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Part 3 - Organization - Operation
§ 2-2-301. Call of Houses to Order - At the time established as provided in section 2-2-303.5 for...
§ 2-2-302. Clerks to File Certificates - Roll - Officers - The clerk of each house shall file the certificates presented...
§ 2-2-303. Committee on Credentials - Permanent Organization - Source: G.L. § 1292. G.S. § 1577. R.S. 08: §...
§ 2-2-303.5. Time for Convening Regular Sessions - Procedure for Convening Earlier - Source: L. 94: Entire section added, p. 579, § 2,...
§ 2-2-304. Members Not to Be Questioned - No members of the general assembly will be questioned in...
§ 2-2-305. Legislative Employees - Compensation - The officers and employees of each house of the general...
§ 2-2-306. Appointment - Qualifications - Duties - All such officers and employees, except as otherwise provided in...
§ 2-2-307. Compensation of Members - Reimbursement of Expenses - Repeal - (1.5) Repealed. (I.5) The chair of an interim committee authorized...
§ 2-2-308. Officers and Employees - Cessation of Pay - When - Exceptions - Source: L. 15: p. 257, § 4. C.L. § 9....
§ 2-2-309. Method of Payment - Source: L. 15: p. 257, § 5. C.L. § 10....
§ 2-2-310. Senate and House Journals Published - The speaker of the house of representatives and the president...
§ 2-2-311. Disposition of Journals - Source: L. 1899: p. 242, § 2. R.S. 08: §...
§ 2-2-312. Cost of Publication - The cost of the publication of said journals shall be...
§ 2-2-313. Witnesses - Attendance Before Assembly - The general assembly, or either house thereof, by resolution or...
§ 2-2-314. Violation - Penalty - Any person who fails or refuses to obey any such...
§ 2-2-315. Member May Administer Oath - The chairman of any committee appointed by either house of...
§ 2-2-316. Legislative Declaration - Travel by Members - During Adjournment - Considering the greatly improved highways and airways of this state...
§ 2-2-317. Expense, Subsistence, and Travel Allowance - Definition - Source: L. 67: p. 955, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: §...
§ 2-2-318. Members to Be Reimbursed for Expenses - Each member of the general assembly shall be reimbursed for...
§ 2-2-319. Sections 2-2-316 to 2-2-319 Provide No Increase in Compensation or Mileage - The general assembly declares that the provisions of sections 2-2-316...
§ 2-2-320. Legislative Department Contracts - Approval - Source: L. 73: p. 672, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: §...
§ 2-2-321. Designation and Assignment of Space in Capitol Buildings Group and on the Grounds Thereof - Source: L. 76: Entire section added, p. 292, § 1,...
§ 2-2-322. Fiscal Notes - Repeal - (2.5) If a legislative measure creates a new criminal offense,...
§ 2-2-322.3. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reports - Definitions - Repeal - Source: L. 2019: Entire section added, (HB 19-1188), ch. 339,...
§ 2-2-322.5. Demographic Notes - Definitions - Source: L. 2019: Entire section added, (HB 19-1184), ch. 261,...
§ 2-2-323. Service of Process on the General Assembly - Legislative Declaration - Source: L. 94: Entire section added, p. 26, § 1,...
§ 2-2-325. Legislative Appointees - Boards and Commissions - Other Governmental Bodies - Unless otherwise provided by law, appointments or reappointments of persons...
§ 2-2-326. Compensation and Expenses for Members Appointed to and Serving on State Entities - Definition - Source: L. 2014: Entire section added, (SB 14-153), ch. 390,...
Part 4 - Interference With the Legislative Process
§ 2-2-401. Legislative Declaration - The general assembly finds and declares that in addition to...
§ 2-2-402. Chief Security Officers - Source: L. 73: p. 679, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: §...
§ 2-2-403. Indemnification of Members, Officers, and Employees of the General Assembly - Source: L. 73: p. 679, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: §...
§ 2-2-404. Legislative Rules - (1.5) Repealed. (7) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection...
§ 2-2-405. Injunctions - If the presiding officer of either the senate or the...
§ 2-2-406. Contempt of Either House - Source: L. 73: p. 682, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: §...
Part 5 - Legislative Districts - Implementation of Commission Plan
§ 2-2-501. Number of Members of General Assembly - Election From Districts - The senate of the general assembly shall consist of thirty-five...
§ 2-2-502. Definitions - As used in this part 5: Source: L. 81: Entire...
