Colorado Women's Bar Association

PUBLIC POLICY/LEGISLATIVE ACTION

The Public Policy Committee works to promote and protect the interests of women generally. The committee monitors national, state, and local legislation; case law; administrative and constitutional developments; and the print, online and broadcast media as they affect the legal profession, the judiciary, and the interests of women and families. It coordinates with the CWBA's lobbyists; makes recommendations to the CWBA Board of Directors regarding whether the CWBA should support or oppose legislation; and organizes an advocacy network of CWBA members who contact legislators, write letters, testify before legislative committees, and draft legislation. The committee also coordinates the amicus activities of the CWBA.

2025 COLORADO LEGISLATIVE SESSION

The First Regular Session of the 75th General Assembly convened on January 8, 2025.

The Second Extraordinary Session of the 74th General Assembly adjourned on August 29, 2024.

READ OUR 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION - GENERAL OVERVIEW REPORT from our lobbyists at Meridian Public Affairs.

GET INVOLVED IN OUR PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE

During the legislative session, the committee typically meets the first Monday of each month at Noon online via Zoom. Check our Events Calendar for the next meeting details and to RSVP. If you'd like to get involved or learn more about the work of this committee, contact Public Policy Committee Co-Chairs Chelsea Augelli, Iris Halpern, and Morgan Carroll.

Follow our legislative priorities and bills of interest to the CWBA here with our bill matrix which provides live updates throughout the session.

We typically form issue-based subcommittees around some of the most common policy areas we typically address and the general work undertaken by the committee. If you are interested in actively working on one or more of the following issues or committees, please login to the website and add the Public Policy Committee to your committee interests in your membership profile, or email execdir@cwba.org or the co-chairs (above) and we will get you added.

LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY ISSUE AREAS FOR 2025:

Reproductive Health & Freedom
Civil Rights & Anti-Discrimination
Domestic Violence & Sex Assault Prevention/Response
Access to Justice -- Courts/Judicial Accountability and Training
Child/Juvenile/Family Law Issues
Economic Justice (Affordable Housing, Childcare Access, Eviction)

HELPFUL LINKS FOR ENGAGEMENT AND INFORMATION

The legislature’s display board: Use this link if you want to know what’s being debated on the House or Senate floors or which bills are up in which committees and where the panels are meeting. If you’ve been to the Capitol before, you’ve seen this board on TV screens outside of committee rooms and the two chambers. Now you can have it with you wherever you are. Just keep the link on your bookmarks tab. (Bonus: There are links on the display board to audio for each chamber and committee.)
Live legislative video and audio may be found here for the floor and committees.
You may skip straight to audio only here, including recordings of past hearings and floor work.

RESOURCES

Citizen Lobbyist Training - presented by Morgan Carroll
Take Back Your Government: A Citizen’s Guide to Grassroots Change, by Morgan Carroll. A hands-on guide to how ordinary citizens can make and change law and policy in their state.

CALENDAR

“Moving Forward Together! Women Educating & Inspiring Generations.”