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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 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 25B-1006. Federal money had been holding down the price of health plans that people buy on their own. That help was set to end after 2025. If Congress does not renew it, the act puts $100 million into a state fund. The state raises the money by selling tax credits to companies, and covers any gap from the general fund. The fund lowers what those buyers pay each month, and some of their other costs. The act also changes a state program for low-income people who cannot get federal tax credits or Medicaid. Their subsidized plans no longer have to be free or cover at least 94 percent of costs. The new goal is to cover as many people as the money allows. The Colorado Senate passed it 24-10 in the August 2025 special session, and the governor signed it into law.

August 26, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1309. The act makes state-regulated health plans cover gender-affirming care. A plan cannot deny or limit that coverage. Covered care includes hormone therapy, hair removal, chest surgery, facial procedures and genital surgery. A provider has to find the care medically necessary to treat gender dysphoria. The insurance commissioner writes the rules. The state drug monitoring program has to hide archived testosterone records from view. A state health insurance body can use gifts, grants and private money toward the cost of care the state legally protects. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 130 and pass it. The act writes emergency care duties into state law. They track the federal rules hospitals already follow. A place must examine anyone who asks for emergency care, or who plainly looks like they need it. It must then treat the person until they are stable. It cannot hold up care to ask how the patient will pay. Emergency care includes an abortion or a sterilization when that is what makes the patient stable. A facility can move or send home a patient who is not stable only under set conditions. Those are the patient's written request, or a doctor's signed statement that the benefits outweigh the risks. Another hospital must also have agreed to take the patient. A facility cannot punish staff who refuse an unsafe transfer, and it counts as a public place that may not discriminate. The state can investigate a facility, and a doctor who breaks the rules commits unprofessional conduct. The Colorado Senate voted 23-12 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 48 and pass it. The act makes large employer health plans cover treatment for obesity and for pre-diabetes. That covers a diabetes prevention program, nutrition therapy, and weight loss surgery. It also covers intensive coaching to change diet and daily habits. Plans must also offer employers the chance to buy coverage for weight loss drugs. That must include at least one GLP-1 drug. A carrier need not offer coverage whose premiums would not cover the expected benefits. The state's low-cost children's health plan is left out of the new rule. It applies to plans issued or renewed from January 1, 2027. The Colorado Senate voted 25-10 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1026. Colorado makes prisoners pay part of the cost when they ask to see a doctor, dentist, counselor or eye doctor. The bill would have ended that charge. It covered specialist and emergency care too. It would also have barred a fee when a prisoner misses or turns down a visit. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-12, and the governor vetoed it.

April 30, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 118. The act makes health plans that cover maternity care pay in full for up to three prenatal office visits. The patient owes no copay, deductible or share of the cost for those visits. Standardized Colorado Option plans are left out. It applies to plans issued or renewed from January 1, 2027. The Colorado Senate passed it 22-12 and the governor signed it into law.

April 28, 2025Supports Healthcare Affordability

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 196. Colorado already makes health plans cover a list of preventive services free to the patient. That list follows federal expert advice. The act protects that coverage if the federal advice is repealed or changed. The insurance commissioner can then require plans to follow the advice that was in force in January 2025. The commissioner can instead follow a Colorado nurse and doctor task force. That group has to consult the national medical society for the illness at issue. It also has to hear from patients, experts and insurers. Plans tied to a health savings account are exempt where federal law requires it. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-11 and the governor signed it into law.

April 8, 2025Supports 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 accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 7 and pass it. A prescribed burn is a fire lit on purpose to clear fuel before a wildfire can use it. The act creates a state fund to pay damage claims when such a burn causes harm. It starts with $250,000 and pays claims the state has checked. A single burn's claims are capped by what is in the fund when the claim is filed. A burn has to be registered with the state, and a certified burn manager has to be there, for the fund to apply. The Colorado Senate voted 24-11 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 7, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass House Bill 1269. The act creates a Building Decarbonization Enterprise in the Colorado Energy Office. It offers large building owners technical help, financing, energy audits and tracking software. Owners of covered buildings pay a fee to fund it, which the act treats as a fee rather than a tax. Covered buildings keep reporting their energy use each year. The enterprise can agree alternative timelines with an owner who cannot meet a target on schedule. The Colorado Senate passed it 24-11 and the governor signed it into law.

May 7, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 163 and pass it. The act creates the Battery Stewardship Act, which puts recycling on the companies that make batteries. A producer has to join a stewardship organization and run an approved plan for collecting, moving and recycling batteries. A producer that does not take part cannot sell batteries or products containing them in Colorado. From July 1, 2029 retailers cannot sell those products either. A shop does not have to be a drop-off point, but one that volunteers must follow the plan. Plans have to set collection targets and report on how they are met. The Colorado Senate voted 23-12 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass House Bill 1267. The act sets minimum standards for public electric vehicle charging. The state's oil and public safety division has to write those rules by July 1, 2026 and enforce them. It works with the Colorado Energy Office on the standards. The act also changes the state's electric vehicle grant fund and lowers a delivery fee charged by a state energy body. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 286 and pass it. When federal rules require cleaner reformulated gasoline in an area with dirty air, the state can now fine a retailer that sells fuel failing the standard. The fine can reach $5,000 a day. A seller has a defense if it relied on a transfer document showing the fuel complied. The power starts on August 15, 2025. The Colorado Senate voted 26-9 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 5, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 53. The act treats wild bison as wildlife and big game under state law. That makes it illegal to take or hold one without permission from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Bison that are privately owned, held lawfully in captivity, or owned by a tribe are not covered. The act also sets the value of a bison for the penalties that follow illegal taking. The Colorado Senate passed it 24-11 and the governor signed it into law.

