COLORADO LEGISLATORS PAST AND PRESENT

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Ralph A.   Cole

Chamber:House,Senate
Political Party:Republican
Occupation:Attorney; Rancher
Leadership Position:
Senate Majority Leader: 1981


House
Years Served House:1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972
District #:39 (1965-1966); 6 (1967-1968); 39 (1969-1972)
Number of Years:8
General Assembly #:45th; 46th; 47th; 48th
Counties:Arapahoe
Senate
Years Served:1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988
District #:22 (1973-1982); 27 (1983-1988)
Number of Years:16
General Assembly #:49th; 50th; 51st; 52nd; 53rd; 54th; 55th; 56th
Counties:Arapahoe; Crowley; Douglas; Elbert; Lincoln
Notes:From 1973-1982 represented Arapahoe, Crowley, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln counties From 1983-1988 represented Arapahoe County only
Gender:Male
Birth year and Place:1915
Plattsmouth NE

City of Residence:Littleton
Date of Death:07/02/1996
Place of Death:Denver CO
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Obituaries:
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Committees
House Standing1965 -- Agriculture & Livestock; Business Affairs; Judiciary
1966 -- Agriculture & Livestock; Business Affairs; Judiciary
1967 -- Health Welfare & Institutions (Chair); Judiciary; Finance; Labor & Employment Relations
1968 -- Health Welfare & Institutions (Chair); Judiciary; Finance; Labor & Employment Relations
1969 -- Judiciary (Chair); Appropriations; Health Welfare & Institutions
1970 -- Judiciary (Chair); Appropriations; Health Welfare & Institutions
1971 -- Judiciary (Chair); Business Affairs; Game Fish & Parks

Senate Standing1973 -- Judiciary (Vice-chair); Business Affairs & Labor; State Affairs
1974 -- Judiciary (Vice-chair); Business Affairs & Labor; State Affairs
1975 -- Judiciary (Chair); Agriculture Livestock & Water Appropriations; Local Government
1976 -- Judiciary (Chair); Agriculture Livestock & Water Appropriations; Local Government
1977 -- Judiciary (Chair); Finance; Transportation
1978 -- Judiciary (Chair); Finance; Transportation
1979 -- Judiciary (Chair)
1980 -- Judiciary (Chair)
1982 -- Finance (Vice-chair); Judiciary; Local Government
1983 -- Finance; Judiciary (Chair)
1984 -- Finance; Judiciary (Chair)
1985 -- Finance; Judiciary (Chair); Local Government
1986 -- Finance; Judiciary (Chair)
1987 -- Judiciary (Chair); Finance
1988 -- Judiciary (Chair); Finance

Joint/Statutory1969 --Legislative Audit (3-21-1, 1963 C.R.S.); Legal Services (63-3-2, 1963 C.R.S.)
1970 -- Legislative Audit (Chair) (3-21-1, 1963 C.R.S.); Legal Services (63-3-2, 1963 C.R.S.)
1971 -- Legislative Council (63-4-1, 1963 C.R.S.); Legal Services (63-3-2, 1963 C.R.S.)
1972 -- Legislative Council (63-4-1, 1963 C.R.S.); Legislative Audit (Chair) (3-21-1, 1963 C.R.S.)
1973 -- Legislative Audit (Chair) (2-3-101, C.R.S.); Legal Services (2-3-502, C.R.S.)
1974 -- Legislative Audit (2-3-101, C.R.S.); Legal Services (Vice-chair) (2-3-502, C.R.S.)
1975 -- Legislative Audit (2-3-101, C.R.S.); Legal Services (Chair) (2-3-502, C.R.S.)
1976 -- Legislative Audit (2-3-101, C.R.S.); Legal Services (Chair) (2-3-502, C.R.S.)
1977 -- Legal Services (Chair) (2-3-501, C.R.S.); Legislative Audit (2-3-101, C.R.S.)
1978 -- Legal Services (Chair) (2-3-502, C.R.S.); Legislative Audit (2-3-101, C.R.S.)
1979 -- Legal Services (2-3-502, C.R.S.)
1980 -- Legal Services (2-3-502, C.R.S.)
1981 -- Legal Services (2-3-502, C.R.S.); Legislative Council (Vice-chair) (2-3-301, C.R.S.) ; Commission on Uniform State Laws (2-3-601, C.R.S.)
1982 -- Legal Services (Chair) (2-3-502, C.R.S.); Commission on Uniform State Laws (2-3-60, C.R.S.)
1983 -- Commission on Uniform State Laws (2-3-601, C.R.S.); Legal Services (2-3-502, C.R.S.
1984 -- Legal Services (2-3-502, C.R.S.)
1985 -- Commission on Uniform State Laws (2-3-601, C.R.S.); Legal Services (Vice-chair) (2-3-502, C.R.S.
1986 -- Commission on Uniform State Laws (2-3-601, C.R.S.); Legal Services (Vice-chair) (2-3-502, C.R.S.
1987 -- Legal Services (2-3-502, C.R.S.)
1988 -- Legal Services (Vice-chair) (2-3-502, C.R.S.)

Interim1965 -- Consumer Problems (HJR 1024)
1966 -- Consumer Problems (HJR 1024 (1965))
1967 -- Government Civil Immunity (SJR 42)
1971 -- Law Enforcement (Chair) (HJR 1033)
1972 -- Probate Code (SJR 7); Criminal Justice (Chair) (SJR 15)
1973 -- Courts; Criminal Justice (Chair); Land Use
1974 -- Administration of Justice; Criminal Justice (Chair); Energy
1975 -- Agriculture; Judiciary (Co-chair); Local Government; State Penitentiary
1976 -- Judiciary I (Chair) (HJR 1047); Judiciary II (Vice-chair) (HJR 1047); Local Government - by action of Legislative Council
1977 -- Judiciary (Chair) (HJR 1046)
1978 --  Air Pollution (HJR 1049); Corrections (SJR 29); Judiciary (Chair) (SJR 29); Water & Coal Slurry - (SJR 29)
1979 -- Corrections; Judiciary (Vice-chair)
1980 -- Corrections; Human Settlement Policy (Vice-chair); Judiciary (Chair); Transportation
1981 --Congressional Redistricting Fuel Conservation Policy Council (SB 381 (1981)); Judicial Caseload & Juvenile Sentencing (HJR 1034); Legislative Procedures (Vice-chair)
1982 -- Legislative Procedures; Management of State Government (Vice-chair)
1985 -- Water & Land Resources (HJR 1025)
1987 --Adult Criminal Justice System (HJR 1032)

Bill Sponsorship
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Oral History Library
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Cole, Ralph.mp3