HCR 25-1002

House Concurrent Resolution 25-1002 is a bill that aims to change Colorado's constitution so that when the governor calls for a special session of the legislature to address budget issues or revenue shortfalls, they must allow lawmakers to discuss and make decisions about the entire state budget, not just specific parts of it. This would give the General Assembly more flexibility in crafting solutions to financial problems. The bill did not pass and is currently inactive after being assigned to a committee but not advancing further.

Official Summary

The concurrent resolution refers to the voters of the state at the 2026 general election a constitutional amendment to modify existing law to require, when a governor convenes the general assembly by proclamation, that the business specially named in the proclamation must not be so narrowly framed as to impose a particular outcome on the general assembly.The concurrent resolution requires that if the governor convenes the general assembly by proclamation for the purpose of addressing a state revenue shortfall or other state budgetary issue, the governor shall not limit the scope of the special session to only a portion of the budget and shall make the proclamation broad enough so that the general assembly can consider the entirety of the state budget and craft a comprehensive solution to the revenue shortfall or other state budgetary issue.(Note: This summary applies to this concurrent resolution as introduced.)

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