Staff Publications
This memorandum discusses the Mill Levy Override Match Program, as well as concerns about the current framework and potential solutions and alternatives that have been discussed. The MLO Match Program Task Force creat...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2024-09-03
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Report No. 2024-TE7
Publishing agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Release date:
2024-08-30
Subjects:
- Agriculture
- Fiscal Policy & Taxes
- Transportation & Motor Vehicles
Summary of Major Legislation
The Colorado General Assembly passed a variety of criminal and juvenile justice related bills in 2024. The new laws changed record sealing, criminal penalties, court procedures, behavioral health, bail, recidivism, an...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2024-08-27
Subjects:
- Courts & Judicial
- Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
- General Assembly
Session Related Publications
Publishing agency:
House of Representatives
Release date:
2024-05-20
Session Related Publications
Publishing agency:
Senate
Release date:
2024-09-05
Summary of Major Legislation
During the 2024 legislative session, the General Assembly considered bills concerning state government, including addressing topics related to elected officials, state agencies, the Colorado Open Records Act, and acce...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2024-08-21
Subjects:
- General Assembly
- Immigration
- State Government
Summary of Major Legislation
The General Assembly considered several measures related to housing during the 2024 legislative session, including bills that affect landlords and tenants, housing codes, and homeowners’ associations.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2024-08-08
Summary of Major Legislation
During the 2024 legislative session, the General Assembly considered several measures related to Information Technology (IT), including addressing Artificial Intelligence (AI); life-cycle IT, and IT systems improvement.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2024-08-08
Subjects:
- General Assembly
- Telecommunications & Information Technology
Staff Publications
This memorandum examines technical debt and modernization, along with legislation that aims to address legacy technical solutions that serve government organizations and their constituents.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2022-02-11
Subjects:
- State Government
- Telecommunications & Information Technology
Session Related Publications
Open Google Sheet
Publishing agency:
Office of Legislative Legal Services
Release date:
2022-05-10
Staff Publications
Sunset laws allow the General Assembly to periodically review the need for state regulations, advisory committees, or state agencies and to update the law creating the agency or function. To accomplish this review, c...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2022-02-07
Subjects:
- Agriculture
- Business & Economic Development
- Courts & Judicial
- Health Care & Health Insurance
Budget Related Publications
The Supplemental Narrative is prepared by the staff to explain proposed adjustments to prior year appropriations recommended by the JBC to the rest of the General Assembly. This narrative describes all of the propose...
Publishing agency:
Joint Budget Committee Staff
Release date:
2022-02-07
Final/Annual Reports
The Governor and General Assembly formed the Behavioral Health Transformational Task Force and Subpanel to develop recommendations in 2021. Comprised of legislators, executive branch representatives, and di...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2022-01-28
Subjects:
- Health Care & Health Insurance
- Human Services
- Public Health
Staff Publications
Legislative Council Staff conducts a study of the cost of living in each school district every two years to update the cost-of-living factors used in the state's school finance funding formula as required by state law...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2022-02-03
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Staff Publications
Among the allowable uses of federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, states have the most flexibility in spending the portion of funding used to offset the state revenue loss attributable to the COVID-19 pandemi...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2022-01-31
Subjects:
- Fiscal Policy & Taxes
- State Revenue & Budget
Session Related Publications
The memo provides the General Committee Procedural Guidelines for the House Agriculture, Livestock, and Water Committee.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2022-01-31
Final/Annual Reports
The JTC final report serves as a permanent record of IT capital funding. The report also serves as an informational document for any other entity or individual interested in the progress of IT capital development in ...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2022-01-18
Subjects:
- Telecommunications & Information Technology
Final/Annual Reports
The subpanel supporting the Economic Relief and Recovery Task Force is pleased to present this final report. After the Summary of Findings. The report is divided into five discrete sections. The organization into disc...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2022-01-17
Subjects:
- Fiscal Policy & Taxes
- State Revenue & Budget
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Report No. 2022-TE13
Publishing agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Release date:
2022-01-14
Subjects:
- Energy
- Fiscal Policy & Taxes
- Natural Resources & Environment
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Report No. 2022-TE12
Publishing agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Release date:
2022-01-14
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Report No. 2022-TE11
Note: A more recent evaluation was issued in November 2023. Click HERE to access the November 2023 report.
Publishing agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Release date:
2022-01-14
Subjects:
- Business & Economic Development
- Fiscal Policy & Taxes
- Natural Resources & Environment
- State Government
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Report No. 2022-TE10
Publishing agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Release date:
2022-01-14
Subjects:
- Fiscal Policy & Taxes
- Transportation & Motor Vehicles
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Report No. 2022-TE9
Publishing agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Release date:
2022-01-14
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Report No. 2022-TE8
Publishing agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Release date:
2022-01-14
Subjects:
- Business & Economic Development
- Children & Domestic Matters
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
- Fiscal Policy & Taxes
Tax Expenditure Evaluation
Report No. 2022-TE7
Publishing agency:
Office of the State Auditor
Release date:
2022-01-14
Subjects:
- Fiscal Policy & Taxes
- Higher Education