for water and to fund public drinking water and wastewater projects.
Summary of Major Legislation
During the 2017 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures to incentivize veterinarians to locate in rural areas, regulate industrial hemp, and promote young and beginning farmers. This document pr...
There are 324 justices and judges in Colorado. Seven justices preside over the Supreme Court and issue binding majority decisions on lower court rulings. Additionally, 317 judges preside over other various courts, ...
Release date:
2017-11-15
Subjects:
- Civil Law
- Courts & Judicial
- State Government
Colorado’s workers’ compensation law provides various benefits to employees who suffer work-related injuries and illnesses. This issue brief provides an overview of the employer obligations to the program, workers’ co...
