200+ bills face lawmakers as days of General Assembly wind down

The Colorado General Assembly is in its final days of the 2023 session, with adjournment to take place no later than midnight, Monday, May 8.

Lawmakers have at least 200 bills to complete in the final week, including the Governor’s housing plan as contained in Senate Bill 213.

The bill was gutted last week to remove most, but not all, of its language that stripped local governments’ control on zoning and other housing issues and ceding it to the State.

As it exists this week, the measure now has to head over to the House, where progressive Democrats may try to put the bill back toward its orig...