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Appropriations Committee, Colorado State Senate
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The Appropriations Committee is a standing committee of the Colorado State Senate.
Per Senate Rule 21 standing committees for the Colorado State Senate are appointed by resolution at the first general session after a general election.[1] The State Senate Majority Leader appoints majority members to the committees, while the State Senate Minority Leader appoints minority members.[2] All appointees serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.[3] Party representation is set proportionally to reflect the party representation of the two majority parties in the Senate.[4]
See rules: Standing Rules of the Senate
Function
| “ | The Senate Appropriations Committee conducts hearings on bills that change expenditures or revenues and affect the budget. The Committee typically reserves discussion for the fiscal impact of the bills. Many of the bills considered by the Committee have had hearings in other committees before being referred to Appropriations and for those bills that have previously had a hearing the Committee does not customarily take public testimony.[5][6] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Senate Appropriations Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Senate Appropriations Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Senate Appropriations Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Senate Appropriations Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (4) | Third-party members(0) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Appropriations Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Leroy Garcia, Jr. | • Kevin Lundberg, Chair | |||
| • Andrew Kerr | • Kent Lambert, Vice chair | |||
| • Dominick Moreno | • Bob Gardner | |||
| • Jerry Sonnenberg | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Appropriations Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Rollie Heath | • Kevin J. Grantham, Chair | |||
| • Mary Hodge | • Kent Lambert, Vice chair | |||
| • Pat Steadman | • Jerry Sonnenberg | |||
| • Laura J. Woods | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Appropriations Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Mary Hodge, Chair | • Ted Harvey | |||
| • Pat Steadman, Vice Chair | • Kent Lambert | |||
| • Rollie Heath | • Scott Renfroe | |||
| • Jessie Ulibarri | ||||
2011-2012
| Appropriations Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Pat Steadman, Chair | • Kevin J. Grantham | |||
| • Mary Hodge, Vice Chair | • Ted Harvey | |||
| • Bob Bacon | • Keith King | |||
| • Angela Giron | • Kent Lambert | |||
| • Rollie Heath | ||||
| • Jeanne Nicholson | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, “Senate Rules - Committees,” accessed March 2, 2021(Section 21(a))
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, “Senate Rules - Committees,” accessed March 2, 2021(Section 21(a)(10))
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, “Senate Rules - Committees,” accessed March 2, 2021(Section 21(b))
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, “Senate Rules - Committees,” accessed March 2, 2021(Section 21(a)(10))
- ↑ Colorado General Assembly, "Appropriations," accessed March 2, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
