DENVER — Proposals for the 2024 session are on their way to the Colorado General Assembly, including measures that would cost the state nearly $2 billion.
A recent forecast said lawmakers only have about $23 million to spend for new programs.
The Legislative Council, the bipartisan body that works on bills before the House and the Senate chambers formally consider them, advanced 54 bills sent by a dozen interim and statutory committees.
The largest cost comes from a packet of five bills from the Child Welfare System Interim Study Committee. The bills, if approved, would spend more than $1.8 billion over the next three years, including $64 million in the 2024-25 budget year.
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