by Senate GOP | Feb 6, 2023 | Civics Corner
The word “lobbyist” evokes negative reactions from some constituents. It is easy for people to assume that legislative business at the Colorado Capitol is conducted in the same ways as might occur in Washington, DC, another state, or even on a television show. Such...
by Senate GOP | Feb 6, 2023 | Civics Corner
Occasionally, constituents will contact members of the General Assembly to demand that the state legislature pass a law to ban a certain textbook from use in Colorado public schools. At the same time, other constituents might demand that the state legislature pass a...
by Senate GOP | Feb 6, 2023 | Civics Corner
It is fairly common in Colorado that well-intentioned advocates from outside the Colorado Capitol become frustrated with the leader(s) of their party caucus for failing to enforce ‘party discipline’. One or more members of a given caucus might have sponsored a bill,...
by Senate GOP | Feb 6, 2023 | Civics Corner
From statehood in 1876 until 1974, the lieutenant governor of Colorado served as president of the Colorado Senate. During that time, the role of lieutenant governor was similar to that of the Vice President of the United States, who serves as president of the United...
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...
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