§ 2-2-503. Designation of Senatorial Districts to Elect in Years Ending in 2 and 4 - As a part of its preliminary and final redistricting plans...
§ 2-2-504. Holdover Senators Keep Office - Vacancies - Source: L. 81: Entire part added, p. 333, § 1,...
§ 2-2-505. Maps of Legislative Districts - Source: L. 81: Entire part added, p. 333, § 1,...
§ 2-2-506. Precinct Boundaries - Source: L. 81: Entire part added, p. 333, § 1,...
§ 2-2-507. Attachments and Detachments - Source: L. 81: Entire part added, p. 334, § 1,...
§ 2-2-508. Changes in County and Municipal Boundaries - Whenever the boundaries of a senatorial or representative district coincide...
§ 2-2-509. Published Plan and Records - Source: L. 81: Entire part added, p. 335, § 1,...
§ 2-2-511. Applicability - This part 5 applies to the legislative commission appointed in...
Part 7 - Enactment of Laws Regarding Sentencing of Criminal Offenders
§ 2-2-701. General Assembly - Bills Regarding the Sentencing of Criminal Offenders - Legislative Intent - Definition - Source: L. 91: Entire part added, p. 390, § 1,...
§ 2-2-702. General Assembly - Bills Regarding the Sentencing of Criminal Offenders - Required to Be Assigned to the Appropriations Committee of the House of Introduction - On and after July 1, 1991, any bill which is...
§ 2-2-703. General Assembly - Bills Which Result in a Net Increase in Periods of Imprisonment in State Correctional Facilities - Funding Must Be Provided in the Bill - On and after July 1, 1991, a bill may not...
Part 8 - Plain Language in State Laws
§ 2-2-801. Plain Language Requirement in State Laws - Any person, including members of the general assembly and employees...
§ 2-2-802. People First Language in State Laws - Source: L. 2010: Entire section added, (HB 10-1137), ch. 93,...
Part 9 - Census Data for Redistricting
§ 2-2-901. Population Data for Redistricting - For purposes of redrawing the boundaries of congressional, state senatorial,...
§ 2-2-902. Accurate Census Data - Electronic Record of Prisoner Home Address - Adjustment of Census Data - Definitions - Source: L. 2020: Entire section added, (HB 20-1010), ch. 38,...
Part 12 - Post-Enactment Review of the Implementation of Bills
§ 2-2-1201. Accountability Clauses - Post-Enactment Review of Implementation of Bills by Legislative Service Agencies - Definitions - Repeal - Source: L. 2006: Entire part added, p. 224, § 1,...
Part 13 - Youth Advisory Council
§ 2-2-1301. Short Title - This part 13 shall be known and may be cited...
§ 2-2-1301.5. Definitions - As used in this part 13, unless the context otherwise...
§ 2-2-1302. Colorado Youth Advisory Council - Creation - Purpose - Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1670, § 1,...
§ 2-2-1303. Membership - Selection - Terms - (I) and (II) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2013.) Source: L....
§ 2-2-1304. Duties - Meetings - Community Outreach - Designation of Organization to Accept Donations - Authority to Contract - Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1672, § 1,...
§ 2-2-1305. Reporting Requirements - On or before April 30, 2014, and on or before...
§ 2-2-1305.5. Colorado Youth Advisory Council Review Committee - Created - Source: L. 2019: Entire section added, (HB 19-1024), ch. 373,...
§ 2-2-1306. Youth Advisory Council Cash Fund - Created - Gifts, Grants, and Donations - There is created in the state treasury the youth advisory...
§ 2-2-1307. Repeal of Part - This part 13 is repealed, effective September 1, 2023. Prior...
Part 16 - Legislative Department Cash Fund
§ 2-2-1601. Legislative Department Cash Fund - Redistricting Accounts - Creation - Definition - Repeal - (2.6) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any money appropriated...
Part 20 - Legislative Interim Committee on School Finance
§ 2-2-2001. Legislative Interim Committee on School Finance - Creation - Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1325), ch. 376,...
§ 2-2-2002. Issues to Study - Recommendations to General Assembly - Legislative Declaration - Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1325), ch. 376,...
§ 2-2-2003. Poverty Study - Contract - Report - Legislative Declaration - Repeal - Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1325), ch. 376,...
§ 2-2-2004. Repeal of Part - This part 20 is repealed, effective July 1, 2023. Source:...