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Colorado House of Representatives
Colorado House of Representatives
74th Colorado General Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	4 terms (8 years)
History
New session started	January 9, 2023
Leadership
Speaker	Julie McCluskie (D) ; since January 9, 2023
Speaker pro tempore	Chris Kennedy (D) ; since January 9, 2023
Majority Leader	Monica Duran (D) ; since January 9, 2023
Minority Leader	Rose Pugliese (R) ; since January 24, 2024
Structure
Seats	65
Political groups	Majority Democratic (46); Minority Republican (19);
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article V, Colorado Constitution
Salary	$43,977/year + per diem
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	November 8, 2022
Next election	November 5, 2024
Redistricting	Colorado Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission
Meeting place
	House of Representatives Chamber; Colorado State Capitol, Denver; United States of America
Website
	Colorado General Assembly
Rules
	Colorado Legislative Rules

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 thousand 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 have 11 current committees of reference:^[2]

House Agriculture, Livestock, and Water Committee^[3]
House Appropriations Committee^[4]
House Business Affairs and Labor^[5]
House Education^[6]
House Energy and Environment Committee^[7]
House Finance Committee^[8]
House Health and Insurance Committee^[9]
House Judiciary Committee^[10]
House Public and Behavioral Health and Human Services Committee^[11]
House State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee^[12]
House Transportation and Local Government Committee Committee^[13]

Current composition

↓
46	19
Democratic	Republican

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Democratic	Republican		Vacant
68th General Assembly	32	33	65	0

69th General Assembly	37	28	65	0

70th General Assembly	34	31	65	0

Begin 71st Assembly	37	28	65	0
End 71st Assembly	36	29	65	0

72nd General Assembly	41	24	65	0

Begin 73rd Assembly	41	24	65	0
October 7, 2022^[14]		23	64	1
October 30, 2022^[15]		22	63	2

Begin 74th Assembly^[16]	45	19	64	1
January 28, 2023^[17]	46		65	0
August 4, 2023^[18]	45		64	1
August 26, 2023^[19]	46		65	0
September 19, 2023^[20]	45		64	1
October 2, 2023^[21]	46		65	0
December 11, 2023^[22]	45		64	1
December 31, 2023^[23]	44		63	2
January 3, 2024^[24]	45		64	1
January 18, 2024^[25]	46		65	0
Latest voting share	71%	29%

Leaders

Position	Name	Party	Residence	District
Speaker of the House	Julie McCluskie	Democratic	Dillon	13
Speaker Pro Tempore	Chris deGruy Kennedy	Democratic	Lakewood	30
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
Co-Majority Whip	Andrew Boesenecker	Democratic	Berthoud	53
Co-Majority Whip	Iman Jodeh	Democratic	Aurora	41
Minority Leader	Rose Pugliese	Republican	Colorado Springs	14
Assistant Minority Leader	Ty Winter	Republican	Trinidad	47
Minority Whip	Richard Holtorf	Republican	Akron	63

Members

^[26]

District	Representative	Party	Residence	First elected
1	Javier Mabrey	Democratic	Denver	2022
2	Steven Woodrow	Democratic	Denver	2020*
3	Meg Froelich	Democratic	Greenwood Village	2019*
4	Tim Hernández	Democratic	Denver	2023*
5	Alex Valdez	Democratic	Denver	2018
6	Elisabeth Epps	Democratic	Denver	2022
7	Jennifer Bacon	Democratic	Denver	2020
8	Leslie Herod	Democratic	Denver	2016
9	Emily Sirota	Democratic	Denver	2018
10	Junie Joseph	Democratic	Boulder	2022
11	Karen McCormick	Democratic	Hygiene	2020
12	Kyle Brown	Democratic	Louisville	2023*
13	Julie McCluskie	Democratic	Boulder	2018
14	Rose Pugliese	Republican	Colorado Springs	2022
15	Scott Bottoms	Republican	Colorado Springs	2022
16	Stephanie Vigil	Democratic	Colorado Springs	2022
17	Regina English	Democratic	Colorado Springs	2022
18	Marc Snyder	Democratic	Colorado Springs	2018
19	Jennifer Parenti	Democratic	Longmont	2022
20	Don Wilson	Republican	Monument	2022*
21	Mary Bradfield	Republican	Colorado Springs	2020
22	Ken DeGraaf	Republican	Colorado Springs	2022
23	Monica Duran	Democratic	Wheat Ridge	2018
24	Lindsey Daugherty	Democratic	Arvada	2020
25	Tammy Story	Democratic	Evergreen	2018
26	Meghan Lukens	Democratic	Eagle	2022
27	Brianna Titone	Democratic	Golden	2018
28	Sheila Lieder	Democratic	Littleton	2022
29	Shannon Bird	Democratic	Northglenn	2018
30	Chris deGruy Kennedy	Democratic	Lakewood	2016
31	Julia Marvin	Democratic	Thornton	2024*
32	Manny Rutinel	Democratic	Commerce City	2023*
33	William Lindstedt	Democratic	Broomfield	2022
34	Jenny Willford	Democratic	Northglenn	2022
35	Lorena Garcia	Democratic	Westminster	2023*
36	Mike Weissman	Democratic	Aurora	2016
37	Chad Clifford	Democratic	Centennial	2024*
38	David Ortiz	Democratic	Littleton	2020
39	Brandi Bradley	Republican	Larkspur	2022
40	Naquetta Ricks	Democratic	Aurora	2020
41	Iman Jodeh	Democratic	Aurora	2020
42	Mandy Lindsay	Democratic	Aurora	2022*
43	Bob Marshall	Democratic	Highlands Ranch	2022
44	Anthony Hartsook	Republican	Parker	2022
45	Lisa Frizell	Republican	Castle Rock	2022
46	Tisha Mauro	Democratic	Pueblo	2022
47	Ty Winter	Republican	Trinidad	2022
48	Gabe Evans	Republican	Hudson	2022
49	Judy Amabile	Democratic	Estes Park	2020
50	Mary Young	Democratic	Greeley	2019*
51	Ron Weinberg	Republican	Loveland	2023*
52	Cathy Kipp	Democratic	Fort Collins	2019*
53	Andrew Boesenecker	Democratic	Fort Collins	2021*
54	Matt Soper	Republican	Delta	2018
55	Rick Taggart	Republican	Grand Junction	2022
56	Rod Bockenfeld	Republican	Henderson	2018
57	Elizabeth Velasco	Democratic	Glenwood Springs	2022
58	Marc Catlin	Republican	Montrose	2017*
59	Barbara McLachlan	Democratic	Durango	2016
60	Stephanie Luck	Republican	Penrose	2020
61	Eliza Hamrick	Democratic	Centennial	2022
62	Matthew Martinez	Democratic	Alamosa	2022
63	Richard Holtorf	Republican	Fort Morgan	2019*
64	Ryan Armagost	Republican	Berthoud	2022
65	Mike Lynch	Republican	Wellington	2020

*Representative was originally appointed

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.^[27] 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.^[28]

A total of 10 women served in the period up to 1904, the last of them being Alice Ruble, after which the party leaders declared that 'no woman will ever again be elected to the (Colorado) legislature'^[29]

Their prediction proved wrong, as demonstrated by the list of subsequent women members of the House.^[27]