Legislature

The Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition is working to create a statewide in-person voting program in all Colorado jails.

Colorado lawmakers hit the ground running last week, introducing more than 160 bills in the first week of session.

Auon’tai Anderson announced on Tuesday that he will not seek a spot in the Colorado House of Representatives and will instead head up an education nonprofit dedicated to improving outcomes for Black students.

A gun-rights group filed a federal lawsuit against Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Monday, aiming to overturn a new state law that bans owning, buying, transporting, making or selling so-called ghost guns. 

There are 17 laws that will go into effect in Colorado on Jan. 1. Most of them were deliberated and passed during the most recent regular legislative session, which ended in May.

With U.S. democracy plagued by extremism, polarization, and a growing disconnect between voters and lawmakers, a set of reforms that could dramatically upend how Americans vote is gaining momentum at surprising speed in Western states.

People who have been affected by the criminal legal system should have more opportunity to influence the formation of criminal justice policy in Colorado, stakeholders said during a meeting Monday.

A group of Colorado lawmakers wants the state to study the effects of slavery and systemic racism on Black Coloradans in order to better understand the types of policies and laws that could advance equity.

A group of Colorado lawmakers on Tuesday approved a baseline set of standards for how jails in the state should house, feed, restrain, treat and care for the people within their facilities, concluding a 17-month-long process to develop guidelines for the first time in the state’s history.

Law Week spoke with real estate attorneys at five local law firms about affordable housing ahead of the next legislative session.