House Business Affairs & Labor

Thursday, March 5, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Business Affairs & Labor Committee moved four bills, but the day's real friction came from a marijuana hospitality-permit bill that split both parties 7-5 and a workforce-demographic disclosure measure that drew a party-line 8-4 fight over whether public data could be turned against employers and immigrants.

Key Actions

·Temporary Marijuana Hospitality PermitPassed

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Notable Quotes

“This really is to address the fact that people aren't dying to become funeral directors in Colorado and to make sure. That the regulatory process that we have put in place is one that is smooth.”
Matt Soper — The sponsor's wry framing of a cleanup bill meant to smooth Colorado's still-new mortuary-science regulatory regime.

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Votes

Referred to Committee on FinanceAction

Yes (7)Regina English, Lorena Garcia, Ryan Gonzalez, Bob Marshall, Tisha Mauro, Sean Camacho, Naquetta Ricks

No (5)Max Brooks, Rebecca Keltie, Gretchen Rydin, Larry Don Suckla, Sheila Lieder

Excused (1)Chris Richardson

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction

Yes (10)Naquetta Ricks, Max Brooks, Ryan Gonzalez, Rebecca Keltie, Sheila Lieder, Bob Marshall, Tisha Mauro, Chris Richardson, Gretchen Rydin, Sean Camacho

No (1)Larry Don Suckla

Excused (2)Regina English, Lorena Garcia

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction

Yes (8)Regina English, Lorena Garcia, Sheila Lieder, Bob Marshall, Tisha Mauro, Gretchen Rydin, Sean Camacho, Naquetta Ricks

No (4)Max Brooks, Ryan Gonzalez, Rebecca Keltie, Larry Don Suckla

Excused (1)Chris Richardson

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (12)Max Brooks, Regina English, Lorena Garcia, Ryan Gonzalez, Rebecca Keltie, Sheila Lieder, Bob Marshall, Tisha Mauro, Gretchen Rydin, Larry Don Suckla, Sean Camacho, Naquetta Ricks

Excused (1)Chris Richardson

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TranscriptPreview

Thank you. House Business affairs and labor will come to order. Ms. Gerora, please call the row. Representatives Brooks. Present. English Excused. Garcia. I'm sorry. On the board. Well, she'll be on the board. Garcia. Gonzalez. Here. Kelsey. Here. Leader. Present. Marshall. Here. Morrow. Here. Richardson. Excuse. Right in here. Sukla. Here. Camacho. Excused. And Madam Chair, I'm present. Okay, so today we're going to be hearing three bills or four bills, actually. And my bill, House Bill 2611 17, is going to go up first. Do we have our witnesses? Oh, okay. Let's do the actual. Okay. One. Okay. We're gonna actually reverse that. We're gonna start with the action only, which is Rep. Soper and Rep. Tatum. Thank you. Okay. We're going to start in the amendment phase. This bill was laid over from yesterday. It. Okay, so there's three amendments, is that correct? Yes. Okay, can we get started then on L001? Would you like to explain? Yes, Rep. Soper. Thank you, Madam chair. Members, amendment L001 is really just a conforming amendment with what we had changed throughout the bill because we added director or mortuary science practitioner, someone who could be the designated agent. Are…

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