The Colorado House passed a contested International Women's Day resolution after partisan debate over its language, advanced a Labor Peace Act reform eliminating Colorado's unique two-vote requirement for union formation, and adopted a firearms E-Trace mandate over Second Amendment objections — while a diaper-changing-station mandate drew sharp small-business pushback and its final vote remained unclear at adjournment.
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Rep. Bradfield argued 'At no point were Republican women approached to sponsor this resolution. At no point were we asked for our input,' and objected that the resolution omitted historically significant Colorado women. Rep. Bottoms stated he could not vote for the resolution as long as 'sexual orientation and gender identity' language remained, also arguing Title IX was 'grossly missing.' Rep. Espenoza responded that Title IX was 'a red herring for this resolution because Title IX is not what we are talking about.'
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“At no point were Republican women approached to sponsor this resolution. At no point were we asked for our input. At no point did any of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle approach the Republican women serving in this chamber to have a conversation about how to properly honor the brave women who has formed our state.”
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Sign in to subscribeThe House will come to order. Members cadets from the Colorado Military Academy CAP Squadron in Colorado Springs will now present the colors. It. Today, the Pledge of Allegiance will be said by Olivia and Owen Curry from Montessori Del Mondo, Aurora, Colorado. Please join us for the Pledge of Allegiance. A pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, nation under God, indivisible liberty and justice. For. Members are thanks to cadet major connor brower, cadet technical sergeant gabriella guerrero, cadet chief master sergeant matthew malloy, cadet 2nd lt. Jacob mestis and all our guests of minority leader caldwell. Mr. Schiebel, please call the roll. Representatives bacon. Barone. Bassinecker. Bottoms. Bradfield. Bradley. Brooks. Brown. Caldwell. Camacho. Carter. Representative carter. Excused. Clifford. Clifford. Excused. Degraffer. Duran. English. Espinoza. Representative espinoza. Excused. Oh. Ferre. Flannel. Froelich. Garcia. Representative garcia. Garcia. Sander. Gilchrist. Goldstein. Rep. Goldstein. Gonzalez. Hamrick. Hartsook. Jackson. Johnson. Joseph. Representative joseph. No. Excused. Kelty. Leader. Lindsay. Luck. Lukens. Oh, yeah. Mabry. Marshall. Representative marshall is excused. Martinez. Morrow. Mccormick. Win. Pascal. Phillips. Representative phillips. Oh, it's right in front of me. Richardson. Ricks. Rootnell. Ryden. Sirota. Slaw.…
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