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The House Select Committee on Climate Responsibility was convened

This memorandum provides a listing of criminal justice reform legislation enacted in Colorado from 2016 through 2026. More specifically, the table provides the bill number, title, and description of the criminal justice reform legislation, organized by category.

Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by Police Officers' and Firefighters' Pension Reform Commission 

The Senate Select Committee on Energy and the Environment was convened pursuant to Senate Rule 22(c), which allows the Senate President to create a committee to review a single specified subject matter area or issue during a regular legislative session.

Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the Sales and Use Tax Simplification Task Force.  

Final report to the Colorado General Assembly by the Wildfire Matters Review Committee. The purpose of this committee is to oversee and review the prevention, mitigation, and financing of wildfire matters in Colorado.

Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the Pension Review Commission.

The Water Resources Review Committee was created pursuant to Article 98 of Title 37, Colorado Revised Statutes. The purpose of this committee is to oversee the conservation, use, development, and financing of Colorado's water resources.

This memorandum provides information about special district elections in Colorado. Specifically, it provides an overview of special district elections and the times at which special district elections are conducted. Also included are an overview of special districts generally and information about all election dates in Colorado law. The Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) also has a number of resources available on its special district elections website.

This is the Joint Budget Committee's schedule. Please check this document regularly for schedule updates.

The Colorado General Assembly passed a number of bills related to human services, children, and families. Due to budgetary constraints, the General Assembly focused less on expanding and creating new programs, and focused more on refining existing programs and systems. Major legislation primarily focused on updating child welfare court processes, making changes to how social services operate, and improving the relationship between federal and state programs.

Declaraciones de impacto fiscal para las medidas electorales estatales de 2026.

La elección general estatal se llevará a cabo el 3 de noviembre de 2026. Este folleto proporciona información sobre las 14 medidas estatales que aparecerán en la boleta, así como sobre los jueces que serán considerados para retención en su área. Además, el folleto de este año contiene una medida local que solo corresponde a ciertas áreas de la zona Front Range. Usted recibirá información sobre cualquier otra medida electoral del gobierno local por separado.

The 2026 State Ballot Information Booklet (“Blue Book”) provides information on the fourteen statewide measures on the November 3, 2026 ballot and on judges considered for retention. This year’s booklet also contains one local ballot measure that applies only to certain areas of the Front Range. You will receive information about any other local government ballot measures separately.

This memorandum summarizes the primary funding changes to school finance for FY 2026-27. There were bills during the 2026 legislative session that substantively affected the financing of public schools in Colorado.

This memorandum provides information on the Regional Transportation District (RTD). 

Focus Colorado presents forecasts for the economy and state government revenue through FY 2027-28. Implications of the forecast for the state's General Fund budget and spending limit are described in the report's highlights and executive summary sections. The report is based on current law, legislation passed by the General Assembly affecting the forecast is described throughout the report.

The second session of the 75th General Assembly passed several pieces of legislation regarding public health. While not all of the public health legislation fell into these groups, three major themes for public health were public health labeling and education, water testing, and immunization.

During the 2026 legislative session, the General Assembly considered several measures related to business and economic development.

Child sex trafficking is a form of human trafficking that occurs when a child under the age of 18 is advertised, solicited, or exploited through a commercial sex act. This memorandum discusses the penalties in Colorado for this crime, and provides information on the penalties in other states for comparison

This memorandum provides background information on current and past statutory mechanisms used to refund state revenue in excess of the spending limit established in the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR). TABOR allows the state to use “any reasonable method” to distribute refunds. 

The General Assembly has created and repealed various mechanisms to refund the state TABOR surplus. In total, 27 refund mechanisms have existed in statute since the passage of TABOR in 1992.

During the 2026 legislative session, the General Assembly considered a wide range of measures pertaining to K-12 education in Colorado. The legislature adopted bills related to school funding, governance and administration, student success, and teacher licensure.

Deadline Schedule for the 2027 Colorado General Assembly.