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Voted to pass House Bill 1139. Health insurers use artificial intelligence to review whether to cover care. The act says such a system must judge from the patient's own medical history, not from group data alone. It must not discriminate, and the insurer has to keep audit records and check how well it works. A denial based on medical need cannot rest on the machine alone. A licensed clinician has to review and approve it. Insurers, Medicaid and the children's health plan also cannot cover therapy given by a machine. The Colorado House passed it 47-15 and the governor signed it into law.

March 16, 2026Supports AI Regulation

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 6. Insurers have often made non-opioid pain drugs harder to get than opioids. The act says the hurdles for a non-opioid pain drug cannot be tighter than for an opioid. The patient's share of the cost cannot be higher either. From 2027 smaller plans must carry at least one non-opioid choice. Large employer plans follow in 2028. The Colorado House passed it 48-16 and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1139. Health insurers use artificial intelligence to review whether to cover care. The act says such a system must judge from the patient's own medical history, not from group data alone. It must not discriminate, and the insurer has to keep audit records and check how well it works. A denial based on medical need cannot rest on the machine alone. A licensed clinician has to review and approve it. Insurers, Medicaid and the children's health plan also cannot cover therapy given by a machine. The Colorado House passed it 47-15 and the governor signed it into law.

March 16, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1096. Direct primary care means paying a doctor a flat monthly fee instead of per visit. Medicaid does not cover it, and some members were told they could not buy it themselves. The bill would have barred the state from stopping a Medicaid member doing so. The doctor could not have billed Medicaid for the same care, and the member would have signed a form saying so. The Colorado House voted 40-22 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

February 23, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1225 and pass it. A community solar garden lets people without a good roof buy a share and get a credit on their bill. The act lets a project hold that credit steady for low-income members. Other members get a credit that shifts each year. A utility also cannot bill a project for hookup work more than 30 days before it spends the money. The Colorado House voted 45-18 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 12, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Prime-sponsored a law changing how Colorado awards grants from the nursing home penalty fund, tying them to federal Medicare and Medicaid priorities and letting more government-run nursing facilities apply (House Bill 26-1244).

May 6, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1007 and pass it. A small plug-in solar panel can sit on a balcony and feed power into a wall outlet. For a panel of up to 1,920 watts, the act bars a utility from charging a fee or making the customer ask permission. From 2027 a homeowners association cannot unfairly ban these panels, but it can set safety rules. Utilities must also allow meter collar adapters, which save the cost of a new panel box. The Colorado House voted 45-18 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 14, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1033 and pass it. Colorado's cottage food law let people sell home-cooked food only if it could sit safely at room temperature. The act, titled the Tamale Act, lets a home cook sell packaged food needing heat or chilling. That covers tamales, burritos and tortas. A cook may sell one such product with up to five variations, and must list them for the health department. The Colorado House voted 46-19 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Voted to pass House Bill 1003. Colorado set up a small business loan fund to help firms recover from the pandemic. The act keeps it going for problems that come later, not just for COVID-19. It loosens the rule that private money had to be committed first at a four-to-one ratio. The fund may still only lend directly if bank regulators stop banks from doing it. The Colorado House passed it 50-15 and the governor signed it into law.

February 10, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Was a lead sponsor of a law changing how landowners pull property out of a Colorado town or city. Owners inside urban renewal areas or special districts must apply to the town's governing body instead of asking a court, and must notify the urban renewal authority (House Bill 26-1253). It was signed on May 4, 2026.

May 4, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

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Voted to pass House Bill 1138. Theft rings hit stores across several towns, so no single force sees the whole picture. The act sets up a board and a grant fund for retail theft inside the state's criminal justice division. Police, district attorneys and joint task forces can apply for the money. It aims at theft of $2,000 or more and at gift card fraud. The model is the one Colorado used to bring down car theft. The Colorado House passed it 50-14 and the governor signed it into law.

May 11, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1312 and pass it. Police recruits in Colorado train under academy rules set by a state board. The act tells the attorney general to send that board a plan to update academy training by the end of 2030. If the board says no, another plan is due within a year. The board itself grows from 24 to 28 members. The Colorado House voted 47-18 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 4, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 104. Firefighters and police forcing a school door waste time in an emergency. By July 2030 every Colorado school must fit at least one outside key box. The box has to meet a national safety standard and hold keys or access cards for the local police. Home schools are not covered. The Colorado House passed it 42-20 and the governor signed it into law.

April 16, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 14. A person found not guilty by reason of insanity is committed for treatment rather than punished. At a hearing to end that commitment for good, the act puts the burden on the defendant. If evidence is raised that they do not qualify, they must show they do. A court that finds them not ready keeps them on conditional release and tells the district attorney. The Colorado House passed it 44-19 and the governor signed it into law.

April 2, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 177. Fixing your own wall sometimes means standing on the neighbor's land. If the neighbor says no, or ignores a certified letter for 60 days, the act lets the owner ask a district court for access. It applies to single-family homes, including row houses sharing a wall. The court decides the terms. The Colorado House passed it 43-21 and the governor signed it into law.

May 7, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Introduced a Colorado bill to write an individual right to own firearms into state law and repeal extreme risk protection orders — court orders that temporarily take guns from people judged dangerous. A House committee killed it (House Bill 26-1072).

March 2, 2026Opposes Gun Control

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Sponsored a bill requiring health care providers to discuss adoption with patients at least 24 hours before an abortion. A House committee killed it on an 8-5 vote (House Bill 26-1105).

March 10, 2026Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

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Led a new law protecting children who appear in online videos and posts that earn money (House Bill 26-1058). It makes creators set aside part of those earnings for the child, lets the child later ask that the content be deleted, and bans making money from sexualized content of minors. The governor signed it on May 4, 2026.

