HB 1073

                               Second Regular Session
                            Seventy-fifth General Assembly
                               STATE OF COLORADO
                                                                            INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 26-0675.01 Stephanie Schrab x4330  HOUSE BILL 26-1073
                                 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Weinberg,
                                SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 (None),
House Committees  Senate Committees
State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs
                                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
101CONCERNING A LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF BILLS THAT A
102MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAY INTRODUCE IN A
103REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
                                            Bill Summary
               (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://leg.colorado.gov.)
               Joint rule 24 (b)(1)(A) of the joint rules of the senate and house of
       representatives specifies that a member of the general assembly may not
       introduce more than 5 bills, with certain exceptions, in a regular
       legislative session. The bill creates a statutory limitation on the number
       of bills that a member of the general assembly may introduce.
             Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
         Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
               Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.
Specifically, the bill states that a member of the general assembly may not
introduce more than 3 bills, with certain exceptions, in a regular
legislative session. The bill also creates statutory limitations on the
purpose for which a member of the general assembly may be allowed to
introduce more than 3 bills at any time during a regular legislative
session.
1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
2SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 2-2-328 as
3 follows:
42-2-328. Limitations on introduction of bills by members of
5 the general assembly.
6(1) COMMENCING WITH THE FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE
7 SEVENTY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND DURING EACH REGULAR
8 SESSION THEREAFTER, A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAY NOT
9 INTRODUCE     MORE    THAN    THREE      BILLS,   EXCLUDING   BILLS   FOR
10 APPROPRIATIONS AND BILLS FROM AMONG THOSE RECOMMENDED BY
11 COMMITTEES THAT MEET DURING THE INTERIM AND ARE CREATED BY
12 STATUTE, BY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RESOLUTION, OR PURSUANT TO
13 SECTION 2-3-303.3. IN ADDITION TO ANY BILLS RECOMMENDED FOR
14 APPROVAL AS INTERIM COMMITTEE BILLS, THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES
15 CREATED IN ARTICLE 3 OF THIS TITLE 2 AND THE COMMITTEES OF
16 REFERENCE PERFORMING THE DUTIES REQUIRED IN SECTIONS 24-1-136
17 AND    24-34-104   MAY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR STATUTORY
18 AUTHORITY, RECOMMEND ANY ADDITIONAL BILLS FOR INTRODUCTION
19 DURING A LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SUCH ADDITIONAL BILLS SHALL BE
20 EXEMPT FROM THE THREE-BILL LIMITATION SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBSECTION
21 (1).
22(2) NOTWITHSTANDING THE LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF BILLS THAT
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1 A LEGISLATOR MAY INTRODUCE DURING A REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION,
2 THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE MAJORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE,
3 AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, OR THE SPEAKER OF THE
4 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE MAJORITY LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF
5 REPRESENTATIVES, AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF
6 REPRESENTATIVES MAY ALLOW A LEGISLATOR IN THEIR RESPECTIVE
7 CHAMBER TO INTRODUCE ONE OR MORE ADDITIONAL BILLS AT ANY TIME
8 DURING THE REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION ONLY IF AT LEAST TWO OF
9 SUCH SENATORS OR REPRESENTATIVES, AS APPLICABLE, DETERMINE THAT:
10(a)   THE BILL IS REQUESTED BY A LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
11 CREATED IN ARTICLE 3 OF THIS TITLE 2 IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS
12 STATUTORY AUTHORITY OR REQUESTED BY THE COMMITTEES OF
13 REFERENCE PERFORMING THE DUTIES REQUIRED IN SECTIONS 24-1-136
14 AND 24-34-104, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR STATUTORY AUTHORITY;
15(b) THE REQUESTED BILL PERTAINS TO AN EMERGENCY MATTER
16 THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEFORE THE
17 NEXT REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION; OR
18(c) THE REQUESTED BILL PERTAINS TO THE CORRECTION OF A
19 TECHNICAL OR CLERICAL ERROR IN A BILL ALREADY PASSED DURING THE
20 THEN CURRENT REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
21SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
22 takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
23 ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August
24 12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026); except that, if a
25 referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the
26 state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act
27 within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect
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1 unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in
2 November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the
3 official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.
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