House Business Affairs & Labor

Thursday, March 26, 2026·2h 53m·▶ Watch / Listen

Two sponsors killed their own bills before the House Business Affairs & Labor Committee — Javier Mabrey's auto-lending protections and Matt Soper's craft-alcohol measure — both pledging to return next year, while a wrenching daylong fight over regulating AI chatbots sent HB26-1263 forward over the objections of three Republicans and, notably, some of the grieving parents it was written to protect.

Key Actions

·Alcohol Beverage Manufacturer SalesKilled

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Notable Quotes

“If you miss one payment, your car can be remotely disabled by a kill switch. It can be repossessed.”
Javier Mabrey (member, sponsor) · witness — The sponsor's core rationale for the auto-lending bill he ultimately asked to kill, describing the 'kill switch' practice the measure would have curbed.

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Votes

Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction

Yes (13)Max Brooks, Ryan Gonzalez, Rebecca Keltie, Sheila Lieder, Mandy Lindsay, Javier Mabrey, Bob Marshall, Tisha Mauro, Chris Richardson, Gretchen Rydin, Larry Don Suckla, Sean Camacho, Naquetta Ricks

Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction

Yes (10)Javier Mabrey, Tisha Mauro, Chris Richardson, Gretchen Rydin, Larry Don Suckla, Sean Camacho, Naquetta Ricks, Ryan Gonzalez, Sheila Lieder, Mandy Lindsay

Excused (3)Bob Marshall, Max Brooks, Rebecca Keltie

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (10)Max Brooks, Ryan Gonzalez, Sheila Lieder, Mandy Lindsay, Javier Mabrey, Bob Marshall, Tisha Mauro, Gretchen Rydin, Sean Camacho, Naquetta Ricks

No (3)Rebecca Keltie, Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla

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TranscriptPreview

Good afternoon. Business committee, Business affairs and labor. Thank you guys for your patience. We're going to get started pronto. Ms. Haroja, please take the role. Representative Brooks. Excused. Gonzalez. Buenos Aires. Lt. Excused. Excused. Leader. Present. Lindsay. Excused. Excused. Mabry. Yeah. Marshall. Marshall. Excused. Morrow. Here. Richardson. Here. Ryden. Writing. Is. Excused. Sukla. Here. Camacho. Madam Chair. Present. Okay, we are going to get started with mine in. Rep. Mabry. Spill. All right, thanks everyone for coming to the business affairs and labor committee this afternoon. First up is House Bill 2612 61. We have our sponsors here. Who would like to go first? Representative Mabrey. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Members, we are going to ask the committee to lay over House Bill 1261. And I want to be straightforward about that. But I also want to take this chance to talk about why we were bringing this bill and why we intend to bring a policy like it back next year. Right now, the average car payment on a new car has reached $774. When you add full coverage insurance, that could be $225 a month, you're looking at $1,000 a month just to keep a car in…

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