The House Finance Committee will meet on Saturday morning to take up a slate of bills, marking the first time this legislative session that lawmakers will work on a weekend.

The announcement from Finance Chair Shannon Bird, D-Westminster, on Friday afternoon comes as the legislative session winds towards a conclusion. General Assembly leaders have previously indicated they were aiming to adjourn for the session around Memorial Day, though those projections were complicated by a handful of outstanding issues.

For one, a number of big-ticket items are still working through the legislative process – including the Colorado Option bill, a prescription drug affordability board, two tax measures, a transportation funding bill, a proposal adding enforcement measures to the state’s climate change goals, a bill phasing out single-use plastics, a trio of gun control bills introduced in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Boulder and an effort to keep high-potency THC products out of the hands of teenagers.

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On top of that, the lawmakers need to figure out how to spend the $3.8 billion tied to the federal American Rescue Plan.

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With the legislative calendar capped at 120 days, lawmakers can continue working through June 12.

According to Bird’s announcement on the House floor Friday afternoon, her panel will meet at 9 a.m. on Saturday to consider the following House bills:

• HB 1301, a measure aimed at addressing the impact of adverse weather on outdoor marijuana cultivation as well as cross-pollination of marijuana and hemp crops;
• HB 1306, which would bump up the number of bodies that can accredit private colleges and universities;
• HB 1314, a measure that would repeal the state Department of Revenue’s discretionary and mandatory authority to revoke driver’s licenses for a handful of offenses;
• HB 1315, which seeks to repeal the requirement for juveniles to pay some court-related fees, costs and surcharges; and
• HB 1229, which would make changes to the regulations for home owners’ associations.