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House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs

Monday, April 20, 2026·5h 39m·▶ Watch / Listen

A marathon resolution day in House State Affairs produced sharp partisan splits: a symbolic reaffirmation of TABOR and constitutional amendments on parental rights and legislative vacancies were all postponed indefinitely, while the committee's most contested surviving measure — renaming the youth advisory review committee after the late Sen. Faith Winter — advanced over emotional objections tied to Winter's fatal DUI crash.

Key Actions

·Rename Colorado Youth Advisory Council Review CommitteePassed

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Notable Quotes

Please do not name a committee that is supposed to help children after somebody who endangered their lives.

Shannon Johnson · witnessCaptures the core objection to renaming a children's committee after Sen. Faith Winter, who died in a DUI crash.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (8)Michael Carter, Cecelia Espenoza, Lisa Feret, Meg Froelich, Kenny Nguyen, Naquetta Ricks, Chad Clifford, Jenny Willford
No (3)Scott Bottoms, Brandi Bradley, Stephanie Luck
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TranscriptPreview
The House State Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee will come to order. Ms. King, please call the roll. Representatives. Bottoms. Here. Bradley. Here. Carter. Excused. Espinosa. Here. Fre. Here. Froelich. Here. Locke. Here. Wynn. Present. Ricks. Here. Clifford. Here. Madam Chair. Here. We have, I believe, seven bills on the calendar today. We're going to start with House Concurrent Resolution 1007 with Representatives. Oh, I'm sorry. House Resolution 1007 with Representatives Luck and Bacon. Give them just a moment to come on over to the table. Welcome, bill sponsors who would like to begin? Representative Block. Thank you, Madam Chair. So every year, the House Minority office or House Minority Caucus has the ability to come up with ideas for four resolutions that the minority puts forward. And this year, one of the ideas was to honor Colorado's 150th anniversary. And. And there were some other ideas as well that the minority caucus came up with, like honoring rodeo as a summer sport and raising awareness about huntovirus. Anyways, and so it was decided that we would try to incorporate as many of those ideas as possible into this larger resolution. I am curious how many of you guys
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