Staff Publications
This document includes judicial performance evaluations for all judges in Colorado who appear on the November 2024 ballot for retention.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2024-10-02
Subjects:
- Elections & Redistricting
Staff Publications
This document includes the two bills that referred measures to the November 2024 ballot.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2024-10-02
Subjects:
- Elections & Redistricting
Staff Publications
This document includes fiscal impact statements prepared by Legislative Council Staff for the following measures on the November 2024 statewide ballot.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2024-10-02
Subjects:
- Elections & Redistricting
Staff Publications
Las elecciones generales estatales se llevarán a cabo el 5 de noviembre de 2024. Este folleto proporciona información sobre las 14 medidas estatales que aparecerán en su boleta electoral, así como sobre los jueces que...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2024-09-12
Subjects:
- Elections & Redistricting
Staff Publications
The statewide General Election will be held on November 5, 2024. This booklet provides information on the 14 statewide measures that will appear on your ballot, as well as on judges who will be considered for retentio...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2024-09-12
Subjects:
- Elections & Redistricting
Session Related Publications
Publishing agency:
House of Representatives
Release date:
2024-09-11
Staff Publications
The relationship between social media use and adolescent mental health has prompted a rise in regulatory policy across the nation and in Colorado. This memorandum examines social media use and adolescent health outcom...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2024-09-11
Subjects:
- Business & Economic Development
- Children & Domestic Matters
- Public Health
- Telecommunications & Information Technology
Staff Publications
The Office of Legislative Legal Services prepares the Digest of Bills and Concurrent Resolutions as required under section 2-3-504, C.R.S. The Digest consists of summaries of all bills and concurrent resolutions enact...
Publishing agency:
Office of Legislative Legal Services
Release date:
2024-09-09
Staff Publications
This memorandum describes the process for designating Colorado Enterprise Zones and Enhanced Rural Enterprise Zones, the tax expenditures available for investing in designated enterprise zone areas, and the administra...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2024-09-10
Subjects:
- Business & Economic Development
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
