In Re Interrogatory Propounded by Romer on House Bill No. 1353

The Governor of the State of Colorado has submitted an interrogatory to this court asking us to decide whether House Bill No. 1353, enacted by the Fifty-Sixth General Assembly, violates the first clause of Article V, Section 21, of the Colorado Constitution, which provides that no bill, except general appropriation bills, shall be passed containing more than one subject. 1 We conclude that House Bill No. 1353 contains more than one subject in violation of that requirement and therefore is unconstitutional.

Article VI, Section 3, of the Colorado Constitution includes the provision that the…