2024 Colorado Legislature

Senate Bill 3 is aimed at making it harder for people to violate the state’s 15-round magazine limit. But the gun industry warns that it would also have a major effect on their business and that it presents safety and liability issues.

Colorado’s 2024 lawmaking term ended with notable civility in comparison to the tense final days of last year’s session. This year, lawmakers came together to pass flagship legislation on property taxes, education funding, housing, and gun control.

Colorado lawmakers passed a bipartisan property tax cut. Outside groups are ready to ask voters for more.

The bill seeks to add a Climate Education Seal of Literacy to high school diplomas. Durango High School students helped advocate for the bill to state legislators.

If approved by lawmakers, the agreement could freeze Colorado’s approach to fossil fuels for almost four years to allow for the full rollout of its policies and regulations.

A bill that would reform transparency and accountability around police misconduct, especially between officers, was introduced this week with just days left in the legislative session.

The measure to remove the statute of limitations for all sexual abuse claims failed in a bipartisan vote on Wednesday, April 17.

Last year, lawmakers handed Gov. Jared Polis a major defeat when they rejected his controversial plan to tackle Colorado’s housing crisis. Now, a similar set of proposals is advancing in the legislature despite bipartisan opposition. Polis signed one proposal into law Monday that will ban occupancy limits statewide, but the rest of his housing proposals face an uncertain future.

The Colorado House is set to take its vote on the state’s $40-billion spending plan on Monday.

A bill backed by Rep. Elizabeth Velasco, Colorado’s first Mexican-born state lawmaker, would create a grant program for local organizations that help new arrivals get settled and connected with services like housing, healthcare, education, and employment.