May 4, 2026Supports Data Privacy

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 190. Colorado already makes police release body camera footage of misconduct complaints within 21 days. The act sets a separate track when police use of force kills someone. Once the internal inquiry, the outside investigation and any court case are over, the film of the death goes to the family on request. The force must make real efforts to find that family. Family here means a partner, child, parent, sibling or guardian. The Colorado House passed it 45-20 and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to accept the Senate's changes to House Bill 1100 and pass it. An adult under guardianship loses the right to make many of their own decisions. The act writes a bill of rights for them into Colorado law. It covers dignity, privacy, freedom from abuse, staying as independent as possible, and respect for religion and gender identity. It also gives the right to take part in decisions about care, home and daily life. The Colorado House voted 51-13 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 12, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 13. Colorado's bigamy law made it a crime for a married person to live with someone else. The act removes living together from the offense. Bigamy now means marrying or entering a civil union while already married or in one. The old definition of cohabitation is repealed. The Colorado House passed it 46-19 and the governor signed it into law.

March 11, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1245. Building customers pay contractors up front and sometimes the money goes elsewhere. The bill would have made it theft when a contractor carelessly spent advance payment on something unrelated. The money would also have had to cause unfair delay or a stoppage on the job. It would have sat beside the forms of theft already in Colorado law. The Colorado House rejected it 27-37, and the bill did not become law.

April 21, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 121. Colorado farm workers get overtime pay only after long hours. From 2027 an agricultural employer must pay the overtime rate after 56 hours in a week. Workers herding livestock on the open range are left out. So are certain salaried year-round managers and family members of the owner. The Colorado House passed it 33-32 and the governor signed it into law.

April 16, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1418. Online games sell add-ons that give a player an advantage or change the game. The bill would have set up a youth mental health body paid for by a fee on those sales. The fee would have started at five percent. Buying the game itself would not have been charged. The money would have paid for youth mental health grants and after-school programs. The Colorado House voted 38-26 to accept those changes and pass the bill, but the governor vetoed it.

May 13, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1236. Arbitration clauses can leave a worker or shopper facing fees far above court fees. The bill would have made such a clause void, letting the person go to court instead. It would also have barred an arbitrator from running a case where they had a conflict. The rules could not have been signed away in advance. The Colorado House voted 33-32 to accept those changes and pass the bill, but the governor vetoed it.

May 13, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1255. Police serving a search warrant on a social media company can wait for an answer. The bill would have made a platform with a million monthly users staff a hotline at all times. It would have had to confirm a warrant within set time limits. It would also have had to tell local police within 24 hours whenever it acted against a user. Content that counts as protected health care would have been left out. The Colorado House voted 35-30 to accept those changes and pass the bill, but the governor vetoed it.

May 13, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 80. The act sets up a cradle to career grant program in the state human services department. Grants go to towns, schools, colleges, tribes and community nonprofits in areas with high poverty. The money pays for help that links early childhood, school and the step into work. The aim is to open a way out of poverty for children and young people under 25. The Colorado House passed it 41-24 and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1223. The act adds a state income tax credit for families with children, on top of two credits already in law. It starts in the 2027 tax year. The credit is smaller for children aged six and over, and shrinks as family income rises. To help pay for it, the act taxes computer software whether or not it arrives on a disc. The Colorado House voted 36-29 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1272. Workers who labor in extreme heat or cold can fall ill or die. The act does not set a heat rule employers must follow. It tells the state labor division to gather data from health records, injury claims and a public reporting page. By July 2028 the division must publish a model plan. The plan covers water, rest breaks, training, and easing new workers into the heat. The Colorado House voted 43-22 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 125. Students with disabilities have leaned on federal law for the right to a suitable free education. The act writes those core protections into Colorado law. It covers how schools find and assess such students and what a district owes them. The stated reason is to hold the rights steady whatever the federal government enforces. The Colorado House passed it 47-18 and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1141. Colorado law bars unfair treatment by places open to the public. The act spells out how that applies to schools and colleges. A school breaks it by shutting a student out of a program on protected grounds. It also breaks it by knowing of a hostile setting and failing to act. The Colorado House voted 43-22 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1309. Family courts decide who a child lives with when parents split up. The act spells out what coercive control means, covering money control, tracking, threats and cutting a person off from family. Where a court finds abuse more likely than not, it cannot order shared decisions over the other parent's objection. It may only do so if it makes specific findings that this is safe. Safety of the child and the abused parent comes first in setting parenting time. The Colorado House voted 43-22 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1065. Most Colorado transit stations have too few homes near them to fill the trains and buses. The act maps zones within two miles of a station. Inside a zone the state may put the growth in its own sales tax back into sidewalks, crossings and other works near the station. That can run for up to 30 years. The act also adds a tax credit of up to $8.3 million a year for cheaper homes built in those zones. The Colorado House voted 44-21 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1424. Ride-hailing drivers had to get their own background check once every five years. The act moves that duty to the company and makes it every six months. The check has to cover national, state and county records and the national sex offender list. The act also targets imposter drivers, who drive using someone else's account. The Colorado House voted 43-21 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 184. A firefighter with cancer has to prove the job caused it. The bill would have flipped that, treating a covered firefighter's cancer as caused by the job. An employer could have argued back only with clear and convincing medical evidence. Smoking, family history or a missed pre-hire medical would not on their own have been enough. The Colorado House voted 42-23 to pass it, but the governor vetoed the bill.

May 12, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1345. Colorado shares state money among its public colleges by formula. The act adds co-located degree partnerships, where a student stays on their own campus while enrolled at a partner college that offers the degree. That lets rural campuses keep the students and the funding. The act follows the recommendations of the state's funding formula report. The Colorado House voted 51-13 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 12, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1016. Open educational resources are course materials students get free. The state's yearly report on them was due to stop after 2026. The act keeps it running to the end of 2031. The report must now count courses that cost students nothing for textbooks, not just those using open materials. The Colorado House voted 49-15 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 12, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 35. Speeding is behind hundreds of Colorado road deaths a year. The act adds license points on top of the usual ones for repeat serious speeding. A second offense in a year adds two points, a third in two years adds four, and a fifth in five years adds eight. Driving at 100 miles an hour or more adds four points on its own. The Colorado House passed it 35-30 and the governor signed it into law.

