Guide to Colorado’s Open Records and Open Meetings Laws
WEBThe open meetings law states: “No adoption of any proposed policy, position, resolution, rule, regulation, or formal action (except the approval of executive session minutes) shall occur at any executive session that is not open to the public.”. C.R.S. § 24-6-402 (3) (a) and C.R.S. § 24-6-402 (4).
Court of Appeals reverses judge’s CORA rulings that allowed a …
WEBOct 19, 2022 · The published opinion pertains to two CORA exemptions. One requires records custodians to deny requests for government records containing “privileged information,” which the Colorado Supreme Court has said includes attorney-client privileged information. The other concerns the deliberative process privilege, which the legislature codified in the open records law following a 1998 Colorado ...
During the pandemic, Colorado’s judicial branch offers (temporary ...
WEBJul 17, 2020 · With the Colorado Supreme Court library in downtown Denver “closed until further notice” because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state’s judicial branch is finally letting anyone pull up civil case filings on a personal computer at …
Ballot title set for proposed initiative to repeal new open meetings ...
WEBApr 18, 2024 · The ballot title for proposed Initiative #287 says: “Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes repealing recently created exemptions to the Colorado Open Meetings Law on what communications between state legislators constitute a meeting and must be open to the public?”. The initiative would delete most of the changes made by Senate Bill 24-157, which Gov. Jared Polis signed ...
A groundbreaking 2019 law opened records on police internal …
WEBJul 15, 2020 · By Jeffrey A. Roberts CFOIC Executive Director. Fourteen months before Colorado lawmakers passed the sweeping law enforcement accountability and transparency bill recently signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis, they approved a measure to shine a light on how police departments police themselves.. House Bill 19-1119 was groundbreaking, introducing a statewide standard for the disclosure of ...
Man asks U.S. Supreme Court to curtail officers' immunity in …
WEBJul 17, 2021 · A man who claims Denver officers retaliated against him for video recording an incident of police brutality is now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to place guardrails on the legal concept of qualified immunity, after a lower court concluded that the officers were immune from lawsuit even though Denver’s training specifically covered the right of bystanders to record police.
WEBC.R.S. § 24-72-204(3)(A)(III). Furthermore, if the record requested is a letter of reference concerning employment, licensing, or issuance of permits, the custodian is directed to deny access to the person in interest, a. to well as the general pu. lic. C.R.S. § 24-72-204(3)(a).The Colorado Supreme Court has held that the “letters of ...
News organizations, Colorado Human Services argue in appeals …
WEBNov 15, 2022 · By Jeffrey A. Roberts CFOIC Executive Director. Lawyers clashed in the Colorado Court of Appeals on Tuesday over whether the state’s Children’s Code prohibits the Colorado Department of Human Services (DHS) from publicly releasing aggregate statistics about child-abuse hotline calls made from licensed residential care facilities.
Seven things to know about how Colorado’s open records law is …
WEBJun 1, 2017 · By Jeffrey A. Roberts CFOIC Executive Director. When Gov. John Hickenlooper signed Senate Bill 17-040 on Thursday, he ratified a long-overdue update to the Colorado Open Records Act, which hadn’t been modernized in more than 20 years.
Write a Public Records Request Letter
WEBBelow are some tips for crafting a letter so that you have a better chance of getting the records you’re seeking (or if you’re denied, getting a proper explanation as to why). Download CFOIC’s template for writing a Colorado Open Records Act or Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act request letter. Note: If you’re NOT asking for criminal ...