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Joint Committee Year Round Committee

Committee on Legal Services

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State Government

The Committee on Legal Services is the legislative oversight committee for the Office of Legislative Legal Services and oversees the review of executive branch agency rules among other legislative duties.

Meeting Documents Archive

Committee Members

Pete Lee

Senator

Pete Lee

Chair

Matt Soper

Representative

Matt Soper

Vice Chair

Janet Buckner

Senator

Janet Buckner

John Cooke

Senator

John Cooke

Bob Gardner

Senator

Bob Gardner

Leslie Herod

Representative

Leslie Herod

Robert Rodriguez

Senator

Robert Rodriguez

Marc Snyder

Senator

Marc Snyder

Kevin Van Winkle

Senator

Kevin Van Winkle

Mike Weissman

Senator

Mike Weissman

Committee Activity

12/20/2021

(4)

Committee Summary

Hearing Item	Actions	Documents/Links
Rules of the State Personnel Board and State Personnel Director	Committee Discussion Only	Hearing Summary Document
Review and Approval of Rules of the Committee on Legal Services	Committee Discussion Only	Hearing Summary Document
Approval of Bills for Introduction	Committee Discussion Only	Hearing Summary Document
New Business	Committee Discussion Only	Hearing Summary Document

11/10/2021

(5)

Committee Summary

Hearing Item	Actions	Documents/Links
Proposed Changes to Rule Review Statutes	Committee Discussion Only	Hearing Summary Document
Revision of Committee on Legal Services Rules	Committee Discussion Only	Hearing Summary Document
Proposed Statutory Change Regarding Retention of Attorneys	Committee Discussion Only	Hearing Summary Document
Proposed Change to Attorney Fee	Committee Discussion Only	Hearing Summary Document
Permission to Draft Committee Bills	Committee Discussion Only	Hearing Summary Document

09/15/2021

(4)

Committee Summary

Hearing Item	Actions	Documents/Links
Overview of the process for consideration of responses received to the RFP for the C.R.S. publications contract	Committee Discussion Only	Hearing Summary Document
Executive Session - Discussion of RFP process for C.R.S. publications contract & presentation from each entity that responded to the RFP for the C.R.S. publications contract	Committee Discussion Only	Hearing Summary Document
Committee discussion and selection of contractor	LexisNexis proposal chosen	Hearing Summary Document
Discussion of agenda for next meeting, October 13, 2021, and scheduling meetings for November and December	Committee Discussion Only	Hearing Summary Document

05/20/2021

(2)

Committee Summary

Hearing Item	Actions	Documents/Links
Review the publications contract request for proposals (RFP)	Committee Discussion Only	Hearing Summary Document
Setting meeting dates for the interim	Committee Discussion Only	Hearing Summary Document

04/22/2021

(5)

Committee Summary

Hearing Item	Actions	Documents/Links
SB21-152	Referred to the Committee of the Whole	Committee Report \| Hearing Summary Document
Discussion regarding soliciting attorneys to represent the General Assembly	Committee Discussion Only	Hearing Summary Document
Discussion of Committee on Legal Services rules	Committee Discussion Only	Hearing Summary Document
SB21-152	Referred to the Committee of the Whole	Committee Report \| Hearing Summary Document
Discussion of Committee on Legal Services rules	Committee Discussion Only	Hearing Summary Document

03/25/2021

(3)

Committee Summary

Hearing Item	Actions	Documents/Links
SB21-152	Referred to the Committee of the Whole	Committee Report \| Hearing Summary Document
Publications contract for the Session Laws of Colorado and the Colorado Revised Statutes	Committee Discussion Only	Hearing Summary Document
Retention of counsel to represent the Colorado General Assembly regarding an interrogatory to the Colorado Supreme Court concerning House Bill 21-1164	Counsel retained	Hearing Summary Document

02/25/2021

(4)

Committee Summary

Hearing Item	Actions	Documents/Links
Rules of agencies in the Department of Regulatory Agencies concerning the implementation of H.B. 20-1326	Rules were not extended	Hearing Summary Document
Rules of agencies in the Department of Regulatory Agencies concerning the implementation of S.B. 20-102	Rules were not extended	Hearing Summary Document
Approval of the OLLS Budget for FY 2021-22	Budget was approved	Hearing Summary Document
Bill Draft Presentation for Proposal to Amend §24-4-103, C.R.S.: Notice to Bill Sponsors Concerning Rule-making	Bill approved for introduction	Hearing Summary Document

02/04/2021

(5)

Committee Summary

Hearing Item	Actions	Documents/Links
Appointment of two nonlegislative attorney members to the Statutory Revision Committee	Two new nonlegislative members appointed	Hearing Summary Document
Proposal to Discontinue Legislation Review by OLLS	Proposal approved	Hearing Summary Document
Proposal to Repeal §24-4-103 (8)(e), C.R.S.: Notice to Bill Sponsors Concerning Rule-making	Bill drafting permission given to amend notice requirements	Hearing Summary Document
1.Election of a Chair and Vice-chair	Chair and Vice-chair elected	Hearing Summary Document
Meetings during the session - Proposed: Fourth Thursday of the month - 8:00 am. to 9:00 a.m	Committee Discussion Only	Hearing Summary Document

01/12/2021

(2)

Committee Summary

Hearing Item	Actions	Documents/Links
Executive session under § 24-6-402 (3)(a)(II), C.R.S., for attorney-client discussions concerning retaining counsel to represent the CO General Assembly as plaintiff in Kerr, et al. v. Polis	Committee Discussion Only	Hearing Summary Document
Discussion concerning the retention of counsel to represent the Colorado General Assembly as a plaintiff in Kerr, et al. v. Polis	OLLS retained as counsel	Hearing Summary Document