SB 25-199: Suspend Legislative Interim Activities - Colorado

Revised (03/25/2025) → PA1 (03/07/2025) · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill amends Colorado Revised Statutes to limit the Colorado Youth Advisory Council's activities during the 2025 legislative interim and restrict its meetings in 2026. The changes reduce the council's ability to prioritize interim committee requests, limit the number of bills it can recommend, and significantly restrict in-person meetings to only one session in July 2025 with no meetings allowed in 2026.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on the Colorado Youth Advisory Council and legislative interim committee activities, but the applicability is narrowed by imposing stricter meeting and reporting limitations for the 2025-2026 period.

REQUIREMENT

The Colorado Youth Advisory Council is prohibited from prioritizing requests for interim committees, task forces, or legislative recommendations during the 2025 interim.

Interim committees are limited to requesting no more than five bills for drafting and recommending no more than three bills for introduction in the 2026 regular session.

The council's authority to meet in person is limited to at least two meetings per year, with additional meetings allowed only at the discretion of council leadership subject to available funds.

TIMELINE

The council is restricted to meeting only once after the 2025 regular legislative session (in July 2025) and is prohibited from meeting at any time during the 2026 calendar year.

FISCAL

The council is prohibited from contracting with nonprofit organizations to provide services during the 2025-26 and 2026-27 fiscal years.

Rerevised (03/26/2025) → Revised (03/25/2025) · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill adds new restrictions on legislative bill drafting and repeals a subsection effective July 1, 2026. It also modifies meeting requirements for a nonlegislative council, requiring two in-person meetings annually and limiting post-session meetings to once in July 2025 with no meetings in 2026.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on legislative procedures and council operations, with no change to overall applicability.

REQUIREMENT

Added a limit that legislators may not request more than five bills to be drafted and may not recommend more than three bills for introduction in the 2026 regular session.

Modified council meeting requirements to mandate at least two in-person meetings per year with all members at the same physical location.

TIMELINE

Added a repeal of subsection (3)(f) effective July 1, 2026.

Modified council meeting schedule to require only one post-session meeting in July 2025 and prohibit any meetings during the 2026 calendar year.

PA2 (03/19/2025) → Rerevised (03/26/2025) · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was revised to clarify that interim committees cannot prioritize requests for new committees or task forces during the 2025 legislative interim. The revision also reorganized the bill text to remove repealed sections and streamline the language regarding bill drafting limits and the sunset date for these restrictions.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on suspending legislative interim activities, but the text was cleaned up to remove redundant repealed sections and clarify the prohibition on prioritizing committee requests.

REQUIREMENT

Clarified that interim committees are prohibited from prioritizing any requests for interim committees or task forces during the 2025 interim.

TECHNICAL

Removed redundant text and repealed sections (3)(e) and (3)(f) that were previously included but scheduled for repeal on July 1, 2026.

Reorganized the bill text to align with the reengrossed version, removing formatting inconsistencies and updating the bill summary to reflect current amendments.

Final Act (04/25/2025) → PA2 (03/19/2025) · 12 edits

MAJOR

This bill suspends legislative interim committee activities for the 2025 interim and reduces certain bill drafting and recommendation limits. It also repeals specific restrictions on several committees that were set to expire on July 1, 2026, effectively removing those limitations. The changes affect how legislative committees operate during interim sessions and which committees can meet or recommend legislation.

Scope change

The bill applies to all legislative interim committees and specifically names several committees including the Colorado youth advisory council review committee, legislative emergency preparedness committee, jail standards oversight committee, health care review committee, health insurance exchange oversight committee, opioid study committee, behavioral health oversight committee, pension review commission, tax policy oversight committee, and sales tax simplification task force.

REQUIREMENT

Prohibits the legislative council from prioritizing or approving any interim committees or task forces for the 2025 interim session.

Limits interim committees to requesting no more than five bills for drafting and recommending no more than three bills for introduction in the 2026 regular session during the 2025 interim.

Repeals restrictions that prohibited the Colorado youth advisory council review committee from meeting or recommending legislation during the 2025 interim.

Repeals restrictions that prohibited the legislative emergency preparedness, response, and recovery committee from meeting during the 2025 interim.

Repeals restrictions that prohibited the legislative oversight committee for Colorado jail standards from meeting or recommending legislation during the 2025 interim.

Repeals restrictions that prohibited the statewide health care review committee from meeting or taking field trips during the 2025 interim.

Repeals restrictions that prohibited the Colorado health insurance exchange oversight committee from meeting or reporting to the legislative council during the 2025 interim.

Repeals restrictions that prohibited the opioid and other substance use disorders study committee from meeting or recommending legislation during the 2025 interim.

Repeals restrictions that prohibited the legislative oversight committee concerning behavioral health disorders in criminal and juvenile justice systems from meeting during the 2025 interim.

Repeals restrictions that prohibited the pension review commission and subcommittee from meeting during the 2025 interim.

Repeals restrictions that prohibited the legislative oversight committee concerning tax policy from meeting during the 2025 interim.

Repeals restrictions that prohibited the sales and use tax simplification task force from meeting during the 2025 interim.

