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 Section 22a.Caucus positions prohibited - penalties. (1) No member or members of the general assembly shall require or commit themselves or any other member or members, through a vote in a party caucus or any other similar procedure, to vote in favor of or against any bill, appointment, veto, or other measure or issue pending or proposed to be introduced in the general assembly.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, a member or members of the general assembly may vote in party caucus on matters directly relating to the selection of officers of a party caucus and the selection of the leadership of the general assembly.

Source: Initiated 88: Entire section added, effective upon proclamation of the Governor. L. 89, p. 1664, January 3, 1989.

Section 22b.Effect of sections 20 and 22a. Any action taken in violation of section 20 or 22a of this constitution shall be null and void.

Source: Initiated 88: Entire section added, effective upon proclamation of the Governor, L. 89, p. 1665, January 3, 1989.

Section 23.Vote on amendments and report of committee. No amendment to any bill by one house shall be concurred in by the other nor shall the report of any committee of conference be adopted in either house except by a vote of a majority of the members elected thereto, taken by ayes and noes, and the names of those voting recorded upon the journal thereof.

Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 40.

Cross references: For the provision that amendments be printed before final vote, see § 22 of this article.

Section 24.Revival, amendment or extension of laws. No law shall be revived, or amended, or the provisions thereof extended or conferred by reference to its title only, but so much thereof as is revived, amended, extended or conferred, shall be re-enacted and published at length.

Source: Entire article added, effective August 1, 1876, see L. 1877, p. 40.

Cross references: For the repeal of a repealing statute, see § 2-4-302.

Section 25.Special legislation prohibited. The general assembly shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases, that is to say; for granting divorces; laying out, opening, altering or working roads or highways; vacating roads, town plats, streets, alleys and public grounds; locating or changing county seats; regulating county or township affairs; regulating the practice in courts of justice; regulating the jurisdiction and duties of police magistrates; changing the rules of evidence in any trial or inquiry; providing for changes of venue in civil or criminal cases; declaring any person of age; for limitation of civil actions or giving effect to informal or invalid deeds; summoning or impaneling grand or petit juries; Colorado Revised Statutes 2020