House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs

Thursday, February 26, 2026·3h 32m·▶ Watch / Listen

Colorado lawmakers on the House State Affairs Committee killed a year-in-the-making Ireland trade commission bill at its own sponsors' request, then split along and across party lines over a mandate for baby diaper-changing stations in private businesses that ultimately advanced to the floor.

Key Actions

·Colorado Ireland Trade CommissionKilled

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Notable Quotes

“Unfortunately, in our fiscal times, we've been kind of struck with the fiscal note that went with it and trying to do some other things to stay within the process. And we weren't able to in over a year or almost a year, just we couldn't get through that hurdle.”
Anthony Hartsook — The sponsor explaining why a bill years in the making, modeled on legislation in 26 states, was being pulled — the fiscal note proved insurmountable in a tight budget year.

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Votes

Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction

Yes (9)Brandi Bradley, Lisa Feret, Meg Froelich, Rebecca Keltie, Stephanie Luck, Kenny Nguyen, Chad Clifford, Jenny Willford, Cecelia Espenoza

Excused (2)Michael Carter, Naquetta Ricks

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (7)Michael Carter, Cecelia Espenoza, Lisa Feret, Kenny Nguyen, Chad Clifford, Jenny Willford, Meg Froelich

No (4)Brandi Bradley, Rebecca Keltie, Stephanie Luck, Naquetta Ricks

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction

Yes (8)Michael Carter, Cecelia Espenoza, Lisa Feret, Meg Froelich, Kenny Nguyen, Naquetta Ricks, Chad Clifford, Jenny Willford

No (3)Rebecca Keltie, Stephanie Luck, Brandi Bradley

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TranscriptPreview

The State Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee will come to order. Ms. King, please call the roll. Representatives. Representatives Bradley. Here. Carter. Excused. Espinoza. Excused. Gray. Here. Froelich. Here. Kelty. Here. Buck. Here. Win. Excused. Ricks. Excused. Clifford. Here. Wilford. Or Madam Chair. Here. For my friends that are now very late for committee, they will all be assessed a $1 fine. All right. Representative Hartsook, you are here on House Bill 1118. Let you go ahead and get started. Yes, ma'. Am. Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you committee members for having us here. I'll make this short and sweet. Everybody's kind of running concurrent committees right now. We're going to PI in this bill. Here's what I want to run through real quickly. We had a lot. We've been working on this thing for the better part of a year. A lot of thanks goes to the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, the Ireland Consul General, Senator Mark Daley, who's the president of the Irish Senate. OEDIT. And this is model legislation in 26 states across the union and increasing. It was designed to increase trade and facilitate a process for…

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