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Statutory Revision Committee

Thursday, February 12, 2026·58m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Statutory Revision Committee opened its 2026 session under new chair Sen. Janice Rich with a tidy slate of six cleanup bills — from reviving an accidentally repealed common-law-marriage provision to fixing a battery-assessment deadline that required submitting a report before it was finished — all advanced for introduction without objection.

Key Actions

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Notable Quotes

Statutory Revision Committee is a unique committee in that the purpose of the committee is not necessarily to make policy changes, but rather to serve as a means for the General assembly to clear conflicts in statute redundancies, change antiquated processes, and really kind of bring the Colorado Revised Statutes into harmony with modern conditions.

Rebecca Bayetti (Office of Legislative Legal Services) · witnessBayetti's framing sets the committee's narrow, non-policy mandate — the lens for every bill that followed.

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Sa. Thank you. Forget to turn on the microphone. We are here at Statuary Revision this morning and we are prepared to enter in. My name is Cecilia Espinosa, current chair for another half a minute until I turn over the gavel to my vice chair from last year. Who will be the chair this year. Senator Janice Rich. I'll call the meeting to order and turn the gavel over. Thank you, Representative Espinosa. Ms. Weigt, would you call the roll? Senator Ball. Representative Bradley. I'm here. Good morning. Good morning. Representative Carter. Present. Senator Catlin. Here. Committee member Nelson. Here. Committee member Morris. Here. Senator Exum. Excused. Representative Luck. Good morning. I'm also here. Rep. Espinoza. Present. Madam Chair. Present. Thank you. With the total number of. With a total of nine members. One excused. The committee has a quorum. Okay. So we have with us today Sarah Lozano and Rebecca by Eddie. I hope I didn't mess up that name. And we're going to start with item number one, which is LLS number 260670. Oh, yeah. Miss Bietti, do you want to begin? Yes. Thank you, Madam Chair. Good morning, committee members. My name is Rebecca Baetti with
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