House Health & Human Services

Wednesday, March 25, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

Colorado's House Health & Human Services committee killed a med-spa ownership bill at its sponsors' request, advanced two mental-health and epilepsy measures, and rejected a state recommendation to fold the Podiatry Board into the Medical Board — keeping podiatrists on their own dedicated board.

Key Actions

·Medical-Aesthetics Corporation OwnershipKilled

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Notable Quotes

“So last year, I was before this committee talking very personally about an issue I had with one of my airmen who committed suicide under my command. It's still very painful, but what I learned from that process is that there are ways that we can make a difference in people's lives.”
Sean Camacho — The sponsor's personal account framed the bill's stakes for veterans and active military facing a mental-health crisis unmet by existing treatments.

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Votes

Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction

Yes (13)Carlos Barron, Mary Bradfield, Brandi Bradley, Regina English, Lisa Feret, Eliza Hamrick, Dusty Johnson, Gretchen Rydin, Katie Stewart, Dan Woog, Sheila Lieder, Lindsay Gilchrist, Karen McCormick

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (13)Carlos Barron, Mary Bradfield, Brandi Bradley, Lisa Feret, Eliza Hamrick, Dusty Johnson, Karen McCormick, Gretchen Rydin, Katie Stewart, Dan Woog, Sheila Lieder, Regina English, Lindsay Gilchrist

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (13)Carlos Barron, Mary Bradfield, Brandi Bradley, Regina English, Lisa Feret, Eliza Hamrick, Dusty Johnson, Karen McCormick, Gretchen Rydin, Katie Stewart, Dan Woog, Sheila Lieder, Lindsay Gilchrist

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TranscriptPreview

Okay. The Health and Human Services Committee will come to order. Mr. Shidoun, can you please call the roll? Representatives brought on. Bradfield. Here. Bradley. Excused. Oh, sorry. Have you switched? Bradley is excused. English. Here. Frey. Here. Hamrick. Here. Johnson. Here. McCormick. Getting there. Yeah. Excuse. Right in. Stuart. Here. Woog. Excused. Leader. Excused. Madam Chair. Here. Okay. Welcome, everyone. We are going to hear the sunset review of the Colorado Podiatry Board first today and then Senate Bill 31, Senate Bill 77, and then 1249 for action only in that order. And we are going to have witness testimony at 2 minutes and 10 minute panels as we have in the last couple hearings. We look forward to the discussion today. With that, we'll move to our first bill, which is the introduction of the Sunset Podiatry Board. Our first sunset review today is for the the podiatry Board. The sunset hearing concerning the continuation of regulatory program is held in accordance with the Colorado Revised Statute Section 2434, 1046. The purpose of this hearing is to determine whether there is a public need for the continued existence of the regulatory program and if its regulation is the…

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