When visiting the Colorado General Assembly website, you’ll find a menu of topics that organize that massive and growing library of information into general topics. Where that menu will appear on your screen and how you might go about selecting a category depends on whether you are using a desktop or laptop computer versus a mobile device such as tablet or phone. From a computer, the menu will likely appear horizontally along the top of your browser window. From a mobile device, look for three horizontal bars and then press that icon to open the menu.
The ninth category in that menu is titled “Publications”, which provides access to the following information:
- Find a Publication – Provides access to the three most accessed publications, a link to Search All Publications, and a menu to Browse by Subject all publications.
- All Publications – Provides access to a database where you can search for a publication based on keyword, publication type, year published, subject, and/or agency.
Sometimes, information provided at the General Assembly website is categorized by who initiated or wrote a given document. For example, which legislator(s) requested a certain bill to be drafted or which agency within the Legislative Branch published a given document. Within the Publications menu, the focus turns to topic, meaning the subject matter of a given publication.
You might be interested to find an issue brief, copy of the current or prior chamber Calendar for the state House or Senate, chamber Journal, staff publication, budget related document, or any other publication from within the Legislative Branch. If so, then the Publications menu is provided to help you find what you’re looking for.
Keep in mind that transparency is the premise within Colorado state government. If a publication exists within the Legislative Branch of Colorado government, then you would likely find it by searching the Publications menu at the General Assembly website.
When searching for a publication, the following Subject categories are available, which generally correlate to Titles within state statute:
Agriculture
Business & Economic Development
Capital Construction
Children & Domestic Matters Civil Law
Courts & Judicial
Crimes, Corrections & Enforcement
Education, & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Elections & Redistricting
Energy Financial Services & Commerce
Fiscal Policy & Taxes
Gaming, Lottery & Racing
General Assembly
Health Care & Health Insurance
Higher Education
Housing
Human Services
Immigration
Insurance
Labor & Employment
Liquor, Tobacco & Marijuana
Local Government
Military & Veterans
Natural Resources & Environment
Probate, Trusts & Fiduciaries
Professions & Occupations
Public Health
State Government
State Revenue & Budget Telecommunications & IT
Transportation & Motor Vehicles
Water