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General Assembly adding bills more than subtracting in waning weeks

By 04/18/2018 | updated 7 years ago

Wednesday marks the start of the last three weeks of Colorado’s 2018 General Assembly session.

As of a week ago, the General Assembly still had 295 bills – out of a total of 615 – awaiting final action. You’d think a week later that number would be lower.

You’d be wrong.

As of Wednesday morning, the Senate has now introduced 260 bills – 23 more than a week ago. The House is now at 397, up 21 from last Wednesday.

Out of those 657 measures, 328 still await action ranging from an initial hearing to the governor’s signature (at last count, 22).

Among the bills still in play, virtually unchanged from a week ago:

The 2018 General Assembly session adjourns for the year on Wednesday, May 9.

 
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