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Bill Topic Abbreviations

Subject:
General Assembly
Published:
October 1, 2026
Publishing Agency:
Office of Legislative Legal Services

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Three-Dimensional — 3D

Account — Acct

Administration — Admin

Administrative Law Judge — ALJ

Administrative — Admin

Administrator — Admr

Admission — Admis

Advertising — Adver

Advisory — Adv

Affidavit — Aff

Affirm — Aff

Aggravated — Agg

Agreement(s) — Agrmnt

Agricultural — Ag

Agriculture — Ag

America — Am

American — Am

And — &

Anniversary — Anniv

App — Application

Appropriation — Approp

Arbitrator — Arb

Artificial Intelligence — AI

Assistant — Asst

Associate — Assoc

Association — Assn

Attorney — Atty

Attorney General — AG

Authority — Auth

Automobile — Auto

Bankruptcy — Bankr

Behavioral Health Administration — BHA

Board — Bd

Board of Cooperative Services — BOCES

Broadcast — Broad

Broadcasting — Broad

Building — Bldg

Business — Bus

Cannabidiol — CBD

Capital — Cap

Capital Development Committee — CDC

Capitol — Cap

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation — CPR

Center — Ctr

Central — Cent

Certificate — Cert

Certification — Cert

Certify — Cert

Chemical — Chem

Children's Basic Health Plan / Child Health Plan Plus — CHP+

College — Coll

Colorado — CO (not Colo)

Colorado Bureau of Investigation — CBI

Colorado Revised Statutes — CRS

Colorado School of Mines — CSM

Colorado State Patrol — CSP

Colorado State University — CSU

Colorado State University - Pueblo — CSU-P

Colorado Student Assessment Program — CSAP

Commission — Commn

Committee — Cmt

Company — Co

Compensation — Comp

Compiled — Comp

Conserve or Conservation — Conserv

Consolidated — Consol

Construction — Constr

Continue/Continues/Continued — Cont

Contract — Contr

Cooperative — Coop

Corporation — Corp

Corrections — Corr

County — Cnty

Court — Ct

Court-Appointed Special Advocate — CASA

Criminal — Crim

Deoxyribonucleic Acid — DNA

Department — Dept

Department of Agriculture — DOA

Department of Corrections — DOC

Department of Early Childhood — CDEC

Department of Education — CDE

Department of Health Care Policy and Financing — DHCPF

Department of Higher Education — CDHE

Department of Human Services — DHS

Department of Institutions — DOI

Department of Labor and Employment — CDLE

Department of Law — DOL

Department of Local Affairs — DOLA

Department of Military and Veterans Affairs — DOMA

Department of Natural Resources — DNR

Department of Personnel — DPA

Department of Public Health and Environment — CDPHE

Department of Public Safety — CDPS

Department of Regulatory Agencies — DORA

Department of Revenue — DOR

Department of State — DOS

Department of Transportation — CDOT

Department of Treasury — DOT

Development(s) — Dev(s)

Developmental Disabilities — Dev Disab

Director — Dir

Disabilities — Disab

Distributing — Distrib

Distributor — Distrib

District — Dist

Division — Div

Document — Doc

Driving Under the Influence — DUI

East — E

Eastern — E

Economic — Econ

Economical — Econ

Economically — Econ

Edition — Ed

Education — Ed (not Educ)

