Legislature

House committee clears bill for Colorado concealed carry training standards

A bill that would substantially rework Colorado’s concealed carry permit training made it through its first committee hearing Tuesday.

Colorado’s Justice System, Youth, Firearm Rights in Focus this Week at the State Capitol

Bills focusing on youth and children were introduced to the legislature this week while other bills addressed the justice system and gun laws.

Colorado bill would ban guns at public parks, hospitals, other ‘sensitive places’

A Colorado bill would ban firearms from 19 locations defined as “sensitive” spaces.

Bill in Colorado to provide cash assistance to people leaving prison dies

Colorado lawmakers killed a bill that would have provided direct cash assistance for daily expenses to support people recently released from incarceration. 

Youth-Centered Foster Bill of Rights Works Through Colorado Legislature

A bill giving youth in foster care specific rights in Colorado is working its way through the Colorado Legislature.

Intense opposition to U.S. Senate immigration deal quickly emerges

The proposed global security funding legislation that includes major bipartisan updates to immigration policy encountered opposition Monday.

Durango students after classmate’s overdose death inspire Narcan bill at Colorado Legislature

Students in Colorado would be expressly allowed to carry drug overdose reversal medication on campus and at school activities under a bill working its way through the Legislature, a policy that advocates say is a reasonable application of harm reduction thinking.

Bills Addressing Affordable Housing, Deepfakes in Elections Campaigns, Federal Immigration Law Enforcement Introduced

After being vetoed last session, the government right of first refusal bill has been reintroduced with modifications.

First in the Nation Bill Would Protect Coloradans’ Biological and Neural Data

A first in the nation bill that intends to protect consumer biological and neural data passed its first hearing in the Colorado Legislature.

Here’s what is in the Colorado bill to allow construction of more accessory dwelling...

Owners of single-family homes would be allowed to build accessory dwelling units on their property under a recently introduced bill.