Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 020

Monday, February 2, 2026·1h 54m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Colorado House advanced three bills on second reading, including a contentious housing protections bill for individuals with disabilities that drew sustained opposition from landlord-aligned members over property rights and regulatory concerns, while a remote participation bill and a BOCES workforce bill passed with little resistance.

Key Actions

·HB 26-1068 – Remote Participation for Joint CommitteesPassed

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Controversies

Whether HB 1045 preserves the status quo or adds new penalties

Representative Richardson argued the bill 'purports to simply preserve the status quo, but in actuality incorporates best practices into a Colorado statute that attaches penalties,' explicitly stating 'what we say is in our bill is often not what the bill itself says.' Representative Clifford countered that the bill preserves the status quo and that 'We are not adopting or attempting to adopt something that is wildly new here.'

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Notable Quotes

“We're talking about a dog that wakes somebody up from night terrors if they're a veteran with ptsd. We're talking about making sure that someone can navigate safely. That's an important thing. We're not getting a big pushback from landlords on this. So I am really fascinated by your concern for consequences and happy to listen to those.”
Representative Clifford — Clifford made this remark during floor debate on HB 1045, responding to members who raised concerns about consequences of codifying federal assistance animal guidance into Colorado law after HUD rescinded that guidance.

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Votes

Approve journal of Friday, January 30, 2026 as corrected by the Chief ClerkPassed

Make HB 1068, HB 1027, and HB 1045 Special Orders on February 2, 2026 at 10:19amPassed

Amendment L001 to HB 1068 (House-prevails-in-tie amendment)Failed

Passage of HB 1068Passed

Adoption of Education Committee report on HB 1027Passed

Passage of HB 1027 as amendedPassed

Amendment L005 to Transportation, Housing and Local Government Committee report on HB 1045No Vote

Amendment L008 to Transportation, Housing and Local Government Committee report on HB 1045Failed

Adoption of Transportation, Housing and Local Government Committee report as amended on HB 1045Passed

Amendment L006 to HB 1045 (floor, committee of the whole stage)Failed

Passage of HB 1045 as amended (committee of the whole stage)Passed

Amendment H001 to Committee of the Whole report on HB 1045 (Brooks amendment, equivalent to L006)Failed

Absent (4)Garcia, Mabrey, Velasco, Zokaie

Adoption of Committee of the Whole reportPassed

Absent (6)DeGraaf, Hamrick, Lieder, Lukens, Ricks, Velasco

Lay over balance of calendar until Tuesday, February 3, 2026Passed

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TranscriptPreview

The House will come to order. Today. The Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Jaleah Clark, Malachi Esposito, Kumbay Gelato, Landon Roberts, Lana Hassan from Black History Alliance East High School. Please join us in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, Mr. Schiebel. Please call the roll. Representatives Bacon, Barone. Bassinecker. Bottoms. Bradfield. Bradley. Brooks. Brown. Caldwell, Camacho. Carter. Clifford. Representative Clifford. DeGraff. Representative DeGraff. Excused. Duran. English. Espinoza. Ferre. Flannel. Froelich. Garcia. Garcia. Sander. Gilchrist. Goldstein. Gonzalez. Hamret. Representative hamrick. Excused. Hartsuk, jackson. Johnson. Joseph. Kelty. Leader. Representative. Leader. Excused. Lindsey luck. Lukens. Representative lukens. Excused. Mabry, marshall. Martinez. Morrow. Mccormick, wynn, pascal, phillips. Richardson, ricks. Representative ricks is excused. Rootnell, ryden. Sirota. Representative sirota is excused. Slaw, smith. Soper. Stuart k. Stuart r. Storey. Sukla. Taggart. Tatone valdez. A. Velasco. Representative velasco. Is excused. Weinberg, Wilford. Okay. Winter, Woodrow. Woog, Zokai. And Madam speaker here with 58, 59 present and six excused, we do have a quorum. Representative Stewart. Thank you, Madam Speaker. Happy Monday to…

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