April 17, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass House Bill 1161. The act sets a labeling rule for new gas stoves. A store must put a yellow label on the display model. In English and Spanish, it tells the buyer to understand the air quality effects of an indoor gas stove. The label carries a link or a scan code to a state web page on the health effects of those stoves. A store selling online must post the same wording before the sale. The state health department has to build and keep that web page. A store that breaks the rule commits a deceptive trade practice under Colorado's consumer protection law. The Colorado Senate passed it 19-15 and the governor signed it into law.

April 7, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass House Bill 1113. Colorado already bars local governments from planting nonfunctional turf on their own property. Nonfunctional turf is grass that is only decorative, not lawn people use. From January 1, 2028 the ban also covers new homes in developments of 12 units or more. Local governments have to change their rules by 2028 to limit that turf. The act protects trees: a local government cannot stop someone watering a tree in a drought. The Colorado Senate passed it 24-11 and the governor signed it into law.

April 4, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted to pass House Bill 1009. The act lets a fire district or a fire-serving metro district set up a program requiring property owners to clear dead or dry plant material. That means leaves, grass, shrubs, litter and fallen pine needles that can carry a fire. The program has to follow the 2024 international code for building near wildland. The district can charge for doing the work itself, up to $200 per property at a time and $1,200 a year. Districts running such a program have to set up an appeal and adopt rules. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-11 and the governor signed it into law.

March 11, 2025Supports 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 25B-1001. The federal government lets some business owners deduct part of their income before tax. Colorado has made high earners add that amount back when they figure their state tax. The rule was set to end after 2025, and the act makes it permanent. It applies to single filers above $500,000 and couples above $1 million. Farmers do not have to add the amount back. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-12 in the August 2025 special session, and the governor signed it into law.

August 25, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Voted to pass House Bill 1328. Direct care workers help people with daily living at home or in care settings. The act carries out what the state board for that workforce recommended. The board has to look into health benefits for those workers, what they would cost, and how to pay for them. By January 1, 2026 the state has to run a website telling direct care workers their rights and what help exists. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 167 and pass it. The act changes how the state invests two public funds. One is the permanent fund that helps pay for schools. Investment goals now include helping Colorado communities as well as protecting the money. Some of the people overseeing the investments must know community investing. The Colorado Senate voted 24-11 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 5, 2025Supports 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 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 adopt the conference committee's report on House Bill 1300 and pass it. The act changes how an injured worker gets treated under workers' compensation. When a doctor asks to approve care, the employer or insurer has to answer using the state division's treatment standards. The employer or insurer also has to tell the worker in writing, within seven days of hearing about the injury, that the worker can pick the treating doctor. The notice has to say where to find the state's list of accredited doctors. The worker picks from that list, normally within 70 miles of home or work. The limit stretches to 100 miles, or further for good cause, when few accredited doctors nearby will take the case. The Colorado Senate voted 22-13 to adopt that report and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 7, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1328. Direct care workers help people with daily living at home or in care settings. The act carries out what the state board for that workforce recommended. The board has to look into health benefits for those workers, what they would cost, and how to pay for them. By January 1, 2026 the state has to run a website telling direct care workers their rights and what help exists. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1001. The act strengthens how Colorado enforces wage and hour law. An employer now includes anyone who owns or controls at least a quarter of a company. A minority owner who hands day-to-day control to someone else is not covered. The act limits what an employer can take out of a worker's pay. It also stops the state waiving a penalty when the employer is a repeat offender. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 144 and pass it. Colorado's paid family and medical leave program lets workers take paid time off for family or health reasons. A parent whose newborn is in intensive care can now take up to 12 more weeks of leave. The premium that funds the program is set at 0.88 percent of wages. The director then sets the rate each year, keeping the fund solvent and the rate steady. The Colorado Senate voted 21-12 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 28, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 83 and pass it. Colorado already voids most non-compete agreements, but not for highly paid workers. The act removes that exception for doctors, advanced practice nurses, certified midwives and dentists. However much they earn, a non-compete or a no-soliciting clause cannot restrict their practice. A clause also counts as restricting practice if it stops a provider telling patients three things. Those are that the provider is still working, how to reach them, and that the patient can pick their own provider. Agreements tied to selling a business are still allowed. For a minority owner who got shares as pay, the act caps how long such an agreement can bind them. The attorney general can enforce these rules. The Colorado Senate voted 28-7 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 21, 2025Supports Labor Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 5. Under Colorado's Labor Peace Act, a union contract that requires workers to join or pay the union needs a second vote by the workers, approved by both a majority of all eligible workers and three-quarters of those voting. The bill would have dropped that second vote and the related petitions to revoke such contracts. The Colorado Senate passed it 22-12, and the governor vetoed it.

February 18, 2025Supports 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 pass Senate Bill 52. State law used to keep every railroad accident report made for the utilities commission secret. The act ends that blanket secrecy. The commission can still write rules to protect an open inquiry or security details. Those rules cannot hide a finished report, which has to be released on time. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

February 4, 2025Supports 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 accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 150 and pass it. 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, 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 1010. The act lets the governor declare an emergency when a market or trade disruption hits necessities. During such an emergency, raising a price too far counts as price gouging. The act sets the threshold as a rise of more than a stated share above the earlier price. A seller is not gouging if it can show the higher price reflects its own increased costs. Price gouging is an unfair or unconscionable act under consumer protection law. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-11 and the governor signed it into law.

April 4, 2025Supports 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 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 Senate voted 20-11 to pass it, but the governor vetoed the bill.

