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House Transportation, Housing & Local Government

Wednesday, March 25, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

Colorado's House Transportation, Housing & Local Government Committee killed one affordable-housing tax credit at its own sponsor's request, advanced three more housing and liquor bills over Republican objections, and unanimously cleared a fix to child-seat rules for heavy pickups. The afternoon's rawest moment came on a bill loosening entertainment-district rules, where grieving families of impaired-driving victims pleaded for a hard 2 a.m. cutoff.

Key Actions

·Community Integration Housing Tax CreditsKilled

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Notable Quotes

I've never actually spiked a bill before. So what is the exact motion? Is it that I move to postpone indefinitely? House Bill 1061.

Max BrooksThe sponsor moving to kill his own disability-housing tax credit, conceding he'd never done it before, was the day's opening surprise.

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Votes

Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction
Yes (11)Andrew Boesenecker, Max Brooks, Mandy Lindsay, Kenny Nguyen, Amy Paschal, Jacque Phillips, Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla, Elizabeth Velasco, Meg Froelich, Rebekah Stewart
No (1)Ron Weinberg
Excused (1)Jamie Jackson
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (8)Andrew Boesenecker, Jamie Jackson, Mandy Lindsay, Amy Paschal, Jacque Phillips, Elizabeth Velasco, Rebekah Stewart, Kenny Nguyen
No (4)Max Brooks, Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla, Ron Weinberg
Excused (1)Meg Froelich
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Andrew Boesenecker, Max Brooks, Jamie Jackson, Mandy Lindsay, Kenny Nguyen, Amy Paschal, Jacque Phillips, Elizabeth Velasco, Rebekah Stewart, Meg Froelich
No (3)Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla, Ron Weinberg
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Andrew Boesenecker, Max Brooks, Mandy Lindsay, Kenny Nguyen, Amy Paschal, Jacque Phillips, Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla, Ron Weinberg, Rebekah Stewart
No (3)Jamie Jackson, Elizabeth Velasco, Meg Froelich
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (13)Andrew Boesenecker, Max Brooks, Jamie Jackson, Mandy Lindsay, Kenny Nguyen, Amy Paschal, Jacque Phillips, Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla, Elizabeth Velasco, Ron Weinberg, Rebekah Stewart, Meg Froelich
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Five bills, one for action only. We'll begin with 1061. Mr. Gravy, please call the roll. Representatives Basenaker. Excuse. Oh, here. Brooks, Jackson. Excuse. She was here. Lindsay. Yeah. Representative Lindsay excused. When? Here. Pascal. What are they in here for here? Phillips. Yes. Richardson. Excuse. Oh, no, right there. Representative Richardson. Sukla. Here. Velasco. Here. Weinberg. Here. Wait a second. Vice Chair Stewart, over here. Hello, Madam Chair. Yes, great. We are going to begin with 1061 from Representatives Brooks and Goldstein perhaps certainly for today. No, I understand the permission has been granted and it's just not super, super official yet. So Representative Brooks tell us we are for action only so we can go into the amendment phase or we can hear remarks from you. We'll just let you lead us, Madam Chair. Thank you. If you don't mind, I'll talk about the amendments and then maybe we'd offer some closing comments at the end if everybody hopefully you received the amendment packet, the amendments on your desk today. If not, I have them here. Maybe what I should do is just make sure that we've got them up there. They're on their way. I'll go ahead
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