Final/Annual Reports
Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the County Courthouse and County Jail Funding and Overcrowding Solutions Interim Study Committee.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-12-15
Subjects:
- Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
Final/Annual Reports
Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-12-14
Subjects:
- Health Care & Health Insurance
- Human Services
- Public Health
Summary of Major Legislation
During the 2017 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to Colorado’s behavioral health crisis system and the use and misuse of opioids. Other issues considered include child care regulat...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-12-13
Approximately one-third of new students entering Colorado’s public four-year institutions of higher education are transfer students from another school. This issue brief provides an overview of credit transfers betwe...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-12-12
Final/Annual Reports
Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the Transportation Legislation Review Committee.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-12-06
Subjects:
- Transportation & Motor Vehicles
Aquatic nuisance species (ANS) are invasive animals, plants, and disease-causing pathogens that can affect lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams, and wetlands. This issue brief provides an explanation of ANS and an overv...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2025-11-19
Subjects:
- Natural Resources & Environment
- Water
Final/Annual Reports
Legislative Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Final Report for 2017.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-11-29
Subjects:
- General Assembly
- State Government
Staff Publications
This memorandum provides a brief description of the Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA), presents the pension plan's historical funded ratio, and summarizes provisions of 2010 PERA reform legislat...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2010-09-28
This issue brief provides an overview of public sector use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly known as drones, including federal and state regulations, and current applications in Colorado.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2024-10-21
Subjects:
- Transportation & Motor Vehicles
Staff Publications
This memo compares Colorado’s felony sentencing laws with those of Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington. It provides an overview of determinate versus indeterminate sentencing schemes and incarcera...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-11-22
Subjects:
- Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
Staff Publications
This memorandum provides an overview of the mandatory minimum sentencing schemes in Colorado law. It provides information on the general categories of offenses subject to enhanced prison sentences and specific crimes...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-11-22
Subjects:
- Courts & Judicial
- Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
Staff Publications
This memorandum provides information concerning second look sentencing. Second look sentencing refers to sentence modification that occurs while an offender is serving his or her term of incarceration. This memorand...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-11-22
Subjects:
- Courts & Judicial
- Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
Staff Publications
This memo explains enhanced sentencing requirements for two different criminal offense categories: crimes of violence and habitual offenders. It also provides sentencing data for offenders convicted of crimes of viole...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-11-22
Subjects:
- Courts & Judicial
- Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
Staff Publications
This memorandum provides an overview of broadband internet service programs in Colorado, including the Colorado High Cost Support Mechanism; state grant programs and other state efforts; local governments’ ability to ...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-11-22
Subjects:
- Business & Economic Development
- Local Government
- State Government
- Telecommunications & Information Technology
Staff Publications
Public-private partnerships have become integral to developing infrastructure in Colorado and across the country. This memorandum describes public-private partnerships, summarizes relevant law, and provides examples o...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-11-21
Subjects:
- Transportation & Motor Vehicles
Summary of Major Legislation
During the 2017 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures to address Colorado’s growing demand for water and to fund public drinking water and wastewater projects.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-11-21
Summary of Major Legislation
During the 2017 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures to incentivize veterinarians to locate in rural areas, regulate industrial hemp, and promote young and beginning farmers. This document pr...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-11-21
There are 324 justices and judges in Colorado. Seven justices preside over the Supreme Court and issue binding majority decisions on lower court rulings. Additionally, 317 judges preside over other various courts, ...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-11-15
Subjects:
- Civil Law
- Courts & Judicial
- State Government
Colorado’s workers’ compensation law provides various benefits to employees who suffer work-related injuries and illnesses. This issue brief provides an overview of the employer obligations to the program, workers’ co...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-11-13
Final/Annual Reports
Summary Report for the Water Resources Review Committee to the Legislative Council.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-11-06
Subjects:
- Natural Resources & Environment
- Water
Summary of Major Legislation
During the 2017 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to state agencies and employees, state procurement, the Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association, the General Assembly, th...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-11-06
Other
Presented to the TLRC at its November 2017 meeting.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-11-06
Subjects:
- Transportation & Motor Vehicles
Other
Background information on the Denver Internation Airport presented to the TLRC on November 2, 2017.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-11-02
Subjects:
- Transportation & Motor Vehicles
Other
Presented to the TLRC at its November 2, 2017 meeting.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-11-02
Subjects:
- Transportation & Motor Vehicles
Other
Presented to the TLRC at its November 2, 2017 meeting.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2017-11-02
Subjects:
- Transportation & Motor Vehicles
