Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 043

Wednesday, February 25, 2026·2h 3m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Colorado House passed a suite of bills on Legislative Day 043, including an extension of the safe haven baby relinquishment window from 72 hours to 30 days and protections for Colorado-grown agricultural products, while a spirited floor fight over a bill adding an older-adult advisory seat to workforce boards drew the most debate before passing on a voice vote.

Key Actions

·House Memorial 1001 – Memorializing Rep. Dan WilliamsPassed

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Controversies

HB 1010 – Whether the bill addresses employment or merely board membership

Representative Taggart explicitly rebutted Representative Jackson's closing remarks, stating: 'This bill has nothing to do with employment. It does not. It has to do with boards. It has nothing to do with employment. Workforce situation is a very different situation as a council than walking into an employer and asking for a job.' Representative Willford countered that the bill does not require appointment based on age alone, pointing to the 'and' clause requiring knowledge or experience.

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Notable Quotes

“55 years old or older in a difficult position because you have just said to the board, you're on this board because you're 55 and you have some expertise on people aging. But if you look through this bill, there's no specifics, for instance, having to do with the most recent amendment that something about higher education. You just need”
Representative Taggart — Taggart was opposing HB 1010, which adds an advisory non-voting seat for an older adult on a workforce-related board, arguing the bill is unnecessary because older adults are already sought out for their expertise.

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Votes

Final passage of HB 1017 – Prohibiting insurer restitution via criminal processPassed

Final passage of HB 1114 – Minimum lot size for subject jurisdictionsPassed

Final passage of HB 1146 – Facility schools affiliation with PERAPassed

Adoption of committee of the whole report (HB 1010, HB 1023, HB 1024, HB 1031 as amended, ordered to third reading)Passed

Concurrence with Senate amendments to HB 1166 – Supplemental appropriation, Dept. of Public SafetyPassed

Repassage of HB 1166 as amendedPassed

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TranscriptPreview

Amen. The House will come to order. The Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Representative Flinell. Please join me in 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. Aml bacon. She's here. Barone. Bassinecker. Bottoms. Bradfield. Bradley. Brooks. Brown. Representative Brown. Excused. Caldwell. Camacho. Carter. Clifford. Degraff. Duran. English espinoza. Ferre. Flannel. Froelich. Garcia. Garcia. Sander. Gilchrist. Goldstein. Gonzalez. Hamrick. Hartsook. Jackson. Johnson. Joseph. Kelty. Leader. Lindsay. Luck. Lukens. Mabry. Representative mabry. He'll be around. He's excused. Marshall. Martinez. Morrow. Mccormick. Wynn. Pascal. Phillips. Richardson. Ricks. Rutinell. Ryden. Sirota. Slaw. Smith. Soper. Stuart k. Stuart. R. Storey. Sukla. Taggart. Tatone. Valdez. A. Velasco. Weinberg. Wilford is here. Winter. Woodrow. Woog. Zokai. And. Madam speaker, Forget what I told you just while ago. We're good. Okay? Yeah, but I'll put your name on it, but no, thank you. With 63 present, two excused. We do have a quorum. Representative Flinell. Thank you. Madam Speaker, I move that the journal of Tuesday, February 24th of 2026 be approved as corrected by the Chief Clerk. Members, you have…

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