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OLLS Bill Drafting & Publications Services

Bill Drafting and Session Work

The Office of Legislative Legal Services prepares the bills, resolutions, and memorials introduced in each session of the General Assembly, as well as most amendments and all conference committee reports.

  • Bill requests may be made by members of the General Assembly.
  • All requests received by the Office are confidential until introduction and are not discussed or released without permission.
  • Each bill or resolution is drafted by an OLLS attorney or legislative editor and is reviewed by other staff for format, grammar, and legality before introduction.
  • The Office is responsible for the review of all bills and amendments after they are passed by either house in order to identify conflicting bills and any technical or substantive problems.
  • The Office also assists the House and Senate in proofreading and preparing the final enrolled acts for official signatures.

Publication Services

The Office of Legislative Legal Services is required by law to prepare the Digest of Bills, Session Laws of Colorado, Red Book, and Colorado Revised Statutes for publication and distribution following each legislative session. With the exception of the Special Supplement, these publications are available in both print and electronic formats (available at leg.colorado.gov). 

  • The Digest of Bills contains a summary of all the bills enacted at each legislative session.
  • The Session Laws of Colorado contains all the final versions of the bills passed in each regular or special legislative session, as well as select resolutions and memorials.
  • The Red Book is a detailed listing of all the changes made to Colorado’s laws each session and cross references bill numbers to the statute sections affected.
  • The Colorado Revised Statutes contain all state laws of a general and permanent nature and are compiled and edited each year by the Revisor of Statutes and Office staff, under the supervision of the Committee on Legal Services. The statutes include historical information in the form of source notes, editor’s notes, cross references, and, as appropriate, annotations of court decisions.
  • The Special Supplement contains all amendments to either the Colorado Constitution or the Colorado Revised Statutes that are approved by voters at a statewide election and is only available in print format. All voter-approved amendments are incorporated into the published Colorado Constitution and Colorado Revised Statutes in the calendar year following the year in which voters approved the amendments.