Interim Committees On The Chopping Block As Colorado Faces Lean Budget Year
By: Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics
In a tight-budget year, the work of interim committees — those off-session groups that look at transportation, agriculture, water, healthcare, wildfires, pensions, and anything else lawmakers want to look at — is on the chopping block.
And this year, no committee is considered sacrosanct.
A bill introduced Thursday by the legislative leadership from both parties and both chambers wipes out just about all interim committees this year, including some year-round groups.
It’s expected to save about $396,000 in the 2026-27 budget, according to legislative council staff.
It would prohibit meetings, field trips, and legislative recommendations and reports from the year-round Capital Development Committee, which play...
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