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Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 059

Friday, March 13, 2026·1h 27m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Colorado Senate advanced several substantive bills on Legislative Day 059, including 'Magnus Law' (SB 132) requiring portable breath tests at crash scenes, SB 120 setting a six-hour missing person clock for colleges, and SB 87 creating job protections for citizen legislators — while also concurring with House amendments to SB 13 on bigamy and adopting HJR 1020 designating International Women's Day on a contested 22-12 vote.

Key Actions

·SB 132 – Magnus Law (Portable Breath Test at Crash Scenes)Passed

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Controversies

HJR 1020 – International Women's Day partisan split

The resolution passed 22-12 with no named senator making a floor speech in opposition; the Minority Leader, Senators Kirkmeyer, Rich, Helton, Baisley, Bright, Liston, Carson, Pelton R., Catlin, and Senators Zamora [UNCLEAR] and Wilson [UNCLEAR] voted no without stated reasons in the transcript.

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Notable Quotes

“The officer who told Kaylee's mother she was too old didn't know which alert applied. That's not an indictment on the officer. It's an indictment on the system that never required them to know. Part one of this bill closes that gap. It requires every peace officer seeking certification in Colorado to be trained on every missing person alert, all of them. So that no officer, again, is unsure if or which alert applies. So that no mother's ever told her daughter's too old. That's Kaylee's fix.”

Senator Marchman — Explaining the first part of SB 120, which requires all peace officers seeking certification to be trained on every missing person alert, prompted by failures in the Kaylee Russell case.

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Votes

Final passage of SB 132 (Magnus Law)Passed
Final passage of SB 104 (exterior key boxes at schools)Passed
Adoption of HJR 1020 (International Women's Day)Passed
No (9)Kirkmeyer, Rich, Pelton, Baisley, Bright, Liston, Carson, Pelton R., Catlin
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Excused. Benavidez. Bridges. Bright. Carson. Catlin. Cutter. Danielson. Danielson. Excuse me. Doherty. Here. Exum. Frizzell. Gonzalez. Hendrickson. Judah. Kip. Kirkmeyer. Kolker. Linstead. Liston. Liston. Excuse. Marchman. Oh, liston is here. Mullica. Pelton, b. Pelton. Richard. Roberts. Rodriguez. Simpson. Snyder. Sullivan. Wallace. Weissman. Zamora. Wilson. Liston. Mr. President. Let's do this. The morning roll call is 34 present. Zero absent one. Excuse. We have a quorum. Senator Pelton R. Will you please lead us in the pledge of Allegiance? I got. Would everybody stand up and join us in the pledge? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice. For all approval of the journal. Senator Judah. Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the Senate journal of March 12, 2026 be approved as corrected by the secretary. You've heard the motion. All those in favor say I oppose. No man but the eyes still have it. That motion is adopted. Senate services correctly printed. Senate Bill 139 correctly engross. C. 104, 132 correctly re. Engross. Senate Bill 77 correctly re. Revised. Senate Bill 1001 correctly enrolled. Senate Bill 46.…
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