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force it as they wrote it — as they wrote it poorly. at’s just the way it is. at’s the law.”

Poorly written bills have caused problems for the legislature in the past, with errors requiring lawmakers to revisit policies to correct issues.

In 2017, for instance, lawmakers passed a bill that unintentionally blocked dozens of government entities, like the Regional Transportation District and Scienti c and Cultural Facilities District, from collecting revenue from the state’s recreational marijuana sales tax. Lawmakers had to come back for a special session to attempt to x the mistake. ( e special session was unsuccessful.) is year, House Speaker Julie McCluskie has brought a bill to x a mistake in a measure passed in 2022 that accidentally limited a housing grant program to making a single grant. e x allows for grants — plural — to be made.

Most lawmakers aren’t attorneys e vast majority of lawmakers in Colorado’s citizen legislature aren’t coming to bill drafting with a background in law. ey are part-time politicians who typically work in the private sector when the legislature isn’t in session. is story is from e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support e Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. e Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

While some have legal experience, many come from careers in activism, education, business or engineering. ere are ranchers, farmers, an emergency room nurse, a musician and a pharmacist among the chambers’ members.

Rep. Lorena Garcia, an Adams County Democrat, is in her rst year at the Capitol. She was an activist and nonpro t leader before running for o ce.

Without legal training, she said she works to ensure she won’t be tripped up by complex language when drafting her bills, many of which are complicated policy areas like the legislature’s ability to issue subpoenas and immigrants’ ability to access public bene ts.

“We have turned courts into lawmakers, and that’s not what they should be. But we’ve allowed that and we’ve encouraged that by being vague,” Garcia said.

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