HJR 1001 Colorado House · 2026 Regular Session

General Assembly Positions & Salary Ranges

HJR 1001 establishes salary ranges for various positions within the state legislature, including clerks, sergeants-at-arms, communications staff, and chaplains. The bill specifies pay grades (e.g., H1B5 for Chief Clerk) and fixed rates (like $25 per visit for the Chaplain) for over 30 legislative roles. It directly affects legislative staff members by defining their compensation structures without altering job duties or creating new policies. This procedural resolution sets standardized pay levels for existing positions in both the Senate and House of Representatives.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

House Passage

Jan 2026

Senate Passage

Jan 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2026 Last action Jan 21, 2026

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What changed between versions

Revised → Signed Act · 5 edits · Jan 21, 2026

MODERATE

This bill was converted from a draft resolution into a signed act, finalizing the creation of specific temporary positions for the Colorado General Assembly's 2026 session. The changes include formatting corrections to the list of sponsors and committee assignments, minor text cleanup in the preamble, and the addition of new clauses authorizing the hiring of session-only employees for future sessions. The core list of positions and their compensation rates remains substantively unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains the same, focusing on the creation of temporary legislative staff positions for the 2026 session.

TECHNICAL

Corrected formatting errors in the list of House and Senate sponsors and committee assignments, including fixing a typo in the name 'Boesenecker' and reordering the list.

Cleaned up the preamble text by removing page numbers and dates from the original draft version.

Removed the explanatory legend at the bottom of the document that described how to read the amendment markup symbols.

TIMELINE

Added a new clause (subsection 2) stating that the Chief Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate will continue their roles until the next session begins in January 2027.

REQUIREMENT

Added new clauses (subsections 3 and 4) authorizing the House and Senate leadership to hire temporary replacements and session-only employees for the interim period and future sessions, respectively.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Jan 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

Signed by the President of the Senate

upper

Jan 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

Signed by the Speaker of the House

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

upper

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced In Senate - Assigned to

upper

Jan 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

lower

Jan 14, 2026

Introduced

Introduced In House - Assigned to

lower

5 primary · 31 co-sponsors