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House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs

Monday, April 27, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

A Colorado House panel advanced a Capitol-and-courthouse security bill over three Republican objections and unanimously moved a lobbyist-transparency measure to Appropriations, but killed a bid to carve critical infrastructure out of the state's right-to-repair law after four Democrats broke to save it.

Key Actions

·Security Measures for Certain Government EntitiesPassed

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Notable Quotes

So the bottom line is, my deepest nightmare, honestly as Chief justice, is that I'm going to lose a judicial officer or an employee or a member of the public who is visiting our courthouses, and I will lose him to violence at some time on my watch.

Chief Justice Monica Marquez (Colorado Supreme Court) · witnessThe state's top judge distilled the case for the security bill, testifying that safety has become a top concern across all 23 judicial districts.

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Votes

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (8)Michael Carter, Cecelia Espenoza, Lisa Feret, Meg Froelich, Kenny Nguyen, Naquetta Ricks, Jenny Willford, Chad Clifford
No (3)Scott Bottoms, Brandi Bradley, Stephanie Luck
Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction
Yes (7)Brandi Bradley, Stephanie Luck, Meg Froelich, Lisa Feret, Naquetta Ricks, Jenny Willford, Scott Bottoms
No (4)Cecelia Espenoza, Chad Clifford, Michael Carter, Kenny Nguyen
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (11)Scott Bottoms, Brandi Bradley, Michael Carter, Cecelia Espenoza, Lisa Feret, Meg Froelich, Stephanie Luck, Kenny Nguyen, Naquetta Ricks, Chad Clifford, Jenny Willford
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TranscriptPreview
Good. The State Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee will come to order. Ms. King, please call the roll. Representatives Bottoms? Here. Bradley. Here. Carter. Present. Espinoza. Here. Ray. Here. Roelich. Here. Locke. I'm here too. Wynn? Also here. Ricks. Here. Clifford. Here. Madam Chair. Here. We have three bills on the calendar. We will hear them in the following order. House Bill 1422, Senate Bill 147, and then Senate Bill 90. I do want to note for everybody that there is written testimony in your box for all bills. And we will get started with House Bill 1422. Vice Chair Clifford, do you want to tell us about the bill? Thank you, Madam Chair. And committee, House Bill 1422 is something that we have combined a number of different policy ideas that we had coming into the session that we were working on independently. The speaker had a piece, I had stuff for the Judicial Security piece. And then we've gotten some information here for other stuff that was being worked on by the Majority leader. So we have combined all of those efforts into one bill since they all had the similar nexus. So there's a few moving
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