Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 056

Tuesday, March 10, 2026·3h 14m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Colorado House passed several contested bills on Day 056, including a housing tax credit expansion (SB 1, 53-10), a medical marijuana bill for terminally ill patients (SB 7, 49-12), and a bigamy cohabitation reform (SB 13), while killing a campaign consulting regulation bill (HB 1137, 26-35) and advancing funeral industry regulation, teacher licensure reform, and farmland preservation measures through committee of the whole.

Key Actions

·HB 1137 – Campaign Consulting RequirementsFailed

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Controversies

SB 13 – DeGraff amendments L004 and L008 ruled out of order

Representative DeGraff moved amendments L004 and L008 to add paternity establishment, child support cooperation, and a 'marriage like relationship' definition to the bigamy statute, characterizing them as clarifying current law. Representative Zokaie opposed, stating paternity procedures already exist and that adding them to the bigamy statute 'would create unnecessary confusion,' and also called it 'odd to create a whole new definition of marriage within this amendment.' The Chair ruled both amendments do not fit under the title of the bill.

Notable Quotes

“A no vote does not make me sad. A no vote gives me the record of who wants to protect the wealthy and the powerful. And that is what I'm recommending, that you vote yes on the bill to put transparency and ethics in place, because that's what this bill is all about.”
Representative Titone — Titone, sponsor of HB 1137 requiring written consent when campaign consultants work for opposing candidates, made this statement urging final passage as the bill headed to a vote it would ultimately lose 26-35.

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Votes

HB 1137 – Campaign consulting requirements, third reading and final passageFailed

Yes (1)Representative English

No (1)Representative Weinberg

Tatone amendment to committee of the whole report (to reverse non-adoption of HB 1258 Amendment L004)Failed

Absent (1)Representative English (excused)

Report of the committee of the whole (including SB 13 as amended, HB 1089 as amended, HB 1090 as amended, HB 1095 as amended, HB 1191, HB 1258 as amended, SB 34, SB 64)Passed

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TranscriptPreview

Amen. Thank you. The House will come to order. The Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Representative Nguyen. Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Schiebel, please call the roll. Representatives Bacon, Barone. Basenaker. Bottoms, Bradfield. Bradley, Brooks, Brown, Caldwell, camacho, Carter. Clifford. DeGraff. Representative DeGraff. Excused. Duran. English. Rep. English. Excused. Espinoza. Representative Espinoza. Excused. Ferre. Rep. Foray. Excused. Flannel, Froelich, Garcia. Garcia, Sanders, Gilchrist. Goldstein, Gonzalez, Hamrick. Hartsook. Jackson. Johnson, joseph. Kelty. Leader. Lindsay, luck, lukens, mabry, marshall, martinez, Brett. Martinez is excused. Morrow, mccormick, wynn, pascal, phillips, richardson, ricks. Representative ricks. Excused. Rootnell, r. Sirota, slaw, smith, soper, stuart k. Stuart, r. Story, Sukla, taggart, tatone. Rep. Valdez is excused. Rep. Velasco is excused. Weinberg, wilford, winter, woodrow, woog, zokai. And madam speaker, With 60 present, five excused. We do have a quorum, Representative Wynn. Thank you, Madam Speaker. It is an honor to serve with you. It is an honor to serve with you. Madam speaker, did you know that Broomfield county is the…

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