Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 059

Friday, March 13, 2026·4h 20m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Colorado House passed a sweeping set of bills on Legislative Day 059, including landmark measures regulating AI in healthcare, mandating kidney screening coverage, and supporting vaccine access — with the most heated debates centering on insurance mandates, compounding pharmacy law, vaccine liability, and employer demographic data reporting.

Key Actions

·HB 26-1019 – Kidney Screening Mandatory Preventive CoveragePassed

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Notable Quotes

“In the actuarial reports on page three and four, according to our own division, this should cost 3 cents a month or 36 cents per year or $3.60 every 10 years. And what we heard from insurance companies was literally over 100 times that amount. And so it's one thing to figure out how much something is at cost versus how much something is to make a profit margin.”
Rep. Jennifer Bacon — Rep. Bacon, co-prime sponsor of HB 26-1019, was rebutting insurance industry cost estimates for mandatory kidney function screening coverage.

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Votes

HB 26-1259 – Final passagePassed

No (1)Rep. DeGraaf

HB 26-1232 – Final passagePassed

No (2)Rep. DeGraaf, Rep. Garcia Sander

HB 26-1001 – Concur with Senate amendmentsPassed

No (2)Rep. DeGraaf, Rep. Garcia Sander

HB 26-1001 – Repassage as amendedPassed

No (2)Rep. DeGraaf, Rep. Garcia Sander

HB 26-1079 – Amendment L004 (rename to Cole Bradley Act)Passed

Yes (2)Rep. DeGraaf, Rep. Garcia Sander

HB 26-1079 – Final passage as amendedPassed

Yes (2)Rep. DeGraaf, Rep. Garcia Sander

HB 26-1262 – Amendment L1 (petition clause)Failed

Absent (2)Rep. Alex Valdez, Rep. Yara Zokaie

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TranscriptPreview

Place. Amen. The House will come to order. The Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Representative Wynn. Please join me. The Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. Mr. Schiebel, please call the roll. Representatives bacon, barone. Bassinecker. Bottoms. Bradfield. Bradley. Brooks. Brown. Caldwell, camacho. Carter. Clifford. Degraff, duran. English espinoza. Ferre. Flannel. Froelich. Garcia. Garcia. Sander. Rep. Garcia. Sander. Excused. Gilchrist, goldstein. Gonzalez. Hamrick. Hartsook. Jackson. Johnson. Joseph. Kelty. Leader. Representative. Leader. Excused. She's here. Lindsay. Luck. Representative luck. Excused. Lukens, mabry. Marshall. Martinez. Morrow. Mccormick, wynn. Pascal. Phillips. Richardson, ricks. Representative ricks. Excused. Rootnell, ryden. Sirota. Slaw. Smith. Soper. Representative soper. Excused. Stuart k. Stuart r. Story. Sukla. Taggart. Tatone valdez. A. Velasco. Weinberg, wilford, winter, woodrow. Woog, zokai. And Madam speaker, here. With 62 present, three excused. We do have a quorum. Representative Nguyen. Madam speaker, it is an honor to serve with you. It is an honor to serve with you. Madam Speaker. Did you know that pho restaurants, when they have like 579, 588, that just means that that's when they came to the United States of America.…

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