Colorado House of Representatives
Colorado House of Representatives | |
|---|---|
| 75th Colorado General Assembly | |
| Coat of arms or logo | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | 4 terms (8 years) |
| History | |
New session started | January 8, 2025 |
| Leadership | |
Speaker pro tempore | |
Majority Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 65 |
Political groups | Majority
Minority
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Length of term | 2 years |
| Authority | Article V, Colorado Constitution |
| Salary | $43,977/year + per diem[1] |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | November 5, 2024 |
Next election | November 3, 2026 |
| Redistricting | Colorado Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission |
| Meeting place | |
| File:ColoradoStateCapitolHouseOfRepresentatives gobeirne.jpg | |
| House of Representatives Chamber Colorado State Capitol, Denver United States of America | |
| Website | |
| Colorado General Assembly | |
| Rules | |
| Colorado Legislative Rules | |
The Colorado House of Representatives is the lower house of the Colorado General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Colorado. The House is composed of 65 members from an equal number of constituent districts, with each district having roughly 80 thousand people. Representatives are elected to two-year terms, and are limited to four consecutive terms in office, but can run again after a four-year respite.
The Colorado House of Representatives convenes at the State Capitol in Denver.
Committees
[edit | edit source]The House have 11 current committees of reference:[2]
- House Agriculture, Livestock, and Water Committee[3]
- House Appropriations Committee[4]
- House Business Affairs and Labor[5]
- House Education[6]
- House Energy and Environment Committee[7]
- House Finance Committee[8]
- House Health and Insurance Committee[9]
- House Judiciary Committee[10]
- House Public and Behavioral Health and Human Services Committee[11]
- House State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee[12]
- House Transportation and Local Government Committee Committee[13]
Current composition
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| 43 | 22 | |
| Democratic | Republican | |
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | Vacant | ||
| 68th General Assembly | 32 | 33 | 65 | 0 |
| 69th General Assembly | 37 | 28 | 65 | 0 |
| 70th General Assembly | 34 | 31 | 65 | 0 |
| Begin 71st Assembly | 37 | 28 | 65 | 0 |
| March 2, 2018[a] | 36 | 29 | ||
| 72nd General Assembly | 41 | 24 | 65 | 0 |
| 73rd General Assembly | 41 | 24 | 65 | 0 |
| 74th General Assembly | 46 | 19 | 65 | 0 |
| Begin 75th Assembly | 43 | 22 | 65 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 66.2% | 33.8% | ||
Leaders
[edit | edit source]| Position | Name | Party | Residence | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker of the House | Julie McCluskie | Democratic | Dillon | 13 |
| Speaker Pro Tempore | Andrew Boesenecker | Democratic | Fort Collins | 53 |
| Majority Leader | Monica Duran | Democratic | Wheat Ridge | 23 |
| Assistant Majority Leader | Jennifer Bacon | Democratic | Denver | 7 |
| Majority Caucus Co-chair | Mandy Lindsay | Democratic | Aurora | 42 |
| Majority Caucus Co-Chair | Junie Joseph | Democratic | Boulder | 10 |
| Majority Co-Whip | Matthew Martinez | Democratic | Alamosa | 62 |
| Majority Co-Whip | Elizabeth Velasco | Democratic | Glenwood Springs | 57 |
| Minority Leader | Jarvis Caldwell | Republican | Colorado Springs | 20 |
| Assistant Minority Leader | Ty Winter | Republican | Trinidad | 47 |
| Minority Caucus Chair | Anthony Hartsook | Republican | Parker | 44 |
| Minority Whip | Carlos Barron | Republican | Fort Lupton | 48 |
Members
[edit | edit source]- *Representative was originally appointed
Past composition of the House of Representatives
[edit | edit source]Women who served in the House of Representatives
[edit | edit source]The first women who served in the Colorado House of Representatives were Clara Cressingham, Carrie Holly and Frances Klock. All three were elected to serve in 1895-1896.[16] Carrie Holly introduced and passed a Bill that raised the age of consent for girls from 16 to 18 and another that gave mothers the same rights to their children as fathers.[17]
A total of 10 women served in the period up to 1904, the last of them being Alice Ruble, after which the party leaders declared that 'no woman will ever again be elected to the (Colorado) legislature'[18]
Their prediction proved wrong, as demonstrated by the list of subsequent women members of the House.[16]
See also
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- Outline of Colorado
- Index of Colorado-related articles
- State of Colorado
- United States of America
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Steve Lebsock changed his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican.[14]
- ^ Woog was elected in 2020 to represent district 63 but lost re-election in 2022.
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External links
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