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THIS WEEK AT THE COLORADO CAPITOL | Week of Jan. 22, 2024

Here are legislative committee hearings and other events of note for the week ahead for the Colorado General Assembly.

Committee schedules are subject to change. Schedules for both the House and Senate can change at any time. The website is the best resource for keeping up with daily activities. 

Options for public testimony during committee hearings can be found here

Regulations for remote testimony by the public can be found here.

Bills listed below may not be the only items considered by a committee during the hearings. 

MONDAY, JANUARY 22

1:30 p.m. House Agriculture Water & Natural Resources Committee, room 107

  • HB 1032, Lynch and Duran – Extend Wild Horse Population Management Timeline
  • HB 1024, Story and Velasco – Extend Outreach Campaigns Wildfire Risk Mitigation

1:30 p.m., Senate Judiciary Committee, Old Supreme Court chambers

  • SB 29, Gonzales and Rodriguez – Study Metrics to Measure Criminal Justice System Success
  • SB 30 Rodriguez and Gonzales – Recidivism Definition Working Group

TUESDAY, JANUARY 23

1:30 p.m., House Judiciary Committee, room 112

  • HB 1090, Titone and Ricks – Privacy Protections Criminal Justice Records
  • HB 1054, Amabile and Garcia – Jail Standards Commission Recommendations
  • HB 1079, Amabile and English – Persons Detained in Jail on Emergency Commitment

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24

1:30 p.m., House Health & Human Services Committee, room 107

  • HB 1025, Froelich – Implement Fertility Coverage for Health Plans
  • HB 1017, Daugherty – Bill of Rights for Foster Youth

Upon adjournment, Senate Health & Human Services Committee, room 357

  • SB 1, Michaelson Jenet – Continue Youth Mental Health Services Program. Background here.

Upon adjournment of the joint transportation committee, Senate Transportation & Energy Committee, room 352

  • SB 39, Liston – Nuclear Energy as a Clean Energy Resource

THURSDAY, JANUARY 25

Upon adjournment, House State, Civic, Military & Veterans Affairs Committee, Legislative Services Building, Room A (LSB-A)

  • HB 1026 Bockenfeld – Local Govt TABOR Prior Voter Approval Requirement

1:30 p.m., House Business Affairs & Labor Committee, room 112

  • HB 1081, Amabile and Catlin – Regulate Sale Transfer Sodium Nitrite

1:30 p.m., Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee, room 352

  • SJR 4, Roberts and Simpson – Water Projects Eligibility Lists
  • SB 28, Cutter and Will – Study Biochar in Wildfire Mitigation Efforts
  • SB 31, Roberts – Local Authority Enforce Violation of Noxious Weed Act
  • SB 5, Roberts and Simpson – Prohibit Landscaping Practices for Water Conservation. Background here.
In this file photo, the Colorado State Capitol is pictured on the final day of the legislative session on June 8, 2021, in Denver.
Katie Klann, Gazette file
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