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CBS News
06-08-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Gov. Jared Polis calls special session for Colorado Legislature
Gov. Jared Polis announced Wednesday morning that he's calling a special session for the Colorado State Legislature. The special session will convene on Aug. 21. Polis cited the passing of H.R. 1 in Congress, also known as the "One Big Beautiful Bill", as part of the reason for the special session. Before the news conference began, Polis put the bill, totalling thousands of pages, on the table beside the podium where he was speaking. Polis said during a news conference on Wednesday morning that before Congress passed that bill, Colorado had a surplus. "What has the urgency of what we are going to be announcing today is the revenue impacts to the current year that we are in that throws the state budget out of balance, that costs… over a billion dollar loss of revenue," said Polis. "And that billion-dollar loss of revenue leads to a hole in the budget of over $700 million." Polis said that Colorado has to operate within a balanced budget and that is part of the reason for the special session.
CBS News
29-04-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Colorado lawmakers didn't have enough votes to override Gov. Polis' veto on social media regulation
After Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill regulating social media companies, the bill's sponsors failed to gather enough votes to override that veto in the Colorado State Legislature. The bill would have required social media companies to remove the accounts of users who sold guns or drugs or sexually exploited children. It would have also required social media companies to comply with search warrants within 72 hours and publish annual reports detailing violations. CBS The sponsors of the bill were emotional as they vowed to bring back the bill next session. "We must hold parties accountable when this bill comes forward next session, demand a solution that isn't rooted in market cap but is rooted in the safety of our communities. Our social media companies owe you that. Our state demands that, and children are less safe when they do not have that," said Rep. Andrew Boesenecker, a Democrat representing Fort Collins. "I committed to families that I would fight... and I have. We have reached a point where there's a process, and that is what we are executing at this point is the process," said Rep. Anthony Hartsook, a Republican representing Parker. The Colorado Senate voted 29-6 to overturn the veto, but it takes two-thirds of both chambers, and the state House didn't have the votes.
