House Health & Human Services

Tuesday, February 24, 2026·4h 4m·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Health & Human Services Committee advanced a study of consumer protections for the deaf, hard of hearing and deafblind community over Republican objections that it created no enforceable rights, moved two other health bills forward, and killed a proposed insurance mandate for hormone replacement therapy.

Key Actions

·Treating People with Behavioral Health DisorderPassed

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Notable Quotes

“My concern is that it's increasing state fee revenue. I know it's one time, but I'm trying to figure out how we justify spending taxpayer money through a fee on a study, but we have no enforceable rights that are going to be offered to this community. It's a study in name only, but there's no enforceable rights protections that come out of it.”
Dusty Johnson — The core objection from the four members who voted no — that the bill spends fee revenue on research without delivering protections.

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Votes

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction

Yes (11)Carlos Barron, Mary Bradfield, Regina English, Lisa Feret, Gretchen Rydin, Katie Stewart, Dan Woog, Sheila Lieder, Lindsay Gilchrist, Eliza Hamrick, Karen McCormick

No (2)Brandi Bradley, Dusty Johnson

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction

Yes (13)Lisa Feret, Dan Woog, Sheila Lieder, Lindsay Gilchrist, Brandi Bradley, Eliza Hamrick, Gretchen Rydin, Carlos Barron, Mary Bradfield, Regina English, Dusty Johnson, Karen McCormick, Katie Stewart

Referred to Committee on FinanceAction

Yes (9)Regina English, Karen McCormick, Gretchen Rydin, Katie Stewart, Lindsay Gilchrist, Mary Bradfield, Lisa Feret, Eliza Hamrick, Sheila Lieder

No (4)Dan Woog, Carlos Barron, Brandi Bradley, Dusty Johnson

Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction

Yes (11)Carlos Barron, Mary Bradfield, Lindsay Gilchrist, Sheila Lieder, Dusty Johnson, Katie Stewart, Dan Woog, Eliza Hamrick, Karen McCormick, Gretchen Rydin, Brandi Bradley

No (2)Regina English, Lisa Feret

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TranscriptPreview

Health and Human Services Committee will come to order. Mr. Sujun, please call the roll. Representatives of it present. Bradfield. Yes. Here. Bradley. Excuse. English. Excuse. I keep rushing here. Emerick. Excused. Johnson. Present. McCormick. Wright. In here. Stewart. Here. Woog. Here. Leader. Present. Madam Chair. Here. Okay. Our first bill up today is 1109. Sponsors, if you'd like to tell us about your bill. Representative Stewart thank you, Madam Chair. And thank you members of the committee. I did just want to share that we do have interpretation available online for this bill. So this bill is about American Sign Language? Sign language interpretation for the deafblind community is essential to ensuring meaningful access to opportunities and service. When interpretation services are inaccurate, people are deprived of the information they need to navigate society. This bill seeks to ensure that sign language interpreters are qualified for their positions so we can ensure that accurate information is being translated to the community. Since 1991, members of the deaf and hard of hearing community in Colorado have been advocating for the state to create a licensing process for sign language interpreters. There have been many anecdotal stories of fraudulent interpreters over…

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