The Colorado House of Representatives is the lower house of the Colorado General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Colorado. The House is composed of 65 members from an equal number of constituent districts, with each district having roughly 80,000 people. Representatives are elected to two-year terms, and are limited to four consecutive terms in office, but can run again after a four-year respite.

The Colorado House of Representatives convenes at the State Capitol in Denver.

Committees The House has 11 current committees of reference: House Agriculture, Livestock, and Water Committee House Appropriations Committee House Business Affairs and Labor House Education House Energy and Environment Committee House Finance Committee House Health and Insurance Committee House Judiciary Committee House Public and Behavioral Health and Human Services Committee House State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee House Transportation and Local Government Committee Committee

Current composition 43 22 Democratic Republican

AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalVacantDemocraticRepublican 68th General Assembly 32 33 65 0 69th General Assembly 37 28 65 0 70th General Assembly 34 31 65 0 Begin 71st Assembly 3728 65 0 March 2, 2018 3629 72nd General Assembly 4124650 73rd General Assembly 4124650 74th General Assembly 4619650 Begin 75th Assembly 4322650Latest voting share

Leaders Position Name Party Residence District Speaker of the House Julie McCluskie Democratic Dillon 13 Speaker Pro Tempore Andrew Boesenecker Democratic Fort Collins 53 Majority Leader Monica Duran Democratic Wheat Ridge 23 Assistant Majority Leader Jennifer Bacon Democratic Denver 7 Majority Caucus Co-chair Mandy Lindsay Democratic Aurora 42 Majority Caucus Co-Chair Junie Joseph Democratic Boulder 10 Majority Co-Whip Matthew Martinez Democratic Alamosa 62 Majority Co-Whip Elizabeth Velasco Democratic Glenwood Springs 57 Minority Leader Jarvis Caldwell Republican Colorado Springs 20 Assistant Minority Leader Ty Winter Republican Trinidad 47 Minority Caucus Chair Anthony Hartsook Republican Parker 44 Minority Whip Carlos Barron Republican Fort Lupton 48

Members DistrictNamePartyResidenceStartTerm Limited1DemocraticDenver2022No2DemocraticDenver2020No3DemocraticGreenwood Village2019No4DemocraticDenver2024No5DemocraticDenver2018Yes6DemocraticDenver2024No7DemocraticDenver2020No8DemocraticDenver2024No9DemocraticDenver2018Yes10DemocraticBoulder2022No11DemocraticHygiene2020No12DemocraticLouisville2023No13DemocraticBoulder2018Yes14RepublicanColorado Springs2025No15RepublicanColorado Springs2022No16RepublicanColorado Springs2024No17DemocraticColorado Springs2022No18DemocraticColorado Springs2024No19RepublicanFrederick2024No20RepublicanColorado Springs2024No21RepublicanColorado Springs2020No22RepublicanColorado Springs2022No23DemocraticWheat Ridge2018Yes24DemocraticArvada2024No25DemocraticEvergreen2018Yes26DemocraticSteamboat Springs2022No27DemocraticGolden2018Yes28DemocraticLittleton2022No29DemocraticWestminster2026No30DemocraticLakewood2024No31DemocraticThornton2024No32VacantDemocratic33DemocraticBroomfield2026No34DemocraticNorthglenn2022No35DemocraticWestminster2023No36DemocraticAurora2024No37DemocraticCentennial2024No38DemocraticLittleton2024No39RepublicanLarkspur2022No40DemocraticAurora2020No41DemocraticAurora2025No42DemocraticAurora2022No43DemocraticHighlands Ranch2022No44RepublicanParker2022No45RepublicanCastle Rock2024No46DemocraticPueblo2022No47RepublicanTrinidad2022No48RepublicanFort Lupton2024No49DemocraticBoulder2024No50RepublicanGreeley2024No51RepublicanLoveland2023No52DemocraticWindsor2024No53DemocraticFort Collins2021No54RepublicanDelta2018Yes55RepublicanGrand Junction2022No56RepublicanElbert County2024No57DemocraticGlenwood Springs2022No58RepublicanMontezuma County2024No59DemocraticDurango2024No60RepublicanPenrose2020No61DemocraticCentennial2022No62DemocraticAlamosa2022No63RepublicanFort Morgan2024No64RepublicanBerthoud2025No65RepublicanEaton2024No

Past composition of the House of Representatives

Women who served in the House of Representatives

The first women who served in the Colorado House of Representatives were Clara Cressingham, Carrie Holly and Frances Klock. All three were elected to serve in 1895-1896. Carrie Holly introduced and passed a Bill that raised the age of consent for girls from 16 to 18 and another that gave mothers the same rights to their children as fathers.

A total of 10 women served in the period up to 1904, the last of them being Alice Ruble. In 1906, party leaders declared that "no woman will ever again be elected to the [Colorado] legislature". Their prediction proved wrong, as demonstrated by the list of subsequent women members of the House - the first of whom was Alma Lafferty, who first served in 1908.James Alexander Semple, Representative women of Colorado (Alexander Art Publishing Co. 1911): 57.

See also

Outline of Colorado Index of Colorado-related articles State of Colorado Government of Colorado List of governors of Colorado List of lieutenant governors of Colorado Colorado General Assembly Colorado Senate

List of speakers of the Colorado House of Representatives List of Colorado state legislatures Courts of Colorado Colorado Supreme Court Federal government United States Congress Colorado's congressional delegations List of United States senators from Colorado List of United States representatives from Colorado Colorado's congressional districts

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References

External links

State of Colorado Colorado General Assembly Colorado House of Representatives at Ballotpedia