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House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs

Monday, March 2, 2026·3h 49m·▶ Watch / Listen

The House State Affairs committee spent its day on firearms policy, advancing a bill to standardize police gun-tracing (HB26-1265) and three other Democratic measures over Republican objections, while killing a Republican bill to abolish Colorado's red-flag law. Every vote broke along party lines, with Republicans Scott Bottoms, Brandi Bradley and Stephanie Luck on the losing side each time.

Key Actions

·Right to Firearm Possession & Elimination of Extreme Risk Protection OrdersKilled

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Notable Quotes

“This is not a problem of guns pouring in from other states. This is largely a local problem, and it requires local solutions.”

Manny Rutinel — The sponsor's central framing — that most crime guns are traced back to Colorado dealers, making coordinated in-state tracing the fix.

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Votes

Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction
Yes (8)Michael Carter, Cecelia Espenoza, Lisa Feret, Meg Froelich, Kenny Nguyen, Naquetta Ricks, Chad Clifford, Jenny Willford
No (3)Scott Bottoms, Brandi Bradley, Stephanie Luck
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (8)Michael Carter, Cecelia Espenoza, Lisa Feret, Meg Froelich, Kenny Nguyen, Naquetta Ricks, Chad Clifford, Jenny Willford
No (3)Scott Bottoms, Brandi Bradley, Stephanie Luck
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (8)Michael Carter, Cecelia Espenoza, Lisa Feret, Meg Froelich, Kenny Nguyen, Naquetta Ricks, Chad Clifford, Jenny Willford
No (3)Scott Bottoms, Brandi Bradley, Stephanie Luck
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (7)Michael Carter, Cecelia Espenoza, Meg Froelich, Kenny Nguyen, Naquetta Ricks, Chad Clifford, Jenny Willford
No (3)Scott Bottoms, Brandi Bradley, Stephanie Luck
Excused (1)Lisa Feret
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (8)Michael Carter, Cecelia Espenoza, Lisa Feret, Meg Froelich, Kenny Nguyen, Naquetta Ricks, Chad Clifford, Jenny Willford
No (3)Scott Bottoms, Brandi Bradley, Stephanie Luck
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TranscriptPreview
The State Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee will come to order. Ms. King, please call the roll. Representatives Bottoms. Excused. Bradley. Excused. Carter. Excused. Espinoza. Here. Frey. Here. Froelich. Froelich are you here? Luck I am also here. Win Happy to be here. Ricks. Excused. Clifford. Here. Madam Chair here. All right, members, we do have a very long calendar today so we are going to get started. We will hear in this order House Bills 1265, House Bill 1203, House Bill 1126, House Bill 1072 and Senate Bill 004. We have sponsors here for House Bill 1265 who would like to begin. Representative Rootnell, welcome. Thank you Madam Chair and members of the committee for having us. I'm honored to present House Bill 261265 alongside my co prime sponsor, Representative Chad Clifford. Members, Colorado has a gun crime crisis. The data tells us exactly what is driving it. In 2023, law enforcement recovered and traced nearly 9,000 crime guns in our state. 72% of those guns came from Colorado dealers. And between 2017 and 2021, half of all crime guns were found within 25 miles of where they were originally sold. This is not a problem of guns…
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