by Senate GOP | Jan 26, 2023 | Press Release
DENVER– This morning Senator Janice Rich’s (R – Grand Junction) bi-partisan bill SB23-006, Creation of the Rural Opportunity Office, passed unanimously in the Senate Business, Labor, & Technology committee. The bill will codify the Rural Opportunity...
by Senate GOP | Jan 24, 2023 | Civics Corner
When a bill is introduced in the Colorado General Assembly, it is posted to the General Assembly website as the Introduced version. The word “Introduced” will appear in bold capital letters in the upper right corner of the first page of the bill. That version of the...
by Senate GOP | Jan 19, 2023 | Civics Corner
The final Section of a bill that is introduced in the Colorado General Assembly explains when and how that bill would become law, if it were to pass through both legislative chambers and the governor does not veto it. That final Section of a bill will either be a...
by Senate GOP | Jan 19, 2023 | Civics Corner
The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States determines that “The powers not delegated to the United States by the constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.” From that starting point,...
by Senate GOP | Jan 19, 2023 | Civics Corner
In simple terms, a bill is a collection of words and numbers on paper. Each bill that is introduced during a Colorado legislative session proposes to add words and/or numbers to current Colorado statute, remove words and/or numbers from current Colorado statute, or...