Citing fiscal worries, legislative leaders on Tuesday approved a proposal to put 10 interim and year-round committees on hold that would otherwise meet once the legislature concludes its 2025 session on May 7.

They also said they would not accept lawmakers’ requests for new interim panels, known as “letter committees,” this year.

The Executive Committee of the Legislative Council, comprised of the six top leaders of the House and Senate, cited budgetary constraints as the reason for holding interim committees.

The committees include the following:

• The Colorado Youth Advisory Council Committee: Eliminating the council in 2025 and 2026 will save about $50,000 in general funds annually. The council’s members, made up of high school students around the state, will be allowed to make a scheduled presentation to the legislature in July but will not be allowed to meet after that nor offer legislation to the General Assembly for its consideration.

• The Legislative Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery: Committee, a year-round panel that has not met since January 2023.

• The Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning Colorado Jail Standards, which offered three bills for the 2025 session

• The Statewide Health Care Review Committee, which has not met since 2023

• The Colorado Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee, a year-round panel that met in 2024 but did not submit any bills for 2025

• The Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Study Committee, which has not met since 2023.

• The Treatment of Persons with Behavioral Health Disorders in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems committee, which submitted five bills for 2025.

• The Pension Review Subcommittee, which makes recommendations to the Pension Review Commission

• The Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning Tax Policy & Task Force, which submitted five bills for consideration in 2025.

• The Sales and Use Tax Simplification Task Force, which submitted two bills for the 2025 session.

Under the bill draft approved on Tuesday, those committees will not be allowed to meet, travel, or recommend legislation for the 2026 session.

Should it choose to do so, the executive committee still has the authority to approve interim committees.

Interim committees not affected by Tuesday’s decision include the Transportation Legislation Review Committee, an interim committee on artificial intelligence, the Wildfire Matters Review Committee and the American Indian Affairs Interim Study Committee. Year-round committees that also meet post-session and can continue to meet include the Water Resources and Agriculture Review Committee.