Overview of the Colorado Open Records Act (2016)

The Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) 1 creates a presumption in favor of public access to government documents. This issue brief addresses CORA’s two threshold questions: 1) what is and is not considered a public reco...

Capital Development Committee Responsibilities and Definitions

Responsibilities and Definitions The Capital Development Committee (CDC) was established in 1985 (House Bill 85-1070), and its statutory charge is found under Section 2-3-1301, et seq., C.R.S.

Capital Development Committee Information and Procedures

Capital Development Committee (CDC) Information and Procedures

Title Board Hearing Dates and Related Deadlines (12/2016 - 4/2017)

Schedule of Title Board Hearing Dates and Related Deadlines (December 2016 – April 2017)

Understanding the State Budget Information Paper

Understanding the State Budget: The Big Picture Each year, the General Assembly is tasked with balancing constitutional, statutory, and federal requirements with a host of other considerations, such as competing polic...

Understanding the State Budget Presentation

Understanding the State Budget: The Big Picture Where do our taxes go? State Government Revenue General Fund Budget TABOR Revenue Limit

FY 2016-17 Operating Budget Summary Graphics

New Legislator Orientation Phase II: FY 2016-17 State Operating Budget Overview

Inside a Bill

Senate Rules At A Glance

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