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Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 050

Wednesday, March 4, 2026·2h 42m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Colorado House on Legislative Day 050 passed five bills on second reading covering wildfire coordination, mobile home water quality, distributed energy resources, fatal crash data reporting, and a task force sunset, while a contested roll call on the committee of the whole report revealed a 37-20 split and floor debates on HB 1145 and HB 1127 sparked sharp exchanges over affordable housing fines, data privacy, and the legitimacy of the floor amendment process.

Key Actions

·SJR26-004 – Frontotemporal Degeneration Awareness WeekPassed

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Controversies

HB26-1127: Data privacy versus federal reporting requirements

Representative DeGraff argued Amendment L001 was needed because 'the state cannot be trusted with your data' and cited a news report that the state collects millions by selling driver data to private investigators and data brokers; Representatives Rutinel and Joseph countered that personal identifying information is required by federal NHTSA reporting standards and necessary to avoid double counting, and that the bill improves privacy by replacing fax and email with a secure platform. A compromise substitute amendment (L003) limiting personal information to what is federally required passed by voice vote.

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Notable Quotes

“Our bill's perfect. We did stakeholdering, granted it didn't include you, but our bill's perfect. Go away. That's what I just heard. Our bill is above reproach. Go away. You weren't part of this before. You weren't part of the discussion. By the time it gets here to the floor, we've got this thing sealed up, so go away.”

Rep. Max Brooks — Brooks was characterizing what he heard in Representative Joseph's response to Amendment L001 on HB26-1127, which would have restricted personal identifying information in coroner crash reports; Joseph had argued that amendments should reflect stakeholding done before reaching the floor.

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Votes

Adoption of SJR26-004 – Frontotemporal Degeneration Awareness WeekPassed
Yes (1)Representative Bradley (explicitly recorded)
Adoption of Amendment L002 to HB26-1145 (EPA objective standards for secondary water characteristics)Failed
Adoption of Amendment L004 to HB26-1145 (narrowed 'risk to welfare' definition)Failed
Adoption of Amendment L003 to HB26-1145 (administrative hearing rights for park owners)Failed
Adoption of Amendment L009 to HB26-1107 (landlord notification for plug-in solar)Failed
Adoption of Amendment L002 to HB26-1127 (unfunded mandate firewall for coroners)Failed
Adoption of Amendment L003 to HB26-1127 (substitute: limit personal information to federal reporting requirements)Passed
Adoption of Report of the Committee of the WholePassed
Yes (1)Representative Morrow (explicitly recorded)
No (1)Representative Bradley (explicitly recorded)
Absent (1)Representative Lindsay (explicitly recorded as excused)
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TranscriptPreview
The House will come to order. The Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Representative Goldstein. Thank you. Madam Speaker. Please join me in the Pledge. I pledge allegiance to the five of the United States of America and to the Republic. Mr. Schiebel, please call the roll. Representatives Bacon. Barone. Bassinecker. Bottoms. Bradfield. Bradley. Good morning. Representative Bradley is excused. Brooks. Brown. Caldwell. Camacho. Carter. Representative carter is excused. Clifford. Degraff. Duran. English espinoza. Ferre. Flannel. Froelich. Garcia. Garcia. Sanders. Gilchrist. Goldstein. Gonzalez. Hamrick. Hartsuk. Representative hartsuk. Oh, he's ducked down. Jackson. Johnson. Joseph. Kelty. Leader. Lindsey. Luck. Lukens. Mabry. Representative mabry. Excused. Marshall. He's there. 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. Story. Sukla. Taggart. Tatone. Representative Valdez is excused. Velasco. Weinberg. Representative Weinberg. Excused. Excused. Wilford. Winter. Woodrow. Woogie. Zokai. Representative Zokai is excused. And, Madam speaker, With 58 present, seven excused. We do have a quorum, Representative Goldstein. Thank you, Madam Speaker. It's a pleasure and an honor to serve with you members. Thank you, Representative Goldstein. It is a pleasure and an honor to serve with…
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