Joint Business Affairs & Labor

Wednesday, January 14, 2026·4h 43m·▶ Watch / Listen

In a marathon post-adjournment briefing, the Joint Business Affairs & Labor Committee absorbed the Joint Budget Committee's grim framing of a budget short by nearly a billion dollars — with the governor's proposed $400 million privatization of Pinnacol Assurance drawing the sharpest crossfire — before working through SMART Act presentations from DORA, DPA, OEDIT and a departing CDLE director.

Key Actions

·JBC budget-request presentationAction

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Notable Quotes

“But we were trying to sell it before too. So if we're trying to sell a crown jewel just to get money, I can't support that.”
Bob Marshall — Marshall's resistance to privatizing Pinnacol Assurance, the state's insurer of last resort, captured the core objection to the governor's $400 million budget-balancing proposal.

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TranscriptPreview

The committee will come to order. The Joint Business Committee will come to order. Ms. Gerard, please call the roll. Senators and Representatives Brooks. Present. Camacho. Present. Catlin. Excuse. English. Excuse. Gonzalez. Here. Henriksen. Here. Judah. Here. Kelty. Here. Leader. Here. Liston. Here. Mabry. Here. Marshall. Here. Morrow. Here. Richard Richardson. Here. Ryden. Here. Sukla. Here. Danielson. Excused. Madam Chair. Present. Today we'll have a presentation from the Joint Budget Committee, the Office of the State Auditor, as well as several higher education institutions to fulfill the requirements of Senate Bill 1808 6. In addition, we'll hear smart ACT presentations from the Department of Regulatory Agencies, the Department of Person and Administration, the Department of Labor and Employment, and the Office of Economic Development and International Trade members. Copies of all presentations are available in box and it will be posted to the public website. We will be allowing public testimony for the executive agencies at the conclusion of each presentation. As a reminder, committee members and witnesses are asked to observe professional decorum during the committee meetings. Individuals who are participating remotely are to keep themselves on mute unless they are speaking. We'll begin with our presentation from the…

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