May 12, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1147. A host home is a private house where an adult with a developmental disability lives with a paid carer. These homes need no state license, so nobody had a full list of them. The act makes the state build a list of such homes, set risk criteria and open a complaint route. Provider agencies must file the details and the state must keep the list current. The Colorado House voted 44-20 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 12, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 155. Hail, wind and wildfire have pushed up home insurance and driven insurers out of Colorado. The act sets up a state body to pay grants for making homes stand up to that weather. It is paid for by a yearly fee on insurers worth half a percent of home premiums. The insurer must swallow the fee and cannot pass it to customers. The Colorado House passed it 43-22 and the governor signed it into law.

May 12, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1269. Riders often cannot tell what a bus or train costs or where it goes. From mid-2027 an agency carrying at least a million trips a year must post clear maps at rail and bus stations. It must also show fares and discount rules online, in vehicles and at sheltered stops. A link or QR code counts, and no agency has to replace signs just for this. The Colorado House voted 42-22 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 12, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 152. Colorado towns use cameras to catch speeding and red-light running. The act defines a mobile camera as one that can be moved between sites and fitted in a vehicle. A camera on a trailer counts as mobile only if it moves within 72 hours or sits in a work or school zone. The act also states these systems do not include license plate readers. The Colorado House passed it 51-14 and the governor signed it into law.

May 12, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 103. A community school ties a school to health clinics, legal help and family services. Colorado law offered that mainly as a last resort after a school was already failing. By July 2027 every district, charter and school board must adopt and publish a written policy sending help to at-risk students. The policy may set up ties with community groups. The Colorado House passed it 43-22 and the governor signed it into law.

May 12, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 2. The act makes every investor-owned gas and electric utility run a percentage-of-income payment plan. A household on a low income pays a set share of its income, between two and six percent. The rest of the bill turns into a credit. A late or part payment cannot on its own throw a household out of the plan. The act also delays new pollution limits on propane and mobile home furnaces and water heaters until 2031. The Colorado House passed it 40-23 and the governor signed it into law.

May 12, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 178. Colorado uses a fee on insurers and hospitals to hold down premiums on the individual market. The act lets the program borrow, issuing up to $100 million in bonds from 2027. It sets how the money must be split. At least half goes to the backup fund that holds premiums down. A study due by July 2027 must ask whether a basic health plan would work better. The Colorado House passed it 43-22 and the governor signed it into law.

May 12, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1111. Farmers and commercial sprayers often have no safe place to take leftover pesticide. The act creates a state-run disposal and container recycling program that starts in 2027. It is paid for by fees on the sprayers who use it and on companies that register pesticides for sale in Colorado. Using the program is voluntary, and only those who use it pay the disposal fee. The Colorado House voted 41-20 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 12, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 3. An electric car battery holds valuable metals and can catch fire if it is thrown away. The act makes the companies that supply those batteries take back used ones and pay to collect them. Putting a car battery in a landfill is banned. From July 2029 each battery needs a label listing what is in it. The Colorado House passed it 49-16 and the governor signed it into law.

May 12, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1276. The act adds state oversight of places that hold people for immigration cases. A county or district public health agency may inspect or examine such a facility. The state health department gets matching powers and a fund for the work. The act also frees users of Colorado's court e-filing system from a records certification rule. The Colorado House voted 42-22 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 12, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1263. The act sets rules for chatbots that hold conversations with the public. An operator has to make a reasonable effort to work out whether a user is a child. It then owes extra duties to those users. It also has to publish disclosures and report to the state each year. Shopping assistants, business tools and developer software are left out. The Colorado House voted 42-22 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 12, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1273. Ride-hailing companies keep a share of each fare, called the take rate. The bill would have capped that share at 20 percent of the customer fare. The driver would have had to receive at least 80 percent, and all pass-through amounts in full. A company could not have charged the driver a fee that pushed its share past 20 percent. The Colorado House voted 38-26 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

May 11, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1112. Injection wells push liquid underground and are regulated by the federal government. The bill would have let Colorado's energy commission apply to run that job itself for three classes of well. It would have set fees to cover the cost of doing so. The stated aims include aquifer recharge and a single permitting route where state and federal rules now overlap. The Colorado House voted 51-14 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

May 11, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 115. Some people in Colorado prisons are old and have served decades. The act lets someone aged 60 or over who has served at least 20 years ask the sentencing court to look again. The window to file runs three years. Sex offenses, human trafficking, life without parole, crimes against a child under 12 and crimes against on-duty responders are all barred. The Colorado House passed it 42-21 and the governor signed it into law.

May 9, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 172. The front range passenger rail district covers land from Wyoming to New Mexico. Its boundary was drawn by county and planning-region lines, which cut through towns. The act redraws it as a named list of whole municipalities plus defined county areas. The district's purpose and powers are unchanged. The Colorado House passed it 47-16 and the governor signed it into law.

May 9, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 131. Sports betting apps push alerts to get people betting again. The act bans an online sportsbook from pushing a notice that asks for a bet or a deposit. It also caps deposits at six a day per person. Operators must report odd betting to the sport's governing body at the same time as the state. The Colorado House passed it 50-13 and the governor signed it into law.

May 9, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 93. Some builders carry no injury insurance, leaving hurt workers with nothing. For a building permit on a job over $1 million, the applicant must file a signed statement before work starts. It swears that everyone on the job, including subcontractors, is covered. Anyone may complain to the state if they think the cover is missing. The Colorado House passed it 44-19 and the governor signed it into law.

May 9, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 167. Some drugs cost less paid for straight out, but that money used not to count. From 2028 an insurer must count what a patient paid a pharmacy directly. It goes toward the patient's yearly cap on what they pay. The patient has 90 days to send proof, and the credit stops at the in-network price. The Colorado House passed it 48-15 and the governor signed it into law.

