Legislative Update 1-16-2023
Hello everyone, The Colorado Legislature is back! On Monday, the first regular session of Coloradoโs 74th General Assembly convened. Like previous sessions, the first week of this session was mostly speeches and pomp and circumstance. However, there were some...
Legislative Update 5-13-2022
Hello everyone, Itโs over! The second regular session of the 73rd General Assembly is finally over! The Senate adjourned sine die at 10:52 pm on Wednesday night followed by the House at 11:36 pm. Our last remaining priority bill passed. House Bill 1029 (the PERA...
Legislative Update 5-6-2022
Hello everyone, Only three days to go! We have seen a lot of late nights with either floor work or committees working until midnight almost every night. Both the House and Senate worked late again Friday night to avoid having to come in on Saturday or Sunday. The 2022...
Legislative Update 4-29-2022
Hello everyone, Itโs going to be a short update this week. We have a little over a week to go. While neither the House nor the Senate has yet to work on a Saturday or Sunday recently, they have had several late nights. Both the House and Senate worked until almost...
Legislative Update 4-22-2022
Hello everyone, We are in the homestretch of the 2022 session. Last week, the House Majority Leader, who is responsible for running the floorwork in the House, announced that representatives should not make any dinner or weekend plans for the next couple of weeks...
Legislative Update 4-18-2022
Hello everyone, Unfortunately, even though both the House and Senate adopted the amendment to increase trooper salaries by an additional 3% next year, the JBC decided not to include the amendment in the conference committee report on the Long Bill. The JBC indicated...
Legislative Update 4-8-2022
Hello everyone, Two hurdles down and one to go with our trooper pay budget amendment. We were successful in getting the Senate to approve an amendment to the Long Bill to give all troopers an additional 3% salary increase starting July 1st. The Senate amendment...
Legislative Update 4-1-2022
Hello everyone, The 2022 legislative session is over two-thirds complete and things are moving fast and furious. Even though there have been a couple of high-profile bills introduced recently (e.g., bills addressing fentanyl deaths and climate change), our big news...