February 24, 2026Supports Immigration

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 276 and pass it. The act limits how Colorado governments deal with federal immigration enforcement. From July 1, 2025, public schools, colleges, child care centers, health sites and libraries cannot ask where a person was born. They also cannot ask a person's immigration status. They can ask when a law requires it, when the job needs it, or to check if someone qualifies for a funded program. Once bond is processed, a jail cannot keep holding someone at the request of immigration agents. Doing so counts as a new arrest with no warrant. An officer cannot ask a member of the public to help make such an arrest. Probation and pretrial staff cannot hand personal details to federal immigration agents. Another state's troops cannot enter Colorado without the governor saying yes, unless federal orders send them. The Colorado Senate voted 23-12 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 5, 2025Supports Immigration

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Voted to pass House Bill 1244. Colorado runs a grant program paying community organizations to help migrants find state services. The act widens who those grants can serve. It drops the rule that a migrant must have arrived within the past year. The services cover guiding people to state help in their own language. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

April 23, 2025Supports 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 pass House Bill 1122. The bill would have barred a self-driving system from operating a commercial truck alone. Someone holding a commercial driver's license would have had to ride in the truck, watch the driving and step in when needed, and sit in the driver's seat whenever the truck carried hazardous materials. A first conviction would have cost $1,000 and a second $2,000, with the penalty doubling after that. The rule would have started in July 2027. The Colorado Senate passed it 27-8, and the governor vetoed it.

May 6, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 1013. The act gives people held in state prisons a right to social visits. Visits include in-person contact and non-contact visits, family time, phone calls and video calls. Visits from a lawyer or a health worker are not counted as social visits. The prison cannot take visits away because a person is in restrictive housing or has lost privileges. It also cannot turn away a visitor when the person agrees to the visit and both follow prison rules. The act does allow limits, such as capping contact visits for someone in restrictive housing at 30 days in a row. The Colorado Senate passed it 22-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 2, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 190 and pass it. The act changes how people leave custody. A sheriff can let someone who has posted bail stay in jail overnight so staff can link them to services. More people can help an inmate seek special needs parole, including a public defender liaison. When a licensed provider records that an inmate has a serious impairment or severe memory and thinking problems, the prison has to refer them to the parole board. The prison cannot set that referral aside, and the provider is not liable for the finding. The act also tightens bail paperwork, so whoever pays gets the bond papers, a written notice and the next court date. The Colorado Senate voted 21-11 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 1, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 1049. A person in custody already has the right to talk to their lawyer. The act says they also have the right to hear from that lawyer, including a lawyer the court appointed. That covers meetings at the jail or prison, phone calls, and video calls where they exist. A staff member working for the lawyer can take part, and police can check that person is authorized first. The talks stay private. The Colorado Senate passed it 26-8 and the governor signed it into law.

April 28, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 1294. Colorado bars courts from charging most costs and fees to people who broke the law as juveniles. It also bars charging their parent or guardian. That protection was set to expire on June 30, 2025. The act repeals the expiry date, so the protection stays in place. The Colorado Senate passed it 24-11 and the governor signed it into law.

April 23, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 1148. The act reworks the protection orders a court issues against someone facing criminal charges. The order has to be on a standard form that names the people, animals and places it covers. The protected people get a copy. Breaking such an order is already a crime, and the act adds a new way to break one. That is drinking alcohol or using controlled substances when the order forbids it. A court can change or lift an order in the cases the act sets out. The Colorado Senate passed it 22-12 and the governor signed it into law.

April 4, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 1114. The defense in a criminal case gets the right to look at physical evidence the police hold. Police have to allow it as soon as they can, and at least 35 days before trial. A police officer stays present to record who handled the evidence. While inspecting it, the defense must be able to talk privately and take private notes. Material showing the sexual exploitation of a child is left out. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-8 and the governor signed it into law.

March 7, 2025Supports 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 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, 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 1249. The act tightens the rules on rental security deposits. A landlord must return the deposit within 30 days, or up to 60 days if the lease says so. When a tenant asks in writing, the landlord must hand over the photos, receipts or estimates behind any money kept. A landlord cannot keep money for normal wear and tear, or for damage that was there before the tenant moved in. A landlord also cannot charge to replace all the carpet or repaint the whole home unless the damage is severe. Either side can ask for a walk-through check before the tenant moves out. A landlord who keeps money wrongly owes three times that amount plus the tenant's legal costs, and must prove in court that the amount was fair. The tenant has to demand the money and give seven days' notice before suing. The Colorado Senate passed it 19-16 and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 313. Proposition 123 sends state money to affordable housing. The act tightens how that money can be used. The housing division and the local government division each spend from the fund only for the purposes the act names. Money not spent stays in the fund rather than going elsewhere. The Colorado Senate passed it 28-7 and the governor signed it into law.

April 30, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1004. Some landlords set rents with software that draws on price data from other landlords. The bill would have banned selling that software for competing landlords in one market to use. It would also have banned using it to take part in a scheme to fix rent or occupancy. A breach would have counted as an illegal restraint of trade under the state antitrust law, and the bill would have made such a claim easier to plead in court. A free tool built only on public data would have been left out. The Colorado Senate passed it 22-12, and the governor vetoed it.

April 28, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 20 and pass it. The act puts the attorney general behind Colorado's tenant laws. The office can enforce the rules protecting survivors of domestic violence, stalking and sexual assault, and the rules on rental agreements. It can see eviction court records that are otherwise hidden, but only to investigate. A court can appoint a receiver to run a large rental property that keeps breaking the habitability rules. That receiver has to maintain the property and cannot raise rents or fees above what tenants paid when the court stepped in. The receiver also cannot evict anyone over rent that went unpaid before it took over. The Colorado Senate voted 20-13 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 28, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 2 and pass it. Factory-built homes are made in a plant and put together on site. They cost less than homes built start to finish on site. The act tells the State Housing Board to develop regional building codes for them. An advisory committee has to write the standards and a plan for putting them in place. It has to report to lawmakers during the 2026 session. The aim is one set of rules across a region instead of a different code in each town. The Colorado Senate voted 24-11 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 23, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 6 and pass it. The act lets the state treasurer invest up to $50 million in bonds issued by quasi-governmental agencies. The money has to finance affordable, income-limited homes that are for sale, not for rent. It is meant for homes that would not otherwise be built on those terms. An investment can run for up to 45 years, and the treasurer reinvests the money that comes back. The Colorado Senate voted 21-11 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 16, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to adopt the conference committee's report on House Bill 1043 and pass it. The act tightens what a homeowners association must do before taking money from an owner. It has to follow its own bylaws and state law first. If it has not, a court can pause the case until it does. The association cannot keep adding charges during that pause. Associations also have to report more about their enforcement and foreclosures. The state publishes a summary each year. The Colorado Senate voted 23-11 to adopt that report and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 9, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1240. The act bars a landlord from turning someone away because they pay with a housing voucher or other subsidy. A landlord cannot make the tenant pay costs the landlord runs up if the tenant loses that subsidy. A landlord cannot start an eviction for unpaid rent until 30 days after giving notice to leave. The act also tells the state to gather and publish help for landlords and tenants. The Colorado Senate passed it 22-12 and the governor signed it into law.

