Author: Pat Poblete

A bipartisan effort aimed at keeping high-potency THC products out of the hands of teenagers has advanced on to the House floor after clearing its third committee on Tuesday morning. But the bill that advanced through the House Appropriations committee on a 9-2 vote with two Republicans opposed included substantial changes from the version of…

For the second straight day, Republicans in the state House of Representatives slammed the brakes on the chamber’s agenda, drawing out debate through the first weekend workday of the legislative session and well into the evening. The delaying tactic, an effort to get Democrats to the negotiating table over the agenda for the session’s final…

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…

After a 7½-hour hearing, Sen. Pete Lee’s second effort this legislative session to clamp down on the use of arrests and cash bail for what he described as low-level offenses advanced through the Senate Judiciary Committee on a party-line vote. But as with Senate Bill 62, the Colorado Springs Democrat’s initial attempt this year to…

In an effort to curb a rising tide of abuse by teens and young adults, Colorado lawmakers are seeking to crack down on high-potency marijuana concentrates under a bipartisan bill that on Tuesday won unanimous approval from a House panel. “Over the nine years that I’ve been a pediatrician in private practice, I’ve noticed more…

Negotiations on this year’s landmark climate change legislation are still ongoing and the Senate does not have a timeline for advancing the bill, Majority Leader Steve Fenberg said on Tuesday. Senate Bill 200 from Sens. Faith Winter, D-Westminster, and Dominick Moreno, D-Commerce City, and Rep. Dominique Jackson, D-Aurora, is wide-ranging and designed primarily to make…

The state House of Representatives on Monday advanced legislation seeking to build on last year’s police accountability package, setting the stage for a final vote to move the bill on to the Senate. House Bill 1250 from Denver Democratic Reps. Leslie Herod and Assistant Majority Leader Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez seeks to further last year’s Senate Bill…

Here are legislative committee hearings and other events of note for the week ahead at the Colorado state Capitol. Committee schedules are subject to change. The daily schedule is available on the legislature’s website. Testimony and safety protocols for testifying in person at the state Capitol:  “Members of the public and the lobby may submit written testimony on…

A bill seeking to limit the use of ketamine on Thursday moved one step closer to clearing the House after lawmakers gave it preliminary approval after tacking on amendments to narrow the scope of the legislation. “We are looking to limit the use and when it is being used in a prehospital setting with law…