First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REENGROSSED
This Version Includes All Amendments
Adopted in the House of Introduction
LLS NO. 25-1053.01 Nicole Myers x4326
SENATE BILL 25-287
Senate Committees House Committees
State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
A BILL FOR AN ACT
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ONCERNING MODIFICATION OF THE DUTIES OF THE CAPITOL101
BUILDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE .102
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov
.)
The capitol building advisory committee (advisory committee) is
currently required to evaluate and make recommendations to the capital
development committee and, in some cases, the governor regarding
proposals for the gift or loan of art and memorials to be placed on a
permanent or temporary basis in the capitol building or on its surrounding
grounds. The bill adds the public areas of the capitol building annex andSENATE
3rd Reading Unamended
April 23, 2025
SENATE
2nd Reading Unamended
April 22, 2025
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Michaelson Jenet, Cutter
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Lindstedt,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. its surrounding grounds and the public areas of the legislative services
building and its surrounding grounds to the advisory committee's purview
in connection with proposals for the gift or loan of art and memorials.
In addition, current law specifies that the art, memorials,
architectural fixtures, and furniture that are original to the capitol building
must remain in the capitol building at all times unless the items are
temporarily removed for conservation. The bill allows the removal of
items original to the capitol building for loan, exhibit, research, or
disposition with the approval of the advisory committee.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-82-108, amend2
(3)(h)(I), (3)(h)(III), and (3.5)(c) as follows:3
24-82-108. State capitol building advisory committee -4
creation - duties - legislative declaration - repeal. (3) Duties of the5
advisory committee. The advisory committee has the duties specified in6
subsections (3)(a) through (3)(i) of this section.7
(h) Proposals for a gift or loan of art and memorials. (I) Except8
as provided in subsection (3)(h)(II) of this section, all proposals involving9
the gift or loan of objects of art and memorials to be placed on a10
permanent or temporary basis in the state capitol building or on its11
surrounding grounds,
IN THE PUBLIC AREAS OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING12
ANNEX OR ON ITS SURROUNDING GROUNDS , OR IN THE PUBLIC AREAS OF13
THE LEGISLATIVE SERVICES BUILDING OR ON ITS SURROUNDING GROUNDS ,14
and proposals for fund-raising efforts to place objects of art or memorials15
in the state capitol building or on its surrounding grounds,
IN THE PUBLIC16
AREAS OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING ANNEX OR ON ITS SURROUNDING17
GROUNDS, OR IN THE PUBLIC AREAS OF THE LEGISLATIVE SERVICES18
BUILDING OR ON ITS SURROUNDING GROUNDS shall be submitted to the19
advisory committee for evaluation. The advisory committee shall develop20
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consulting with knowledgeable advisors to assist in evaluating each2
object of art or memorial individually. The advisory committee shall3
evaluate all proposals submitted to the advisory committee and present4
recommendations resulting from the evaluations as follows:5
(A) Proposals involving the gift or loan of objects of art and6
memorials pertaining to all public areas of the state capitol building,7
including but not limited to the corridors, rotunda, lobbies, entrance ways,8
stairways, restrooms, porticos, steps, and elevators,
ALL PUBLIC AREAS OF9
THE CAPITOL BUILDING ANNEX , AND ALL PUBLIC AREAS OF THE10
LEGISLATIVE SERVICES BUILDING must be submitted to the capital11
development committee for approval. No such proposal shall proceed12
without the prior approval of the capital development committee.13
(B) Proposals involving the gift or loan of objects of art and14
memorials pertaining to the surrounding grounds of the capitol building15
bounded by Colfax avenue on the north, Grant street on the east,16
Fourteenth avenue on the south, and Broadway on the west, in the city17
and county of Denver, must be submitted to the capital development18
committee and the governor for approval. I
N ADDITION, PROPOSALS19
INVOLVING THE GIFT OR LOAN OF OBJECTS OF ART AND MEMORIALS20
PERTAINING TO THE SURROUNDING GROUNDS OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING21
ANNEX OR THE SURROUNDING GROUNDS OF THE LEGISLATIVE SERVICES22
BUILDING MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT23
COMMITTEE AND THE GOVER NOR FOR APPROVAL . No such proposal shall24
proceed without the prior approval of the capital development committee25
and the governor.26
(III) The advisory committee is authorized to direct the removal27
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building or on its surrounding grounds,
IN THE PUBLIC AREAS OF THE2
CAPITOL BUILDING ANNEX OR ON ITS SURROUNDING GROUNDS , OR IN THE3
PUBLIC AREAS OF THE LEGISLATIVE SERVICES BUILDING OR ON ITS4
SURROUNDING GROUNDS that have not been submitted to the advisory5
committee for evaluation and approval pursuant to the criteria and6
procedure developed by the advisory committee pursuant to subsection7
(3)(h)(I) of this section. This subsection (3)(h)(III) does not apply to8
objects of art or memorials placed prior to the formation of the advisory9
committee.10
(3.5) Items original to the state capitol building. (c) The art,11
memorials, architectural fixtures, and furniture that is
ARE original to the12
state capitol building, regardless of whether it is THEY ARE part of the13
Colorado collection pursuant to subsection (3)(d) of this section, must14
remain in the state capitol building at all times; except that such items15
original to the capitol building may be temporarily removed from the16
capitol building for conservation,
LOAN, EXHIBIT, RESEARCH, OR17
DISPOSITION from time to time with the approval of the advisory18
committee.19
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act20
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the21
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except22
that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V23
of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this24
act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take25
effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in26
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official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.2
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