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House Appropriations

Friday, May 1, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

House Appropriations pushed a long slate of tax-credit, worker and transportation bills to the floor, but the marquee fight was over HB26-1327's large-employer health-care fee, which survived by a single vote after TABOR worries pulled members off it; SB26-149 was laid over.

Key Actions

·Continuation of Child Care Contribution Tax CreditPassed

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Notable Quotes

it really does need to be a tax and it does need to be put forward to the voters. And I hope that we can work together to bring something like that forward in the future.

Yara ZokaieZokaie's TABOR objection captured why the large-employer health-care fee nearly died in a friendly committee — the fear it would be struck down as an unconstitutional tax rather than a fee.

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TranscriptPreview
The committee on the House Committee on Appropriations will come to order. Ms. Shen, please call the roll. Representative Spacenecker? Here. Garcia Sander. Present. Joseph? Yes. McCormick. Here. Soper. Excused. Taggart. Here. Tetone. Here. Velasco. Presente. Zocai. Here. Madam Vice Chair. Here. And Mr. Chair. Here. All right, folks, we have a number of bills to get through this morning. We will actually be starting with 1004, so for our sponsors to come up. Thank you, Madam Speaker. Mr. Majority Leader, Committee members, what questions do we have for our bill sponsors today? All right, any amendments from our sponsors? I see no amendments, Mr. Chair. No amendments. Thank you. Committee members seeing no amendments. The amendment phase is closed. Committee members, any comments? Sponsors seeing none, Madam Vice Chair. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move House Bill 1104 to the Committee of the Whole. Second seconded by representative. To tone, I believe. Ms. Shen, please call the roll. Oh, and Rep. I note that Rep. Soper is here. Representative Basenecker? Yes. Garcia Sander? Yes. Joseph? Yes. McCormick. Yes. Soper. Yes. Haggard. Tatone. Yes. Blasco? Yes. Zoi? Yes. Madam Vice chair. Yes. And Mr. Chair. Yes. That passes unanimously. Moving
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