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Colorado · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 25-309: Authorize Legislative Fellows

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 25-309 is a bill introduced in the Colorado Senate on April 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Authorize Legislative Fellows. Primary sponsor: Mary Bradfield (Republican), Kyle Brown (Democratic), Cleave Simpson (Republican). It lists 16 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 30, 2025): Governor Signed.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

The act authorizes the legislative council to approve agreements between the director of research of the legislative council and nonpartisan organizations to place nonpartisan legislative policy fellows (fellows) in the legislative council staff. The act also specifies the types of work that fellows may do, requires the director of research to retain supervisory authority over fellows, including over the terms and conditions of the fellowship, and requires any work product produced by a fellow during the fellowship to remain the property of the general assembly during and after the conclusion of the fellowship. The legislative council is prohibited from approving any agreement between the director of research of the legislative council and a nonpartisan organization that is registered as a lobbyist with the secretary of state to place a fellow in the legislative council staff. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 15 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mary BradfieldPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse21
Kyle BrownPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Cleave SimpsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Mark BaisleyCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Andy BoeseneckerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse53
Chad CliffordCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse37
James ColemanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate33
Monica DuranCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Lorena GarcíaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse35
Cathy KippCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Mandy LindsayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Janice MarchmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Karen McCormickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11
Amy PaschalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Jacque PhillipsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse31
M. RutinelCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Lesley SmithCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse49
Brianna TitoneCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Katie WallaceCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate17

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Governor Signed
  2. Signed by the President of the Senate
  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House
  4. Sent to the Governor
  5. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
  6. Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
  7. House Committee of the Whole Amendment - Change from Lost to Passed
  8. House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
  9. House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
  10. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
  11. Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance
  12. Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source