Colorado House of Representatives

Lower house of the state legislature of Colorado, US

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 75,000 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

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

Leaders

Members

^[26]

*Representative was originally appointed

Past composition of the House of Representatives

Women who served in the House of Representatives

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.^[27]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.^[28]

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'^[29]

Their prediction proved wrong, as demonstrated by the list of subsequent women members of the House.^[27]

See also

• United States portal
• Colorado portal

• Outline of Colorado
• Index of Colorado-related articles
• State of Colorado
  • Law and government of Colorado
    • Governor of Colorado
      • Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
    • Colorado General Assembly
      • Colorado Senate
      • Colorado House of Representatives
        • List of speakers of the Colorado House of Representatives
      • List of Colorado state legislatures
    • Courts of Colorado
      • Colorado Supreme Court
• United States of America
  • United States Congress
    • United States congressional delegations from Colorado
      • List of United States senators from Colorado
      • Colorado's congressional districts
        • List of United States representatives from Colorado

References

1. "Salaries for Legislators, Statewide Elected Officials, and County Officers". Colorado General Assembly. Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
2. "Committees". Colorado General Assembly, First Regular Session, 73rd General Assembly. State of Colorado. 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
3. "Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources | Colorado General Assembly".
4. "Appropriations | Colorado General Assembly".
5. "Business Affairs & Labor | Colorado General Assembly".
6. "Education | Colorado General Assembly".
7. "Energy & Environment | Colorado General Assembly".
8. "Finance | Colorado General Assembly".
9. "Health & Insurance | Colorado General Assembly".
10. "Judiciary | Colorado General Assembly".
11. "Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services | Colorado General Assembly".
12. "State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs | Colorado General Assembly".
13. "Transportation, Housing & Local Government | Colorado General Assembly".
14. Republican and Minority Whip Tim Geitner (District 19) resigned. [1]
15. Republican and Minority Leader Hugh McKean (District 51) died. [2]
16. Democrat Tracey Bernett (District 12) resigned on January 9, 2023. [3]
17. Democrat Kyle Brown was selected by a vacancy committee to replace Bernett. [4]
18. Democrat Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez (District 4) resigned after her election to the Denver City Council. [5]
19. Democrat Tim Hernández was selected by a vacancy committee to replace Gonzales-Gutierrez. [6]
20. Democrat Dafna Michaelson Jenet (District 32) was sworn into the Colorado Senate. [7]
21. Democrat Manny Rutinel was selected by a vacancy committee to replace Michaelson Jenet. [8]
22. Democrat Ruby Dickson (District 37) resigned. [9]
23. Democrat Said Sharbini (District 31) resigned. [10]
24. Democrat Chad Clifford was selected by a vacancy committee to replace Dickson. [11]
25. Democrat Julia Marvin was selected by a vacancy committee to replace Sharbini. [12]
26. "Legislators". Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
27. "<Women who served in the Colorado House of Representatives>". Retrieved February 2, 2024.
28. "<Carrie Holly>". Retrieved February 2, 2024.
29. "Leaders of all parties in Colorado announce equal suffrage policy a failure". Pawnee Courier Dispatch. December 6, 1906. p. 6. Retrieved February 2, 2024. .

External links

• State of Colorado
  • Colorado General Assembly
    • Colorado House of Representatives at Ballotpedia

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