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House panel clears annual enactment/publication bill for committee of the whole
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee moved House Bill 10‑35 — the annual enactment (publication) bill that consolidates session laws into the statutory code — to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation after brief sponsor remarks and no public testimony.
The Colorado House Judiciary Committee voted to send House Bill 10‑35, the legislature’s annual enactment or “publications” bill, to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation.
Rep. Soper introduced the measure as a technical bill that incorporates laws passed in the prior session into the state statutes so the public and legal practitioners can find them in a single, consolidated code. Sponsors described the bill as non‑substantive — “it says nothing about whether you agree or disagree with what’s in these titles, just that they’re all published in one location” — and emphasized access to the text of the law as the policy rationale.
There was no public testimony; one person (Melissa Clemens) had signed up but did not appear. After brief sponsor remarks and no committee amendments, Rep. Soper moved the bill to the Committee of the Whole. The committee chair called the roll and announced the motion passed; the clerk recorded the bill as moving onward to the Committee of the Whole.
The action is procedural: enactment bills are the routine vehicle the General Assembly uses each year to update the published statutory code with laws enacted in the previous session. House Bill 10‑35 was moved forward without substantive debate.
