2023 Regular Session

The House Agriculture, Livestock, & Water Committee generally considers matters concerning water, agriculture, wildlife, and recreation.  In addition, the committee has legislative oversight responsibility for the departments of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

The House Energy & Environment Committee generally considers matters concerning energy and environment.  In addition, the committee also has legislative oversight responsibility for divisions of the Department of Natural Resources and Department of Public Health and Environment, the Public Utilities Commission, and the Colorado Energy Office.

The Senate Appropriations Committee conducts hearings on bills that change expenditures or revenues and affect the budget. The Committee typically reserves discussion for the fiscal impact of the bills. Many of the bills considered by the Committee have had hearings in other committees before being referred to Appropriations and for those bills that have previously had a hearing the Committee does not customarily take public testimony.

The House State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee generally considers matters concerning elections, campaign finance, military and veterans affairs, and other subject areas related to state government.  In addition, the committee has legislative oversight responsibility for the departments of State and Military and Veterans Affairs.

The committee is responsible for overseeing the Behavioral Health Disorders in the Criminal Justice System Task Force and recommending bills to implement the proposals studied by the task force.

The committee reviews transportation, traffic, and motor vehicle legislation and may consult with experts in the fields of traffic regulation, the licensing of drivers, the registration and titling of motor vehicles, and highway construction and planning.

The committee studies wildfire prevention and mitigation.

The Pension Review Subcommittee, a subcommittee of the Pension Review Commission, studies and makes recommendations regarding the Public Employees' Retirement Association.

The task force studies sales and use tax simplification between the state and local governments, including home rule municipalities, to identify opportunities and challenges within existing fiscal frameworks to adopt innovative revenue-neutral solutions that do not require constitutional amendments or voter approval.

The committee studies health care issues that affect Colorado residents throughout the state.