The governor listed a few outdated orders as examples of those on the chopping block, orders like the one from 1978 stating all contracts must be signed by then-Gov. Dick Lamm, or the Governor’s Committee to Improve Television Reception from 1957.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed an executive order that repealed 208 old executive orders, some of which had been on the books for over a century despite not being used or adhered to. Gabrielle Franklin explains from the Capitol.

Gov. Jared Polis this week took executive action to reverse over 200 executive orders that he argues are obsolete. “Today, I took a table saw to outdated and wasteful Executive Orders, cutting away at bureaucracy to make our government more efficient,