DENVER– Today, Senate Bill 23-108 passed unanimously in the Senate. Championed by Senator Mark Baisley, the bill will allow local governments to temporarily reduce property taxes by providing tax credits or reducing the mill levy and later eliminate the tax credits or...

DENVER – Amidst falling school test scores and an continuing affordability crisis, Democrats in the Senate Education Committee killed Senate Bill 23-080, a bill that would offer parents tax credits for volunteering in schools. The bill, sponsored by Senator Paul...

DENVER – Today, anti-science Democrats in the Senate Transportation & Energy Committee killed Senate Bill 23-079, which would have reclassified the statutory definition of “clean energy,” to include nuclear power. During the Committee hearing today, experts from...

DENVER – Today, Colorado Senate Republicans brought three tax relief bills before the Senate State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee; Democrats killed two of the three bills, which would have provided much needed relief to Colorado taxpayers. Killed on party...

DENVER-- Today, the Senate began debate on budget supplementals. Consideration of Senate Bill 23-113, the supplemental bill concerning the Department of Corrections, has been delayed until tomorrow. Senator Kirkmeyer (R - Weld County) has issued the following...

DENVER – Today, Senate Bill 23-010, passed unanimously in the Senate. The legislation, championed by Senator Cleave Simspon (R - Alamosa), will move water issues to the forefront of the policy conversation in Colorado, by allowing for more frequent meetings of the...

DENVER – Today, Senator Bob Gardner (R - Colorado Springs) joined fellow lawmakers at the State Capitol to unveil Senate Bill 23-097, a bi-partisan bill aimed at addressing Colorado’s ongoing auto theft crisis.  The bill will make all auto theft a felony,...

DENVER – Today, Colorado Senate Democrats killed Senate Bill 23-030, which would have created a state income tax credit for Colorado teachers to use for their classroom expenses. This bill, sponsored by Senator Janice Rich (R - Grand Junction) and Representative Matt...

DENVER– This morning Senator Janice Rich’s (R - Grand Junction) bi-partisan bill SB23-006, Creation of the Rural Opportunity Office, passed unanimously in the Senate Business, Labor, & Technology committee.  The bill will codify the Rural Opportunity Office...

DENVER – Below is the transcript of Colorado Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen’s (R-Monument) speech on the opening day of the First Regular Session of the 74th General Assembly. “Mr. President, Mr. Majority Leader, colleagues, families, guests here in the Capitol,...