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Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday signed a bill backed by leading Colorado Democratic lawmakers to exempt the legislature from parts of the state's open-meetings law for emails and text messages.

The Colorado legislature is debating a bill aimed at expanding its rape shield law to prevent victims of sexual assault from facing scrutiny of their clothing by defense attorneys in court.

Let’s start with the good news on a bad bill under consideration at the Legislature: Gov. Jared Polis is adamantly opposed to it. So, while HB24-1028 is still on the

The Colorado Legislature gave final approval Monday to a bill that narrows the scope of the state’s open meetings law as it relates to state lawmakers.

Many bills related to firearm regulation are scheduled for their first committee hearing in the Colorado Legislature.

Colorado lawmakers this year are considering a handful of firearm regulations. While a slate of connected gun bills was released last year with fanfare and joint leadership support, the bills this year have trickled out largely unannounced. Gun rights groups have already promised legal action against any new regulations, bolstered by the 2022 U.S. Supreme […] The post Colorado gun bills face first test in committee hearings appeared first on Colorado Newsline.

The Colorado legislature is debating a bill aimed at expanding its rape shield law to prevent victims of sexual assault from facing scrutiny of their clothing by defense attorneys in court.

A Denver socialist Democrat pushed her bill to legalize the illegal use of deadly drugs across Colorado in taxpayer funded injection centers through a state House committee on a party line vote last week. Democrats voting along with bill sponsor state Rep. Elisabeth Epps were fellow socialist Tim H

The Colorado legislature is debating a bill aimed at expanding its rape shield law to prevent victims of sexual assault from facing scrutiny of their clothing by defense attorneys in court.

A bill intended by sponsors to clarify Colorado's open meetings law for state lawmakers is headed to Gov. Jared Polis' desk.