April 8, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1168. The act widens housing protections for survivors of domestic violence, stalking or sexual assault. A tenant cannot be evicted for a lease breach caused by that abuse. A lease cannot contain terms that punish a survivor for it. When either side tells the court, the court has to lift an eviction order that rests on such a breach. A survivor can arrange to pay what is owed on terms they set within limits the act provides. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-11 and the governor signed it into law.

April 4, 2025Supports Housing Affordability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1093. Colorado law already bars local rules that cap how many people or new homes a town allows each year. The act widens that ban. In urban areas a local rule may not cut the housing density or the housing uses allowed on land below what its zoning allowed on July 1, 2025. The ban reaches only rules that say so outright, and the act limits the older ban to rules that apply across the board. It can do that only by making room for the same amount somewhere else in town. Land holding or next to a wildlife crossing is left out. A town can also ask a court whether a land use measure put forward by voters is legal before it goes on the ballot. Land owners and the measure's backers can join that case, and the election clock stops while it runs. The Colorado Senate passed it 21-13 and the governor signed it into law.

March 14, 2025Supports 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 Senate Bill 25B-003. In November 2025 Colorado voters were asked to raise taxes on high earners to pay for free school meals. The act rewrites that ballot question. The money can now also go to food aid, the program known as SNAP. What is left after school meals can pay to run SNAP, help people apply, and teach about food. Lawmakers acted after a federal budget law cut SNAP and pushed costs onto the states. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-12 in the August 2025 special session, and the governor signed it into law.

August 22, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to pass House Bill 1188. The act rewrites Colorado's rules on reporting child abuse and neglect. A report cannot rest on a family being poor, unhoused, disabled, or on their race or ethnicity. A person who has to report cannot pass that duty to someone else. Organizations have to set protocols that follow state law, and cannot discourage staff from reporting. The Colorado Senate passed it 27-8 and the governor signed it into law.

May 5, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 8 and pass it. Colorado's Necessary Document Program helps people get papers such as a birth certificate or a state identity card. From July 1, 2027 the health department can no longer hire an outside vendor to run it. A person who qualifies can get those documents at no cost at taking-part agencies. The health department and the revenue department have to work together to make that happen. The Colorado Senate voted 21-11 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 1, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to adopt the conference committee's report on House Bill 1154 and pass it. The act reorganizes state services for people who are blind, deaf, hard of hearing or deafblind. It also covers people who cannot read standard print. It folds existing programs into a single state enterprise. The enterprise runs the services and has its own funding, so it is not paid for out of general taxes. The old commission's name in statute is replaced by the enterprise. The Colorado Senate voted 20-12 to adopt that report and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 29, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 144 and pass it. Colorado's paid family and medical leave program lets workers take paid time off for family or health reasons. A parent whose newborn is in intensive care can now take up to 12 more weeks of leave. The premium that funds the program is set at 0.88 percent of wages. The director then sets the rate each year, keeping the fund solvent and the rate steady. The Colorado Senate voted 21-12 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 28, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to pass House Bill 1132. The act replaces the state's veterans mental health program with a military family behavioral health grant program. It pays health professionals who treat veterans and their families. It also covers care that goes alongside mental health treatment, such as acupuncture and massage. The military and veterans affairs division runs the reimbursements. The Colorado Senate passed it 27-7 and the governor signed it into law.

April 4, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to pass House Bill 1234. The act protects people applying for help with utility bills. The state cannot make an applicant give a social security number. It cannot share an applicant's information beyond what running the program needs. When paperwork is missing, the state has to give the applicant a chance to fix it rather than deny the claim outright. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-11 and the governor signed it into law.

April 4, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted to pass House Bill 1018. The act widens who can get state vocational rehabilitation services, which help people with disabilities find and keep work. It removes the rule that an applicant has to be in Colorado when applying. It also removes the screen that asked whether the state judged the person able to achieve rehabilitation. People no longer have to pay toward the cost based on a state test of what they can afford. Nor does a relative who claims them as a dependent. The state can weigh what a person can pay only when money runs short and it has to manage a waiting list. Before it does that, it has to ask people with disabilities, community groups and the public. The Colorado Senate passed it 21-12 and the governor signed it into law.

March 24, 2025Supports 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 1192. Colorado students already build an individual career and academic plan at school. From the 2027-28 school year that plan has to include practice filling in a student aid application. That is the federal FAFSA form or the state equivalent. A student can decline, and school staff can waive it when it is not workable for that student. Schools can fold the practice into a course they already teach. The Colorado Senate passed it 26-9 and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted to pass House Bill 1149. The act adds Black history and culture to what Colorado schools teach. The State Board of Education has to build standards for it at the next review of state standards. A 17-member advisory committee of teachers, scholars and community members guides the work, unpaid. Schools then have to teach the content those standards set. The Colorado Senate passed it 24-11 and the governor signed it into law.

