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Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 057

Wednesday, March 11, 2026·1h 46m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Colorado House advanced a wide-ranging calendar on Legislative Day 057, passing bills on water project funding, agricultural land preservation, EMS designation as essential services, funeral industry reform, and illicit massage business regulation, while sending several amended bills to third reading including measures on memory care facility transparency, military vehicle registration, property tax cleanup, and transportation safety.

Key Actions

·SJR 1 – Water Project Revolving Fund Eligibility ListsPassed

+ 14 more actions

Controversies

Colorado's human trafficking ranking — HB 1257

Representative Bottoms stated 'Colorado is 13th in human trafficking across the country,' while Representative Bradley disputed this directly: 'I would disagree with the representative from el Paso. We're 10th highest for trafficking in the state, closer to 7th highest.' Neither speaker cited a source on the record.

+ 1 more controversy

Notable Quotes

“Under current law, local governments cannot act against a suspicious facility unless they prove human trafficking. That bar is so high that illicit operators can keep running while enforcement stalls. This change gives local governments a realistic path to action.”

Representative Gonzalez — Justifying HB 1257's expansion of the definition of 'illicit massage business' beyond human trafficking, which Representative Gonzalez said a prior bill had inadvertently required as the sole basis for local government action.

+ 3 more quotes

Votes

SB 13 – Permission to run third-reading amendment L009Passed
Yes (2)Representative DeGraaf, Representative Ricks
SB 13 – Amendment L009 adoptionPassed
Yes (1)Representative Ricks
No (1)Representative DeGraaf
HB 1089 – Third reading final passage (uniform mortgage modification act)Passed
Yes (1)Representative Ricks
No (1)Representative DeGraaf
HB 1107 – Motion to refer back to Health and Human Services Committee (moved by Representative Barron)Failed
Committee of the Whole report adoptionPassed
No (1)Representative DeGraaf
Absent (1)Representative Carter
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TranscriptPreview
Amen. The House will come to order. The Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Representative Wynn. Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice. For Mr. Schiebel. Please call the roll. Representatives bacon. Barone. Bassinecker. Bottoms. Bradfield. Bradley. Brooks. Brown. Caldwell. Camacho. Carter. Clifford. Degraff. Here. Duran. Yeah. English. Representative English is excused. Espinoza. Ferre. Flannel. Froelich. Garcia. Garcia. Sanders. Gilchrist. Goldstein. Gonzalez. Hamrick. Hartsook. Jackson. Johnson. Joseph. Kelty. Leader. Lindsay. Luck. Lukens. Representative lukens. Excused. Mabry. Marshall. Martinez. Morrow. Mccormick, wynn. Pascal. Phillips. Richardson, ricks. Present. Rutinel. Representative rutinel. Excused. Ryden. Rep. Rieden. Excused. Sirota. Representative sirota. Excused. Slaw, smith. Soper. Stuart K. We're gonna have to bring him in at some point. Stuart R. Story. Representative Story is excused. Sukla. Taggart. Tatone Valdez. A. Is excused. Velasco. Representative Velasco. Excused. Weinberg. Wilford. Winter. She just snuck in. Woodrow. Woogie. Representative Woog is excused. Hi, Zokai. And Madam Speaker. Sam. With 59 present. Six excused. We do have a quorum. Representative Wynn. Madam speaker, it is an honor to serve with…
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