Good morning and happy Monday. Things are picking up pace in the state Capitol: Lawmakers are likely to introduce dozens of bills in both the House and the Senate this week as they hit internal deadlines, though more will land — at a slower pace — throughout the rest of the session.

Committees are hitting their stride, too, with bills starting to clear their starting chambers and crossing the hall.

Here’s what to expect inside the Capitol this week:

A slew of gun and criminal justice bills

A cluster of criminal justice bills will begin working through committees, and the House on Monday morning passed a bill to ban the use of the term “excited delirium” in first responder training.

Among the bills in committees this week are HB24-1162, which would make it a felony to steal any firearm — that’s up in House Judiciary on Wednesday. There’s also HB24-1174, which would set standard requirements for obtaining a concealed-carry permit. That’s in House Judiciary on Tuesday.

Also in that committee Tuesday: SB24-029, which would create a working group to study recidivism and the performance of the criminal justice system.

A Republican income tax cut

On Monday, a Republican-backed bill — HB24-1065 — to cut Colorado’s income tax rate will be heard by the House Finance Committee. The bill would knock the rate down from 4.4% to 4%, and it’s backed by Colorado Springs Reps. Scott Bottoms and Rose Pugliese (plus Republican Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer). A similar bill, also sponsored by Bottoms, died in its first committee last year.

The bill’s coming at an interesting moment. It’s Republican sponsored and proposes a sizable rate cut — which means it faces an uphill battle in the Democrat-controlled Capitol.

At the same time, even if it does die this week, it’s unlikely that this will be the last time lawmakers talk about the income tax this session: In his State of the State address, Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, tied a legislative priority — flattening state tax refunds for all taxpayers — to an income tax cut, something he’s more eager to see than many others in his party.

“For-cause” evictions

One of the House’s big pro-tenant housing bills will get its first committee hearing Wednesday, in the House’s Transportation, Housing and Local Government Committee. That’s the “for-cause” eviction bill, HB24-1098. It’s a redo of a similar (but broader) bill that died bitterly last year, as the calendar wound down on the 2023 session.

Sponsors and supporters say they’re more confident this time around, armed with a more limited bill and the support of House leadership.

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