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Senate Finance

Tuesday, May 5, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

Senate Finance cleared a stack of bills toward Appropriations and the floor, but the day's friction came on a property-tax enforcement bill that squeaked through on a bipartisan 5-4 split, an affordable-housing financing measure that drew a party-line Republican dissent, and a job-growth tax credit renewal a Democratic committee member voted against for lack of a cap.

Key Actions

·Continuation of Child Care Contribution Tax CreditPassed

+ 9 more actions

Notable Quotes

I'm concerned that it will have a chilling effect on taxpayers exercise of their First Amendment rights to challenge appeals.

Thomas E. Downey Jr. (Colorado attorney) · witnessThe central objection to making willful misrepresentation of nonresidential income data a petty offense—that the criminal penalty would deter legitimate property-tax appeals.

+ 6 more quotes

Votes

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (9)Adrienne Benavidez, Scott Bright, Lisa Frizell, Kyle Mullica, Cleave Simpson, Marc Snyder, Janice Marchman, Cathy Kipp, Chris Kolker
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (8)Adrienne Benavidez, Scott Bright, Lisa Frizell, Chris Kolker, Kyle Mullica, Cleave Simpson, Marc Snyder, Cathy Kipp
No (1)Janice Marchman
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (9)Adrienne Benavidez, Scott Bright, Lisa Frizell, Chris Kolker, Kyle Mullica, Cleave Simpson, Marc Snyder, Janice Marchman, Cathy Kipp
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (6)Adrienne Benavidez, Chris Kolker, Kyle Mullica, Marc Snyder, Janice Marchman, Cathy Kipp
No (3)Scott Bright, Lisa Frizell, Cleave Simpson
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (5)Marc Snyder, Chris Kolker, Kyle Mullica, Janice Marchman, Cathy Kipp
No (4)Adrienne Benavidez, Cleave Simpson, Scott Bright, Lisa Frizell
Referred to Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendarAction
Yes (9)Adrienne Benavidez, Scott Bright, Lisa Frizell, Chris Kolker, Kyle Mullica, Cleave Simpson, Marc Snyder, Janice Marchman, Cathy Kipp
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (9)Scott Bright, Lisa Frizell, Chris Kolker, Kyle Mullica, Cleave Simpson, Marc Snyder, Janice Marchman, Cathy Kipp, Adrienne Benavidez
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (9)Lisa Frizell, Chris Kolker, Kyle Mullica, Cleave Simpson, Marc Snyder, Janice Marchman, Cathy Kipp, Adrienne Benavidez, Scott Bright
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (9)Lisa Frizell, Chris Kolker, Kyle Mullica, Cleave Simpson, Marc Snyder, Adrienne Benavidez, Scott Bright, Cathy Kipp, Janice Marchman
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TranscriptPreview
It. Good afternoon. Welcome to Senate Finance. Ms. Rita Besheria. Please take the roll. Senators Benavides. Here. Wright. Here. Brazil. Excused. Polker. Here. Moloka. Here. Simpson. Here. Snyder. Here. Marchman. Here. Madam Chair. Here. Thank you all for joining us. We have a bunch of bills up today. We are going to start, however, by laying over 26, 1077 until Thursday. So if you are here for HB 1077, average market rate of unprocessed retail marijuana, that bill will be heard whenever we meet on Thursday, which we have no clue when that will be. It will be heard that day, whenever we meet instead of today. So 1077 will not be heard today, but the bill that will be heard today. We are going to start with two Senate bills. First off, we have Senators Molica and Kirk Meyer for FB 183. Who would like to begin? Senator Kirkmeyer. I will start. Thank you, Madam Chair. It's nice to be back here again. Only on this side of the table. Appreciate it. I don't have to sit here all day. Thank you so much. Anyways. You don't want to hang with us all night? As much as I would
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