Colorado Law Summary: Medical Marijuana

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Bill Titles - Single Subject and Original Purpose Requirements

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Colorado Pet Animal Care and Facilities Act

This issue brief provides an overview of state laws related to pet animal facilities. These facilities are licensed and regulated under the Colorado Pet Animal Care and Facilities Act (PACFA). Under PACFA, any place u...

Colorado Turf Replacement Program Update

In response to the ongoing drought in Colorado, the General Assembly passed House Bill 22-1151 to promote the efficient and maximum utilization of Colorado’s water resources by decreasing the amount of irrigated turf ...

2025 Senate Status Sheet

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.

Single-use Plastics Legislation

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), plastic containers and packaging, including single-use plastics, constitute the majority of plastic waste in the United States.1 1National Strategy to Preve...

The Impact of Tax Increment Financing on School Finance

Public K-12 education in Colorado is financed through state and local sources. The school finance formula in state law establishes a statewide total funding level. The difference between this amount and the local shar...

Overview of the Colorado Judicial Branch

This memorandum provides an overview of the Colorado Judicial Branch, also referred to as the Judicial Department when described as part of the state budget. Established in Section 1 of Article VI of the Colorado Cons...

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...

Agreements Governing Colorado’s Rivers

This memorandum provides information about the interstate compacts, Supreme Court decrees, and international treaties that govern Colorado’s use of interstate streams. Specifically, it gives a brief history of each co...

Medical Aid-in-Dying

This memorandum provides an overview of Colorado’s Medical Aid-in-Dying law, which legalized the practice of prescribing medical aid-in-dying medication to eligible terminally ill patients in Colorado.

Colorado’s Child Welfare System

Colorado’s child welfare system provides services to protect children from abuse and neglect and to support families in caring for their children. This issue brief provides an overview of the child welfare system in C...

Long Bill Footnotes Under Section 24-75-112 (2), C.R.S.

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Folleto de información 2025 Legislación remitida

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

Folleto de información 2025 Declaraciónes de Impacto Fiscal

Este documento incluye declaraciónes de impacto fiscal preparadas por el personal del Consejo Legislativo para las medidas en la boleta estatal de noviembre de 2025.

2025 Blue Book Referring Legislation

This document includes the two bills that referred measures to the November 2025 ballot.

2025 Blue Book Fiscal Impact Statements

This document includes fiscal impact statements prepared by Legislative Council Staff for the following measures on the November 2025 statewide ballot.