Colorado § 2-2-301 Call of houses to order

Colorado Statutes

§ 2-2-301 — Call of houses to order

Colorado § 2-2-301

Title 02Legislative

Art.General Assembly

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 2-2-301 (2026).

Text

At the time established as provided in
section 2-2-303.5 for the meeting of the first regular session of the general
assembly next after the general election, the holdover senators and senators-elect
shall meet in the hall of the senate, and the members-elect of the house of
representatives shall meet in the hall of the house of representatives. The president
of the next preceding session of the senate, or in case of the president's absence
the holdover senator or one of them having served the longest continuous time in
the senate, shall call the senate to order. The speaker of the next preceding session
of the house of representatives, or in the speaker's absence the person holding a
certificate issued by the secretary of state as a member and having served the
longest continuou

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At the time established as provided in
section 2-2-303.5 for the meeting of the first regular session of the general
assembly next after the general election, the holdover senators and senators-elect
shall meet in the hall of the senate, and the members-elect of the house of
representatives shall meet in the hall of the house of representatives. The president
of the next preceding session of the senate, or in case of the president's absence
the holdover senator or one of them having served the longest continuous time in
the senate, shall call the senate to order. The speaker of the next preceding session
of the house of representatives, or in the speaker's absence the person holding a
certificate issued by the secretary of state as a member and having served the
longest continuous time in the house of representatives, shall call the house of
representatives to order.

Legislative History

Source: R.S. p. 419, � 1. G.L. � 1290. L. 1883: p. 201, � 1. G.S. � 1575. L. 1893: p. 282, � 1. R.S. 08: � 2895. C.L. � 2. CSA: C. 74, � 2. L. 51: p. 438, � 2. CRS 53: � 63-2-1. C.R.S. 1963: � 63-2-1. L. 65: p. 683, � 1. L. 76: Entire section amended, p. 296, � 7, effective May 20. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 579, � 1, effective April 7.