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House Finance

Monday, February 23, 2026·3h 29m·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Finance Committee advanced three tax-and-development measures to Appropriations, headlined by a bipartisan-backed extension of the Job Growth Incentive Tax Credit that nonetheless drew objections from both sides of the aisle over whether the state should be targeting incentives at all.

Key Actions

·Extend Colorado Job Growth Incentive Tax CreditPassed

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Notable Quotes

Why don't we just across the board eliminate that tax and encourage these businesses to grow as opposed to stepping on the neck and then of the economy in general and then, and then selectively relieving the pressure.

Ken DeGraafDeGraaf's framing captured the small-government objection to targeted incentives, favoring broad tax cuts over selective credits.

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Votes

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (9)Max Brooks, Sean Camacho, Lorena Garcia, Ryan Gonzalez, Anthony Hartsook, Rebekah Stewart, Yara Zokaie, Brianna Titone, Steven Woodrow
No (2)Ken DeGraaf, Bob Marshall
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (7)Sean Camacho, Lorena Garcia, Bob Marshall, Rebekah Stewart, Yara Zokaie, Brianna Titone, Steven Woodrow
No (4)Max Brooks, Ken DeGraaf, Ryan Gonzalez, Anthony Hartsook
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (8)Sean Camacho, Lorena Garcia, Ryan Gonzalez, Bob Marshall, Rebekah Stewart, Yara Zokaie, Brianna Titone, Steven Woodrow
No (3)Max Brooks, Ken DeGraaf, Anthony Hartsook
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TranscriptPreview
The committee will come to order. Ms. Kohler, please call the roll. Representative Brooks. Excused. Camacho. Here. Degraff. Excused. Garcia. Here. Gonzalez. I am here. Hartsuk. Here. Marshall. Here. Stewart. Zokai. Excused. Tatone. Here. Mr. Chair. Here. And Representative Brooks came in right after his name was called. Okay. First bill up 1014. Representative Taggart and Mr. Speaker Pro Tem Basenegger, who'd like to kick us off. Representative taggart. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm going to apologize in advance because literally I have three bills in three committees all over this capital complex that I've got to run from one to another. So I know it's in my condo right now. My bikes are. So I'm going to try to present this, go upstairs at a certain point and then come back down again if that's okay. Apology accepted. Thank you very much. So House Bill 2610 14. And I sincerely appreciate doing another bill with you folks with Representative Basenecker and to walk you through this a little bit. This program has been in place since, since 2008 and it has been a critical economic development tool. It's referred to as the Job Growth Incentive Tax Credit, also known
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