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Senate Local Government & Housing

Wednesday, March 18, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

The Senate Local Government & Housing Committee advanced a sweeping, decade-in-the-making rewrite of Colorado's public trustee foreclosure statutes onto the consent calendar, then split over a smaller measure folding a standalone eviction-prevention grant program into DOLA — with one senator casting 'a respectful No' over dissolving the program's public advisory committee.

Key Actions

·Public Trustee Act Foreclosure ProceduresPassed

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Notable Quotes

Sorry, I couldn't resist. Thank you so much for gathering together to hear this bill. It is 17 pages of pure public trustee happiness.

Lisa FrizellThe co-sponsor's quip captured the good-natured tone around a dense, technical statutory cleanup that ultimately headed to the consent calendar unopposed.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendarAction
Yes (7)Mark Baisley, Matt Ball, William Lindstedt, Larry Liston, Janice Rich, Marc Snyder, Tony Exum
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (6)Matt Ball, William Lindstedt, Larry Liston, Janice Rich, Marc Snyder, Tony Exum
No (1)Mark Baisley
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TranscriptPreview
Okay, we're good. Senate Local Government, Housing Committee will come to order. Ms. Alanzaro, please call the vote. Senators Basley. President Ball. Here. Linstet. President Liston. Here. Rich. Excuse. Snyder. Here. Mr. Chair. Good morning, everybody. We have two bills this morning. The first one we're going to start with is House Bill 1098 with Senators Frazelle and Kip. Who would like to start. Senator KIP thank you. I have about two hours of opening comments. This bill makes technical updates and clarifications to Colorado's public trustee foreclosure statutes. That's title 38. And the changes improve statutory consistency, modernize procedures and provide cleaner timelines and definitions without altering the underlying foreclosure framework. And I'm going to let my more brilliant co prime in this area tell you all about it. So that was my two hours. Thank you, Mayor Brazil. Sorry, I couldn't resist. Thank you so much for gathering together to hear this bill. It is 17 pages of pure public trustee happiness. So I just want to talk briefly about what a public trustee does because a lot of folks don't actually understand how important their role is. Just to back up a little bit, it used to
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