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  • 10th Circuit weighs courts’ authority to block Colorado legislative decorum rules

    10th Circuit weighs courts’ authority to block Colorado legislative decorum rules

    The Denver-based federal appeals court questioned on Wednesday whether the rules of decorum governing public comments at Colorado legislative committee hearings are beyond the reach of the judiciary, thanks to the concept of legislative immunity. During oral arguments to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, the judges explored the hypothetical restrictions lawmakers…


  • Colorado Senate committee advances scaled-back bill to add judgeships, with more cuts looming

    Colorado’s Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill to create roughly two dozen new judgeships by a vote of 5-2 on Friday, in a slightly scaled-back effort to address high judicial workloads in many areas of the state. However, with the legislation now heading to the full Senate, one of its sponsors intends to propose cutting…


  • Colorado Senate committee advances bill to create 29 judgeships, with lawmaker support delicate

    The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill to establish 29 new Colorado judgeships by a vote of 6-1 on Wednesday, with supporters and opponents both cautioning that their positions could change based on the availability of money. The committee heard testimony from numerous witnesses in support of the bill, including from sitting judges. Chief Justice…


  • Senator criticizes Judicial Department for seeking budget increase and offering no cuts

    A member of the powerful Joint Budget Committee criticized Colorado’s Judicial Department on Tuesday for seeking an increase to its budget without offering suggestions for cuts. “I think some people are misinformed or just don’t truly understand the situation that we’re in,” said Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, R-Brighton, at a joint hearing of the House and…


  • Judicial branch tells oversight committees that cost of new judgeships has decreased

    Judicial branch leaders told lawmakers on Monday that their priority for the legislative session — the establishment of 29 new judgeships across Colorado — has come down in cost amid broad concerns about the state’s budget deficit. Chief Justice Monica M. Márquez and State Court Administrator Steven Vasconcellos previously informed the Joint Budget Committee that the cost of…


  • Colorado Senate to consider bill to further regulate towing industry

    The next step for a proposal to regulate the towing industry more strictly is the state Senate. On Wednesday, the House approved House Bill 1051 through a mostly party-line 45-16 vote. Sen. Julie Gonzales, D-Denver, whose car was towed last year, will sponsor the bill in the Senate. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); The work of the Transportation Legislative…


  • Colorado Senate to consider bill to further regulate towing industry

    The next step for a proposal to regulate the towing industry more strictly is the state Senate. On Wednesday, the House approved House Bill 1051 through a mostly party-line 45-16 vote. Sen. Julie Gonzales, D-Denver, whose car was towed last year, will sponsor the bill in the Senate. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); The work of the Transportation Legislative…


  • Colorado Senate approves rewritten construction defects bill, which faces uncertain future

    A watered-down version of the Senate’s “construction defects” bill won preliminary approval on Wednesday after four hours of debate and over two weeks of delays, as bill sponsors worked with multiple amendments.  A final 25-8 vote Thursday sends to the bill to the House. With just a few provisions remaining from the original version, Senate Bill…


  • Colorado Senate approves rewritten construction defects bill, which faces uncertain future

    Colorado Senate approves rewritten construction defects bill, which faces uncertain future

    A watered-down version of the Senate’s “construction defects” bill won preliminary approval on Wednesday after four hours of debate and over two weeks of delays, as bill sponsors worked with multiple amendments.  A final 25-8 vote Thursday sends to the bill to the House. With just a few provisions remaining from the original version, Senate Bill…


  • Judicial discipline proposal draws Colorado lawmaker skepticism

    Judicial discipline proposal draws Colorado lawmaker skepticism

    During a legislative oversight hearing on Friday, judicial leaders revealed that a man who broke into the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center earlier this month caused $35 million in damage, resulting in several offices being off-limits for months to come. Chief Justice Brian D. Boatright told members of the House and Senate judiciary committees…


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