April 30, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 63 and pass it. The act tells school districts and charter schools how to decide what is in a school library. Each has to adopt a written policy for choosing, keeping and displaying library material. Each also has to adopt a written policy for reconsidering material someone objects to. The policies have to protect against harassment and discrimination. The Colorado Senate voted 21-11 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 16, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted to pass House Bill 1248. The act gives public schools their own rules on restraint and seclusion. They had been under the general state law that covers other agencies. Restraint means holding a student still; seclusion means shutting a student alone in a room. The act bars using them except in the narrow cases it names. A seclusion room cannot be a storage space or another room not meant for it. Schools have to follow set steps when a student has to be moved. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-10 and the governor signed it into law.

April 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 154. The act changes how someone qualifies to teach in Colorado. The State Board of Education sets the coursework standards for a teaching license area. A candidate can now meet them in more than one way. A college taking part in the teacher recruitment program has to charge no more than the community college tuition rate. The Colorado Senate passed it 25-9 and the governor signed it into law.

March 11, 2025Supports 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 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 Senate passed it 20-13 and the governor signed it into law.

February 3, 2026Supports Gun Control

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 158 and pass it. The act sets rules for how the state buys firearms, ammunition and accessories. A contractor selling them to the state has to be licensed. The contractor has to tell the state about federal gun-trace requests it has received. The state gives a bidding preference to contractors that meet the new standards. The Colorado Senate voted 22-13 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 2, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 1250. Colorado's Office of Gun Violence Prevention already develops material on preventing gun violence. The act makes the office post that material online for schools to hand to parents and guardians. Schools can then pass it to families of elementary and secondary students. The department has to report each January on how the material is used. The Colorado Senate passed it 21-11 and the governor signed it into law.

April 29, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 205 and pass it. A licensed gun dealer can ask police to check a firearm's serial number before buying it from a private person. The dealer asks the city police where the shop sits, or the county sheriff otherwise. Police have to set up a system for those checks by July 1, 2026 and answer within three days. A dealer who does not report as required faces a penalty. The Colorado Senate voted 22-11 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 28, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 34. The act creates the Colorado Voluntary Do-Not-Sell Act. A person can file a waiver giving up their own right to buy a firearm. The state bureau of investigation has to build an online portal to file, update contacts or cancel the waiver, and has to check the filer's identity. While the waiver stands, a firearm transfer to that person is denied. The bureau tells the person and the contacts they named when a waiver is accepted or cancelled. Lawmakers pointed to suicide: 717 Coloradans died by self-inflicted gunshot in 2023, seven in ten of the state's firearm deaths. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

April 17, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 3 and pass it. From August 1, 2026 it is a crime to make, sell, give away or buy most semiautomatic rifles and shotguns that take a detachable magazine. The ban also covers gas-operated semiautomatic handguns that take one. A person can still buy one after passing a firearms safety course and getting a card from the sheriff, which the sheriff can refuse or take back. Guns left out include .22 rimfire guns, guns loaded by hand, and guns with a built-in magazine that holds 15 rounds or fewer. The act also lists about 35 older models that are left out, and exempts police, the military, gunsmiths and museums. A first offense is a misdemeanor and a later one is a felony. A device that speeds up how fast a semiautomatic gun fires now counts as a dangerous weapon. The Colorado Senate voted 19-15 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

March 28, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 1238. The act rewrites the rules for gun shows. A promoter has to prepare a security plan and give it to each local law enforcement agency before the show. The promoter has to carry liability insurance. Background check rules for sales at the show stay in place. Events that show only antique, curio or relic firearms are not treated as gun shows. The rules start on January 1, 2026. The Colorado Senate passed it 22-13 and the governor signed it into law.

March 25, 2025Supports Gun Control

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Voted to pass House Bill 1133. The act sets rules for stores that sell ammunition. Ammunition must be kept where a customer cannot reach it without a worker's help. Stores cannot sell it to anyone under 21, and must check a government photo ID. People aged 18 to 20 can still buy it if they serve or served in the military, finished a hunter education course, are named as protected in a protection order, or are buying at a shooting range to use there. People born on or before January 28, 2007 are also exempt from the age limit, for both store sales and deliveries. Rimfire ammunition is not covered. Anyone delivering ammunition must check the recipient's age with a photo ID and get a signature. A first violation is a civil fine and a later one is a misdemeanor, and the rules start July 1, 2026. The Colorado Senate passed it 19-16 and the governor signed it into law.

March 25, 2025Supports 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 pass Senate Bill 25B-002. A federal law passed in July 2025 blocks Medicaid money from clinics that also do abortions. In Colorado that mainly means Planned Parenthood. The act tells the state to pay those clinics with state money instead. It covers Medicaid care given on or after July 1, 2025, such as exams, screening, birth control and infection care. It applies only when federal money cannot be used. Abortion care is left out, because Colorado already pays for that on its own. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-12 in the August 2025 special session, and the governor signed it into law.

