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The House Judiciary Committee advanced two LGBTQ-focused measures over Republican objections after marathon, at-times-combustible testimony: a bill opening a longer civil window for conversion-therapy survivors and a pared-down bill shielding minors' name-change records from public view.
Key Actions
·Civil Actions for Conversion Therapy SurvivorsPassed
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Notable Quotes
“It does not create criminal penalties, and it does not create a new cause of action. These claims already exist under Colorado law. What the bill does is make sure that existing pathways to accountability are more accessible.”
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Votes
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (7)Jennifer Bacon, Chad Clifford, Cecelia Espenoza, Lorena Garcia, Yara Zokaie, Michael Carter, Javier Mabrey
No (2)Ava Flanell, Rebecca Keltie
Excused (2)Scott Slaugh, Matt Soper
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (7)Jennifer Bacon, Chad Clifford, Cecelia Espenoza, Lorena Garcia, Yara Zokaie, Michael Carter, Javier Mabrey
No (4)Ava Flanell, Rebecca Keltie, Scott Slaugh, Matt Soper
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The committee will come to order. Shipley, please call the roll. Representatives Bacon. Clifford. Here. Espinoza. Flinell. Here. Garcia. Here. Kelty. Excused. Sloth. Excused. Soper. Zokai. Excused. Carter. Mr. Chair here. All right, folks, we got two bills today. We have a decent amount of witnesses, and we're getting started later in the day. So I am going to have witness testimony be trim to 2 minutes and I will do 15 minute panels for questions. And we are going to start with House Bill 1322. Whoever would like to begin. Rep. Valdez. Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Committee. It's interesting to be back in judiciary for like the second time in two weeks or something like that. It's not normal for me, but I am excited to be here this afternoon, this evening with a wonderful bill. So for those of you who don't know, and I wouldn't blame you if you didn't, I grew up in the early 1990s, and this was a time when things like conversion therapy were normal. And we heard stories about this from our peers. But more importantly, I think the literature of the time for LGBTQ people became centered around…
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