Signed Act (04/30/2025) → Final Act (04/25/2025) · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill suspends legislative interim committee activities for the 2025 interim, prohibiting committees from meeting, approving tasks, or recommending legislation during that period. It also reduces appropriations related to these activities and repeals certain interim committee provisions effective July 1, 2026.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include multiple sections across different statutes (2-3-303.3, 2-3-1503, 10-22.3-101, 24-51.1-101) that collectively suspend interim committee operations for the 2025 interim.

TIMELINE

Added prohibitions preventing interim committees from meeting, approving tasks, or recommending legislation during the 2025 interim period.

REQUIREMENT

Repealed interim committee reporting requirements effective July 1, 2026, removing obligations for certain committees to comply with review and reporting mandates.

Modified the Opioid and other substance use disorders study committee to allow meetings during the 2025 interim but limit bill recommendations to five total per interim.

FISCAL

Reduced appropriations related to interim committee activities and eliminated per diem compensation for legislative members attending meetings during the 2025 interim.

TECHNICAL

Added note indicating the bill has been prepared for signatures of legislative officers and the Governor.

Reengrossed (03/13/2025) → Signed Act (04/30/2025) · 10 edits · Apr 30, 2025

MAJOR

This bill suspends all legislative interim committee activities for the 2025 interim period and reduces the number of bills these committees can recommend for the 2026 regular session. The changes apply to multiple specific committees including youth advisory, emergency preparedness, jail standards, health care review, insurance exchange oversight, substance use disorders study, behavioral health oversight, and pension review. The suspensions are temporary and set to expire on July 1, 2026.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include additional committees beyond the original version, specifically adding restrictions on the pension review commission and subcommittee which were not previously covered.

REQUIREMENT

Added prohibitions preventing the Legislative Council from prioritizing any interim committees or approving task forces for the 2025 interim.

Limited interim committees to requesting no more than five bills for drafting and recommending no more than three bills for introduction in the 2026 regular session.

Added restrictions on the Representative Hugh McKean Colorado youth advisory council review committee, limiting it to recommending up to three bills during each interim.

Added prohibition preventing the legislative emergency preparedness, response, and recovery committee from meeting or recommending legislation during the 2025 interim.

Added prohibition preventing the legislative oversight committee for Colorado jail standards from meeting or recommending legislation during the 2025 interim.

Added prohibition preventing the statewide health care review committee from meeting or taking field trips during the 2025 interim.

Added prohibition preventing the Colorado health insurance exchange oversight committee from meeting, reporting to the Legislative Council, or recommending legislation during the 2025 interim.

Added prohibition preventing the opioid and other substance use disorders study committee from meeting or recommending legislation during the 2025 interim.

Added prohibition preventing the legislative oversight committee concerning behavioral health disorders in criminal and juvenile justice systems from meeting or recommending legislation during the 2025 interim.

Added prohibition preventing the pension review commission and subcommittee from meeting during the 2025 interim, with legislative members not entitled to per diem compensation if they attend meetings during this period.

Engrossed (03/12/2025) → Reengrossed (03/13/2025) · 4 edits · Mar 13, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was reengrossed to add four new co-sponsors (Kipp, Kirkmeyer, Pelton R., Simpson, Snyder, Winter F.) to the Senate sponsorship list. The primary substantive change is the deletion of a section that previously required the legislative committee to submit a preparedness plan by July 1, 2011, and meet annually to review it. Additionally, a provision that prohibited the committee from meeting or recommending legislation during the 2025 interim was removed.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding legislative committee preparedness planning has been significantly reduced by removing the requirement to submit a plan by 2011 and the annual review mandate, as well as the 2025 interim meeting restriction.

TECHNICAL

Added five new co-sponsors to the Senate sponsorship list: Kipp, Kirkmeyer, Pelton R., Simpson, and Winter F.

REQUIREMENT

Removed the requirement for the legislative committee to submit a preparedness plan to the speaker, president, governor, and other officials no later than July 1, 2011.

Removed the mandate that the legislative committee meet at least annually to review and amend the preparedness plan.

Removed the prohibition preventing the committee from meeting or recommending legislation during the 2025 interim.

Introduced (03/05/2025) → Engrossed (03/12/2025) · 5 edits · Mar 13, 2025

MODERATE

This bill suspends legislative interim committee activities for the 2025 interim and reduces an appropriation by adding new limitations on committee operations and bill recommendations. The changes matter because they restrict how many bills can be drafted and recommended during the interim, limit youth advisory council meetings, and prohibit certain committees from operating or contracting during specific fiscal years.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from only suspending legislative interim activities to also including reductions in appropriations and additional restrictions on youth advisory councils and emergency preparedness committees.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new subsection (3)(f) requiring interim committees to limit bill drafting requests to no more than five bills and bill recommendations to no more than three bills during the 2025 interim.

Added restrictions limiting the Colorado youth advisory council review committee to meeting only once in the 2025 interim, prohibiting meetings in 2026 interim, and precluding contracting with nonprofits for 2025-26 and 2026-27 fiscal years.

Added a prohibition on the legislative emergency preparedness, response, and recovery committee from meeting or recommending legislation during the 2025 interim.

TIMELINE

Added a repeal provision for subsection (3)(f) effective July 1, 2026, establishing a one-year limitation period for the new requirements.

SCOPE

Modified the bill title and summary to reflect additional provisions regarding reducing an appropriation and expanding restrictions on committee activities beyond just suspending interim activities.

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