August 22, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1259. The act writes a right to fertility care into state law. It covers in vitro fertilization, surrogacy, and the storing, donating and testing of eggs, sperm and embryos. Every person has the right to decide about their own reproductive health care. That includes using, donating or destroying eggs and embryos. State and local government cannot restrict a doctor's ability to provide that care. Colorado will not help another state bring a case over that care or an abortion. The act also changes what sperm and egg banks must collect, disclose and give in writing to donors and parents. The Colorado Senate passed it 28-7 and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 130 and pass it. The act writes emergency care duties into state law. They track the federal rules hospitals already follow. A place must examine anyone who asks for emergency care, or who plainly looks like they need it. It must then treat the person until they are stable. It cannot hold up care to ask how the patient will pay. Emergency care includes an abortion or a sterilization when that is what makes the patient stable. A facility can move or send home a patient who is not stable only under set conditions. Those are the patient's written request, or a doctor's signed statement that the benefits outweigh the risks. Another hospital must also have agreed to take the patient. A facility cannot punish staff who refuse an unsafe transfer, and it counts as a public place that may not discriminate. The state can investigate a facility, and a doctor who breaks the rules commits unprofessional conduct. The Colorado Senate voted 23-12 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 129 and pass it. The act strengthens Colorado's shield for care that is legal here. That includes abortion and gender-affirming care. A pharmacy label for abortion pills can name the clinic instead of the doctor. The clinic has to be named on the prescription. Its arrest and handover rules now say Colorado will not help another state punish that care. Public agencies and their staff are barred from helping such an investigation. The state health department cannot gather certain information about that care. Each unauthorized collection can be stopped by a court and carries a penalty. The attorney general can enforce the new protections. The Colorado Senate voted 23-11 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 8, 2025Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 183. Colorado voters removed the state constitution's ban on public money for abortion in 2024. The act updates state law to match. A public employer can no longer refuse abortion coverage by pointing to that old ban. An employer with a sincere religious objection is still excused. The act removes the delay that had held the coverage rule back for individual and small group plans. State health programs must pay for abortion care with state money only. Abortion care now counts as a family planning service, which is covered with no copay or deductible. The Colorado Senate passed it 22-12 and the governor signed it into law.

March 12, 2025Supports 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 1327. The act changes how a statewide ballot measure gets its title. Proponents cannot flood the title board with repeat drafts on the same subject. The title has to carry a description of the measure's fiscal impact, so voters see the cost on the ballot. The act also fixes when the title board has to meet. The Colorado Senate passed it 22-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 2, 2025Supports Election Integrity

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Voted to pass House Bill 1225. The act creates the Freedom from Intimidation in Elections Act. No one may threaten or scare a person for voting or trying to vote. The same goes for helping someone else vote, or for running an election. People who worked on past elections are covered too. Carrying a visible gun, real or fake, while watching or dealing with those activities counts as scaring people unless the person shows it was not. That rule does not cover on-duty police, or uniformed guards working under a contract at the site. A person who is harmed can sue, and so can an election official, the Secretary of State or the attorney general. A winner gets legal costs. Except where the claim is that someone tried to scare a person, the suit does not turn on proving they meant to. The Colorado Senate passed it 22-12 and the governor signed it into law.

April 28, 2025Supports Election Integrity

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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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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

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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 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 pass 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 Senate passed it 20-11 and the governor signed it into law.

February 24, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1309. The act makes state-regulated health plans cover gender-affirming care. A plan cannot deny or limit that coverage. Covered care includes hormone therapy, hair removal, chest surgery, facial procedures and genital surgery. A provider has to find the care medically necessary to treat gender dysphoria. The insurance commissioner writes the rules. The state drug monitoring program has to hide archived testosterone records from view. A state health insurance body can use gifts, grants and private money toward the cost of care the state legally protects. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1312. The act is called the Kelly Loving Act. It counts the name a person chooses as part of gender expression under Colorado's law against discrimination. If a school has a policy about student names, that policy must cover every reason a student might use a name other than their legal one. A school dress code must let each student pick from any of its choices. A county clerk must issue a new marriage or civil union license after a name change, without marking it as changed. The act also ends the rule that a person could change the sex on a Colorado birth certificate only once. From October 1, 2026 that change can be made three times on a driver's license or state ID card. The Colorado Senate passed it 20-14 and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 1 and pass it. The act creates the Colorado Voting Rights Act. A city or county may not act in a way that leaves voters of a racial, color or language minority group worse off in registering or voting. It may not run an election system that weakens those voters' power to elect who they want. It may not add voting rules based on gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation, or because a person is held in a local jail. A person who is harmed, or the attorney general, can sue. A warning letter usually comes first, so the local government can fix the problem. The act also has nursing homes post voting information, bans campaigning within 100 feet of a ballot drop box, changes who runs a recount, and has some towns offer ballots in other languages from 2027. The Colorado Senate voted 20-12 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 29, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 50. Government forms that ask a person's race must offer a Middle Eastern, North African or South Asian choice. That is on top of the categories the federal government requires. The rule covers forms that gather data about groups, not about named people. It binds state agencies, colleges and local governments. A government is excused if it must send the data to Washington and the choice would get it rejected. Even then, the choice has to appear as a subcategory on the form. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

April 25, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1239. The act merges and widens the remedies in Colorado's anti-discrimination law. Someone who wins a claim about a public place gets a court order to fix it, plus legal fees and costs. They then pick one of two payouts. One is their real losses plus money for harm that is not financial. The other is a flat $5,000 for each violation. Damages for harm that is not financial are capped at $50,000. A defendant who fixes the problem within 30 days pays only half that cap. That discount is not available if the violation was knowing, intentional or reckless. A defendant making a real effort can get up to 120 days. It is also now illegal to retaliate against someone for asking for a disability accommodation. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

April 25, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1248. The act gives public schools their own rules on restraint and seclusion. They had been under the general state law that covers other agencies. Restraint means holding a student still; seclusion means shutting a student alone in a room. The act bars using them except in the narrow cases it names. A seclusion room cannot be a storage space or another room not meant for it. Schools have to follow set steps when a student has to be moved. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-10 and the governor signed it into law.

April 14, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1147. Colorado city courts can jail people for city offenses. The bill would have capped those jail terms at what state law allows for the same conduct. It would have confirmed a right to a lawyer, and given city defense lawyers the same access to their clients and case files as state ones have. It would also have required city court hearings to be open to the public. The Colorado Senate passed it 24-11, and the governor vetoed it.