May 9, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1210. Firms can set a different price for each customer using data gathered about them. The bill would have banned setting a price or a wage that way. A firm could still have charged different prices where it showed its own cost differed. Breaking the rule would have counted as a deceptive trade practice. The Colorado House voted 41-23 to accept those changes and pass the bill, but the governor vetoed it.

May 7, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 5. Immigration officers are hard to sue when they break a person's rights. The bill would have let a person sue in state court over rights broken during civil immigration work. A winning claimant would have had their legal costs paid. It would have stripped immunity defenses as far as federal law allows. The Colorado House voted 41-22 to pass it, but the governor vetoed the bill.

May 7, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 174. Some marketing firms collect people's legal problems and sell the details to law firms. The act says the caller often sounds like a lawyer but is not one. It makes lead generation marketing for legal services a deceptive trade practice. That opens it to state enforcement and penalties. The Colorado House passed it 51-13 and the governor signed it into law.

May 7, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 36. Colorado has rules that kick in when prison beds run short, but they made little difference. The trigger moves from a three percent vacancy rate to four percent. When it trips, the department has 48 hours to tell a much longer list, now including sheriffs, probation chiefs, public defenders and community corrections boards. Each of them has to confirm in writing that they got the notice. The Colorado House passed it 41-23 and the governor signed it into law.

May 7, 2026

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Voted against adopting the conference committee's report on House Bill 1084. A ballot measure that cuts state tax revenue has to carry a warning in its title. The act softens that wording to say the cut will likely reduce funding, not that it will. It also widens what the ballot booklet's cost statement must cover. Backers who name the programs to be cut still have them printed in the title. The Colorado House voted 41-22 to adopt that report and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 7, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1207. Large employers already send the federal government a count of staff by race, sex and job type. From July 2027 they must file the same figures with the Colorado secretary of state. The duty covers private firms with 100 or more workers. Government and school employers are left out, and the duty stands even if the federal form goes away. The Colorado House voted 42-22 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 7, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1010. The state workforce council plans job training and hiring programs. The act says at least one of the governor's picks must be 55 or older and speak for older workers. From 2027 the council has to meet the state aging commission twice a year. It must also gather data on how older adults do at work and report on it. The Colorado House voted 46-18 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 7, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1028. A seal of biliteracy on a diploma shows a graduate can use English and another language. Only 55 of Colorado's 179 school districts offered it. The act widens how a student can show the skill, through class work, tests or other proof. It also adds a second, lower seal for speaking and listening alone. The Colorado House voted 47-17 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 7, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 20. Child care licensing checks in Colorado were often done by outside contractors. From July 2026 the state must start phasing that out where it can. It has to rely on its own licensing specialists instead. Licensed facilities must also keep staff records current in the state's professional development system. The Colorado House passed it 48-16 and the governor signed it into law.

May 7, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1123. The act limits when jail staff may strip search someone. It is allowed at intake, when two staff believe something is hidden, or under a written policy after a past incident. The search must be filmed on a body camera and never on a ceiling camera. Staff need written approval to watch that film, jails must report each year, and a search for revenge is banned. The Colorado House voted 42-22 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 7, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 138. Colorado hospitals must offer discounted care to patients on low incomes, but the paperwork put people off. The act sets one uniform application that every facility has to use. A hospital must tell the patient the answer, the income band it used, and the most it can ask for each month. A patient turned down gets an appeal, or a statement that nothing is owed. The Colorado House passed it 49-15 and the governor signed it into law.

May 7, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1425. Applied behavior analysis is a therapy used mostly with autistic children. Anyone practicing it in Colorado will need a state license from a new board. To get one you must hold a national certificate in good standing and pass a fingerprint check. A helper without a license may still work under supervision. That helper has to use a plainer title, such as behavior technician. The Colorado House passed it 45-19 and the governor signed it into law.

May 7, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1226. Some Colorado power plants still burn coal and put out large amounts of smog-forming and acid-forming gases. The act tells the state to write emission limits for units that gave off 200 tons or more in 2024. A unit that plans to keep running past the end of 2034 has to fit pollution controls and meet those limits. A unit that closes or switches to gas by then is left out. The Colorado House voted 41-23 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 7, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1132. Native plants feed bees, butterflies and birds whose numbers are falling. The act tells four state agencies, including transportation and natural resources, to favor native plants on state land projects where it is workable. Each agency has to set five-year and ten-year goals, buy seed together to cut costs, and train staff. Agencies must also mark pollinator zones along roads and stop mowing them except for safety. The Colorado House voted 44-20 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 7, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1322. Conversion therapy tries to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. The act sets out that someone harmed by it can sue the licensed therapist for damages, with no time limit. Damages can cover money lost, harm suffered and, where the conduct was willful, extra damages. Supportive or neutral counseling that does not push a set outcome is not covered. The Colorado House voted 41-23 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 7, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 48. Colorado lets a 16 or 17 year old marry with a juvenile court's approval. There is no limit on how much older the other party may be. The bill would have barred the court approving a marriage where the age gap is more than ten years. It would have applied to licenses issued after it took effect. The Colorado House voted 41-23 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

May 6, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1117. Colorado licenses marijuana hospitality businesses where people may consume on site. The bill would have let one hold a time-limited event away from its own premises. Stores, growers and product makers could have taken part for consumption, but not for sales. The state licensing authority would have had to write rules for the permits. The Colorado House voted 33-31 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

May 6, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 146. Takeaway meals arrive with cutlery and sauce packets nobody asked for. The bill would have made a restaurant or delivery app ask first before handing over single-use serviceware. Only the items a customer asked for or confirmed could have been given. Bundled packs holding more than one kind of item would have been barred. The Colorado House voted 39-25 to pass it, but the governor vetoed the bill.

May 6, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 134. Card networks charge a shop a percentage of the whole sale, including the sales tax. The bill would have barred a network from charging that fee on the tax part. It would also have barred raising other fees to make up the difference. Small card issuers would have been left out and could not have been punished for it. The Colorado House voted 44-20 to pass it, but the governor vetoed the bill.

