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Senate Minority Caucus

Wednesday, April 15, 2026·1h 27m·▶ Watch / Listen

Senate Republicans spent their caucus walking the long bill (HB26-1410) and roughly two dozen companion budget measures, with JBC member Barbara Kirkmeyer laying down the ground rules on floor amendments and members lining up some 50 amendments targeting wolves, state offices, corrections and IDD waitlists.

Key Actions

·2026-27 Long Appropriations BillNo vote

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Notable Quotes

I forgot to remind everybody yesterday with regard to your amendments, if you go get a tally sheet and you are able to Whip at least 18 votes, we will just push your amendment through so you won't have to do a lot of debating.

Barbara KirkmeyerKirkmeyer laying out the caucus mechanics for advancing floor amendments to the long bill.

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10:07am let's call the roll. Senator Rod Pelton. Here. Senator Larry Liston. Here. Senator Mark Catlin. Here. Senator John Carson. Present. Senator. Minority Whip Janice Rich. Here. Senator Mark Baisley. Mr. Minority Leader. Madam Minority Assistant Reader. Present. Linda Zamora Wilson. Present. And I am here as well. And. Oh, Senator Kirkmeyer. I'm sorry. Here. The star of the show. Okay, we're going to have to get started. So what? What? So what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna call on the person that is running the amendment, say what number it is, you can explain it, and then if you have any questions or if Senator Kirkmeyer has anything to add, we can go to that. Okay. All right, let's go with amendment number two. Senator Rod Pelton. Thank you, Mr. Caucus Chair. Amendment two is J133. It transfers $74,654 from the Governor's Mansion Activity Fund to the Colorado State Veterans Trust Fund. It's a modest but meaningful shift from upkeep above the Governor's Mansion, direct support for our veterans, the people that keep this country free. Okay. Okay. Comment? Yes. Oh, okay. Thank you for having a budget neutral amendment. And, yeah, I wish I would have thought
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