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Senate Transportation & Energy

Wednesday, March 18, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

The Senate Transportation & Energy Committee unanimously advanced six appointees to the Front Range Passenger Rail District board after pointed questioning about who should pay for a possible 2026 ballot measure, then held a marathon hearing on Senate Bill 102's data center regulations — which sponsor Cathy Kipp laid over to redraft amid a rare labor-versus-environmental-justice split.

Key Actions

·Front Range Passenger Rail District board confirmationsPassed

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Notable Quotes

We've been conditioned in our state to think that we can have nice things and not pay for them.

Claire Levy (appointee, Boulder County Commissioner) · witnessLevy's remark cut to the central tension of the district's plan: how to fund an intercity rail line, likely via a 2026 ballot measure, as senators pressed who should bear the tax.

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TranscriptPreview
Okay. Good afternoon. We have a crowd today. Calling Transportation and Energy will now come to order. Ms. Forbes, will you please call the roll? Senators Basley. President Catlin. Here. Exum. Good afternoon. Linstet. Present. Malika. Here. Helton. Bee. Present. Sullivan. Here. Gonzalez. Ready to go. And Madam Chair. Present. Well, today we have a packed agenda. We will be hearing confirmations, and then after that, we're going to go into Senate Bill 102 just to set the stage for everyone. We'll do these confirmations quickly first, and then we will proceed with testimony. There may be need for overflow, and that will move to the committee room across the hall as soon as they adjourn. But they are currently meeting. So in the meantime, until that happens, you'll have to entertain yourselves in the hall. So just let you know that. And we will be doing. Limiting our testimony today to two minutes per witness. And the first panel will get 10 minutes of questioning, the first panel on each side, pro and against, and then we will do five minutes of questioning per panel after that. So we're going to try and keep it as tight as we
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