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Senate Finance

Tuesday, April 14, 2026·3h 50m·▶ Watch / Listen

Senate Finance sent four bills to Appropriations, from an uncontroversial 11-year reauthorization of the state's securities regulator to a pared-down property-tax measure and a pair of bills wrestling with Colorado's punishing homeowners insurance market — the last of which, SB26-155, cleared on a party-line split.

Key Actions

·Sunset Process Securities RegulationPassed

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Notable Quotes

“We ended up paying 15,760 for our $19,000 Class 4 roof. It took our family two years after the date that the hail took it out and we were able to finally save up $15,000.”

Janice Marchman — The vice chair's personal account grounded the bill's aim of helping families cover mitigation and repair costs after hail damage.

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Votes

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (8)Adrienne Benavidez, Lisa Frizell, Chris Kolker, Kyle Mullica, Cleave Simpson, Marc Snyder, Janice Marchman, Cathy Kipp
No (1)Scott Bright
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (7)Scott Bright, Lisa Frizell, Kyle Mullica, Cleave Simpson, Marc Snyder, Janice Marchman, Cathy Kipp
No (2)Adrienne Benavidez, Chris Kolker
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (6)Adrienne Benavidez, Chris Kolker, Kyle Mullica, Marc Snyder, Janice Marchman, Cathy Kipp
No (3)Scott Bright, Lisa Frizell, Cleave Simpson
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (6)Adrienne Benavidez, Chris Kolker, Kyle Mullica, Marc Snyder, Janice Marchman, Cathy Kipp
No (3)Scott Bright, Lisa Frizell, Cleave Simpson
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TranscriptPreview
Good afternoon. Welcome to Senate Finance. Ms. Ritterbush, will you please take the roll? Senators Benavides. Present. Wright. Here. Frazelle. Excused. Volker. Here. Mullica. Excused. Simpson. Present. Snyder. Here. Marchman. Excused. Madam Chair. Here. Good afternoon, everybody. We are going to be hearing four bills today. HB 26, 1188, House 116, HB 26049 or SB 26 155. I do want to let everybody know that 116 and 49 both have strike belows. If you need a copy of the strike below to know whether you still want to testify, please reach out and we'll attempt to get you one. Okay. And with that, we are going to start with Senator Kolker on HB 26 1188, Sunset Process, securities regulation. Senator Kolker. Oh, one moment, Madam Chair. I appreciate it. Take your time, please. I gotta pull up my notes. Sorry. There it is. Found it. Thank you so much. This, this bill is a sunset bill from the department for the Colorado Securities Act. Establish a framework again from the Colorado securities act for the registration of securities and licensing of securities and professionals that establishes anti fraud provisions related to securities. This particular bill is to continue the act…
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