New School Finance Formula in House Bill 24-1448

House Bill 24-1448 enacted a new school finance formula, to begin in FY 2025-26 and be phased in over a 6-year period. This memorandum provides an overview of the new formula, the six‑year phase‑in period, and the par...

Summary of 2025 Criminal Justice, Corrections, and Courts Legislation

The Colorado General Assembly passed a variety of criminal justice, corrections, and court-related bills in 2025. The new laws made changes to forensic science, law enforcement, judges and municipal courts, prison pol...

Test Document

Summary of 2025 Civil Law Legislation

During the 2025 legislative session, the General Assembly passed a number of measures related to civil law. Specifically, the legislature updated policies about digital images, law enforcement whistleblower protection...

Consumer Data Privacy

Policymakers, particularly at the state level, are increasingly focused on passing laws aimed at protecting consumers’ private data. Vast amounts of consumer data collected from online activity, along with the ability...

Summary of 2025 Information Technology Legislation

Information technology (IT) continues to receive considerable attention from lawmakers in Colorado due to the responsibility of state government to disseminate information to the public and to maintain the integrity a...

Forecast September 2025

Focus Colorado presents forecasts for the economy and state government revenue through FY 2026-27. Implications of the forecast for the state's General Fund budget and spending limit are described in the report's high...

Medicaid Impacts from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Medicaid is a joint federal and state insurance program that provides health care coverage to low-income families and individuals, including children, pregnant people, seniors, and people with disabilities. Colorado’s...

An Overview of Colorado’s Medicaid Program

Medicaid is a joint federal and state insurance program that provides health care coverage to low-income families and individuals, including children, pregnant people, seniors, and people with disabilities. The federa...

Summary of 2025 Health Care and Health Insurance Legislation

Many pieces of legislation regarding health care and health insurance made their way through the 75th General Assembly. The majority of the legislation fell into the following categories: Medicaid, health insurance, a...

State Fleet Management and Costs

The Department of Personnel and Administration (DPA) administers the State Fleet Management Program. This memorandum provides an overview of the program, characteristics of the state fleet, and how vehicle-related cos...

Public School Governance and Accountability

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.

Judicial Discipline

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 ...

Colorado's Human Services Delivery Structure

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 (...

Demographic Notes Procedures

2023-2026 Elected Officials Salaries

Summary of 2025 Housing Legislation

The General Assembly considered several measures related to housing during the 2025 legislation session, including bills that affect landlords and tenants, state housing programs, and residential building regulations.

Summary of 2025 Local Government Legislation

The General Assembly considered several measures related to local governments during the 2025 legislation session, including bills that affect taxation and fees, permitting procedures, land use, and special districts.

Legislative Council Handbook

Colorado statute establishes the Legislative Council as a body of 18 Senators and Representatives with specific functions and responsibilities (Section 2-3-301, et seq., C.R.S.).  Six senators are appointed, with the ...

Summary of 2025 Transportation & Motor Vehicles Legislation

During the 2025 legislative session, the General Assembly considered a number of bills related to transportation and motor vehicles.

Summary of 2025 Capital Construction Legislation

During the 2025 legislative session, the General Assembly considered a number of bills affecting funding for capital construction and the duties of the Capital Development Committee (CDC).

Summary of 2025 Energy and Natural Resources Legislation

Colorado has a uniquely diverse landscape. From the plains of the eastern front to the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains, the state’s energy profile includes coal and natural resources as well as renewable energy,...

Process for Sealing or Expunging Criminal Records

This memorandum provides an overview of the process in Colorado for removing criminal records from publicly available sources, known as the “sealing” or “expungement” of criminal records.

State Land Board & the Permanent Fund

When Colorado became a state, the federal government granted the state lands to be held in an intergenerational public trust to support public education. This trust is made up of about 2.8 million acres of surface lan...

Folleto de información 2025 Legislación remitida

Este documento incluye los dos proyectos de ley que remitieron medidas a la boleta de noviembre de 2025.