Editing Colorado General Assembly (section)

{{short description|Legislative branch of the state government of Colorado}}
{{Use American English|date = February 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox legislature
| background_color = {{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}
| name          = Colorado General Assembly
| legislature   = [[75th Colorado General Assembly]]
| coa_pic       = Seal of Colorado.svg
| session_room  = ColoradoStateCapitol01 gobeirne.jpg
| house_type    = Bicameral
| houses        = [[Colorado Senate|Senate]]<br>[[Colorado House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
| house1        = Senate
| house2        = House of Representatives
| leader1_type  = Senate President
| leader1       = [[James Coleman (politician)|James Coleman]]
| party1        = ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
| election1     = January 8, 2025
| leader2_type  = [[List of speakers of the Colorado House of Representatives|House Speaker]]
| leader2       = [[Julie McCluskie]]
| party2        = ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
| election2     = January 9, 2023
| members       = '''100'''<br>35 Senators<br>65 Representatives
| structure1        = Colorado State Senate 2022.svg
| structure1_res    = 250px
| political_groups1 =
* {{legend|#0000EE|[[Colorado Democratic Party|Democratic]] (23)}} 
* {{legend|#EE0000|[[Colorado Republican Party|Republican]] (12)}} 
| structure2        = Colorado State House 2025-2027.svg
| structure2_res    = 250px
| political_groups2 =
* {{legend|{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|[[Colorado Democratic Party|Democratic]] (43)}} 
* {{legend|#F8050D|[[Colorado Republican Party|Republican]] (22)}} 
| last_election1     = [[2024 Colorado Senate election|November 5, 2024]]<br/>17 seats
| next_election1     = [[2026 Colorado Senate election|November 3, 2026]] <br/>18 seats
| last_election2     = [[2024 Colorado House of Representatives election|November 5, 2024]]<br/>65 seats
| next_election2     = [[2026 Colorado House of Representatives election|November 3, 2026]]<br/>65 seats
| meeting_place = [[Colorado State Capitol]]<br>[[Denver]]
| website       = [https://leg.colorado.gov/ Colorado General Assembly]
|constitution=[[Constitution of Colorado]]|new_session=January 8, 2025}}
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The '''Colorado General Assembly''' is the [[state legislature (United States)|state legislature]] of the [[Colorado|State of Colorado]]. It is a [[Bicameralism|bicameral]] [[legislature]] consisting of the [[Colorado Senate|Senate]] and [[Colorado House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] that was created by the 1876 state constitution. Its [[statute]]s are [[codification (law)|codified]] in the ''[[Colorado Revised Statutes]]'' (C.R.S.).<ref name=legislativeresearch>{{cite journal|title=Conducting Colorado Legislative History Research|first=Andrea L.|last=Hamilton|journal=[[The Colorado Lawyer]]|volume=37|issue=8|pages=113–115|date=August 2008|url=http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/coall/lrc/lrc0808.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004223311/http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/coall/lrc/lrc0808.pdf|archive-date=October 4, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The [[session laws]] are published in the ''[[Session Laws of Colorado]]''.<ref name=legislativeresearch/>

Colorado's legislature is similar to those of other states, except that, unlike many states, Colorado does not give its lieutenant governor any legislative authority (e.g. tie-breaking vote).