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Senate Appropriations

Tuesday, May 12, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

In what the chair noted was the Senate Appropriations Committee's final meeting, the panel unanimously advanced HB26-1250, a civil asset forfeiture overhaul that drew an unusually crossed-up witness lineup — the ACLU, gun owners and police chiefs in support, while state agencies warned it would gut a local law-enforcement grant fund.

Key Actions

·Procedures Related to Civil Asset ForfeiturePassed

Notable Quotes

without counsel, many people, especially those with low incomes, are effectively forced to abandon their property, not because the government has proven wrongdoing, but because they cannot afford to fight back. This is not just a procedural issue. It is a due process issue.

Anaya Robinson (ACLU of Colorado) · witnessThe core case for the bill: that the cost of contesting a seizure prices out property owners even absent a conviction.

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This is a new website, So you have to get to the. Button there. Yes. Two, one. I'm a no. I'm a no now. Okay. You had five seconds. We also actually have a small problem with witnesses. You signed up. Are they able to join or. We have two signed up. That's too bad. Okay, beautiful. Ms. Bova, please call the roll. Senators Bright. Here. Gonzalez. Present. Brickmire. Present. Kolker. Here. Liston. Here. Mr. Vice Chair. Present. Madam Chair. Barely awake. The joint. The Committee on Appropriations will come to order. I know I did that out of order, but I think it's still okay. We are here to Hear House Bill 1250. I see our sponsors are at the table. Mr. Would you like us to move the J3amendment? No, ma'. Am. Okay. Mr. Are there any amendments that you would like us to move? No. So, Mr. Vice Chair. Thank you. Madam Chair, I move House Bill 1250. Yes. To the committee of the whole. Do we need to do real quick? This is a. We just did. This is the committee of reference. Okay. What about the testimony? Yeah. Well. So we're moving the bill. Oh,
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