This issue brief provides an overview of consumer data privacy, describes applicable federal laws, and summarizes recent state legislation proposed to strengthen consumer data privacy laws.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2020-03-09
Subjects:
- Local Government
- Telecommunications & Information Technology
Staff Publications
The handbook is divided into four sections, 1: Rules of the House of Representatives; 2: Rules of the Senate; 3: Joint Rules of the Senate and House and Joint Session Rules; and 4: Colorado Constitution. This sec...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2020-03-06
In 2013, Colorado eliminated precinct polling places and established voter service and polling centers (VSPCs). This issue brief outlines the services provided at VSPCs, location factors, VSPC hours, and staffing req...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2020-02-26
Subjects:
- Elections & Redistricting
Staff Publications
This memorandum addresses abuse of corpse laws in the 50 states. While the vast majority of states have enacted abuse of corpse or other related laws, they differ in definition and crime classification. For example,...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2020-02-21
Subjects:
- Courts & Judicial
- Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
Fiscal Policy & Taxes
This memorandum provides information concerning Colorado’s severance tax structure and estimated effective severance tax rates, along with a comparison of effective rates for eight other western oil and gas producing ...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2025-04-15
Subjects:
- Fiscal Policy & Taxes
- Natural Resources & Environment
- State Revenue & Budget
Staff Publications
This memorandum provides information about veterans community living centers (VCLCs), formerly known as state veterans nursing homes, in Colorado. Specifically, it includes the history of the five current VCLC locati...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2020-02-18
Subjects:
- Human Services
- Military & Veterans
Staff Publications
This memorandum provides information on the Regional Transportation District (RTD). Information regarding RTD’s statutory history, authority, board, budget, and service area is included below.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2020-02-17
Subjects:
- Transportation & Motor Vehicles
Staff Publications
Colorado receives annual payments from tobacco manufacturers as part of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). In April 2022, the state received $88.2 million, which was used to determine distributions to MSA...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2023-03-03
Subjects:
- Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana
- State Revenue & Budget
Staff Publications
To date, Colorado and ten other states have enacted paid family and medical leave laws. The other states include California, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Is...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2023-04-04
Subjects:
- Business & Economic Development
- Health Care & Health Insurance
- Insurance
- Labor & Employment
- Public Health
Staff Publications
This memorandum provides an overview of statutes of limitations, including factors that impact length, such as statutes of repose and tolling. The memorandum also includes tables listing the various criminal and civi...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2020-02-10
Subjects:
- Courts & Judicial
- Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
This issue brief provides an overview of critical infrastructure, discusses a 2019 cyberattack on the U.S. electrical grid, and summarizes state and federal legislation addressing security for critical infrastructure.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2020-02-10
Subjects:
- Energy
- Telecommunications & Information Technology
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:
2020-02-03
This issue brief provides background information on mobile homes and an overview of the Mobile Home Park Act, including recent changes to the law with regard to county ordinances, registrations, the dispute resolution...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2020-01-24
Staff Publications
Publishing agency:
Office of Legislative Legal Services
Release date:
2020-09-25
Staff Publications
Publishing agency:
Office of Legislative Legal Services
Release date:
2020-01-24
Final/Annual Reports
The purpose of the JTC final report is to provide annual and historical information on the information technology (IT) capital budget request process. The 2020 final report provides a complete summary of all IT capit...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2020-12-30
Subjects:
- Telecommunications & Information Technology
Staff Publications
Publishing agency:
Office of Legislative Legal Services
Release date:
2020-01-26
Staff Publications
This memorandum provides information regarding programs in Colorado that address deforestation and forest degradation, and the role that forests can play in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2020-01-10
Subjects:
- Natural Resources & Environment
Final/Annual Reports
Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the Colorado Youth Advisory Council Review Committee.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2020-01-06
Subjects:
- Children & Domestic Matters
- General Assembly
Final/Annual Reports
Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the Treatment of Persons With Mental Health Disorders in the Criminal Justice System Committee.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2020-01-06
Subjects:
- Courts & Judicial
- Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
- General Assembly
- Human Services
Final/Annual Reports
Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the Tax Expenditure Evaluation Interim Study Committee.
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2020-01-06
Subjects:
- Fiscal Policy & Taxes
- General Assembly
Final/Annual Reports
Final report to the Colorado General Assembly by the School Safety Committee. This committee was created by a resolution adopted by the Executive Committee of the Legislative Council during the 2019 legislative interi...
Publishing agency:
Legislative Council Staff
Release date:
2020-01-02
Subjects:
- Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
- General Assembly
Session Related Publications
Publishing agency:
Senate
Release date:
2020-12-01
Session Related Publications
Publishing agency:
House of Representatives
Release date:
2020-12-01
Session Related Publications
Publishing agency:
Senate
Release date:
2020-12-09
