Colorado General Assembly

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The Colorado General Assembly is the bicameral state legislature of Colorado, responsible for creating state laws and overseeing the governance of the state.

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instanceOf bicameral legislature
state legislature
appliesToJurisdiction Colorado
surface form: State of Colorado
authorizedBy Colorado state constitution
surface form: Colorado Constitution
branchOf Legislative branch of Colorado
canHold special sessions
canOverride gubernatorial veto with supermajority as provided by law
composition Colorado House of Representatives as lower chamber
Colorado State Senate
surface form: Colorado Senate as upper chamber
convenes annually
country United States of America
surface form: United States
electoralSystem single-member districts for both chambers
establishedInPeriod 19th century
follows Colorado state constitution
surface form: Colorado Constitution
governs statewide public policy in Colorado
hasAuthority to create and amend state statutes
to levy state taxes
hasCommittee joint legislative committees
standing committees in each chamber
hasJurisdiction Colorado statutes
surface form: Colorado state law
hasPart Colorado House of Representatives
Colorado State Senate
surface form: Colorado Senate
hasWebsite https://leg.colorado.gov
houseType lower house
upper house
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalForm constitutional body
legislativeBodyFor Colorado
legislativeChamber Colorado House of Representatives
Colorado State Senate
surface form: Colorado Senate
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Denver, Colorado
meetsIn Colorado State Capitol
meetsInBuilding Colorado State Capitol
surface form: Colorado State Capitol in Denver
membersAreElectedBy voters of Colorado
numberOfHouses 2
oversees Colorado executive agencies through hearings
partOf Government of Colorado
replaced Territorial Legislature of Colorado
responsibleFor appropriating state funds
enacting state statutes
overseeing state agencies
proposing constitutional amendments
redistricting legislative boundaries as provided by law
sessionType regular session
subdivisionType chamber
typeOfJurisdiction subnational legislature
uses committee system
votingSystem first-past-the-post in each district

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University of Colorado Boulder founder Colorado General Assembly
Regional Transportation District foundedBy Colorado General Assembly
Colorado House of Representatives districts including Mesa County partOfSystem Colorado General Assembly
this entity surface form: Colorado state legislative district system
Governor of Colorado worksWith Colorado General Assembly
Colorado statutes legislativeBody Colorado General Assembly
subject surface form: Colorado Revised Statutes
Colorado statutes enactedBy Colorado General Assembly
subject surface form: Colorado Revised Statutes
Colorado statutes updatedBy Colorado General Assembly
subject surface form: Colorado Revised Statutes
Centennial State referentLegislature Colorado General Assembly
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado collaboratesWith Colorado General Assembly
RTD foundedBy Colorado General Assembly
subject surface form: Regional Transportation District
Pueblo stateLegislativeBody Colorado General Assembly
Colorado State Capitol occupant Colorado General Assembly