CO SB043

If the Senate rejects a governor's nomination for a state office, the rejected individual is deemed legally unfit and ineligible for that office, and the governor cannot nominate them again or appoint them temporarily while the Senate is not in session.

A rejected nominee becomes eligible for nomination again after a subsequent opening in the same office is filled by someone else, allowing for future consideration if circumstances change.

If the Senate rejects a reappointment nomination for an incumbent state officer whose term is expiring, that officer is automatically removed from office upon term expiration and must immediately cease performing duties regardless of whether a successor has been confirmed.

For officers already holding office at the bill's effective date whose reappointment was rejected by the Senate and who are still performing duties pending a successor's qualification, they are deemed removed as of their term expiration date and must immediately stop performing those duties.

Prohibitions on nominating or appointing a rejected individual apply only for the term of the Senate that rejected them; eligibility resumes when a new Senate convenes for its first regular session.