As Colorado’s 74th General Assembly commenced the 2024 legislative session in January, expectations were tempered by memories of a tumultuous 2023 legislative session. Fresher in minds was the particularly contentious five-day special session that resulted in the legislatively referred property tax ballot measure, Proposition HH, which voters ultimately rejected last November.
Given that the political landscape had remained largely unchanged since then, with Democrats holding a 46-19 supermajority in the House and a 23-12 near supermajority in the Senate, along with the sudden pre-session departure of two House Democrats who cited a toxic work environment, it felt as though there was something ominous in the air.
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