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Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of Higher Education Legislation (2019)

During the 2019 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to higher education.  Specifically, the measures concern student loans and financial aid, college and career access and readiness, ...

Publishing agency: Legislative Council Staff
Release date: 2019-09-11
Subjects:
  • Higher Education
Summary of Major Legislation

2019 Summary of Capital Construction Legislation

The General Assembly considered a number of bills affecting funding for capital construction and the duties of the Capital Development Committee (CDC) during the 2019 session.

Publishing agency: Legislative Council Staff
Release date: 2019-09-03
Subjects:
  • Capital Construction

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...

Publishing agency: Legislative Council Staff
Release date: 2025-10-01
Subjects:
  • Business & Economic Development
  • Natural Resources & Environment
Staff Publications

Legislative History of Colorado's Instream Flow Program

This memorandum summarizes the legislative history of Colorado's instream flow program, which is administered by the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) within the Department of Natural Resources.

Publishing agency: Legislative Council Staff
Release date: 2019-09-03
Subjects:
  • Water
Staff Publications

Motor Vehicle Registration Fees

This memorandum provides an overview of Colorado motor vehicle registration fees.  There are two types of fees when vehicles are registered annually: registration fees and the specific ownership tax.   The memorandum ...

Publishing agency: Legislative Council Staff
Release date: 2019-08-29
Subjects:
  • Transportation & Motor Vehicles
Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Sales Tax Vendor Allowance

Report No. 2019-TE26

Publishing agency: Office of the State Auditor
Release date: 2019-07-15
Subjects:
  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Excise Tax for Unsalable Alcoholic Beverages

Report No. 2019-TE25 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: 2019-07-15
Subjects:
  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
  • Liquor, Tobacco, & Marijuana

Aquatic Nuisance Species Program

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
Staff Publications

Colorado PERA 2010 Reform Legislation and Historical Funded Status

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
Subjects:
  • State Revenue & Budget

Drone Use and Regulation in the Public Sector

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

Sentencing Scheme Comparsion

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

Overview of Colorado's Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Scheme

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

Second Look Sentencing

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

Crimes of Violence and Habitual Offender Sentencing Data

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

Broadband Internet Service Programs in Colorado

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

Infrastructure Public Private Partnerships

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
Staff Publications

Marijuana Revenue in the State Budget

This memorandum answers common questions about how revenue from the marijuana industry fits into Colorado’s state budget.

Release date: 2019-12-06
Subjects:
  • Fiscal Policy & Taxes
Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of Water Legislation (2017)

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
Subjects:
  • Water
Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of Agriculture Legislation (2017)

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
Subjects:
  • Agriculture

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