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A map showing the location of the U.S. State of Colorado.
The location of the State of Colorado in the United States of America.

This is a list of the legislatures of Colorado. The Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado met from the creation of the territory in 1861 until statehood on August 1, 1876. The General Assembly of the State of Colorado has convened many times since statehood.

Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado[edit]

The Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado did not number its legislatures; rather, it numbered its sessions, which occurred occasionally from 1861 to 1876.

Session Location(s) Session began Session ended House journal link Territorial Council journal link
First Regular Session Denver September 9, 1861 (1861-09-09) November 7, 1861 (1861-11-07) [1] [2]
Second Session Colorado City
Denver
July 7, 1862 (1862-07-07) August 15, 1862 (1862-08-15) [3] [4]
Third Session Golden City
Denver
February 1, 1864 (1864-02-01) March 11, 1864 (1864-03-11) [5] [6]
Fourth Session Golden City January 2, 1865 (1865-01-02) February 10, 1865 (1865-02-10) [7] [8]
Fifth Session Golden City
Denver
January 1, 1866 (1866-01-01) February 9, 1866 (1866-02-09) [9] [10]
Sixth Session Golden City December 3, 1866 (1866-12-03) January 11, 1867 (1867-01-11) [11] [12]
Seventh Session Golden City
Denver
December 2, 1867 (1867-12-02) January 10, 1868 (1868-01-10) [13] [14]
Eighth Session Denver January 3, 1870 (1870-01-03) February 11, 1870 (1870-02-11) [15] [16]
Ninth Session Denver January 1, 1872 (1872-01-01) February 9, 1872 (1872-02-09) [17] [18]
Tenth Session Denver January 5, 1874 (1874-01-05) February 13, 1874 (1874-02-13) (not available) [19]
Eleventh Session Denver January 3, 1876 (1876-01-03) February 11, 1876 (1876-02-11) [20] [21]

1865 Territorial Legislature[edit]

For a brief time in 1865, Colorado had an approved state constitution, and selected a legislature and other elected officials. The legislature briefly convened, believing that their statehood had been approved. However, Andrew Johnson vetoed the corresponding enabling act, and the body that met as the state legislature was disbanded. This legislature met from December 12 through December 19, 1865.[1]

General Assembly of the State of Colorado[edit]

The state legislature has met in Denver, Colorado since its founding.[citation needed]

General Assembly Session Session began Session ended House journal link Senate journal link
First General Assembly[2] 1876 (1876) 1876 (1876)
Second General Assembly January 1, 1879 (1879-01-01) February 9, 1879 (1879-02-09) [22] [23]
Third General Assembly January 5, 1881 (1881-01-05) February 13, 1881 (1881-02-13) [24] [25]
Fourth General Assembly Regular session January 3, 1883 (1883-01-03) February 11, 1883 (1883-02-11) [26] [27]
Joint session January 17, 1883 (1883-01-17) February 27, 1883 (1883-02-27) (N/A)
Fifth General Assembly January 7, 1885 (1885-01-07)  () [28] [29]
Sixth General Assembly January 5, 1887 (1887-01-05) April 4, 1887 (1887-04-04) [30] [31]
Information not yet added
67th Colorado General Assembly[2] First Regular Session January 7, 2009 (2009-01-07) May 6, 2009 (2009-05-06) [32] [33]
Second Regular Session January 13, 2010 (2010-01-13) May 12, 2010 (2010-05-12) [34] [35]
68th Colorado General Assembly First Regular Session January 12, 2011 (2011-01-12) May 11, 2011 (2011-05-11) [36] [37]
Second Regular Session January 11, 2012 (2012-01-11) May 9, 2012 (2012-05-09) [38] [39]
First Regular Session May 14, 2012 (2012-05-14) May 16, 2012 (2012-05-16) [40] [41]
69th Colorado General Assembly First Regular Session January 9, 2013 (2013-01-09) May 8, 2013 (2013-05-08) [42] [43]
Second Regular Session January 8, 2014 (2014-01-08) May 7, 2014 (2014-05-07) [44] [45]
70th Colorado General Assembly First Regular Session January 7, 2015 (2015-01-07) May 6, 2015 (2015-05-06) [46] [47]
Second Regular Session January 13, 2016 (2016-01-13) May 11, 2016 (2016-05-11) [48] [49]
71st Colorado General Assembly First Regular Session January 11, 2017 (2017-01-11) May 10, 2017 (2017-05-10) [50] [51]
First Extraordinary Session October 2, 2017 (2017-10-02) October 3, 2017 (2017-10-03) [52] (None found)
Second Regular Session January 10, 2018 (2018-01-10) May 9, 2018 (2018-05-09) [53] [54]
72nd Colorado General Assembly[3] First Regular Session January 4, 2019 (2019-01-04) May 3, 2019 (2019-05-03) [55] [56]
Second Regular Session January 8, 2020 (2020-01-08) June 15, 2020 (2020-06-15) [57] [58]
First Extraordinary Session November 30, 2020 (2020-11-30) December 2, 2020 (2020-12-02) [59] [60]

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