HR18-1005 Summary

• Five women filed formal workplace harassment complaints since November 2017 alleging eleven separate incidents of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior against Representative Steve Lebsock.

• Employers Council, an independent employment law firm, conducted a three-month investigation interviewing nineteen victims and witnesses and concluded on February 26, 2018 that the complaints were credible and established a pattern of egregious harassing conduct.

• The House of Representatives expels Representative Steve Lebsock from office pursuant to Article V, Section 12 of the Colorado Constitution, requiring a two-thirds majority vote, for his pattern of egregious harassing conduct and just cause.

• The seat for House District 34, formerly occupied by Steve Lebsock, is declared vacant.

• The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives must print this resolution in its entirety in the House Journal.