Colorado § 2-3-1901 - Legislative oversight committee for Colorado jail standards - creation - duties - repeal.

§ 2-3-1901. Legislative oversight committee for Colorado jail standards - creation - duties - repeal.

(1) Creation.

(a) There is created a legislative oversight committee concerning Colorado jail standards, referred to in this part 19 as the "committee".

(b) The committee consists of six members. The president of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the minority leader of the house of representatives shall appoint the members of the committee as follows:

(I) The president of the senate shall appoint two senators to serve on the committee and designate one of the senators as the chair of the committee in odd-numbered years and as the vice-chair of the committee in even-numbered years, and the minority leader of the senate shall appoint one senator to serve on the committee;

(II) The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint two representatives to serve on the committee and designate one of the representatives as the chair of the committee in even-numbered years and as the vice-chair of the committee in odd-numbered years, and the minority leader of the house of representatives shall appoint one representative to serve on the committee;

(III) The president of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the minority leader of the house of representatives shall make their appointments by July 1, 2022. In the case of a vacancy, the person making the original appointment or reappointment shall fill any vacancy by appointment.

(c) (I) Members of the committee may receive payment of per diem and reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses authorized pursuant to section 2-2-307.

(II) The director of research of the legislative council and the director of the office of legislative legal services shall supply staff assistance to the committee, but shall not supply staff assistance to any subcommittees created by the committee.

(2) Duties.

(a) (I) The committee shall meet no more than four times each year.

(II) Repealed.

(III) (A) Notwithstanding subsection (2)(a)(I) of this section, the committee shall not meet during the 2026 interim.

(B) This subsection (2)(a)(III) is repealed, effective July 1, 2027.

(b) to (d) Repealed.

(e) (I) The committee may introduce up to a total of three bills, joint resolutions, or concurrent resolutions during a regular legislative session. Bills introduced by the committee are exempt from the five-bill limitation specified in rule 24 (b)(1)(A) of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives. Joint resolutions and concurrent resolutions introduced by the committee are exempt from the limitations set out in rule 26 (g) of the rules of the house of representatives and rule 30 (f) of the rules of the senate.

(II) The committee is exempt from the requirement to report bills or other measures to the legislative council as specified in rule 24 (b)(1)(D) and rule 24A (d)(8) of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives and in section 2-3-303 (1)(f). The committee is subject to rule 24A of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives, except to the extent that the rule may conflict with this part 19.

(III) Bills recommended by the committee must be introduced by the introduction deadline for house bills specified in rule 23 (a)(1) of the joint rules of the senate and the house of representatives.

(IV) The chair and vice-chair shall jointly establish the last date for the meeting at which the committee may approve bill requests, the last date by which committee members must finalize bill drafts or by which bill drafts will be deemed finalized for fiscal note purposes, and the last date by which the committee will consider and take final action on bill drafts.

(V) Repealed.

(VI) (A) Notwithstanding subsection (2)(e)(I) of this section, the committee shall not recommend legislation during the 2026 interim.

(B) This subsection (2)(e)(VI) is repealed, effective July 1, 2027.

(f) The committee shall consider the reports from the jail standards advisory committee created in section 30-10-530 and may revise the jail standards based on information in the reports.

(3) (a) This section is repealed, effective September 1, 2033.

(b) Prior to this section's repeal, the legislative oversight committee is subject to review pursuant to section 2-3-1203.

Source: L. 2022: Entire part added, (HB 22-1063), ch. 395, p. 2799, § 1, effective June 7. L. 2024: (1)(b)(I) and (1)(b)(II) amended and (2)(e), (2)(f), and (3) added, (HB 24-1054), ch. 328, p. 2216, § 1, effective June 3. L. 2025: (2)(a) amended and (2)(e)(V) added, (SB 25-199), ch. 149, p. 566, § 4, effective April 30; (2)(b), (2)(c), and (2)(d) repealed, (SB 25-300), ch. 428, p. 2435, § 1, effective August 6. L. 2026: (2)(a)(III) and (2)(e)(VI) added, (HB 26-1331), ch. 329, p. 1918, § 7, effective June 2.

Editor's note: Subsections (2)(a)(II)(B) and (2)(e)(V)(B) provided for the repeal of subsections (2)(a)(II) and (2)(e)(V), respectively, effective July 1, 2026. (See L. 2025, p. 566.)