Colorado House of Representatives | |
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74th Colorado General Assembly | |
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Type | |
Term limits | 4 terms (8 years) |
History | |
New session started | January 8, 2025 |
Leadership | |
Speaker pro tempore | |
Majority Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
Structure | |
Seats | 65 |
Political groups | Majority Minority Vacant
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Length of term | 2 years |
Authority | Article V, Colorado Constitution |
Salary | $43,977/year + per diem [1] |
Elections | |
First-past-the-post | |
Last election | November 5, 2024 |
Next election | November 3, 2026 |
Redistricting | Colorado Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission |
Meeting place | |
House of Representatives Chamber Colorado State Capitol, Denver United States of America | |
Website | |
Colorado General Assembly | |
Rules | |
Colorado Legislative Rules |
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 roughly 80 thousand 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.
The House have 11 current committees of reference: [2]
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43 | 22 | |
Democratic | Republican |
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||
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Democratic | Republican | Vacant | ||
68th General Assembly | 32 | 33 | 65 | 0 |
69th General Assembly | 37 | 28 | 65 | 0 |
70th General Assembly | 34 | 31 | 65 | 0 |
Begin 71st Assembly | 37 | 28 | 65 | 0 |
End 71st Assembly | 36 | 29 | 65 | 0 |
72nd General Assembly | 41 | 24 | 65 | 0 |
Begin 73rd Assembly | 41 | 24 | 65 | 0 |
October 7, 2022 [14] | 23 | 64 | 1 | |
October 30, 2022 [15] | 22 | 63 | 2 | |
Begin 74th Assembly [16] | 45 | 19 | 64 | 1 |
January 28, 2023 [17] | 46 | 65 | 0 | |
August 4, 2023 [18] | 45 | 64 | 1 | |
August 26, 2023 [19] | 46 | 65 | 0 | |
September 19, 2023 [20] | 45 | 64 | 1 | |
October 2, 2023 [21] | 46 | 65 | 0 | |
December 11, 2023 [22] | 45 | 64 | 1 | |
December 31, 2023 [23] | 44 | 63 | 2 | |
January 3, 2024 [24] | 45 | 64 | 1 | |
January 18, 2024 [25] | 46 | 65 | 0 | |
Latest voting share | 71% | 29% | ||
Position | Name | Party | Residence | District |
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Speaker of the House | Julie McCluskie | Democratic | Dillon | 13 |
Speaker Pro Tempore | Andrew Boesenecker | Democratic | Fort Collins | 53 |
Majority Leader | Monica Duran | Democratic | Wheat Ridge | 23 |
Assistant Majority Leader | Jennifer Bacon | Democratic | Denver | 7 |
Majority Caucus Co-chair | Mandy Lindsay | Democratic | Aurora | 42 |
Majority Caucus Co-Chair | Junie Joseph | Democratic | Boulder | 10 |
Co-Majority Whip | Matthew Martinez | Democratic | Alamosa | 62 |
Co-Majority Whip | Vacant | Democratic | TBD | TBD |
Minority Leader | Rose Pugliese | Republican | Colorado Springs | 14 |
Assistant Minority Leader | Ty Winter | Republican | Trinidad | 47 |
Minority Caucus Chair | Anthony Hartsook | Republican | Parker | 44 |
Minority Whip | Ryan Armagost | Republican | Berthoud | 64 |
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]
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