Adrienne Benavidez

Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 24-11 and the governor signed it into law.

May 11, 2026Supports AI Regulation

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Co-sponsored Colorado Senate Bill 26-167, a prescription-drug out-of-pocket expense credit measure signed by the Governor on June 3, 2026.

June 3, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate voted 18-17 to pass it, but the governor vetoed the bill.

May 13, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 28-7 and the governor signed it into law.

May 11, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1414. Getting a copy of your own medical records can cost hundreds of dollars. The act caps what a hospital may charge a patient's lawyer at $400 for a record over 664 pages. Below that page count the ordinary reasonable fee still applies. The cap is adjusted for inflation every two years from 2028. The Colorado Senate passed it 24-10 and the governor signed it into law.

May 8, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-10 and the governor signed it into law.

May 8, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 66. Compounded weight-loss drugs are custom-mixed and are not approved by federal regulators. The bill would have barred selling one unless the seller confirmed several things about it. Those included that it was made at a plant inspected in the past two years and checked for purity and dose. Labels would have had to list every ingredient and its quantity. The Colorado Senate voted 20-15 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

April 17, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 32 and pass it. 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 Senate voted 22-12 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

March 18, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-11 and the governor signed it into law.

May 8, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 24-11 and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 22-13 and the governor signed it into law.

May 5, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 142 and pass it. A thermal energy network heats and cools a whole neighborhood from shared pipes underground. The law did not say clearly whether a town could run one, which added legal cost to every project. The act says a town may join its own buildings with private ones and hire a private operator. It may sign deals of up to 25 years, and doing so does not make it a regulated utility. The Colorado Senate voted 25-7 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 5, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass 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 Senate voted 20-14 to pass it, but the governor vetoed the bill.

April 29, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 27-7 and the governor signed it into law.

April 27, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 28-7 and the governor signed it into law.

April 13, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 24-7 and the governor signed it into law.

April 10, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 25-8 and the governor signed it into law.

April 2, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 62. Second-generation rat poisons stay in the food chain and poison pets, owls and hawks. Poison centers link them to about 3,100 human exposures over five years, three quarters of them children under five. From July 2027 the bill would have made four of these poisons restricted-use pesticides. Selling or using one against that restriction would have been unlawful. The Colorado Senate voted 22-12 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

March 18, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 16 and pass it. 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 Senate voted 22-12 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

March 18, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 22-13 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 Senate passed it 28-7 and the governor signed it into law.

April 23, 2026Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 21-14 and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 93 and pass it. 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 Senate voted 23-12 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 160 and pass it. 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 Senate voted 24-10 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass 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 Senate voted 23-12 to pass it, but the governor vetoed the bill.

May 1, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

April 30, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 91. Whether a newspaper deliverer is an employee decides who pays unemployment insurance. The bill would have said the ordinary demands of the round do not alone make someone an employee. Those demands include a pickup point, a set route, deadlines and quality standards. The general test would otherwise have stayed the same. The Colorado Senate voted 26-8 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

April 29, 2026Opposes Labor Rights

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

March 11, 2026Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 26-9 and the governor signed it into law.

March 3, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 36 and pass it. 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 Senate voted 22-12 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 8, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 22-13 and the governor signed it into law.

April 14, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 26-8 and the governor signed it into law.

March 24, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 2 and pass it. 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 Senate voted 23-12 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026Supports Cost of Living Reduction

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 11, 2026Supports Immigration

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

April 30, 2026Supports Immigration

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Voted to pass 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 Senate voted 18-17 to pass it, but the governor vetoed the bill.

May 13, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 1286. Self-driving systems are being fitted to heavy trucks. For a truck rated over 26,000 pounds, the bill would have required a licensed commercial driver in the cab. That driver would have had to watch the road and step in when needed. For hazardous loads the driver would have had to sit in the driver's seat. The Colorado Senate voted 27-8 to pass it, but the governor vetoed the bill.

May 12, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 14 and pass it. 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 Senate voted 23-12 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 6, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

March 2, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 155 and pass it. 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 Senate voted 23-12 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate voted 23-12 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

May 11, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 177 and pass it. 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 Senate voted 23-11 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 8, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 22-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 22-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

April 17, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

March 25, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 22-13 and the governor signed it into law.

March 12, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

March 10, 2026Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 4, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 26-9 and the governor signed it into law.

May 1, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

April 30, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 166. Colorado bars anyone convicted of a sexual offense against a child from serving on a school board. The bill would have added two more bars, each lasting ten years after a sentence is fully served. They cover a crime of violence and a felony drug offense involving distribution, manufacture or sale. The person would have had to be 18 or older at the time of the offense. The Colorado Senate voted 21-13 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

April 28, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 22-12 and the governor signed it into law.

April 8, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

April 14, 2026Supports Gun Control

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 20-15 and the governor signed it into law.