May 6, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1043. Ride-hailing drivers must carry a rider's service animal, but some refuse. The act makes the company train every driver on that duty. A driver has six months from joining to finish it or lose use of the app. The company must also write a policy against unfair treatment, give it to drivers, and post it online. The Colorado House passed it 46-18 and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 113. A recovery residence is a shared home for people staying sober while they rebuild their lives. From July 2027 running one without a state license is unlawful, with a daily fine. The rule leaves out family homes, treatment centers, shelters and long-term supported housing. It also leaves out reentry programs open to people with no such diagnosis. The Colorado House passed it 48-16 and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1054. Colorado has no state workplace safety law of its own and relies on the federal one. The bill would have created a Colorado Worker Safety Act. It would have set a general duty to keep a workplace free of known hazards. That duty would have been read the way federal regulators read theirs in September 2025. Government employers would have been left out. The Colorado House voted 42-23 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

May 5, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1327. Some large employers hold staff below 30 hours a week, leaving them on state Medicaid. The bill would have created a state body charging a fee to employers with 500 or more such workers. Those employers would have had to report each worker's hours and pay each year. The money would have supported workers' access to care and repaid employers who let staff buy into a company plan. The Colorado House voted 35-30 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

May 5, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 160. The act stops an employer from taking the cost of safety gear out of a worker's pay. Ordinary clothing, sunscreen and everyday boots are not counted as safety gear. It also bars a meat plant with 500 or more Colorado workers from unfairly refusing a toilet break on paid time. The fine is $100 a worker, capped at $200 a week. The Colorado House passed it 42-22 and the governor signed it into law.

May 5, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1004. Colorado gives back half of what a person or business donates to a child care center. That credit was due to end after the 2027 tax year. The act runs it to the end of 2037. The findings say about 18,000 people used it in 2022 and it raised $60 million for providers. The Colorado House passed it 51-13 and the governor signed it into law.

May 4, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1008. Colorado's outdoor economy is worth about $66 billion a year. The act gives the parks and wildlife division a formal job of planning and coordinating outdoor recreation. It must work toward the goals in the state outdoors strategy and report on its planning. The act adds accessible experiences as a defined aim and does not change water rights. The Colorado House voted 46-19 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 4, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1320. The title board writes the question voters see on a ballot measure. The act says a title must use plain words the widest possible audience can follow. The board must avoid titles where the effect of a yes or no vote is unclear. Set wording about tax cuts may now sit anywhere in the title, not just at the start. The Colorado House voted 43-22 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 4, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1318. A school zone doubles traffic fines but Colorado never fixed its size. The act sets a school zone as every road within 1,000 feet of school grounds. State highways are in only if the transport department agrees. A local government may shrink a zone, but never below 200 feet, and signs must say the penalties double. The Colorado House voted 46-19 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 4, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 150. The Denver region's transit district is run by fifteen elected directors. From the 2028 election that becomes five elected seats. The governor appoints four more members, who need Senate approval. Directors face a two-term, eight-year limit. The district must also pay for an outside study of its service for disabled riders by mid-2027. The Colorado House passed it 39-26 and the governor signed it into law.

May 4, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1006. Some Colorado colleges serve mostly rural, low-income or first-generation students. The act lets the state name such a college a thriving institution when it does well by those students. An advisory group helps the state set what doing well means. One of the measures is how much graduates go on to earn. The Colorado House voted 43-22 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 4, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1019. Kidney disease usually has no symptoms early on, and most people who have it do not know. The act makes health plans cover a yearly kidney check at no charge to the patient. The check covers a blood test for kidney function and a urine test for protein. Large employer plans start in 2027 and individual and small group plans in 2028. The Colorado House voted 45-20 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 4, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 141. Colorado records thousands of crashes with wildlife each year, and they have killed drivers and passengers. The act adds an optional $5 fee when a driver registers a vehicle. Three quarters of the money goes to wildlife crossing structures and a quarter to keeping habitat connected. A driver can decline the fee, and declining cannot stop the registration. The Colorado House passed it 49-16 and the governor signed it into law.

May 4, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1283. Some workers are asked to hand over a government ID card and do not get it back. The act bars an employer from demanding or keeping a worker's ID card. An employer may hold it only long enough to check work eligibility and copy it, and never more than 10 hours. The employer has to explain the rule in writing, in the worker's own language where the employer knows it. The Colorado House voted 43-22 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 4, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1281. Causing one death through extreme indifference is first degree murder in Colorado. The bill would have narrowed that charge to cases where more than one person died. It would also have kept it for the death of a child under 12, of an on-duty responder, or of one person with two more badly hurt by a weapon. A single death by extreme indifference would have dropped to second degree murder. The bill would also have created aggravated vehicular homicide for repeat or fleeing drivers. The Colorado House voted 33-32 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

April 29, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1206. Colorado is short roughly 106,000 homes, and 134,000 of them for the poorest renters. The bill would have let a public housing authority put a sales tax to its own voters. The money would have gone to building deeply affordable housing. The tax would have needed a majority at a general or coordinated election. The Colorado House voted 42-21 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

April 28, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1335. Colorado colleges that run a student health center must give students access to abortion medication. The rule starts in August 2027. A center with no pharmacy on site can write a prescription to fill elsewhere, or have its own staff hand out the drug. If another state asks for a student's records in order to punish that care, the college must refuse unless federal law or a Colorado court order requires it. The Colorado House passed it 41-22 and the governor signed it into law.

April 27, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1130. A parent with a baby often finds no place to change a diaper in a public building. From January 2028 the bill would have required a changing table on each floor of a building with a public restroom. One in a restroom for each gender, or one in a single or multi-stall unisex restroom, would have satisfied it. Small businesses and certified historic buildings would have been exempt. The Colorado House voted 35-28 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

April 24, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1342. Feeding bears was already a Colorado offense, but only where the person meant to lure one. The act makes it enough that a person knowingly leaves food out where a bear is likely to come. A first offense still brings a warning. The fine for a third or later offense rises from $2,000 to $5,000, and farming is exempt. The Colorado House passed it 40-25 and the governor signed it into law.

