Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 058

Thursday, March 12, 2026·2h 43m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Colorado House adopted a resolution defending federal public lands against privatization over some members' objections, advanced multiple bills on second and third reading including a motorcycle safety parental-consent measure and a county enforcement cleanup bill, and passed an early childhood services technical cleanup bill along with measures addressing juvenile monetary assessments, nursing home penalty distributions, and the human-animal bond as a social determinant of health.

Key Actions

·SJR 15 – Protection of Colorado's National Public LandsPassed

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Controversies

SJR 15 omission of multi-use provisions for rural public lands

Representative Suckla argued the resolution is fatally incomplete because it does not include multi-use provisions such as ranching, grazing, energy production, and timber, stating 'what is wrong with this resolution is that it does not include multi use' and that BLM's own mission is 'multi use.' Representatives Lukens and Velasco made no direct rebuttal to the multi-use objection.

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Notable Quotes

“There is a concerted federal effort to centralize power in the hands of a few powerful private interests. It is of utmost importance that we at the state level declare our unwavering commitment to keeping these lands public, protected and accessible for every Coloradan.”
Representative Lukens — Presenting SJR 15, a resolution declaring Colorado's commitment to keeping national public lands public and accessible, in the face of what Lukens described as federal privatization efforts.

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Votes

Third reading and final passage of HB 1107 – Access to Medical CarePassed

Concurrence with Senate amendments to HB 1064 – Youthful Offender SystemPassed

Repassage of HB 1064 as amendedPassed

Concurrence with Senate amendments to HB 1115 – Prepaid Wireless ChargesPassed

Repassage of HB 1115 as amendedPassed

Concurrence with Senate amendments to HB 1013 – Ratio Utility Billing SystemPassed

Repassage of HB 1013 as amendedPassed

Adoption of Committee of the Whole Report (HB 1079, 1229, 1232, 1239, 1244, 1259)Passed

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TranscriptPreview

Amen. The House will come to order. Representative Nguyen will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. 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. Please call the roll. Representatives Bacon. Aml. Bacon is excused. Barone. Bassinecker. Bottoms. Bradfield. Bradley. Brooks. Brown. Caldwell. Rep. Camacho is excused. Carter. Clifford. Representative Clifford is excused. DeGraff. Rep. DeGraff is excused. Duran. English. Representative English is excused. Espinoza. Ferre. Flannel. Froehlich. Representative froehlich is excused. Garcia. Garcia. Sander. Gilchrist. Goldstein. Gonzalez. Hamrick. Hartsuk. Jackson. Johnson. Joseph. Kelty. Leader. Lindsay. Representative lindsay. Excused. Luck, lukens. Mabry. Marshall. Martinez. Morrow. Mccormick, wynn. Pascal. Phillips. Richardson. Representative richardson is excused. Rep. Ricks is excused. Rootnell, ryden. Sirota. Slaw. Smith. Soper. Representative soper. Excused. Stuart k. Stuart r. Story. Representative story. Excused. Sukla, taggart. Tatone. Rep. Tatone. Excused. Valdez a. Representative valdez. Excused. Velasco, Weinberg. Wilford. Representative Wilford. Excused. Winter, woodrow. Woog, zokai. And madam speaker here. Ouch. With 54 present, 11 excused. We do have a quorum. Representative Nguyen. Thank you, Madam Speaker. It is a privilege…

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