Just as predicted, these first two bills are really bad. The third one might have resulted in some good recommendations so of course it was ‘postponed indefinitely’. SB23-303 Reduce Property Taxes And Voter-approved Revenue Change Sounds good, eh? …
COLORADO LEGISLATURE 2023 30 APRIL 2023
Just when I think I’ve got them figured out, the legislators fool me. This is usually the time when they introduce really bad ‘must pass’ bills and suspend parliamentary procedures to do so. There are six more legislative days…
COLORADO LEGISLATURE 2023 24 APRIL 2023
Twenty five new bills dropped this week. Of the 13 introduced in the House, 10 were introduced after the deadline. In the Senate only 3 of the 12 were late. I have copied the entry from the schedule: BILL…
COLORADO LEGISLATURE 2023 16 APRIL 2023
578 bills have been introduced so far, with only a few days to go. You probably were so busy working to pay the government that you did not know you needed this many new laws—EVERY YEAR. HB23-1289 Sustainable…
COLORADO LEGISLATURE 2023 10 APRIL 2023
If we are reading the schedule properly, the last day to introduce a bill is 18 April and adjournment is 8 May. So, except for ‘emergency’ appropriations adjustments, there is only one more week of this foolishness. The next…
COLORADO LEGISLATURE 2023 2 APRIL 2023
As we postulated last week, in these last 5 weeks of the session we should expect some really bad bills. The first one listed below is a prime example. HB23-1257 Mobile Home Park Water Quality There is so much…
COLORADO LEGISLATURE 2023 26 MAR 2023
Approximately 77 new bills this week, at least two of which seem to be good (2 & 3 below). With only 6 weeks left in the session, if history is a teacher, we can expect some REALLY bad ones…
COLORADO LEGISLATURE 2023 19 MAR 2023
Another ‘light’ week with only 17 new bills. Most seem innocuous enough until you remember that every expansion of government is a reduction in liberty. Maybe not yours. Maybe not this time. Just be patient—they will get to you. …
COLORADO LEGISLATURE 2023 12 MAR 2023
Some of the bills I read have me convinced that our legislators try to see who can ‘outstupid’ whom. Then I read others that are a display of pure evil. See examples of both below by clicking here. HB23-1231 …
COLORADO LEGISLATURE 2023 6 MAR 2023
Another ‘light ‘week from the ‘lightweights’ in the legislature—only 19 new bills, and IT DOESN’T GET ANY WORSE THAN THIS. HB23-1230 Prohibit Assault Weapons In Colorado ‘Concerning prohibitions on certain firearms used in public mass shootings’ YOU…