Editing Colorado General Assembly (section)

==Legislative staff==
{{Main|Legislative staff in Colorado}}
The Colorado General Assembly is staffed by approximately 230-year-round staff and 115 session-only staff. Staffing levels and expenditures have decreased since 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/legisdata/staff-change-chart-1979-1988-1996-2003-2009.aspx|title=NCSL Size of State Legislative Staff|access-date=November 8, 2012|archive-date=June 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608210040/http://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/legisdata/staff-change-chart-1979-1988-1996-2003-2009.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> Similarly to [[Congressional staff]]ers, legislative staff in Colorado fall into five broad categories: [[Legislative staff in Colorado#Member staff|member staff]], [[Legislative staff in Colorado#Administrative staff|administrative staff]], [[Legislative staff in Colorado#Committee staff|committee staff]], [[Legislative staff in Colorado#Communications and leadership staff|communications and leadership staff]], and [[Legislative staff in Colorado#Legal service staff|legal service staff]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/legisdata/ncsl-legislative-staff-database.aspx|title=NCSL Legislative Staff Type Database|access-date=November 8, 2012|archive-date=June 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608215748/http://www.ncsl.org/legislatures-elections/legisdata/ncsl-legislative-staff-database.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> With the exception of those working in communications and leadership, employees of the General Assembly are non-partisan staffers.