List of Colorado legislatures

This is a list of the legislatures of Colorado. The Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado met from the creation of the territory in 1861 until statehood on August 1, 1876. The General Assembly of the State of Colorado has convened many times since statehood.

Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado

The Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado did not number its legislatures; rather, it numbered its sessions, which occurred occasionally from 1861 to 1876.

Session	Location(s)	Session began	Session ended	House journal link	Territorial Council journal link
First Regular Session	Denver	September 9, 1861 (1861-09-09)	November 7, 1861 (1861-11-07)	[1]	[2]
Second Session	Colorado City Denver	July 7, 1862 (1862-07-07)	August 15, 1862 (1862-08-15)	[3]	[4]
Third Session	Golden City Denver	February 1, 1864 (1864-02-01)	March 11, 1864 (1864-03-11)	[5]	[6]
Fourth Session	Golden City	January 2, 1865 (1865-01-02)	February 10, 1865 (1865-02-10)	[7]	[8]
Fifth Session	Golden City Denver	January 1, 1866 (1866-01-01)	February 9, 1866 (1866-02-09)	[9]	[10]
Sixth Session	Golden City	December 3, 1866 (1866-12-03)	January 11, 1867 (1867-01-11)	[11]	[12]
Seventh Session	Golden City Denver	December 2, 1867 (1867-12-02)	January 10, 1868 (1868-01-10)	[13]	[14]
Eighth Session	Denver	January 3, 1870 (1870-01-03)	February 11, 1870 (1870-02-11)	[15]	[16]
Ninth Session	Denver	January 1, 1872 (1872-01-01)	February 9, 1872 (1872-02-09)	[17]	[18]
Tenth Session	Denver	January 5, 1874 (1874-01-05)	February 13, 1874 (1874-02-13)	(not available)	[19]
Eleventh Session	Denver	January 3, 1876 (1876-01-03)	February 11, 1876 (1876-02-11)	[20]	[21]

1865 Territorial Legislature

For a brief time in 1865, Colorado had an approved state constitution, and selected a legislature and other elected officials. The legislature briefly convened, believing that their statehood had been approved. However, Andrew Johnson vetoed the corresponding enabling act, and the body that met as the state legislature was disbanded. This legislature met from December 12 through December 19, 1865.^[1]

General Assembly of the State of Colorado

The state legislature has met in Denver, Colorado since its founding.^{[citation needed]}


General Assembly	Session	Session began	Session ended	House journal link	Senate journal link
First General Assembly^[2]		1876 (1876)	1876 (1876)
Second General Assembly		January 1, 1879 (1879-01-01)	February 9, 1879 (1879-02-09)	[22]	[23]
Third General Assembly		January 5, 1881 (1881-01-05)	February 13, 1881 (1881-02-13)	[24]	[25]
Fourth General Assembly	Regular session	January 3, 1883 (1883-01-03)	February 11, 1883 (1883-02-11)	[26]	[27]
Fourth General Assembly	Joint session	January 17, 1883 (1883-01-17)	February 27, 1883 (1883-02-27)	[26]	(N/A)
Fifth General Assembly		January 7, 1885 (1885-01-07)^[3]	()	[28]	[29]
Sixth General Assembly		January 5, 1887 (1887-01-05)	April 4, 1887 (1887-04-04)	[30]	[31]
Information not yet added
67th Colorado General Assembly^[2]	First Regular Session	January 7, 2009 (2009-01-07)	May 6, 2009 (2009-05-06)	[32]	[33]
67th Colorado General Assembly^[2]	Second Regular Session	January 13, 2010 (2010-01-13)	May 12, 2010 (2010-05-12)	[34]	[35]
68th Colorado General Assembly	First Regular Session	January 12, 2011 (2011-01-12)	May 11, 2011 (2011-05-11)	[36]	[37]
	Second Regular Session	January 11, 2012 (2012-01-11)	May 9, 2012 (2012-05-09)	[38]	[39]
	First Regular Session	May 14, 2012 (2012-05-14)	May 16, 2012 (2012-05-16)	[40]	[41]
69th Colorado General Assembly	First Regular Session	January 9, 2013 (2013-01-09)	May 8, 2013 (2013-05-08)	[42]	[43]
69th Colorado General Assembly	Second Regular Session	January 8, 2014 (2014-01-08)	May 7, 2014 (2014-05-07)	[44]	[45]
70th Colorado General Assembly	First Regular Session	January 7, 2015 (2015-01-07)	May 6, 2015 (2015-05-06)	[46]	[47]
70th Colorado General Assembly	Second Regular Session	January 13, 2016 (2016-01-13)	May 11, 2016 (2016-05-11)	[48]	[49]
71st Colorado General Assembly	First Regular Session	January 11, 2017 (2017-01-11)	May 10, 2017 (2017-05-10)	[50]	[51]
	First Extraordinary Session	October 2, 2017 (2017-10-02)	October 3, 2017 (2017-10-03)	[52]	(None found)
	Second Regular Session	January 10, 2018 (2018-01-10)	May 9, 2018 (2018-05-09)	[53]	[54]
72nd Colorado General Assembly^[4]	First Regular Session	January 4, 2019 (2019-01-04)	May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)	[55]	[56]
	Second Regular Session	January 8, 2020 (2020-01-08)	June 15, 2020 (2020-06-15)	[57]	[58]
	First Extraordinary Session	November 30, 2020 (2020-11-30)	December 2, 2020 (2020-12-02)	[59]	[60]

References

^ http://www.leg.state.co.us/lcs/leghist.nsf/DocView.xsp?documentId=E69434AE554CE64A872578E2005D2FAB&action=openDocument ^{[bare URL]}
^ ^a ^b "Session Laws: Colorado". HeinOnline. New York: William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Retrieved March 23, 2019. (subscription required)
^ "Colorado: State Government". Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona Gazetteer and Business Directory. Chicago: Polk & Co. and A.C. Danser. 1884 – via HathiTrust.
^ "Colorado General Assembly". Ballotpedia.org. Retrieved March 23, 2019.

External links

State of Colorado
- Colorado General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly. Bills, Resolutions, & Memorials, 2016–present
Colorado General Assembly. Legislative sessions, 1997-2015
Colorado General Assembly. Colorado Legislators Past and Present
Colorado State Archives. Legislative Records
Westminster Law Library. "Colorado Legislative History" (PDF). Subject Guide. University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
"Colorado Resources: Statutes & Legislation". Research Guides: U.S. States. Georgetown University Law Library.
"Guide to Law Online: U.S. Colorado: Legislative", guides.loc.gov, Washington DC: Library of Congress

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[1] ttp://www.leg.state.co.us/lcs/leghist.nsf/DocView.xsp?documentId=E69434AE554CE64A872578E2005D2FAB&action=openDocument ^{[bare URL]}

[hein-2] "Session Laws: Colorado". HeinOnline. New York: William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Retrieved March 23, 2019. (subscription required)

[3] "Colorado: State Government". Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona Gazetteer and Business Directory. Chicago: Polk & Co. and A.C. Danser. 1884 – via HathiTrust.

[ballotpedia-4] "Colorado General Assembly". Ballotpedia.org. Retrieved March 23, 2019.

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