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Thursday, January 29, 2026·1h 19m·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Finance Committee opened its session by launching the once-in-11-years sunset review of the Colorado Securities Act and clearing two bills to Appropriations — a special license plate honoring fallen firefighters that drew wrenching family testimony, and a Department of Revenue measure consolidating four cash funds into one.

Key Actions

·Fallen Firefighter Special License PlatePassed

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Notable Quotes

He had a young firefighter with him. His name was Stephen Bales. That's my son. And another firefighter, Rich Montoya, took that crew in to fight that fire, realized conditions were untenable. And I remember my son saying the last thing he remembers is a hand in his back pushing him out the door. Rich Montoya was a hero. He saved two firefighters at the expense of his own life. He was 15 days from retirement.

John Bales (President, Colorado Fallen Firefighters Foundation) · witnessThe foundation president's firsthand account of a fatal rescue, illustrating the human stakes behind a bill about a license plate.

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Votes

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (10)Max Brooks, Sean Camacho, Lorena Garcia, Ryan Gonzalez, Anthony Hartsook, Chris Richardson, Rebekah Stewart, Yara Zokaie, Brianna Titone, Steven Woodrow
Excused (1)Bob Marshall
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (10)Max Brooks, Sean Camacho, Lorena Garcia, Ryan Gonzalez, Anthony Hartsook, Chris Richardson, Rebekah Stewart, Yara Zokaie, Brianna Titone, Steven Woodrow
Excused (1)Bob Marshall
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TranscriptPreview
The House Finance Committee will come to order. Ms. Culver, please call the roll. Representatives Brooks. Present. Camacho. Excused. DeGraff. Richardson. Richardson. Yes. Thank you. Last minute substitution. Garcia. Here. Gonzalez. Buenos dias. Hartsuk. Here. Marshall. Here. Stuart. Here. Zokai. Tatone. Excused. And Mr. Chair. Here. Okay, folks, we have three items on the agenda for our first meeting of the House Finance Committee. Welcome. We have the sunset review of the Colorado securities act, followed by public testimony, and then we will have hearings on House Bill 1032 and House Bill 1059. We will start with the sunset. So, you know, the way it works is that we've got our OLS drafter to come up and talk to us about the process on our sunset hearing on the Colorado Securities Act. Mr. Payne, please come up. Mr. Dewise, nice to see you both. Please proceed. Good morning. Nice to see you, too. Who'd like to go first? Mr. Twise Floor is yours. Thank you. Mr. Chair. Excuse me, members of the committee, my name is Brian Tavias. I'm the director of the Colorado Office of Policy, Research and Regulatory Forum located within the Department of Regulatory Agencies. And before
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