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House Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources

Thursday, March 12, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

A public health and dairy-industry panel warned lawmakers against expanding retail raw milk sales in Colorado, and the committee sent HB26-1253, tightening how agricultural land can disconnect from statutory municipalities, to the floor over a lone dissent from Republican Dusty Johnson.

Key Actions

·Disconnection from Statutory MunicipalityPassed

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Notable Quotes

to be clear, public health is not anti choice. Our role is to prevent avoidable illness and avoidable public expense.

Zach Lustgarden (Boulder County Public Health, outside legislator) · witnessFramed the public health case not as banning raw milk but as avoiding outbreaks that burden under-resourced county health departments.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (11)Lori Garcia Sander, Lori Goldstein, Mandy Lindsay, Meghan Lukens, Matthew Martinez, Lesley Smith, Katie Stewart, Tammy Story, Ty Winter, Tisha Mauro, Karen McCormick
No (1)Dusty Johnson
Excused (1)Larry Don Suckla
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TranscriptPreview
House Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources Committee will come to order. Ms. Kelly, please call the roll. Representatives Garcia. Sander. Present. Goldstein. Here. Johnson. Here. Lindsey. Here. Lukens. Here. Martinez. Here. Smith. Here. Stewart. Here. Story. Here. Sukla. Excused. Winter. Excused. Oh. Morrow. Excused. Madam Chair. Here. All right, we're going to start off our meeting with a presentation from a group of folks on the issues and history around raw milk. So I don't have who's presenting, so whoever is involved in that presentation, please come forward. Thank you for being here. I know we had a similar presentation a couple of years ago during the summer on our Water Resources and Agriculture review committee. There's quite a few people on this committee that were not part of that particular meeting. So I thought it was important for members of this committee to hear some of what was presented to us that summer and also in light of recent news in public health, for you all to be here today. So I don't know who wants to go first? Ali. Okay, go ahead and introduce yourself. Tell us who you represent, and you can begin your presentation. Wonderful. Thank you.
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