April 22, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1143. Clinical placements, internships and volunteer roles often demand a social security number for a background check. People who lawfully do not have one are shut out. The act says a check for a non-work educational chance may not require one. A taxpayer identification number or a name-based or fingerprint check must be accepted instead. The Colorado House passed it 42-22 and the governor signed it into law.

April 22, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 59. Some Colorado legislators also hold a city or county seat. From the 76th General Assembly a member may not hold another elected office while serving. A special district seat is exempt. So is a member with under a year left in either post when they are sworn in. The Colorado House passed it 34-28 and the governor signed it into law.

April 22, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1321. Colorado pays nonprofits to train schools in responding to a safety incident. The bill would have limited that money to Colorado-based nonprofits. It would have widened the work to cover violence prevention and behavioral health. Applicants would also have been able to name local police as the partner, not only other first responders. The Colorado House voted 42-21 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

April 21, 2026

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Voted against adopting the conference committee's report on House Bill 1038. Bigger Colorado counties elect some commissioners from districts. Those district lines were still drawn by the sitting commissioners, who may run in them. The act moves that job to independent county redistricting commissions. It also spells out what makes a district competitive. The Colorado House voted 41-23 to adopt that report and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 21, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1314. Children removed from home do better with relatives than with strangers. The act makes counties write down the effort they make to find and use kin. It also keeps a grandparent's right to ask for family time after the child's parent dies. Before, that death could end the right. The Colorado House passed it 46-18 and the governor signed it into law.

April 21, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1227. When the state takes a child into care, a judge decides what happens next. The act confirms the child is a party in their own right, all the way through appeal. If the county asks to drop the case and the child's lawyer objects, the court must hold a hearing. The county then has to show a fair reason, or the case goes on. The Colorado House passed it 45-18 and the governor signed it into law.

April 21, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 19. Early childhood councils plan child care and family services in each part of the state. The act scraps the old rules and rebuilds the councils as one statewide system. From July 2026 each council works to a plan agreed with the state. Both the plan and the measures used to judge it are reviewed each year. The Colorado House passed it 45-18 and the governor signed it into law.

April 21, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1196. People applying to rent often do not know what a landlord will look up about them. From 2027 every rental application must say what data the landlord will pull. It must also list what is weighed, such as credit, rental history, income and any criminal record. If a screening company is used, it must be named. In eviction filings a landlord must black out social security, bank and card numbers. The Colorado House passed it 40-23 and the governor signed it into law.

April 21, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 40. Colorado's affordable housing fund helps first-time buyers with a down payment. The act widens who can be helped. The housing payment may now take up to 38 percent of monthly income, up from 35. Land banking may support homes for buyers earning up to 120 percent of the area's middle income. Tribal governments may set their own limits without handing over private data. The Colorado House passed it 44-20 and the governor signed it into law.

April 21, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 109. Colorado makes bigger housing projects build a share of homes a disabled person can use. The act points the rule at the 2017 national standard instead of an older one. It rewrites what counts as a home and as an accessible floor. It adds a lower tier, the visitable home, worth one point toward a project's score. The Colorado House passed it 41-22 and the governor signed it into law.

April 21, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1235. Congress added work and volunteering rules to Medicaid. The act tells the state board to write the Colorado rules so people keep cover with the least paperwork. From March 2027 the state must post monthly figures on approvals and denials. It must also show how many people come back within 90 days of being turned down. Medical ride brokers must report rides asked for, given, dropped and complained about. The Colorado House passed it 44-18 and the governor signed it into law.

April 16, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1224. Mobile home residents own the home but rent the ground under it. A landlord may now end a tenancy for breaking a local rule only after a government has ruled that it happened. Where rent rises are barred for a time, the landlord must tell residents within 14 days and say why. Parks where the landlord owns all the homes are now covered too. The Colorado House passed it 40-22 and the governor signed it into law.

April 16, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1135. Hair relaxers and hairpieces can carry chemicals linked to cancer or birth defects. From July 2027 a maker cannot sell such a product in Colorado without a clear warning label. The label must be at least 12-point type and name which harm is at issue. Breaking the rule counts as a deceptive trade practice. The Colorado House voted 44-19 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1120. When mobile home taxes go unpaid, the county used to seize and sell the home itself. From July 2026 the county sells a tax lien instead, the way it does for a house. The owner gets at least 60 days' warning and then a year to pay up, longer where the county holds the lien. Notices must be written in English and Spanish and say where to get an interpreter. The Colorado House voted 42-21 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1044. Some parents report being ignored or badly treated while giving birth. From 2027 a hospital must hand every birthing parent a written notice of what respectful care means. It covers the right to say yes or no, to privacy, and to have someone at your side. It also lists where to complain about unfair treatment, unsafe care or a rights violation. The Colorado House voted 48-15 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1081. Building new power lines takes years. The act pushes utilities toward gear that carries more power on the lines already standing. A utility's ten-year plan must now weigh better wire and other grid-boosting tools. Projects that use them have to pay prevailing wages and take on apprentices. The Colorado House voted 44-19 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1268. Old mines, closed landfills and finished oil and gas sites sit idle across Colorado. The act lets a city or county mark such land as a renewable energy reinvestment area. It can then put future growth in property tax there toward a solar, wind or storage project. The state energy office must publish a plain guide to siting by September 2027. The Colorado House voted 44-19 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 14, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 87. Serving in the Colorado legislature pays too little to live on, so most members hold another job. The bill would have given members a right to legislative leave from that job during session. The employer could have made the leave paid, unpaid or part paid. An outside employer could not have fired a member for taking it. The Colorado House voted 33-31 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

April 2, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1300. A health service district provides local medical care under an approved service plan. The bill would have let one add or drop affordable housing services without that counting as a major change to the plan. A majority of the district board would have had to vote for it. The work would have had to be done alongside local housing authorities and agencies. The Colorado House voted 43-20 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

April 2, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1011. Puppies sold in pet shops often come from large breeding operations. From January 2028 a pet store may not sell, lease, barter or auction a dog or cat. Brokers face the same ban. Shelters and rescues may still show animals for adoption in a shop, so long as the shop takes no fee and the animal is neutered. The Colorado House voted 43-20 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 2, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 18. A name change petition is a public court record, including the old and new name. From July 2026 the record is sealed when the person filing is under 18. The court may never publish either name online. Someone who filed before that date can ask for their record to be sealed and the court must agree. The Colorado House passed it 42-22 and the governor signed it into law.

