{"id":2443548,"date":"2019-04-29T10:15:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T16:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=304920"},"modified":"2019-04-29T10:15:21","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T16:15:21","slug":"colorado-lawmakers-wont-finish-their-calendar-so-democrats-deciding-which-bills-will-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/colorado-lawmakers-wont-finish-their-calendar-so-democrats-deciding-which-bills-will-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado lawmakers won\u2019t finish their calendar, so Democrats deciding which bills will die"},"content":{"rendered":"
A scene from the Colorado Capitol — specifically the Colorado Senate — on Monday, April 22, 2019. (Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun)<\/strong>
Jesse Paul \/ The Colorado Sun<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If the state Senate worked 24 hours a day for the final week, it probably still wouldn\u2019t get through the remaining list of bills before adjournment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be some bills that simply die on the calendar,\u201d said state Sen. Jeff Bridges, a Greenwood Village Democrat. \u201cWe just don\u2019t have time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The reality became clear to Bridges at the end of last week. In a room just off the Senate floor, he calculated the math problem for the final push. With more than 200 bills remaining \u2014 and new ones introduced Saturday \u2014 there\u2019s less than an hour to debate each one before session ends Friday by midnight.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is mathematically highly unlikely that we will get through everything that we have to get through,\u201d Bridges said.<\/p>\n

A rare weekend lawmaking session Saturday helped make progress, but lawmakers didn\u2019t clear the dozens of key measures that still hang in the balance, from regulating how Colorado colleges and universities respond to campus sexual assaults to a proposal to ask voters to enact a nicotine tax<\/a> and a measure to allow local governments to put rent control policies in place. Many of the bills are expected to generate hours of debate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re on track with \u2018Game of Thrones\u2019,\u201d said Sen. Brittany Pettersen, a Lakewood Democrat. \u201cEverything\u2019s at risk of dying.\u201d<\/p>\n

To read the full story, go to coloradosun.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Colorado Sun is a reader-supported news organization dedicated to covering the people, places and policies that matter in Colorado. Read more, sign up for free newsletters and subscribe at <\/em>coloradosun.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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