Review and Comment Hearing for Initiative #286
Colorado legislative staff held a review-and-comment hearing on proposed Initiative #286, which would write a new constitutional right to access government records and public proceedings into the state constitution. The session was procedural — no vote — with proponents flagging technical fixes and confirming they had narrowed liability to government entities.
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“Establish a fundamental constitutional right for all persons to know the affairs of all levels of state, state and local government which guarantees the right to access and examine public records and public proceedings and to observe the meetings, deliberations, discussions and presentations of all public bodies of state and local government.”
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Sign in to subscribeI will call to order the review and comment hearing for proposed Initiative 2526, number 286, concerning the right to access public proceedings and records. I will have everybody in the room go around and introduce themselves. My name is Julia Jackson with Legislative Council staff. Rebecca Bayetti with the Office of Legislative Legal Services. John Caldera, proponent. Shane Madsen, counsel for proponents. Beth Hendricks, proponent. Thanks so much. Section 140, 105.1, Colorado Revised Statutes requires to initiative. I did. Oh, we did. Sorry. So sorry. Requires the directors of the legislative council staff and the office of Legislative Legal Services to quote, review and comment on initiative petitions for proposed laws and amendments to the Colorado Constitution. We hereby submit our comments and questions to you regarding the appended proposed initiative which is before you in this memo. The purpose of the statutory requirement of the directors of Legislative council staff and the Office of Legislative Legal Services is to provide comments and questions intended to aid designated representatives and the proponents they represent in determining the language of their proposal and to avail the public of the contents of the proposal. Our first objective is to be sure…
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