Northeastern's lawmakers face full first week of committee hearings

It will be a busy week ahead for the lawmakers from northeastern Colorado, with the first full week of committee hearings, including four bills sponsored by Senator Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, and Representative Rod Pelton, R-Cheyenne Wells.

But whether all four would make it out of their assigned committees is debatable, given where those bills have been assigned.

The Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee reviewed two of Sonnenberg’s bills on Tuesday, Feb. 1. (As of press time, the bills had not gone through the committee hearing.)

With Democrats now in charge of both chambe...