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House Transportation, Housing & Local Government

Tuesday, February 24, 2026·2h 15m·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Transportation, Housing & Local Government committee moved four bills, advancing a parental-consent requirement for minors' motorcycle permits on an emotional unanimous vote and clearing a mobile-home water-quality enforcement bill over three Republican objections. It also referred a fire-suppression sunset bill to Appropriations and a public trustee foreclosure measure onward.

Key Actions

·Drive Motorcycle Written PermissionPassed

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Notable Quotes

In the state of Colorado you don't have that. Anyone over the age of 21 can sign for your motorcycle permit. This is not banning motorcycles. It is not telling kids that they cannot ride motorcycles. It is just looping parents into the process of an instructional permit.

Brandi BradleyThe sponsor's framing of the narrow reach of the bill, aimed at rebutting any suggestion it restricts riding.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (13)Max Brooks, Jamie Jackson, Meg Froelich, Andrew Boesenecker, Larry Don Suckla, Jacque Phillips, Elizabeth Velasco, Ron Weinberg, Mandy Lindsay, Rebekah Stewart, Kenny Nguyen, Amy Paschal, Chris Richardson
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (13)Andrew Boesenecker, Max Brooks, Jamie Jackson, Mandy Lindsay, Kenny Nguyen, Amy Paschal, Jacque Phillips, Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla, Elizabeth Velasco, Rebekah Stewart, Meg Froelich, Ron Weinberg
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Andrew Boesenecker, Max Brooks, Jamie Jackson, Mandy Lindsay, Kenny Nguyen, Amy Paschal, Jacque Phillips, Elizabeth Velasco, Rebekah Stewart, Meg Froelich
No (3)Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla, Ron Weinberg
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (12)Andrew Boesenecker, Max Brooks, Jamie Jackson, Mandy Lindsay, Kenny Nguyen, Amy Paschal, Jacque Phillips, Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla, Elizabeth Velasco, Rebekah Stewart, Meg Froelich
No (1)Ron Weinberg
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TranscriptPreview
Exciting mid morning into the afternoon. Mr. Gravy, please call the roll or. Representative Basnecker? Here. Brooks. Present. Jackson. Here. Lindsay. When? Here. Pascal? Here. Phillips. Yes. Richardson. Here. Sukla. Here. Velasco Weinberg. Here. Vice Chair Stewart? Here. Madam Chair? Here. Let's get straight to our first bill, 1079 with some special guests in the audience. So please tell us about the bill, Representative Bradley and Representative Basenacker. Thank you members. I have never presented in front of transportation and local government. This is a first, although I was in this room until about 9:00 o'clock last night. So I feel very comfortable. Pardon the emotions. Obviously I'm running this bill to try to protect kids in Colorado. So September 11, already starting. Was the worst night of my life and every parent's worst nightmare. We received a phone call from the chaplain at Parker Adventist Hospital to come quick. Your son is critical. With no other details to offer. When we got there, we were ushered into a private room where a nurse told us our son was very injured and he would have. We would have to wait for more details. We would later learn that he needed
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