IN RE INTERROGATORY ON HOUSE JOINT

Supreme Court Case No. 20SA100.

500 P.3d 1053 (2020)

2020 CO 23

IN RE: INTERROGATORY ON HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 20-1006 Submitted by the Colorado General Assembly.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

April 1, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Governor Jared Polis and Attorney General Philip J. Weiser: Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Natalie Hanlon Leh , Chief Deputy Attorney General, Eric R. Olson , Solicitor General, Kurtis T. Morrison , Deputy Attorney General, Terry Gill , Deputy Attorney General, Russell D. Johnson , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Noah C. Patterson , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jefferey D. Riester , Assistant Attorney General, Elisabeth Mabus , Attorney General Fellow, Adam T. Rice , Attorney General Fellow, Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Colorado General Assembly: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, John F. Walsh , Ken Salazar , Michael J.P. Hazel , Matthew Worthington , Mairead K. Dolan , Heidi K. Ruckriegle , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Senators Robert S. Gardner, John Cooke, Don Coram, Larry Crowder, Owen Hill, Dennis Hisey, Chris Holbert, Paul Lundeen, Vicki Marble, Kevin Priola, Bob Rankin, Ray Scott, Jim Smallwood, Jerry Sonnenberg, Jack Tate, and Rob Woodward; and Representatives Mark Baisley, Rod Bockenfeld, Perry Buck, Terri Carver, Marc Catlin, Richard Champion, Timothy Geitner, Richard Holtorf, Steve Humphrey, Lois Landgraf, Colin Larson, Larry Liston, Hugh McKean, Patrick Neville, Rod Pelton, Kim Ransom, Janice Rich, Lori Saine, Shane Sandridge, Matt Soper, Kevin Van Winkle, Perry Will, Dave Williams, and Jim Wilson: Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Troy A. Eid , Josiah E. Beamish , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for ACLU of Colorado, Adams County Commissioner Steve O'Dorisio, AFT Colorado, Bell Policy Center, City of Aurora, City of Northglenn, Colorado Children's Campaign, Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, Colorado Fiscal Institute, Counties and Commissioners Acting Together, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, Club 20, Democrats for Education Reform, Denver District Attorney, Good Business Colorado Association, Interfaith Alliance Colorado, Jefferson County Board of Commissioners, Metro Mayors Caucus, SEIU Colorado State Council, Sixth Judicial District Attorney's Office, Towards Justice, and Women's Lobby of Colorado: Towards Justice, David H. Seligman , Brianne Power , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials: The Kelman Buescher Firm, P.C., Matthew Fritz-Mauer , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Independence Institute: David B. Kopel , Shayne Madsen , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Chris Paulson: Gessler Law, LLC, Scott E. Gessler , Denver, Colorado.

En Banc.


¶1 In the 1980s, Colorado voters amended the state constitution to limit a regular legislative session to "one hundred twenty calendar days." The General Assembly has unanimously adopted legislative rules interpreting this language. Together...

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