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Want to Kill a Bill Without Voting Against It? Study It

High school civics teaches us there are two possible fates for a bill introduced in the legislature: pass or fail. In reality, there’s a third option–amending the bill into a study.

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HB10-1188: Rafting Access Likely Headed to Nov. Ballot

One of the most contentious bills of the legislative session — a proposal to settle a decades-long dispute between rafters and landowners — sank in a conference committee Tuesday.

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HB10-1188: Rafting Bill Faces Last Chance

A dispute over river rafting is finally about to end in the Legislature, but rafting advocates probably won’t like the result.

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HB10-1188: Rafting Bill Referred to Joint Committee

On Friday, the House voted to refer HB1188 as amended in the Senate to a conference committee with representatives from both chambers.

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HB10-1188: Governor Hopes to Settle Rafting Rift

A bill that pits river rafters against private property owners has run aground, but Gov. Bill Ritter said Monday that efforts are afoot to move the controversy downstream before it crowds the November ballot.

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HB10-1188: River Outfitter Proposed Pricey Solution Made In ‘Jest’

A river outfitter named his price — $750,000 and a piece of prime property — to stay off a disputed stretch of the Taylor River, leading critics last week to question his motives in helping launch a legislative fight over Colorado waterways.

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HB10-1188: WSJ Weighs In On Row v. Wade

Do paddlers have an absolute right to float down any river in the state, even rivers that run through private property reserved for fly-fishing?

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HB10-1188: Rafters, Fishermen Float Alternatives To Raft Bill

Rafting and fishing supporters are floating last-minute compromises in hopes of avoiding a fight over a bill that was originally intended to protect rafters’ rights to continue using Colorado rivers

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HB10-1188: Senators Reflate Rafting Bill

Kayakers, anglers and all variety of private and commercial boaters could gain the right to float through private land after a state Senate committee on Monday overhauled a bill that has pitted property owners against outdoor enthusiasts.

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Carroll On HB10-1188: Treat All Floaters The Same

“Either all river users should enjoy such navigation rights or none should,” The Denver Post columnist writes.

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