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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Modify 2026 Interim Committees"
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description: "The act modifies legislative interim committee activities during the 2026 legislative interim (interim). Specifically, the act:Prohibits the legislative council of the general assembly from prioritizing any requests for interim committees, including task forces, for the 2026 interim;For an interim committee that meets during the 2026 interim, limits the number of acts the interim committee can request to be drafted to 5 and can recommend for introduction to 3;Prohibits members serving on statutorily created interim committees and state entities from receiving per diem and travel expenses for attending interim committee meetings during the 2026 interim;Prohibits meetings, field trips, and legislative recommendations and reports by, and suspends for one year certain reports required to be submitted to, existing interim committees, including the capital development committee; legislative oversight committee for Colorado jail standards; American Indian affairs interim committee; legislation inside advisory council review committee; Colorado health insurance exchange oversight committee; legislative oversight committee concerning the treatment of persons with behavioral health disorders in the criminal and juvenile justice systems; pension review commission and pension review subcommittee; legislative oversight committee concerning tax policy; and sales and use tax simplification task force;Prohibits meetings and other activities of the transportation legislation review committee and the water resources and agricultural review committee during the 2026-27 state fiscal year; andRepeals the legislative emergency preparedness, response, and recovery committee and the statewide health care review committee. The act decreases the appropriations in House Bill 26-1333, concerning the payment of the expenses of the legislative department, for the 2026-27 state fiscal year for the legislative department as follows:The general fund appropriation for the general assembly is decreased by $183,699;The general fund appropriation for the legislative council is decreased by $161,162, and the related FTE is decreased by 1.9 FTE; andThe general fund appropriation for the committee on legal services is decreased by $108,336, and the related FTE is decreased by 1.4 FTE.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2026A"
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identifier: "HB 1331"
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citation: "Colorado HB 1331 (2026A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["General Assembly"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["C. Simpson", "J. Caldwell", "J. Coleman", "J. McCluskie", "M. Duran", "R. Rodriguez"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-03-12"
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last_action: "2026-06-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c9e9816-4a7e-492f-b9b6-31e7d002a8d6"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1331"
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source_hash: "91b96b700dee3ec7013aeac5fcefb9bc87455ba4cce6a0ee959408a7d901c96a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 1331 (2026A) — Modify 2026 Interim Committees
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The act modifies legislative interim committee activities during the 2026 legislative interim (interim). Specifically, the act:Prohibits the legislative council of the general assembly from prioritizing any requests for interim committees, including task forces, for the 2026 interim;For an interim committee that meets during the 2026 interim, limits the number of acts the interim committee can request to be drafted to 5 and can recommend for introduction to 3;Prohibits members serving on statutorily created interim committees and state entities from receiving per diem and travel expenses for attending interim committee meetings during the 2026 interim;Prohibits meetings, field trips, and legislative recommendations and reports by, and suspends for one year certain reports required to be submitted to, existing interim committees, including the capital development committee; legislative oversight committee for Colorado jail standards; American Indian affairs interim committee; legislation inside advisory council review committee; Colorado health insurance exchange oversight committee; legislative oversight committee concerning the treatment of persons with behavioral health disorders in the criminal and juvenile justice systems; pension review commission and pension review subcommittee; legislative oversight committee concerning tax policy; and sales and use tax simplification task force;Prohibits meetings and other activities of the transportation legislation review committee and the water resources and agricultural review committee during the 2026-27 state fiscal year; andRepeals the legislative emergency preparedness, response, and recovery committee and the statewide health care review committee. The act decreases the appropriations in House Bill 26-1333, concerning the payment of the expenses of the legislative department, for the 2026-27 state fiscal year for the legislative department as follows:The general fund appropriation for the general assembly is decreased by $183,699;The general fund appropriation for the legislative council is decreased by $161,162, and the related FTE is decreased by 1.9 FTE; andThe general fund appropriation for the committee on legal services is decreased by $108,336, and the related FTE is decreased by 1.4 FTE.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113221/download)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113613/download)
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3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116835/download)
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4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113645/download)
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5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114484/download)
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6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114371/download)
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7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117001/download)
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## Votes
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- Refer House Bill 26-1331, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Adopt amendment J.001 — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Refer House Bill 26-1331 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- C. Simpson — primary (person)
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- J. Caldwell — primary (person)
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- J. Coleman — primary (person)
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- J. McCluskie — primary (person)
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- M. Duran — primary (person)
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- R. Rodriguez — primary (person)
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- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
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- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-06-02** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-23** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2026-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-01** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-06-01** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2026-04-14** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2026-04-13** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-27** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
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- **2026-03-24** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-23** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2026-03-20** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-12** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c9e9816-4a7e-492f-b9b6-31e7d002a8d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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