The Colorado House adopted a Black History Month resolution (SJR 26-007) unanimously and passed HB 1068 on remote participation in joint legislative committees without controversy — both clearing 62-0 — while HB 1027 on boards of cooperative services drew some Republican opposition, passing 52-10, and HB 1045 on housing protections for individuals with disabilities generated sustained debate over property rights, competing disability claims, and a failed bipartisan amendment before passing 40-23, with excused absences noted across all votes.
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Representative DeGraff moved to add Revolutionary War-era Black figures and Tuskegee Airmen history, arguing the resolution 'doesn't go quite far enough' because 'it doesn't go back to the beginning of this country.' AML Bacon, on behalf of the Black Caucus, acknowledged the facts as accurate but asked for a no vote, stating the resolution 'was written on consensus of the acceptance of all in the Black Caucus to make note in celebration of particular people this year' and that 'we could write a resolution that's 30 pages. But we curated this year.' The amendment lost 20-42.
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“Today, as we see efforts across this country to erase or minimize black history, to ban books, restrict teaching, and silence hard truths, this resolution matters even more. Because when history is erased, so is accountability. And when truth is buried, Progress stalls.”
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Sign in to subscribeThe House will come to order. Today. The Pledge of Allegiance will be said by Representative Stewart. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Shebal, please call the roll. Representatives bacon? Here. Barone, basinecker. Rep. Bottoms is excused. Bradfield, bradley, brooks. Brown. Representative brown. Excused. Caldwell, camacho. Carter, clifford is excused. Degraffer. Representative degraff. Excused. Duran, english. Espinosa. Ferre, flannel, froelich, garcia. Garcia, sander, gilchrist. Goldstein. Gonzalez, hamrick. Hartsook, jackson. Representative jackson. Excused. Johnson, joseph. Kelty. Leader is excused. Lindsey, luck, lukens. Mabry. Marshall. Rep. Marshall is here. Martinez, morrow, mccormick, wynn, pascal, phillips, richardson, ricks. Representative ricks. Excused. Rutinel, ryden. Sirota, slaw, Smith, Soper. Representative soper is excused. Stuart k. Stuart r. Story. Representative story is excused. Sukla. Representative sukla. Excused. Taggart, tatone, valdez. A. Velasco, weinberg, wilford. She's in the back. Winter. Okay. Excused. Woodrow woog. Zokai. Representative zokai. Excused. And madam speaker here. With 56 present. Nine excused. We do have a quorum, Representative Stewart. Thank you. Madam Speaker. Good morning. Good morning. All right, listen up. Madam Speaker, I move that…
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