SB 25-199

  • Colorado Senate Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Mar 13, 2025
  • Passed Senate Mar 13, 2025
  • House
  • Governor

Suspend Legislative Interim Activities

Abstract

Executive Committee of the Legislative Council. The bill suspends legislative interim committee activities during the 2025 legislative interim (interim). Specifically, the bill: Prohibits the legislative council of the general assembly from prioritizing any requests for interim committees, including task forces, for the 2025 interim; For an interim committee that meets during 2025 interim, limits the number of bills the committee can request to be drafted to 5 and can recommend for introduction to 3; Limits the Colorado youth advisory council review committee (committee) to meeting once in the 2025 interim, to receive the report from the youth advisory council (council), prohibits the committee and council from meeting or presenting bills in the 2026 interim, and precludes the council from contracting with a nonprofit organization to provide services for the council in the 2025-26 and 2026-27 fiscal years; Prohibits meetings, field trips, and legislative recommendations and reports by, and suspends for one year certain reports required to be submitted to, existing interim committees, including the legislative emergency preparedness, response, and recovery committee; legislative oversight committee for Colorado jail standards; statewide health care review committee; Colorado health insurance exchange oversight committee; opioid and other substance use disorders study committee; legislative oversight committee concerning the treatment of persons with behavioral health disorders in the criminal and juvenile justice systems; pension review commission and pension review subcommittee; legislative oversight committee concerning tax policy; and sales and use tax simplification task force; and Prohibits members serving on statutorily created interim committees from receiving per diem and travel expenses for attending interim committee meetings during the 2025 interim except for attendance at a meeting of the wildfire matters review committee, the water resources and agriculture review committee, and the transportation legislation review committee. The bill removes the authority of the Colorado youth advisory council review committee to recommend legislation through the interim committee process. The bill reduces appropriations made in the legislative department's budget bill by $267,807. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Bill Sponsors (12)

Votes


Mar 13, 2025

Actions


Mar 13, 2025

House

Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations

  • Introduction
Appropriations

Senate

Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

Mar 12, 2025

Senate

Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor

Mar 11, 2025

Senate

Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/12/2025 - No Amendments

Mar 07, 2025

Senate

Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole

  • Committee-Passage
  • Referral-Committee
Senate Committee of the Whole Appropriations

Mar 05, 2025

Senate

Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations

  • Introduction
Appropriations

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Reengrossed (03/13/2025) PDF
Engrossed (03/12/2025) PDF
Introduced (03/05/2025) PDF
PA1 (03/07/2025) PDF
Committee Amendment PDF

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Note FN1 (03/06/2025) PDF

Sources

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