House Committee on Ethics

Monday, February 23, 2026·1h 16m·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Committee on Ethics spent its February 23 session reviewing evidence on all seven allegations in Representative Bradley's complaint against Representative Weinberg — covering campaign finance, aggressive behavior, firearms possession while intoxicated, sexual and inappropriate comments, a committee meeting incident, a Brown Palace sexual harassment allegation, and a master key/trespass claim — without taking any votes, deferring all final probable cause determinations to a Wednesday morning session.

Key Actions

·Ethics Complaint – Allegation 1: Campaign FinanceNo Vote

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Controversies

Committee jurisdiction over the campaign finance allegation

Representative Mabrey argued that campaign finance is enforced by the Secretary of State regardless of House membership and questioned whether the allegation is outside the committee's purview. Representative Soper agreed, adding an 'almost an equal protection clause argument' that a losing candidate would not face the same committee sanctions and calling for dismissal. Representative Woodrow countered that he does not 'necessarily agree' with a categorical exclusion of campaign finance conduct, arguing the committee could have concurrent jurisdiction in certain circumstances, while ultimately agreeing the Secretary of State process should play out in this instance.

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Notable Quotes

“I do feel like there's a, almost an equal protection clause argument here that we could actually in many ways put a member twice in jeopardy when someone else who was a candidate but didn't win an election to the House of Representatives or is not yet one wouldn't be faced with the same type of sanctions. So for that I would also argue that the campaign finance piece to this were the wrong form, that there is a form, it's currently being looked at and we should dismiss allegation number one.”
Representative Soper — Representative Soper was arguing that the committee lacks proper jurisdiction over the campaign finance allegation because a non-elected candidate would not face the same committee sanctions, and that the Secretary of State's process is the appropriate venue.

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TranscriptPreview

The House Committee on Ethics will come to order. Berger, please call the roll. Representative Sia Sander. Present. Mabry. Excused. Woodrow. Here. Soper. Here. Madam Chair. Here. And thank you all for being here promptly. I wanted to give Representative Woodrow a moment. Thank you, Madam Chair. I really appreciate this opportunity. Over the weekend, it was brought to my attention that some questions have arisen with respect, to my liking, of a Facebook post from Representative Weinberg. And I just want to put on record that I did not even read his post. It was a picture of him and his family. But be that as it may, I do want to make clear that I have and will continue to be wholly impartial with respect to these proceedings. Case in point, I have not prejudged any of this. I don't know how I'm going to vote on any of the seven, call them accusations. I'm still reviewing the evidence, and I would like to just reiterate that I think everyone on this committee has conducted themselves with the highest level of impartiality, myself included, and I will continue to do so. So I appreciate this being brought to…

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