C.R.S. Section 2-2-406
Contempt of either house

(1)

The senate and the house of representatives may each punish by imprisonment not extending beyond the same session of the general assembly, as and for a contempt, disorderly conduct of its members, officers, employees, or others committed in the immediate view of the senate or the house of representatives and tending to interrupt its proceedings. Imprisonment for contempt shall be effected by a warrant in the name of the people of the state, signed by the presiding officer of the house in which the contempt occurred, directed to the chief security officer of such house or the state police and ordering the apprehension of the contemnor and the delivery of him to the sheriff of the county in which the alleged contempt occurred for detention by said sheriff in accordance with such warrant, subject to such bail as may be set by the district court of the county in which the alleged contempt occurred. A finding of contempt and imprisonment therefor shall not constitute a bar to any other proceeding, civil or criminal, for the same act.

(2)

Notice of the proposed contempt citation shall be published in a resolution of the house in which the contempt occurred approved first by a majority of a committee and then of the house itself. If the contempt is committed before the house itself rather than a committee thereof, a resolution of the house itself shall be sufficient. Persons actually named in the resolution shall be either personally served or otherwise be given notice in the same manner as is provided by law and the Colorado rules of civil procedure for acquisition of jurisdiction over the person in civil actions. The notice shall include:

(a)

A statement of the terms or substance of the offense which caused the citation to be issued;

(b)

A statement of the time and place of the hearing before the committee which first passed the contempt resolution or before the house in which the contempt occurred, as the case may be. The person to be cited shall be required to show cause why he should not be found in contempt. The time and place for hearing shall allow reasonable time to give the person to be cited notice of the charges against him and to prepare an appropriate defense concerning them.

(3)

The contempt hearing shall give the person to be cited an opportunity for an oral presentation before the committee or before the house in which the contempt occurred, whichever is holding the hearing, for submission of written arguments, and for the right to counsel at the hearing.

(4)

A person to be cited shall be found in contempt and shall be punished therefor only after a majority of the committee which initiated the contempt proceeding finds, after notice and a hearing which satisfies the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of this section, that the person cited has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt to have committed a contempt as defined in this section. The committee shall state in a report to the full house the reasons for its finding. If the full house affirms by a majority vote the finding of the committee, the cited person shall be held in contempt.

(5)

If the contempt citation is initiated by the house itself because of a contempt committed before the house, the person to be cited shall be punished for contempt if the house itself finds, by a majority vote, after notice and a hearing which satisfies the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of this section, that the person cited has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt to have committed a contempt as defined in this section.

Source: Section 2-2-406 — Contempt of either house, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-02.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

2‑2‑301
Call of houses to order 2‑2‑302
Clerks to file certificates - roll - officers 2‑2‑303
Committee on credentials - permanent organization 2‑2‑303.5
Time for convening regular sessions - procedure for convening earlier 2‑2‑304
Members not to be questioned 2‑2‑305
Legislative employees - compensation 2‑2‑306
Appointment - qualifications - duties 2‑2‑307
Compensation of members - reimbursement of expenses 2‑2‑308
Officers and employees - cessation of pay - when - exceptions 2‑2‑309
Method of payment 2‑2‑310
Senate and house journals published 2‑2‑311
Disposition of journals 2‑2‑312
Cost of publication 2‑2‑313
Witnesses - attendance before assembly 2‑2‑314
Violation - penalty 2‑2‑315
Member may administer oath 2‑2‑316
Legislative declaration - travel by members - during adjournment 2‑2‑317
Expense, subsistence, and travel allowance - definition 2‑2‑318
Members to be reimbursed for expenses 2‑2‑319
Sections 2-2-316 to 2-2-319 provide no increase in compensation or mileage 2‑2‑320
Legislative department contracts - approval 2‑2‑321
Designation and assignment of space in capitol buildings group and on the grounds thereof 2‑2‑322
Fiscal notes - repeal 2‑2‑322.3
Greenhouse gas emissions reports - definitions - repeal 2‑2‑322.5
Demographic notes - definitions 2‑2‑323
Service of process on the general assembly - legislative declaration 2‑2‑325
Legislative appointees - boards and commissions - other governmental bodies 2‑2‑326
Compensation and expenses for members appointed to and serving on state entities - definition 2‑2‑327
Annual address to joint session by tribal governments 2‑2‑401
Legislative declaration 2‑2‑402
Chief security officers 2‑2‑403
Indemnification of members, officers, and employees of the general assembly 2‑2‑404
Legislative rules 2‑2‑405
Injunctions 2‑2‑406
Contempt of either house 2‑2‑501
Number of members of general assembly - election from districts 2‑2‑502
Definitions 2‑2‑503
Designation of senatorial districts to elect in years ending in 2 and 4 2‑2‑504
Holdover senators keep office - vacancies 2‑2‑505
Maps of legislative districts 2‑2‑506
Precinct boundaries 2‑2‑507
Attachments and detachments 2‑2‑508
Changes in county and municipal boundaries 2‑2‑509
Published plan and records 2‑2‑511
Applicability 2‑2‑701
General assembly - bills regarding the sentencing of criminal offenders - legislative intent - definition 2‑2‑702
General assembly - bills regarding the sentencing of criminal offenders - required to be assigned to the appropriations committee of the house of introduction 2‑2‑703
General assembly - bills which result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment in state correctional facilities - funding must be provided in the bill 2‑2‑801
Plain language requirement in state laws 2‑2‑802
People first language in state laws 2‑2‑803
Inclusion of tribal governments - definition 2‑2‑901
Population data for redistricting 2‑2‑902
Accurate census data - electronic record of prisoner home address - adjustment of census data - definitions 2‑2‑1201
Accountability clauses - post-enactment review of implementation of bills by legislative service agencies - definitions - repeal 2‑2‑1301
Short title 2‑2‑1301.5
Definitions 2‑2‑1302
Colorado youth advisory council - creation - purpose 2‑2‑1303
Membership - selection - terms 2‑2‑1304
Duties - meetings - community outreach - designation of organization to accept donations - authority to contract 2‑2‑1305
Reporting requirements 2‑2‑1305.5
Representative Hugh McKean Colorado youth advisory council review committee - created 2‑2‑1306
Youth advisory council cash fund - created - gifts, grants, and donations 2‑2‑1307
Repeal of part 2‑2‑1601
Legislative department cash fund - redistricting accounts - creation - definition 2‑2‑2101
Definitions 2‑2‑2102
Accountability, accreditation, student performance, and resource inequity task force - appointments - meetings 2‑2‑2103
Accountability, accreditation, student performance, and resource inequity task force - duties - report 2‑2‑2104
Repeal of part
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 2-2-406’s source at colorado​.gov