Summary#

HR-1007, Colorado 150th Anniversary, is a Colorado House resolution, not a bill that amends an existing Act. It honors Colorado’s 150th anniversary and states goals of preserving the state and encouraging civic ideals; it does not set up a program or make those goals enforceable duties.

• The House honors past generations of Coloradans and encourages residents to strive for freedom, responsibility, and civic virtue.
• The resolution calls on residents to commemorate the anniversary.
• The House states a commitment to preserving Colorado, including protecting natural resources and pollinators, promoting history and civic education, and strengthening infrastructure against future threats or emergencies.
• It directs that copies of the resolution be sent to named federal and state officials and institutions, including History Colorado and the Colorado State Archives.

What it means for you#

• Colorado residents: The resolution encourages you to commemorate the anniversary, but does not require you to take part or change your legal rights.
• State and local government, schools, and other institutions: The resolution names preservation, history education, and infrastructure protection as goals. It does not assign them specific tasks or create a process for carrying them out.
• Taxpayers: The resolution does not create a tax, fee, fine, benefit, or funded program.

Money#

No cost information is in the available material.

• The resolution does not appropriate money or provide a cost estimate.
• It names preservation, education, and infrastructure as goals, but does not specify funding or staffing for them.

What is unclear#

• Who, if anyone, will take action on the stated goals, and when.
• What actions would count as protecting resources, promoting civic education, or strengthening infrastructure.
• Whether any later plans or spending will follow from the resolution.
• The resolution’s recitals mention promoting awareness of outbreaks, but its operative text does not create a health-awareness duty or program.

Case for#

• A possible argument for the resolution is that a 150th-anniversary commemoration can recognize Colorado’s history and invite residents to reflect on civic ideals.
• Its stated goals connect the commemoration to future-oriented aims, including protecting natural resources and preparing infrastructure for emergencies.
• Sending copies to state archives and history institutions may help record the resolution as part of the anniversary.

Case against#

• The resolution sets broad goals but names no responsible office, actions, timeline, funding, or way to measure progress.
• It may create an impression of action on preservation, education, or infrastructure without requiring any specific follow-up.
• Its account of Colorado’s values includes Judeo-Christian roots and reverence for Providence; some residents may not see their own beliefs reflected in that framing.