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House Transportation, Housing & Local Government

Tuesday, February 17, 2026·2h 16m·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Transportation, Housing & Local Government Committee advanced a contested bill letting local governments place speed-safety cameras on interstates, but killed two other measures on party-line votes — one to register surplus military vehicles and one loosening subdivision access rules to state highways.

Key Actions

·Local Government Vehicle Identification System on Interstate HighwaysPassed

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Notable Quotes

In 2024, a fatal crash on i70 took three lives. In 2025, another wrong way crash on i70 left a 36 year old woman, Jodi Weber, dead and her 2 year old boy injured. These are not just statistics. These are families. These are neighbors. These are lives that have been changed forever.

Monica Duran (Majority Leader)The sponsors grounded the case for interstate speed cameras in specific fatal crashes rather than statistics.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (8)Jamie Jackson, Mandy Lindsay, Matthew Martinez, Kenny Nguyen, Amy Paschal, Jacque Phillips, Rebekah Stewart, Meg Froelich
No (3)Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla, Ron Weinberg
Excused (2)Andrew Boesenecker, Max Brooks
Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction
Yes (9)Andrew Boesenecker, Jamie Jackson, Mandy Lindsay, Matthew Martinez, Kenny Nguyen, Amy Paschal, Jacque Phillips, Rebekah Stewart, Meg Froelich
No (4)Max Brooks, Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla, Ron Weinberg
Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction
Yes (8)Andrew Boesenecker, Mandy Lindsay, Matthew Martinez, Kenny Nguyen, Amy Paschal, Jacque Phillips, Rebekah Stewart, Meg Froelich
No (4)Max Brooks, Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla, Ron Weinberg
Excused (1)Jamie Jackson
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TranscriptPreview
Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Transportation, Housing and Local Government committee. We will come to order. Mr. Gravy, please call the roll representatives. Basenecker. Here. Brooks. Excused. Jackson. Excused. Lindsey. Here. Martinez. Here. Wynn. Excused. Pascal. Here. Phillips. Yes. Richardson. Excused. Sukla. Here. Weinberg. Live and in person. Madam Vice Chair. Madam Chair, here. Our first bill up is from our esteemed majority leader and Representative morrow. It is 1071 local government vehicle ID systems on interstate highways, otherwise known as Avis. And Representative Morrow, you want to tell us about the bill? Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. And thank you, committee members. I'm going to start by pointing out that this Avis system with the cameras are not flock cameras. These are not. These are already in place with the Colorado Department of Transportation. And they are the kind that take a little snapshot in time of if you're speeding or in some cases, I guess, running red lights, something like that. And this bill is what this, the cusp of it is local control. So on the interstates I25 and I70, this would allow municipalities to have input on how they're used within their municipality, whereas now they
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