COLORADO LEGISLATORS PAST AND PRESENT

Pauline "Polly" Baca Barragan

Chamber:House,Senate
Political Party:Democrat
Occupation:Public Relations Specialist

Leadership Position:

House Minority Caucus Leader (1st woman): 1978
Senate Minority Caucus Leader: 1985-86

Years Served House:1975; 1976; 1977; 1978
District #:34 (1975-1978)
Number of Years:4
General Assembly #:50th; 51st
Counties:Adams; Denver

Years Served:1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986
District #:18 (1979-1982) ; 24 (1983-1986)
Number of Years:8
General Assembly #:52nd; 53rd; 54th; 55th
Counties:Adams

Other government positions held:

Southwest Council of La Raza
Pio Board of Directors - Colorado Housing Inc. Carrascolendas

Gender:Female
Birth year and Place:1941

LaSalle CO

City of Residence:Thornton

Notes:
1st Latina & minority woman elected to Senate. Her great great uncle Felipe de Jesus Baca served in the Territorial House.

Committees
House Standing	1975 -- Rules (Vice-chair); Business Affairs & Labor; Finance 1976 -- Rules (Vice-chair); Business Affairs & Labor; Finance 1977 -- Finance; Local Government 1978 -- Finance; Rules
Senate Standing	1979 -- Agriculture Natural Resources & Energy; Business Affairs & Labor; Transportation 1980 -- Agriculture Natural Resources & Energy; Business Affairs & Labor; Transportation 1981 -- Agriculture Natural Resources & Energy; State Affairs; Transportation 1982 -- Agriculture Natural Resources & Energy; State Affairs; Transportation 1983 -- Agriculture Natural Resources & Energy; Health Environment Welfare & Institutions 1984 -- Agriculture Natural Resources & Energy; Health Environment Welfare & Institutions 1985 -- Education; Finance 1986 -- Education; Finance
Joint/Statutory	1977 -- Joint Legislative Information System 1978 -- Joint Legislative Information System 1983 -- Legislative Audit (2-3-101, C.R.S.) 1984 -- Legislative Audit (2-3-101, C.R.S.) 1985 -- Policemen's & Firemen's Pension Reform Commission (31-30-901, C.R.S.) 1986 -- Policemen's & Firemen's Pension Reform Commission (31-30-901, C.R.S.)
Interim	1975 -- Business Affairs & Labor; Finance; Property Tax Assessment Practices & School Finance 1976 -- Finance (HJR 1047); School Finance (HJR 1047) 1977 -- Governmental Expenditures (HJR 1046); Insurance Division - by action of Legislative Council 1978 -- Judiciary (SJR 29); School Finance (SJR 29) 1979 -- Agriculture-Water; Corrections; Local Government 1980 -- Corrections 1981 -- Property Tax Laws & Mobile Home Taxation (HJR 1034) 1982 -- Child Molestation; State-Local Issues (New Federalism) 1983 -- Hazardous Waste (SJR 19) 1984 -- Business Issues (HJR 1027); Hazardous Waste 1985 -- Tax Policy Study (HJR 1025) 1986 -- Tax Policy Study (HJR 1025 (1985)); Fiscal Year School Study (SB 112)