April 14, 2026Supports Gun Control

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

March 30, 2026Supports Gun Control

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 43. A gun barrel can be bought without a background check because it is not a firearm. The bill would have made selling or transferring one unlawful unless a federally licensed dealer did it in person. A first offense would have been a misdemeanor carrying up to $500 and 30 days in jail. Holding a barrel with intent to sell, outside a licensed dealer, would also have been unlawful. The Colorado Senate voted 18-16 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

March 2, 2026Supports Gun Control

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted to adopt the conference committee's report on House Bill 1084 and pass it. 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 Senate voted 23-12 to adopt that report and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 30, 2026Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-11 and the governor signed it into law.

April 27, 2026Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to adopt the conference committee's report on House Bill 1038 and pass it. 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 Senate voted 24-11 to adopt that report and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 13, 2026Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 24-11 and the governor signed it into law.

May 11, 2026Supports Data Privacy

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Voted to pass 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 Senate voted 19-15 to pass it, but the governor vetoed the bill.

May 6, 2026Supports Data Privacy

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Co-sponsored Colorado House Bill 26-1283, protecting people from seizure or threatened disclosure of government-issued identification documents; signed by the Governor on June 3, 2026.

June 3, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 115 and pass it. 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 Senate voted 18-17 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 7, 2026

Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 125 and pass it. 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 Senate voted 24-11 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 24-11 and the governor signed it into law.

May 11, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 7, 2026

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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 11, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1256. A person leaving a Colorado prison gets $100, a sum unchanged since 1972. The act does not raise it, but bars the state from taking any of it for restitution, fees, clothing or the ride home. A ride home anywhere in Colorado becomes a duty rather than an option. Everyone eligible is now enrolled in the state ID program unless they opt out. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-11 and the governor signed it into law.

May 8, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 28-7 and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 27-8 and the governor signed it into law.

May 5, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 5, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 4, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 109 and pass it. 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 Senate voted 25-10 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 23, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 158. A young offender who finishes a special prison program could ask the governor for early parole. Only the governor could grant it. The act lets the state parole board grant it too. The board must still weigh victim statements and find that release fits public safety. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-11 and the governor signed it into law.

April 20, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 159. Colorado lets inmates cut their sentence by earning time for good behavior. The act raises the monthly cap from 12 days to 14 for most inmates. Those convicted of listed serious crimes, including sexual assault and felony car theft, stay at 12. Achievement time of up to 60 days a milestone is unchanged. The Colorado Senate passed it 22-12 and the governor signed it into law.

April 20, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

April 14, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 24-11 and the governor signed it into law.

March 31, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 24-10 and the governor signed it into law.

March 27, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-11 and the governor signed it into law.

March 24, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 13 and pass it. 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 Senate voted 27-7 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

March 13, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 184 and pass it. 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 Senate voted 23-12 to accept those changes and pass the bill, but the governor vetoed it.

May 13, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate voted 19-16 to pass it, but the governor vetoed the bill.

May 13, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 21-14 and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 131 and pass it. 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 Senate voted 20-15 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 7, 2026

Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 93 and pass it. 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 Senate voted 23-12 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 160 and pass it. 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 Senate voted 24-10 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 5, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate voted 23-12 to pass it, but the governor vetoed the bill.

May 1, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 91. Whether a newspaper deliverer is an employee decides who pays unemployment insurance. The bill would have said the ordinary demands of the round do not alone make someone an employee. Those demands include a pickup point, a set route, deadlines and quality standards. The general test would otherwise have stayed the same. The Colorado Senate voted 26-8 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

April 29, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 90. Colorado's repair law makes makers supply parts and tools to independent repairers. The bill would have added critical infrastructure to the gear left out of that duty. The term would have carried the meaning federal law gives it. Game consoles and quantum computing gear were already left out. The Colorado Senate voted 22-13 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

April 16, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 24-10 and the governor signed it into law.

April 7, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

April 7, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 19-16 and the governor signed it into law.

March 30, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 22-12 and the governor signed it into law.

March 17, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 7, 2026

Voted to pass 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 Senate voted 23-11 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

March 16, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

March 11, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 7, 2026

Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 172 and pass it. 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 Senate voted 25-10 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 13, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted to pass 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 Senate passed it 23-11 and the governor signed it into law.

May 8, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 7, 2026

Served as a Colorado State Senator representing Senate District 21.

August 18, 2026

Source: senatedems.co · researched August 19, 2026

Voted against accepting the House's changes to 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 Senate had agreed to those changes 18-17, but then rejected the bill 11-24 on the vote to pass it again, and it did not become law.

May 13, 2026

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 7, 2026

Voted against passing 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 Senate passed it 22-13 and the governor signed it into law.

May 12, 2026

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Voted against accepting the House's changes to 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 Senate voted 19-13 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 5, 2026

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 7, 2026

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 Senate voted 18-17 to pass it, but the governor vetoed the bill.

May 1, 2026

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Voted against accepting the House's changes to 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 Senate voted 19-16 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 17, 2026

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 140. Colorado's drug affordability board can review a drug's price and cap what is paid for it. The bill would have put two more kinds of drug outside that power. Those are drugs the federal regulator designates for rare diseases, and licensed products made from human blood or plasma. Drugs derived from cannabis were already exempt. The Colorado Senate voted 20-15 to pass it, but the bill did not become law.

April 13, 2026

Source: legiscan.com · researched September 7, 2026