Committee advances bill to remove fulfilled reporting duties that lack repeal dates

The Statutory Revision Committee adopted LLS 26‑0381, a draft to repeal fulfilled reporting requirements and related entities that lack automatic repeal dates in the Colorado Revised Statutes.

Ken Fowler of the Office of Legislative Legal Services told members that Legislative Council Staff maintains a database identifying fulfilled reports and that affected agencies had been contacted and were comfortable with the proposed repeals. The draft removes duties tied to completed reports and eliminates task forces, working groups and review councils created solely to produce those reports.

Representative Tammy Luck raised questions about whether removing a specific statutory date (for example, a requirement adopted by January 2020) implicitly converts a completed one‑time duty into a continuing obligation; Fowler clarified that the amendment keeps subsection (b) where duties are intended to continue while removing duties that have been fulfilled.

The committee adopted an amendment (no objection) to correct an internal cross‑reference and then approved the draft on a roll call of 7 to 1, with Representative Luck recorded as opposed to one paragraph.

Why it matters: The bill is part of a housekeeping effort to keep the statutory code current by removing obsolete reporting mandates and entities that have completed their work, reducing clutter and administrative burdens across state agencies.