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Senate Finance

Tuesday, April 7, 2026·1h 56m·▶ Watch / Listen

Senate Finance advanced a county clerks' motor-vehicle cleanup bill and a PERA membership expansion for DSST charter teachers unanimously, but split along party lines over HB26-1102, a bid to shore up the state's ailing DRIVES vehicle-services fund by drawing on the Highway Users Tax Fund.

Key Actions

·Motor Vehicle Regulation AdministrationPassed

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Notable Quotes

We had a firebombing in Archuleta county last summer, and it rendered that office. They were unable to serve their public in motor vehicle for quite a while.

Molly Fitzpatrick (Boulder County Clerk and Recorder, Colorado County Clerks Association) · witnessThe real-world event driving the bill's now-removed continuity-of-operations provision, which would have let counties process each other's transactions when an office goes down.

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Votes

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (9)Adrienne Benavidez, Scott Bright, Lisa Frizell, Chris Kolker, Kyle Mullica, Cleave Simpson, Marc Snyder, Janice Marchman, Cathy Kipp
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (5)Adrienne Benavidez, Chris Kolker, Kyle Mullica, Marc Snyder, Janice Marchman
No (3)Scott Bright, Lisa Frizell, Cleave Simpson
Excused (1)Cathy Kipp
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (9)Adrienne Benavidez, Scott Bright, Lisa Frizell, Chris Kolker, Kyle Mullica, Cleave Simpson, Marc Snyder, Janice Marchman, Cathy Kipp
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TranscriptPreview
Good afternoon. Senate Finance will come to order. Mr. Bishop, will you please take the roll? Senators Benavidez, here, here. Excused. Cure excused. Here, Madam Chair, here and see who's walking in. Okay, now we have more people coming, but welcome to Senate Finance, everybody. And we are going to start off today with HB 2610 53, motor vehicle registration Administration with Senator B. Pelton, who I understand will also be acting the role of Senator Wallace. So congratulations. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair. Today I bring you House Bill 2610 53. Every few years, the Colorado County Clerks association proposed legislation to provide technical updates and statutory adjustments to Colorado motor vehicle laws. County clerks are responsible for registering and titling motor vehicles as well as enforcing state laws and regulation in this area. And a lot of counties like the ones I represent, they're in one spot, so you have the clerks on one side and then you got the motor V. And they all working in the same office together. So this is a big deal for them. Under current law, an owner of a vehicle that pays specific ownership tax except interstate commerce carriers have
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