House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs

Thursday, February 12, 2026·1h 29m·▶ Watch / Listen

The committee advanced Rep. Ty Winter's local-government impact hearings bill (HB26-1140) over four Democratic no votes despite unresolved questions about how it would actually work, then killed Rep. Scott Bottoms' bill to prohibit use of a personally identifying feature (HB26-1049) on a 9-2 vote after members warned an amended version still lacked basic criminal-intent standards.

Key Actions

·Prohibit Use of Personally Identifying FeatureKilled

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Notable Quotes

“I think the main thing for this is the unfunded mandates part of this. I mean, I understand that other people may want a seat at the table on certain things, but this is counties making budget. I mean this is counties having and municipalities having bills passed that are literally making them dip into reserves and cut services.”
Ty Winter (Assistant Minority Leader, sponsor) · witness — Winter's core rationale: counties can't absorb state mandates without cutting services or draining reserves.

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Votes

Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction

Yes (9)Michael Carter, Cecelia Espenoza, Stephanie Luck, Lisa Feret, Meg Froelich, Kenny Nguyen, Naquetta Ricks, Chad Clifford, Jenny Willford

No (2)Scott Bottoms, Brandi Bradley

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (7)Scott Bottoms, Brandi Bradley, Lisa Feret, Stephanie Luck, Naquetta Ricks, Chad Clifford, Jenny Willford

No (4)Michael Carter, Cecelia Espenoza, Meg Froelich, Kenny Nguyen

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TranscriptPreview

Another type of I guess it wouldn't be bills, but like other pol or I'll let Mr. Orff explain, but there will be he will, he will answer that question. We're already doing this in different sections of the government and I think it would track along with what this legislature already has done in the past and is doing now. Did you have a follow up? Did you get both of your questions? Okay, wonderful. Other questions, members? Representative Free yes, thank you, Madam Chair. I appreciate the intent of it. Having been on City council hearing how state talks about local government, it's nice to have that option that you're trying to present here similar to Rep. Luck is just around that equity component. So if we are giving space for counties or cities to be speaking about an issue at length, more than that three minutes, how do we address that equity component of when what about nonprofit associations coming in and wanting to advocate? Assistant Minority Leader WINTER well, I guess the answer that I can give you, the way I look at it, is those individuals would have the ability to lobby the county commissioners…

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