House Appropriations
The House Appropriations Committee cleared a full slate of bills to the floor, from the 2026 Water Projects Bill to sunset reviews of the Division of Real Estate and the Colorado Medical Board, with most fights limited to fiscal-note cleanup. Rep. Scott Bottoms was the committee's lone recurring holdout, casting the only no vote on five measures and drawing a second dissent from Rep. Matt Soper on the real estate sunset.
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Notable Quotes
“I do have a question that seems that many of the bills seem to fall in this category where we're. We're extending out to 11 years. My thought process is within the time of the eight year representative block. That somebody can serve eight years, why would we extend it to 11?”
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Sign in to subscribeHouse Appropriations will come to order. Ms. Shen, please call the roll. Representative Basenecker. Here. Bottoms. Here. Joseph C. McCormick. Here. Soper. Excused. Taggart. Tatone. Here. Velasco. Presente. Zoc. Excused. Madam Vice chair. Here. And Mr. Chair. Here. All right, folks, we have nine bills today we are going to start. I'm moving the things around on the calendar a bit. We're going to start with House Bill 1317. Madam speaker, welcome to Appropriations. I will also note that Representative Zai has joined us. Good morning, Mr. Chair and Committee. Thank you, Madam Speaker. Committee members, do we have any questions for our bill sponsors? Oh, Representative Taggart. That's right. Do we have any questions for our bill sponsors on this bill? All right. Seeing none. Madam Speaker. Representative Taggart, would you like us to move your amendment? Madam speaker. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes. L003 removes any compensation for travel or other reimbursements, which brings our fiscal note to zero. And we would ask for support of L003. All right, madam. Oh, Representative Taggart. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move L003 to House Bill 1317. Seconded by Representative Tatone. Are there any objections to L003? Seeing none. L003 is…
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