House Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources

Monday, February 23, 2026·6h 8m·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Committee unanimously renewed the Colorado Forest Health Council after Republicans won an amendment restoring a seven-year sunset, then split along party lines to advance two more contested measures — the Colorado Outdoor Opportunities Act and a bill on transfers of certain pet animals.

Key Actions

·Colorado Outdoor Opportunities ActPassed

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Notable Quotes

“So this amendment moves it from being an ongoing to back to A seven year sunset cycle. We believe this is very necessary to make sure with the changing atmosphere of wildfires, we're getting the most adapt updated information. This also allows for members here. Our span is about eight years in the House.”
Dusty Johnson — Johnson's L001 was the pivotal change to the bill, converting an indefinite renewal back into a recurring review — the reason a Democratic-sponsored measure drew unanimous support.

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Votes

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction

Yes (9)Lori Goldstein, Mandy Lindsay, Meghan Lukens, Matthew Martinez, Lesley Smith, Katie Stewart, Tammy Story, Tisha Mauro, Karen McCormick

No (4)Dusty Johnson, Larry Don Suckla, Ty Winter, Lori Garcia Sander

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (9)Katie Stewart, Lori Goldstein, Tisha Mauro, Mandy Lindsay, Tammy Story, Meghan Lukens, Matthew Martinez, Lesley Smith, Karen McCormick

No (4)Lori Garcia Sander, Dusty Johnson, Larry Don Suckla, Ty Winter

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction

Yes (13)Lesley Smith, Ty Winter, Lori Garcia Sander, Lori Goldstein, Katie Stewart, Larry Don Suckla, Karen McCormick, Dusty Johnson, Mandy Lindsay, Meghan Lukens, Matthew Martinez, Tammy Story, Tisha Mauro

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TranscriptPreview

House Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee will come to order. Ms. Kelly, please call the roll. Representatives Garcia. Sanders. Present. Goldstein. Here. Johnson. Representative Johnson. Here. Lindsey. Excused. Lukens. Here. Martinez. Here. Smith. Here. Stewart. Here. Story. Here. Sukla. Representative Sukla. Oh, I don't want it to. Here, here. Thank you. Winter. Here. Tomorrow. Madam Chair. Here. All right. On our agenda today, as announced earlier this morning, we have changed the order and we'll be hearing House Bill 1184 first, House Bill 1008 second and House Bill 1011 third. And to be consistent across all bills today, because of the volume that we have, we will be limiting testimony, any witness testimony on each bill to two minutes and any panels of questions that the committee would like to ask, any panel of witnesses to 10 minutes. And as usual, just expect a very respectful committee hearing for all the bills. And that goes for committee members as well as people from the public that have signed up to testify. So with that, our first bill is the Sunset Forest Health Council bill. And we have Representative Lukens and Representative Morrow. Our bill sponsors are here and ready…

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