Senate Local Government & Housing

Thursday, March 26, 2026·2h 59m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Senate Local Government & Housing Committee advanced all four bills before it Thursday, but Republican Mark Baisley registered a solitary 'polite no' on three of them — over mobile home park water rules, an urban renewal disconnection safeguard, and even a routine fire-sprinkler program renewal. The panel's most wrenching testimony came on a bill to strip Cesar Chavez's name from a state holiday amid allegations he assaulted women in the farm worker movement.

Key Actions

·Mobile Home Park Water QualityPassed

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Notable Quotes

“We're all holding our breath and we're very concerned about how we're going to flush toilets. We rely on these funds. We are desperate for them. Across the entire rural donut of Colorado, everyone's infrastructure is failing.”
Jillian Laycock (Town Manager, Akron) · witness — Laycock, a reappointee, laid out the stakes of a shrinking infrastructure grant fund for rural Colorado towns facing failing water and wastewater systems.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (6)Matt Ball, William Lindstedt, Larry Liston, Janice Rich, Marc Snyder, Tony Exum

No (1)Mark Baisley

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction

Yes (6)Matt Ball, William Lindstedt, Larry Liston, Janice Rich, Marc Snyder, Tony Exum

No (1)Mark Baisley

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (5)Matt Ball, William Lindstedt, Larry Liston, Janice Rich, Marc Snyder

No (1)Mark Baisley

Excused (1)Tony Exum

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (7)Mark Baisley, Matt Ball, William Lindstedt, Larry Liston, Janice Rich, Marc Snyder, Tony Exum

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TranscriptPreview

Senate Local Government Housing Committee will come to order. Ms. Alanzaro, please call the roll. Senators Basley. Present. Ball. Linstedt. Present. Liston. Rich. Snyder. Mr. Chair, good afternoon. We have a busy afternoon and we will start with some confirmation hearings for the Energy Impact assistant advisory committee. Mr. Laycock. Briggs. Scroll. Oh, Jillian Laycock. Please, please. Protodize. And Gerard Biggs and Jeffrey Scroll. And they're online. And if you'll pull those two up. Last two up online. Thank you very much. Yeah. And Mr. Bergman, welcome back. There we go. How soon we forget. I forget everything. Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, members of the committee, and thank you so much for having us today. I'm Eric Bergman, Director of the Division of Local Government, the Colorado Department of Local Affairs. It is my distinct pleasure to appear before you today and present three esteemed local government professionals who have been appointed by the Governor to serve on the Advisory committee for the Energy and Mineral Impact Assistance Fund Program, or EIF for short. Purpose of the EIF program is to assist political subdivisions that are socially and or economically impacted by the development, processing or energy conversion of minerals…

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