Educational — Educ

Electric — Elec

Electrical — Elec

Electrically — Elec

Electronic — Elec

Eliminate — Elim

Emergency — Emer

Employment — Empl

Engineer — Engr

Engineering — Engg

Enterprise — Enter

Environment — Envt

Environmental — Envtl

Equality — Equal

Equipment — Equip

Examiner — Examr

Exchange — Exch

Executive — Exec

Extreme Risk Protection Order — ERPO

Federal — Fed

Federation — Fedn

Finance — Fin

Financial — Fin

Financing — Fin

Fire and Police Pension Association — FPPA

Fiscal Year — FY

Foundation — Foundn

General — Gen

General Assembly — GA

Global Positioning System — GPS

Government — Gov

Governor — Gov

Guaranty — Guar

Health — Hlth

Hearing — Hrg

Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning — HVAC

Highway — Hwy

History — Hist

Home Owners' Association — HOA

Hospital — Hosp

Housing — Hous

Identification — ID

In vitro fertilization — IVF

Incorporated — Inc

Indemnity — Indem

Independent — Indep

Industrial — Indus

Industries — Indus

Industry — Indus

Information — Info

Infrastructure — Infra

Initiative — Init

Injunction — Inj

Institute — Inst

Institution — Inst

Insurance — Ins

Intergovernmental — Intergovt

International — Intl

Interrogatories — Interrogs

Interrogatory — Interrog

Investment — Inv

Justice — Jus

Juvenile — Juv

Kindergarten — K

Kindergarten through 12th grade — K-12

Laboratories — Lab

Laboratory — Lab

Legislative — Leg

Liability — Liab

Limited — Ltd

Litigation — Litig

Local — Loc

Machine — Mach

Machinery — Mach

Magistrate — Mag

Management — Mgmt

Manufacturer — Mfr

Manufacturing — Mfg

Market — Mkt

Marketing — Mktg

Maximum — Max

Medical — Med

Medicine — Med

Memorial — Meml

Metropolitan State College of Denver — Metro

Metropolitan — Metro

Military — Mil

Minimum — Min

Modification(s) — Mod

Modify — Mod

Municipal — Mun

Mutual — Mut

National — Natl

North — N

Northern — N

Number — No

Numbers — Nos

Office — Ofc

Office of the Governor — GOV

Office of State Planning and Budgeting — OSPB

Oil and gas — O&G (no spaces)

Opinion — Op

Organization — Org

Organizing — Org

Peace Officers Standards and Training Board — POST

Permanent — Perm

Pharmaceutic — Pharm

Pharmaceutical — Pharm

Pharmaceutics — Pharm

Political — Pol

Preliminary — Prelim

Prescription — Rx

Printing — Prtg

Product — Prod

Production — Produc

Profession — Profn

Professional — Profl

Program — Prog

Property — Prop

Proposition — Propos

Public — Pub

Public Employees' Retirement Association — PERA

Public Utilities Commission — PUC

Publishing — Publg

Railroad — RR

Railway — Ry

Recommendation(s) — Rec(s)

Reconsideration — Recons

Referee — Ref

Referendum — Ref

Refining — Ref

Regarding — Re

Regional Transportation District — RTD

Regional — Regl

Registration — Regis

Regulate — Regul

Regulation — Reg

Rehearing — Rehg

Replacement — Repl

Representative — Rep

Reproduction — Reprod

Reproductive — Reprod

Request — Req

Requirement(s) — Reqmnt(s)

Revised — Rev

Revision — Rev

Road — Rd

Rural Electric Association — REA

Savings — Sav

School — Sch

Secretary of State — SOS

Securities — Sec

Security — Sec

Senator — Sen

Service — Serv

Severance — Sev

Social — Soc

Society — Socy

South — S

Southern — S

Special — Spec

Standard — Std

State Board for Community Colleges and
Occupational Education — SBCCOE

Street — St

Subcommittee — Subcmt

Subdivision — Subdiv

Supplemental — Suppl

Surety — Sur

System(s) — Sys

Taxpayers' Bill of Rights — TABOR

Technology — Tech

Telecommunication(s) — Telecom

Telegraph — Tel

Telephone — Tel

Temporary — Temp

Testimony — Test

Tetrahydrocannabinol — THC

Transcontinental — Transcon

Translation — Trans

Translator — Trans

Transport — Transp

Transportation Legislation Review Committee — TLRC

Transportation — Transp

Unemployment Insurance — Unempl Ins

Uniform — Unif

United States — US

United States Supreme Court — SCOTUS

University — Univ

University of Colorado — CU

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs — UCCS

University of Colorado at Denver — UCD

University of Colorado Health Sciences Center — UCHSC

University of Northern Colorado — UNC

Utility — Util

Voluntary — Vol

Volunteer — Vol

West — W

Western — W

Workers' Compensation — Workers' Comp

Year — Yr