House Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources

Thursday, February 26, 2026·3h 21m·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources committee advanced a bill to legalize home sale of temperature-controlled foods like tamales and burritos — over public-health objections that flipped three Democrats, including the chair, into no votes — and sent a pollinator-practices bill to Finance on a party-line split.

Key Actions

·Expanding the Colorado Cottage Foods ActPassed

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Notable Quotes

“This bill says to her, your culture belongs in our economy. Your kitchen can be the start of your business. Your recipes are not illegal, and your dreams are not too small.”
Monica Duran (Majority Leader, bill sponsor) · witness — The majority leader's framing of the bill as cultural and economic dignity, the emotional core of the sponsors' pitch.

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Votes

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction

Yes (10)Lori Garcia Sander, Lori Goldstein, Dusty Johnson, Mandy Lindsay, Matthew Martinez, Katie Stewart, Tammy Story, Larry Don Suckla, Ty Winter, Tisha Mauro

No (3)Meghan Lukens, Lesley Smith, Karen McCormick

Referred to Committee on FinanceAction

Yes (9)Lori Goldstein, Mandy Lindsay, Meghan Lukens, Matthew Martinez, Lesley Smith, Katie Stewart, Tammy Story, Tisha Mauro, Karen McCormick

No (4)Lori Garcia Sander, Dusty Johnson, Larry Don Suckla, Ty Winter

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TranscriptPreview

House Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee will come to order. Ms. Kelly, please call the roll. Representatives Garcia, Sander. Present. Goldstein. Excused. Johnson. Excused. Lindsey. Here. Dukens. Here. Martinez. Here. Stuart. Here. Story. Excused. Sucla. Excused. Winter. Here. Tomorrow. Here. Madam Chair. Here. All right. We are hearing two bills today, and in the interest of time, I am going to say for our witnesses to do your very best to stick with two minutes so that we can be mindful of our afternoon committees. And we will allow a hearty 10 minutes per panel of witnesses. And we have two bills up today. Our first bill is House Bill 1033. And we have our bill sponsors in front of us. So who would like to begin? Representative Gonzalez. Thank you, Madam Chair, and members of the committee, thank you. It is good to be here today. Stand before you. While sitting before you to introduce the Tamale act, also known as expanding the College Foods Act. I just want to say I am very proud of the work that me and my co prime Majority Leader Duran have done extensive stakeholdering this time around for this bill stretching…

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