April 2, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1127. Colorado tracks how many road deaths involve drink or drugs. Coroners used to send a monthly written report of every crash death. The act replaces that with an electronic report each quarter, sent when the transport department asks. It must carry blood alcohol readings and drug screen results for everyone who died. The Colorado House voted 42-21 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 2, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 47. Colorado firefighters can win collective bargaining rights by a vote of local residents. That vote had to fall at a general election, which limited when it could happen. The act adds coordinated elections to the list. It also fixes the petition threshold to the last regular municipal or district election. The Colorado House passed it 43-20 and the governor signed it into law.

April 2, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1259. The act makes several changes to Colorado's early childhood programs. Preschool providers and the state must keep child records private. They cannot hand out data that would name a child. The state education fund may pay for universal preschool, and a tribal-licensed child care home no longer needs a state license too. The Colorado House voted 44-19 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 2, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1302. The state bureau had to keep its gun background check desk open at least 12 hours a day. The act drops that number and lets the bureau set hours that match demand. The reason given is the three-day wait added in 2023. Requests can still be filed every day but Thanksgiving and Christmas, and go into the queue at once. The Colorado House passed it 42-21 and the governor signed it into law.

April 2, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1232. Colorado stopped charging court fees to children in 2021, but courts kept assessing them. The act says a court cannot charge a time payment fee to a child or their parent. It also bars collecting any court cost ordered against a child since July 2021. Being over 18 by the time of the hearing, or having the case moved to adult court, does not bring the fees back. The Colorado House voted 45-18 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 2, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 53. The state housing authority buys home loans so lenders will make them. Those loans had to go to low or moderate income families. The act adds families of first responders earning up to 110 percent of the usual limit. First responder means a police officer, firefighter or paramedic. The list also reaches dispatchers, corrections officers and wildlife officers. The Colorado House passed it 51-13 and the governor signed it into law.

April 2, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 21. Colorado's clean fleet enterprise pays part of the cost when a fleet buys cleaner vehicles. The act lets it also help small fleets trade an old diesel truck from 2009 or earlier for a truck from 2018 or later. The old truck has to be scrapped by the dealer, with a hole cut through the engine block. Only fleets of 50 or fewer heavy trucks under $100 million in revenue can apply, and the program ends in 2032. The Colorado House passed it 48-16 and the governor signed it into law.

April 2, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1144. The act makes it a crime to knowingly 3-D print or mill a working gun or gun part. A first offense is a misdemeanor. A second is a felony. The parts covered are unfinished frames, large-capacity magazines and rapid-fire devices. Licensed makers and gunsmithing classes are exempt, and props and non-working items are not covered. The Colorado House voted 40-23 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 2, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1193. Colorado schools test children's sight and hearing in set grades. The list started at kindergarten. The act adds pre-kindergarten to the grades where sight is tested. A parent can still opt out on religious or personal grounds. The Colorado House passed it 40-22 and the governor signed it into law.

March 27, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1308. Splitting one house lot into two is usually a slow discretionary decision. From the end of 2027 the bill would have made larger jurisdictions approve a split administratively where set conditions were met. Neither new lot could be under 1,200 square feet, and the smaller had to be at least 30 percent of the original. A lot could only have been split once, and both new lots had to have access and utilities. The Colorado House voted 39-26 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

March 24, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 4. An extreme risk protection order takes guns from someone a court finds dangerous. Only certain people could ask for one. The act adds crisis workers who met the person in the past six months. It widens who counts as a teacher to cover community and technical colleges. It also lets the school, hospital or treatment center that employs those people ask on its own behalf. The Colorado House passed it 39-24 and the governor signed it into law.

March 20, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1126. Colorado makes firearms dealers hold a state permit to sell guns here. The act says a dealer now needs that permit to move firearms into or out of the state as well. It also sets out who counts as an employee, covering unpaid helpers and contractors who can reach the guns. Someone with no way to unlock the store's gun storage is left out. The Colorado House passed it 34-28 and the governor signed it into law.

March 20, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 16. Plastic is shipped as tiny raw pellets, and spills wash into rivers and streams. The act bars any facility in Colorado from discharging plastic pellets, flakes, fibers or powders into state waters or onto land. The state cannot issue a permit allowing such a discharge. The ban takes effect in August 2027. The Colorado House passed it 41-18 and the governor signed it into law.

March 17, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1203. Colorado counties over 70,000 people may have three or five commissioners. The bill would have made five the rule, sparing home rule counties that already elect most commissioners by district. Where a board kept three members, all three would have been elected by their own district's voters. The old route between three and five members would have been replaced. The Colorado House voted 35-27 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

March 16, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 32. Colorado law used to let a federal panel decide which vaccines are advised here. The act has the state board of health set its own list of shots for adults. The board weighs the federal panel and the main doctors' groups. The act also widens the HPV shot coverage rule from women to everyone the list covers. The Colorado House passed it 43-19 and the governor signed it into law.

