House Transportation, Housing & Local Government

Tuesday, January 27, 2026·2h 10m·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Transportation, Housing & Local Government committee advanced HB26-1045, a bill codifying disability housing protections for assistance animals, on a 9-3 party-line vote after hours of legal wrangling, and separately teed up a sunset bill to keep the state's fire-suppression inspection program alive through 2037.

Key Actions

·Disabilities Housing ProtectionsPassed

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Notable Quotes

“I'm a little concerned that we're taking what was once clarifying guidance, taking a subset, making it statute, and in statute that potentially triggers presumptions of violations that have to be disproven and carry fines of 5 to $50,000 under CADA.”
Chris Richardson — The core objection from the three Republican dissenters — that codifying withdrawn federal guidance could expose landlords to steep penalties under the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (9)Andrew Boesenecker, Jamie Jackson, Mandy Lindsay, Kenny Nguyen, Amy Paschal, Jacque Phillips, Elizabeth Velasco, Rebekah Stewart, Meg Froelich

No (3)Max Brooks, Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla

Excused (1)Ron Weinberg

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TranscriptPreview

Representatives Basenecker. Here. Brooks. Excused. Jackson. Excused. Lindsey. Here. Wynn. President Pascal. Here. Phillips. Yes. Richardson. Here. Sukla. Here. Lasco. Excused. Weinberg. Excused. Stewart. Here. Madam Chair. Present. If we could bring up Mr. Singh and we're going to do. I'm going to read through this complicated script. On the sunset review. Our drafter from OLS will attend. And that's Ms. Myers. And we are holding sunset hearing today on fire suppression registration and inspection program. A representative from OLLS is here to present the sunset review process. So we'll go. Sorry, I should have called up Ms. Myers first. But anyway it goes Ms. Myers and then Mr. Singh. So the we're going to talk today about fire suppression registration and inspection program. The sunset hearing concerning the continuation of fire suppression registration inspection program that is held in accordance with the Colorado Revised statutes. This is the book we will be going after and if you don't have a copy, Mr. Gravy has extras. And the purpose of this hearing is to determine if its regulation is the least restrictive regulation consistent with the public interest. This determination is based on factors specified in 23, 34, 104 of…

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