April 4, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 87 and pass it. Colleges have to set up a clear process for a student to report a disability. The student can then ask for an academic adjustment. An academic adjustment changes how a course is taken, not what it teaches. The policy has to say how the college decides, and which papers it may ask for. It must also describe how a student can appeal. A college has to consider school records, such as a special education plan or a section 504 plan. Each college has to publish its policy. The Colorado Senate voted 23-12 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 4, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1109. The act says a death certificate must record a person's gender as their gender identity. If someone hands over a document showing that identity, the person filling in the certificate has to follow it. Those papers include a court order, written instructions, a health care directive, or a driver's license. Proof of treatment for a gender transition or a changed birth certificate also counts. Without such a document, the next of kin or the best available source can give the gender. The certificate can record male, female, or X. The Colorado Senate passed it 22-12 and the governor signed it into law.

March 26, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted to pass House Bill 1030. Building codes set how accessible a building has to be for disabled people. From January 1, 2026, a code adopted or changed by a city, county or state board has to meet the national accessibility standards. It has to use one of the two most recent versions of those standards. A local code that is already equivalent still counts. The Colorado Senate passed it 20-13 and the governor signed it into law.

February 26, 2025Supports 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 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 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, 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 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

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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

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Voted to pass House Bill 25B-1003. Insurers with a home office in Colorado paid a 1 percent tax on the premiums they take in. Other insurers paid 2 percent. The act ends the lower rate in 2026, so every insurer pays 2 percent. The state auditor found that 15 of the 18 insurers taking the break cut about 4,300 Colorado jobs, while their tax saving grew by about $17.5 million. The Colorado Senate passed it 22-13 in the August 2025 special session, and the governor signed it into law.

August 25, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass House Bill 25B-1002. Some corporations move profits to other countries to cut their Colorado tax. The state keeps a list of places it presumes are used that way. The act adds Hong Kong, Ireland, Liechtenstein, the Netherlands and Singapore to the list. From 2026 it also makes corporations add a federal break for foreign income back into the income Colorado taxes. The state tax chief can now rule on their own that a company is abroad for real business reasons. The Colorado Senate passed it 22-13 in the August 2025 special session, and the governor signed it into law.

August 24, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1291. The bill would have set new safety rules for ride-hailing companies. A company would have had to pay for a private criminal background check on each driver every six months. More past crimes, such as domestic violence and stalking, would have barred a person from driving. After a complaint of assault, kidnapping or robbery, the company would have had seven business days to review it and drop any driver it found more likely than not at fault. A rider or driver could have chosen to have the ride recorded on audio and video at no extra cost, and state regulators would have set the rules for a complainant's access to that data. The Colorado Senate passed it 22-13, and the governor vetoed it.

May 7, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to adopt the conference committee's report on House Bill 1300 and pass it. The act changes how an injured worker gets treated under workers' compensation. When a doctor asks to approve care, the employer or insurer has to answer using the state division's treatment standards. The employer or insurer also has to tell the worker in writing, within seven days of hearing about the injury, that the worker can pick the treating doctor. The notice has to say where to find the state's list of accredited doctors. The worker picks from that list, normally within 70 miles of home or work. The limit stretches to 100 miles, or further for good cause, when few accredited doctors nearby will take the case. The Colorado Senate voted 22-13 to adopt that report and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 7, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1001. The act strengthens how Colorado enforces wage and hour law. An employer now includes anyone who owns or controls at least a quarter of a company. A minority owner who hands day-to-day control to someone else is not covered. The act limits what an employer can take out of a worker's pay. It also stops the state waiving a penalty when the employer is a repeat offender. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 299 and pass it. The act sets rules for companies selling home solar and battery systems. A company has to give the customer written disclosures before a purchase or lease. The customer gets a window to cancel without a penalty, apart from a deposit already agreed as non-refundable. A salesperson cannot knock at a home that has posted a no-soliciting sign, or where a local law bars it. A company cannot use the state's name, logo or images to suggest the state backs it. It also cannot buy sales leads that were gathered in ways the act forbids. The Colorado Senate voted 24-11 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1322. Home insurers already have to send a policyholder a certified copy of their policy within 30 days of a request. The act says the request has to be in writing and go to the carrier's registered agent. A carrier that misses the deadline owes $50 for each day the copy is late. The Colorado Senate passed it 24-11 and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 126. Big company mergers have to be reported to federal antitrust regulators. The act makes the same filing go to the Colorado attorney general. That applies when the company is based here, or sells enough here. On request, the company has to hand over the supporting material within seven days. The attorney general cannot charge a fee for the filing, and can share material with other states. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

April 21, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 83 and pass it. Colorado already voids most non-compete agreements, but not for highly paid workers. The act removes that exception for doctors, advanced practice nurses, certified midwives and dentists. However much they earn, a non-compete or a no-soliciting clause cannot restrict their practice. A clause also counts as restricting practice if it stops a provider telling patients three things. Those are that the provider is still working, how to reach them, and that the patient can pick their own provider. Agreements tied to selling a business are still allowed. For a minority owner who got shares as pay, the act caps how long such an agreement can bind them. The attorney general can enforce these rules. The Colorado Senate voted 28-7 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 21, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1117. The act regulates companies that boot vehicles. The state utilities commission can refuse, pause or cancel a company's permit when holding one is not in the public interest. Before booting, a company has to photograph the car and the reason for the boot. Not having those photos counts against the company later. A company has to show its name, permit number and phone number on its vehicles. It cannot boot a car another company already booted, and cannot patrol a lot hunting for parking violations. Booting on private property needs signs posted in English and Spanish, and notice to the driver when they park. In a parking space or shared lot the company or owner must leave a written warning on the windshield 24 hours ahead. No warning is needed for a repeat of the same violation, or when a car blocks a fire zone, driveway or disabled space, or sits in a resident's assigned space or a residents-only lot. A company has to take cash or a major credit card and give an itemized bill. It has to free a car within 90 minutes in business hours, or 120 minutes outside them. It has to free the car at once if the driver pays at least $60 and signs a state form for the rest. Breaking these rules is a deceptive trade practice the attorney general or a district attorney can act on. The Colorado Senate passed it 22-13 and the governor signed it into law.

