Boulder Daily Camera: On Thursday, April 17, Gov. Jared Polis vetoed his first bill of the 2025 legislative session. With the Democrat trifecta fully entrenched in Colorado, vetoes are rather rare, but Polis’ rejection of Senate Bill 77 was the right move for transparency. And now it is time for the Legislature to let this problematic bill die. 

Senate Bill 77 is likely not a piece of legislation that many have heard of. It does not concern a hot-button topic — like guns or housing or NIL contracts — and it hasn’t created much partisan controversy. But, SB 77, the Modifications to Colorado Open Records Act, innocuous as it may seem, is a bill that could erode government transparency and further obfuscate public records. 

Ostensibly, SB 77 is about giving government records custodians more time to process Colorado Open Records Act requests. The bill would give custodians five working days, rather than three, to fulfill CORA requests and an additional 10 working days, rather than seven, if “extenuating circumstances” exist. 

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