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House Transportation, Housing & Local Government

Friday, May 8, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Transportation, Housing & Local Government Committee advanced Senate Bill 152, a cleanup of Colorado's automated speed-enforcement law aimed at stopping cities from turning cameras into revenue machines, after emotional testimony over cyclist and pedestrian deaths. Republicans Max Brooks and Larry Don Suckla cast the two no votes on the 11-2 referral.

Key Actions

·Changes Automated Vehicle Identification System UsagePassed

Notable Quotes

We're concerned that our current state law is opening the door for revenue enhancing programs like speed cameras for municipalities and we want to stop that. We want to prevent that from happening.

Carlos BarronThe sponsor's core rationale — the bill targets cities using automated cameras as revenue generators rather than safety tools.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (11)Lori Garcia Sander, Jamie Jackson, Kenny Nguyen, Amy Paschal, Jacque Phillips, Chris Richardson, Elizabeth Velasco, Rebekah Stewart, Meg Froelich, Andrew Boesenecker, Mandy Lindsay
No (2)Max Brooks, Larry Don Suckla
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TranscriptPreview
Housing and Local Government Committee will come to order. We have one bill up today, 152 and Mr. Gravy, please call the roll. Representative Bas. Here. Brooks. Present. Garcia Sander. Present. Jackson. Here. Lindsey. Here. When? Aloha. Pascal. Here. Phillips. Yes. Richardson. Here. Sucla. Here. Velasco. Here. Vice Chair Stewart. Here. Madam Chair. Here. Thank you very much. Committee Our first, first and only bill, I believe is Senate Bill 152. Who would like to start us off? Representative Barone thank you Madam Chair and members. Members of the committee, you're about to hear the best bill this session, I always say, because it's true. So this bill, SB 26152, it stems from occurrences that happened in two of my municipalities in my district that a lot of the people were up in arms about. I'm sure you've heard about it in the news, the $350 speeding tickets that were issued in my area. It's something that we were trying to fix with this bill. We're concerned that our current state law is opening the door for revenue enhancing programs like speed cameras for municipalities and we want to stop that. We want to prevent that from happening. So you
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