April 17, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1197. The act sets rules for selling electric bicycles. A bike that can switch between classes has to be labeled to say so. Sellers cannot offer bikes that fail the labeling and equipment rules. The rules cover shops and online sales into the state. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-11 and the governor signed it into law.

April 15, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1011. The bill would have set rules for child care centers owned by investment firms. A firm counted if it held at least a fifth of a center or chain, and the rules applied only where it owned five or more centers. Each center would have had to post and update its prices on its website. After the firm took over, it would have had to give 60 days notice before layoffs or changes to who can enroll. The measure failed in the Colorado Senate 16-18, and the bill died there.

April 8, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 157. To sue over a scam in Colorado, a person must show it harmed the public, not just them. The bill would have made that test easier for people who get targeted most. It named anyone 60 or older, troops and veterans, gold star spouses, people with a disability and pregnant people. They could have met the test by showing the practice breaks state trade law or could hurt others. The measure failed in the Colorado Senate 16-19, and the bill died there.

April 1, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1090. The act makes sellers show one total price that includes every fee a buyer must pay. That price must stand out more than any other price shown. Government charges and shipping do not have to be inside it. A restaurant or bar can instead state any required service charge and say how it is shared out, and delivery apps have their own rules. Landlords cannot charge tenants more for utilities than the utility bills them, beyond a markup the lease allows of up to 2% or $10 a month, not both. They also cannot charge for property taxes, shared area upkeep, or work a landlord already owes, or raise any fee other than utility costs by more than 2% during a lease of a year or less. Breaking these rules counts as a deceptive trade practice, which a buyer can sue over. A seller who keeps charging after a written demand owes the money back plus 18% yearly interest. The Colorado Senate passed it 22-12 and the governor signed it into law.

March 26, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass House Bill 1179. The act makes car insurance pay to replace a child car seat damaged in a crash. When someone files a claim, the insurer has to ask whether a car seat was in the vehicle. If there was one, the policy covering the crash pays to replace it or repays what the owner spent. The Colorado Senate passed it 24-11 and the governor signed it into law.

March 25, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted to pass Senate Bill 185. A rule called the economic loss rule can stop a homeowner suing a builder over defects when a contract already covers the work. Colorado courts let someone who buys a home second-hand sue a builder for shoddy work, but a 2023 ruling denied that to the first buyer. The bill would have said the first buyer is owed the same duty as a later buyer. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-11, but the House put off its third reading until the session ended.

March 21, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

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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

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Voted to adopt the conference committee's report on Senate Bill 161 and pass it. The act sets performance rules for the Regional Transportation District, the Denver area's transit agency. It has to plan, track its performance and report to a public board. It has to work with local governments, other transit agencies and planning bodies. It has to set goals for keeping staff and measure how it is doing against them. Its planning has to line up with the mode choice work another 2025 act started. The Colorado Senate voted 23-12 to adopt that report and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 7, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 162 and pass it. The act tightens railroad safety reporting. When the state watch center hears from a railroad about an emergency involving a train, it has to tell the utilities commission and the rail safety office at once. Within 30 days the office has to brief named legislative committees. The act also requires an assessment of rail safety, with set contents. The Colorado Senate voted 23-12 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted to pass House Bill 1292. The act sets out how a company can put high voltage power lines inside a state highway right-of-way. The transport department has to run a preconstruction process and get information from the developer. That has to cover how the line would be built, reached and maintained, and how it would avoid harm. The department sets what the developer pays for using the right-of-way. The department also writes rules to carry this out. The Colorado Senate passed it 23-12 and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted to accept the House's changes to Senate Bill 81 and pass it. The act creates a state authority to finance public infrastructure. The authority can raise money and lend it for transport, energy, water systems and public buildings. It has to write policies for how it lends, and lenders it works with sign agreements. It reports on its activities to lawmakers. The act also changes the state's public financing fund and its options for paying for buildings. The Colorado Senate voted 22-11 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

April 28, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure

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Was elected Colorado State Senator for Senate District 27 in the 2022 general election.

November 8, 2022

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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

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Voted against passing 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, 2026

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Voted against accepting the House's changes to 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 Senate voted 18-17 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 House's changes to 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 Senate voted 20-15 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 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, 2026

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Voted against passing 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, 2026

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Voted against passing 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, 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 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, 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

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Voted against accepting the House's changes to Senate Bill 72. Kratom is a plant product sold in shops, and Colorado already bars selling it to anyone under 21. The act makes several kratom sales a deceptive trade practice. Those include selling to someone under 21, leaving it where someone under 21 can reach it, and selling lab-made kratom compounds. The state and buyers can act on a breach. The Colorado Senate voted 27-8 to accept those changes and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 7, 2025

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Voted against adopting the conference committee's report on House Bill 1273. Colorado building codes follow a national model that makes any building over three stories have two stairways. That rule shapes what can be built on a small lot. By December 1, 2027, a city of 100,000 or more with an accredited fire service has to allow buildings up to five stories with a single stairway. The building has to meet safety conditions the act sets out. Cities must hold meetings and give notice before adopting the change. The Colorado Senate voted 27-8 to adopt that report and pass the bill, and the governor signed it into law.

May 6, 2025

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Voted against passing House Bill 1062. Stealing a firearm is now a class 6 felony, whatever the gun is worth. Before the act, the charge turned on the value of what was taken, so a cheap gun could be a minor offense. The act puts $324,225 into the trial courts to handle the extra cases. The Colorado Senate passed it 28-7 and the governor signed it into law.

April 30, 2025

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Voted against passing Senate Bill 141. Colorado makes a town that enforces a building code also adopt an energy code for homes. The bill would have excused towns with fewer than 2,500 residents from that duty. Those towns could have kept their building code without the energy rules. The Colorado Senate passed it 19-13, but a House committee killed it.

March 6, 2025

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