Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources

Thursday, February 5, 2026·1h 34m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee advanced two rural-economy bills to the consent calendar, backing an expanded farmland-preservation loan program and a coal-transition package aimed at keeping displaced workers and settlement dollars in their communities.

Key Actions

·Coal Transition Community InvestmentPassed

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Notable Quotes

“Colorado currently leads the nation in the lot in the loss of farm and ranch land over the last five years to the tune of 1.6 million acres. That's not something we should be at the front of the line of.”
Cleave Simpson — Simpson's central justification for expanding the loan program — the scale of farmland loss the bill aims to slow.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendarAction

Yes (7)Iman Jodeh, Cathy Kipp, Byron Pelton, Rod Pelton, Nick Hinrichsen, Dylan Roberts, Marc Catlin

Referred to Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendarAction

Yes (7)Marc Catlin, Iman Jodeh, Cathy Kipp, Byron Pelton, Rod Pelton, Nick Hinrichsen, Dylan Roberts

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TranscriptPreview

The Senate Ag and Natural Resources Committee will come to order. On our agenda we have two items. Consideration of House bill, Consideration of Senate Bill rather 64 and consideration of Senate Bill 52. We will start with Senate Bill 64. Yeah, we should take roll call first. That would be a good idea. Ms. Jackson, could you please do that for us? Senator Catlin. Here. Senator Judah. Here. Senator Kipp. Here. Senator B. Pelton. Present. Senator R. Pelton. Here. Senator Roberts. Here. Mr. Chair. Here. We have a quorum now. It seems appropriate to consider Senate Bill 64. Senator Simpson, your hand went up first. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you committee members. Happy to be in front of you for the first time this session. Thank my co prime sponsor, Senator Roberts and I do this quite often together. So it's always a pleasure and honor to work with him. We bring forward for your consideration Today Senate Bill 26064 concerning modifying the Colorado Agricultural Future Loan program to expand some of the eligibility and some some outcomes. So some of my talking points. Colorado currently leads the nation in the lot in the loss of farm and…

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