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Tag: Colorado General Assembly
Dead bills: A day in the life of the Senate kill...
Today, Senator Lundberg sits before the Senate State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee with the tired look of a man facing a forgone conclusion.
Colorado’s analog records laws lag behind digital practice
Messages today multiply. One brings another and soon they pile up like grains of sand in the Sahara. Can we really expect officials to keep them all and to deliver them in digestible chunks in a timely way upon request?
Watch: Colorado’s new senators, from recall to roll call
"Considering the recall, the first bill I'm introducing is to repeal the universal background checks and the associated fees," said newly elected Senator George Rivera.
Full Text: Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman’s opening day speech
After seconding Senate Majority Leader Rollie Heath's nomination of the chamber's second female president, Senator Morgan Carroll, Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman gave an opening...
Colorado General Assembly opening day
Capitol observers say they expect majority party members to try to set a moderate tone and push proposals that might attract minority member support. But it's an election year.
Youth advocates to propose referendum shortening adult sentences for juveniles
Advocates for youth offenders in Colorado are looking to bolster coming legislation that would raise the age where juveniles could be tried as adults by also bringing out a referendum asking voters to consider release programs for juveniles convicted of adult crimes. The proposed program would allow convicted youth to enter half-way house programs once they turn 30.
Ethics committee votes to ‘admonish’ lobbyist for trying to influence race
A legislative panel on Wednesday recommended that a former lobbyist for the Colorado Chiropractic Association (CCA) be formally scolded for trying to sway a freshman Republican to vote for Rep. David Balmer (R-Centennial) in a leadership election in December. An ethics watchdog group praised the committee’s recommendation but renewed calls for a criminal investigation into vote-buying allegations and asked legislators to mandate ethics training for professional lobbyists.