The Colorado Senate passed SB 43 — a contested firearm barrel transfer and registration bill — on a narrow 19-16 vote after extended floor opposition from Republican senators, while also passing House Bill 1064 on youthful offender system modifications 23-12 and unanimously adopting two ceremonial resolutions on arts education and caregiving youth.
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Senator Bright argued 'Nothing in this bill requires the data to be submitted to CBI. Nothing feeds it into a law enforcement database. It sits in a filing cabinet at a small business in Colorado,' concluding the bill creates 'a paper trail that leads nowhere.' Senator Sullivan countered by citing gun violence statistics and asserting 'Gun deaths here in the state of Colorado are not inevitable. We as a society can do something about that,' but did not directly rebut the data-submission argument on the record.
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“The bill requires dealers to collect seven required data fields of personal information and keep it for five years. But it never goes anywhere. Nothing in this bill requires the data to be submitted to CBI. Nothing feeds it into a law enforcement database. It sits in a filing cabinet at a small business in Colorado. The barrel itself has no serial number, cannot be traced through any existing federal system. So what we have is a built. What we've built is a paper trail that leads nowhere.”
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Sign in to subscribeSenators amabile, baisley, ball, benavidez, bridges, bright, carson, catlin, cutter, danielson. Danielson, doherty, Doherty. Senator Daugherty, you're on mute. If you're trying to be marked present for the roll call. Or try. Senator Dougherty, can you hear us? We can't hear you, but we can see you. Oh, I can hear you now. I couldn't hear you either. Hi. Are you here? I'm here, yes. Exum, Frizzell. Gonzalez. Gonzalez. Henriksen. Judah. Kip. Kirkmayer. Kolker. Linstead. Linstead. Liston, Marchman, Mullica, Pelton, B. Pelton, R. Pelton. Rich. Roberts, Rodriguez, Simpson. Snyder. Sullivan, Wallace, Weissman, Zamora, Wilson. Mr. President? Let's do this. The morning roll call is 35 presents, zero absence or excuse and zero vacant. We have a quorum. Senator Exum, would you please lead us in the pledge of allegiance? Good morning, everybody. Please join me in the prayer. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivincible, with liberty and. And justice. For all. Approval of the journal. Senator Pelton. Beautiful. Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the Senate Journal of February 27, 2026 be approved as corrected by the Secretary. You've heard…
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