SB 25-199 CO Became Law
Suspend Legislative Interim Activities
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Summary
The act suspends legislative interim committee activities during the 2025 legislative interim (interim). Specifically, the act: 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; 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; 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 act removes the authority of the Colorado youth advisory council review committee to recommend legislation through the interim committee process. The act reduces appropriations made in the legislative department's budget bill by $272,355. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Sponsors (4)
- Paul Lundeen · primary
- Robert Rodriguez Democratic · primary
- Julie McCluskie Democratic · primary
- Rose Pugliese · primary
28 coauthors / cosponsors
- J. Coleman Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Duran Democratic · cosponsor
- C. Kipp Democratic · cosponsor
- B. Kirkmeyer Republican · cosponsor
- R. Pelton Republican · cosponsor
- C. Simpson Republican · cosponsor
- M. Snyder Democratic · cosponsor
- F. Winter · cosponsor
- R. Armagost · cosponsor
- J. Bacon Democratic · cosponsor
- C. Barron Republican · cosponsor
- S. Bird · cosponsor
- S. Bottoms Republican · cosponsor
- J. Caldwell Republican · cosponsor
- L. Garcia Sander Republican · cosponsor
- R. Gonzalez Republican · cosponsor
- A. Hartsook Republican · cosponsor
- D. Johnson Republican · cosponsor
- R. Keltie Republican · cosponsor
- J. Phillips Democratic · cosponsor
- C. Richardson Republican · cosponsor
- N. Ricks Democratic · cosponsor
- L. Suckla Republican · cosponsor
- R. Taggart Republican · cosponsor
- R. Weinberg Republican · cosponsor
- T. Winter Republican · cosponsor
- S. Woodrow Democratic · cosponsor
- D. Woog Republican · cosponsor
Action history (18)
- Apr 30, 2025 Governor Signed · executive
- Apr 25, 2025 Sent to the Governor · executive
- Apr 25, 2025 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
- Apr 24, 2025 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
- Apr 16, 2025 Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass · upper
- Apr 15, 2025 House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass · lower
- Apr 7, 2025 First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Reengrossed w/ Amendments · legislature
- Mar 28, 2025 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee · upper
- Mar 26, 2025 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
- Mar 25, 2025 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · lower
- Mar 20, 2025 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
- Mar 18, 2025 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
- Mar 13, 2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations · lower
- Mar 13, 2025 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
- Mar 12, 2025 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · upper
- Mar 11, 2025 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/12/2025 - No Amendments · upper
- Mar 7, 2025 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
- Mar 5, 2025 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations · upper
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