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Tuesday, March 10, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

The Senate Finance Committee advanced a nonprofit legacy-giving bill and a Clymer small-business loan modernization, cleared a bill opening PERA to facility schools, and endorsed two San Luis Valley nominees — a low-drama docket where donor-transfer horror stories carried the day.

Key Actions

·Small Business Recovery ModificationsPassed

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Notable Quotes

After several months, we finally complied with their requirements and received a distribution of $2 million from Gene's IRA. This was two years after Gene had passed away.

John Kraus (University of Denver) · witnessIllustrates the core problem the bill targets: multi-year delays in delivering IRA beneficiary gifts to nonprofits.

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Votes

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (9)Julie Gonzales, Chris Kolker, Cleave Simpson, Marc Snyder, Janice Marchman, Cathy Kipp, Scott Bright, Kyle Mullica, Lisa Frizell
Referred to Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendarAction
Yes (9)Scott Bright, Lisa Frizell, Julie Gonzales, Cathy Kipp, Chris Kolker, Kyle Mullica, Marc Snyder, Cleave Simpson, Janice Marchman
Referred to Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendarAction
Yes (9)Scott Bright, Lisa Frizell, Julie Gonzales, Chris Kolker, Kyle Mullica, Cleave Simpson, Cathy Kipp, Marc Snyder, Janice Marchman
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TranscriptPreview
Finance. We are starting in an unusually funky mode this afternoon thanks to Mr. President. So we appreciate you being here and making us more cool. We always appreciate that. We are going to start today off with a couple of confirmations and then we'll be going on to hear 261-18-261003 and 261146. But we're going to start out with the Financial Services Board. Oh, I'm sorry, we have to take roll. Thank you, Ms. Rudabish. Well, please have a seat, you guys. But Ms. Rudabish, will you please take the roll? Senator Sprait. Here. Here. Excused. Here. Excused. Present. Excused. Marshall. Here. Madam Chair. Here. Thanks. For those of you who are on time, we really appreciate it. And we are going to start off with hearing for the Financial Services Board. Mr. Valente is going to introduce Robert Chavez, who is our nominee. Good afternoon, Chair. Thank you. My name is Mark Valente. I'm the commissioner for the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Financial Services. We're the primary regulator for Colorado State chartered credit unions and savings and loans associations. And as you said, I'd like to introduce the newest member of our division, Financial Services
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