March 16, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1001. Some Colorado land is owned by school districts, colleges, housing authorities, transit districts and nonprofits that build affordable homes. From the end of 2027 the act makes towns over 2,000 people allow homes on those lots, up to five acres. A town cannot say no on height grounds if the tallest building is three stories or 38 feet. It can still say no where the fire service cannot reach three stories, or in a historic district. The Colorado House voted 40-24 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

March 13, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1064. The youthful offender system is a separate prison track for younger people. The act rewrites what it is for, putting treatment and a safe return to the community first. Everyone in it now gets an assessment, a written plan, and a case manager who meets them each month. The act also says people with disabilities must be treated the same at sentencing. The Colorado House voted 42-21 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

March 12, 2026

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Voted against accepting the Senate's changes to House Bill 1013. Some landlords split one utility bill among tenants by a formula rather than by meter. The act allows that, but only under four rules. The total billed cannot beat the utility's own bill and no markup may be added. Common areas must be left out, and the method must be written into the lease. Buildings permitted from July 2027 need a real meter or submeter for each home. The Colorado House voted 41-22 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

March 12, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1107. Families choosing a dementia care home have little to compare. The state must build a form by July 2027 that every licensed dementia home has to fill in. It covers staff training, use of restraints, security, and when a resident can be moved out. It also explains how fees work. A home must post the form on its website and show it to inspectors, or be cited. The Colorado House passed it 45-18 and the governor signed it into law.

March 12, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1137. Campaign consultants sometimes work for candidates running against each other. The bill would have barred a consultant or firm from taking on opposing candidates. Both candidates' written consent after full disclosure would have been the only exception. It would also have barred passing one client's information to benefit an opponent. The Colorado House rejected it 26-35, and the bill did not become law.

March 10, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1005. Colorado is the only state that makes a second vote before workers can agree a union security clause. That vote needs a majority of everyone eligible, or three quarters of those voting. The bill would have scrapped that second election. It would also have rewritten the Labor Peace Act's stated aims around good faith bargaining and fair pay. The Colorado House voted 42-22 to pass it, but the governor vetoed the bill.

March 9, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1192. The homeless prevention program was steered by a three-person advisory committee. The act removes that committee. The state housing division now runs the program and sets and enforces its standards itself. The money must still go to nonprofit agencies for direct help to clients. The Colorado House passed it 45-17 and the governor signed it into law.

March 9, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1202. Colorado has no single plan for preventing and ending homelessness. The act makes the local affairs department present one in January 2027. The plan must name the gaps in help, list state housing and how fully it is used, and suggest funding. The act also lets nearby local governments set up a joint body to tackle homelessness. The Colorado House passed it 38-23 and the governor signed it into law.

March 9, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1265. Guns used in crimes often cross city and state lines before police find them. By September 2026 every Colorado police force must join the federal gun tracing system and share its data. When a force takes in a gun it has 90 days to send the details to the national tracing center. A force already covered through another agency or the state patrol is left out. The Colorado House passed it 39-23 and the governor signed it into law.

March 9, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1145. The state tests drinking water in mobile home parks and can order a park owner to fix it. The act adds new grounds to step in: harm to a household's money, or water not fit for cooking and washing. A park owner who does not confirm that residents were told can be ordered to do it. The cost of the fix still cannot be passed to residents. The Colorado House passed it 42-22 and the governor signed it into law.

March 5, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1002. People looking for a therapist often find that the insurer's list is out of date. From 2027 an insurer must check each year whether a quiet mental health provider is still in the network. It then has five working days to correct the list. The act also brings those providers under the state's sign-up deadlines, which used to cover only doctors. An insurer must pay for care a trainee gives under a licensed provider's watch. The Colorado House passed it 51-13 and the governor signed it into law.

March 5, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1039. County jails have to meet state standards, but city jails did not. From July 2027 a city jail must meet the same standards and follow the state jail statute. A city jail cannot use restraints on someone it reasonably believes is in labor. It must let a pregnant person held on a city charge go if labor starts, and offer a ride to hospital. The Colorado House passed it 46-16 and the governor signed it into law.

March 3, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1134. Colorado city courts run their own cases and jails. The act makes a city court hold a hearing within 48 hours when someone is held only on a city hold. It confirms a right to a lawyer for defendants who cannot pay for one. It limits flat-fee contracts for those lawyers, unless the fee pays at least the state's hourly rate. The Colorado House passed it 43-19 and the governor signed it into law.

March 3, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1099. A homeowners association inherits the upkeep of shared roofs, roads and pools from the builder. Before handing control over, a builder must now pay for a reserve study looking 30 years ahead. It has to price keeping, fixing and replacing everything the association will own. The study must be done by someone with no business tie to the builder. The Colorado House passed it 39-26 and the governor signed it into law.

February 26, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1114. Local rules on minimum lot size can make a small starter home impossible to build. From October 2031 the bill would have stopped larger jurisdictions demanding more than 2,000 square feet for a single family home. It would also have blocked frontage, setback and coverage rules that had the same effect. Exempt lots would have stayed outside it. The Colorado House voted 38-26 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

February 25, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1017. A court can order someone convicted of a crime to repay their victim. Insurers had been claiming through that process for money they paid out on a policy. The act says restitution must go first to the direct victim, and insurers should use other remedies. An insurer that was itself the target of a crime can still claim. The Colorado House passed it 44-20 and the governor signed it into law.

February 25, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1070. Dentists sign a discount rate with one insurer and find other firms using it too. The act says a third party may reach those agreed discounts only with the dentist's written consent. The consent has to be clear, readily understood and signed. Ticking a box counts as a signature where the law allows it. The Colorado House passed it 48-12 and the governor signed it into law.

February 23, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 52. Colorado coal plants are closing and the towns around them are losing work. From 2027 railroads, utilities, power plants and new factories in those towns must give former coal workers first shot at a job. That applies only to workers who meet the job's needs. The business may still hire someone else if no such worker applies. The Colorado House passed it 45-17 and the governor signed it into law.

February 23, 2026

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Voted against passing House Bill 1045. A renter with a disability can ask a landlord to allow an assistance animal. Federal guidance on how that works was pulled, leaving both sides guessing. The act writes the old guidance into Colorado law. Saying yes is taken to be reasonable, a blanket ban is taken to be unfair, and the animal's presence alone is not a threat. The Colorado House passed it 40-23 and the governor signed it into law.

February 4, 2026

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