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House Appropriations

Friday, March 6, 2026·7m·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Appropriations Committee moved quickly through four bills, sending all to the full chamber — though Republican Scott Bottoms broke from the panel on both the Colorado Outdoor Opportunities Act and the Colorado Mandatory Lethality Assessment Act, the morning's only recorded dissents.

Key Actions

·Colorado Outdoor Opportunities ActPassed

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Notable Quotes

I'm going to recommend that we not add this amendment and that we allow the department to absorb this within existing resources, given that the department is already at its more or less at its hutf spending limit.

Andrew Boesenecker (Committee Chair) · witnessThe chair's reasoning for declining a pending amendment — the hearing's only substantive fiscal discussion — citing the department's proximity to its Highway Users Tax Fund spending limit.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (9)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
No (1)Scott Bottoms
Excused (1)Matt Soper
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (9)Andrew Boesenecker, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
No (1)Scott Bottoms
Excused (1)Matt Soper
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Andrew Boesenecker, Scott Bottoms, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
Excused (1)Matt Soper
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Andrew Boesenecker, Scott Bottoms, Junie Joseph, Karen McCormick, Rick Taggart, Brianna Titone, Elizabeth Velasco, Yara Zokaie, Emily Sirota, Kyle Brown
Excused (1)Matt Soper
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TranscriptPreview
House Appropriations will come to order. Ms. Shen, please call the roll representatives. Basenecker. Here. Bottoms. Here. Joseph. Here. McCormick. Here. Soper. Excused. Tiger. Here. Tatone. Here. Velasco. Here. Zokai. Here. Madam Vice Chair. Here. And Mr. Chair. Here. All right, folks, we have four bills today. We'll start with 1009. We have our sponsors here. Committee, do we have any questions for our sponsors? Seeing none, we'll move on to amendments. Committee, I'm going to recommend that we not add this amendment and that we allow the department to absorb this within existing resources, given that the department is already at its more or less at its hutf spending limit. Are there any other amendments? Seeing none. The amendment phase is closed. Sorry, rick. Let's see any wrap up. Seeing none. Ms. Shen, please call. Nope. Call the roll. We need to move bill. Ah, shoot. Yes, of course, Madam. Madam Vice Chair. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move House Bill 1109 to the committee of the whole with a favorable recommendation. Second seconded by Rep. Zokai. Ms. Shen, please call the roll. Representative Basenecker? Yes. Bottoms. No. Joseph. Yes. McCormick. Yes. Soper. Excused. Taggart. Yes. Tatone. Yes. Velasco.
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