This memorandum describes the organizational structure of the staff of the Colorado legislative branch. These staff are categorized as follows:

• Senate staff, who are overseen by the top three members of leadership in the Senate and the Secretary of the Senate. This includes the nonpartisan Senate Services staff, the partisan staff of the Majority and Minority caucuses, and aides.
• House staff, who are overseen by the Speaker and a four-member House Services Committee appointed by the Speaker. The Chief Clerk of the House has authority over the nonpartisan House Services staff and the House aides. In practice, each of the caucus staffs are supervised by their caucus leadership, although the official authority belongs to the Speaker.
• The four nonpartisan agencies, who are each overseen by the Executive Committee with the help of an oversight committee. They include: the Office of the State Auditor; the Joint Budget Committee Staff; Legislative Council Staff; and the Office of Legislative Legal Services, which includes the Legislative Human Resources Division.

Each of these staff agencies, including their responsibilities, oversight, and funding, are described in the memo.