Some of the rescinded executive orders date back to the 1920.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gov. Jared Polis this week took executive action to reverse over 200 executive orders that he argues are obsolete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cToday, I took a table saw to outdated and wasteful Executive Orders, cutting away at bureaucracy to make our government more efficient,\u201d the governor said<\/u><\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some of the rescinded executive orders date back to the 1920s, while the two most recent rescinded orders were signed by Polis. The 208 rescinded orders are listed here<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOver time, Executive Orders may become unnecessary, outdated, or obsolete due to changed circumstances, the completion of their intended purposes, or redundancy with current laws and regulations,\u201d the executive order signed on Thursday said. \u201cThe continued retention of outdated Executive Orders may lead to confusion, inefficiency, or administrative burdens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n House Republicans called<\/u><\/a> the executive action \u201ca necessary and long-overdue step toward addressing inefficiencies in state government,\u201d but said more should be done to rollback harmful regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “It is about time the Governor recognized that Colorado cannot thrive under the weight of excessive regulation and overspending,” House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese said in a statement. “This is a step in the right direction, but it falls short of undoing the damage caused by policies that have made it increasingly unaffordable for Coloradans to live in our state.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n House Republicans pointed to the 2024 Colorado Business Economic Outlook, which was released this week by the University of Colorado\u2019s Leeds School of Business, that found the state\u2019s real GDP growth for 2024 was 1.6%, ranking 41st in the country. That\u2019s down from a fifth place ranking for real GDP growth from 2008 to 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFollowing the great financial crisis until 2023, Colorado was one of the top-performing state economies,\u201d Richard Wobbekind, a senior economist at Leeds and faculty director of the Business Research Division, said<\/u><\/a>. \u201cMore recently we have moved more to the middle of the pack, perhaps suggesting that we are leading in the slowdown as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n