How A Citizen Can Testify Before a House Legislative Committee Colorado has an open legislative process. All committee action on bills and amendments is conducted in open sessions. You may attend any of these meetings. House committees meet on a regular schedule during the session in the committee rooms between the elevators in the Capitol basement. The committee chairman determines when a bill is to be scheduled for a hearing.
Public testimony is permitted at most hearings.
The Information Center and the Bill Room are located on the lower level in the Legislative Services Building. This building is across from the Capitol on 14th Street. Copies of original bills, the status of bills, and an index of bills are available in the Bill Room. The Sunday metropolitan newspapers carry listings of most of the bills scheduled for committee hearings. Before the Hearing You should find out when and where your bill will be heard.