Legislative Update 6-4-2021
Hello everyone, Itโs almost over! It is looking like the 2021 legislative session will likely end on Wednesday. The General Assembly is constitutionally required to adjourn sine die no later than 11:59 pm on Saturday, June 12th. [โSine dieโ is Latin for โwithout day.โ...
Legislative Update 5-28-2021
Hello everyone, We are almost in the homestretch of the 2021 legislative session. It is still up in the air as to when the General Assembly will adjourn sine die. It must be by midnight on Saturday, June 12th. A lot of people are still hoping it will happen by this...
Legislative Update 05-21-2021
Hello everyone, What a week! One of the few ways the minority party can slow down the legislative process is to request a bill be read at length. The Colorado constitution requires that each bill be read at length on two different days in each chamber (second reading...
Legislative Update 5-14-2021
Hello everyone, We have less than four weeks until sine die. While there was little movement in the bills the CSPA is tracking this past week, there was plenty of action at the Capitol. The two tax bills that the business community has been anticipating were...
Legislative Update 5-7-2021
Hello everyone, We are almost three-quarters on the way through the 2021 legislative session. Unless the legislature is able to save some legislative days for later in the year, they will be required to adjourn sine die by midnight on Saturday, June 12th. Previously,...
Legislative Update 4-30-2021
Hello everyone, Monday marks day 80 of the 2021 legislative session. We are two-thirds of the way to sine die.ย On Friday the House and the Senate adopted the First Conference Committee Report on the Long Bill and then repassed the Long Bill as amended. This was the...
Legislative Update 4-23-2021
Hello everyone, Monday is day 73 of the 2021 legislative session. The latest word around the Capitol is that the General Assembly hopes to finish its work by Memorial Day and either recess or adjourn sine die. If they recess it would leave about two weeks in the...
Legislative Update 4-16-2021
Hello everyone, We are over halfway through the 2021 legislative session and have seen 529 bills introduced so far. Monday marks day 66 of the 120-day session. Many observers are hopeful the legislature may adjourn a couple weeks early as leadership has indicated they...