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Senator Pelton’s Public Safety Bill Passes in the Senate
DENVER – Yesterday, Senator Byron Pelton’s bill to improve public safety and combat illegal drugs sales passed in the Senate. Senate Bill 23-109 will treat all illegal drug sales that result in a death as a Class 1 felony. Drug overdoses in the state of Colorado...
Democrats vote to limit women’s choices over bi-partisan opposition
DENVER – Today, against bi-partisan opposition, Senate Democrats passed three abortion bills through the Colorado State Senate which limit the choices of women facing difficult circumstances. Senate Bill 188 identifies a problem that it doesn’t solve and instead...
Rich’s Rural Opportunity Office Bill Passes in the Senate
DENVER– This morning Senator Janice Rich’s (R – Grand Junction) Senate Bill SB23-006, Creation of the Rural Opportunity Office, passed in the Senate. The bill will codify the Rural Opportunity Office (ROO) fully within the Office of Economic Development and...
Auto Theft Bill Passes in the Senate
DENVER – Yesterday, the Colorado State Senate unanimously passed Senator Gardner’s Senate Bill 23-097, a bill that will make all auto theft a felony regardless of the car’s value. Colorado leads the nation in auto theft. In 2022, approximately 41,225 vehicles were...
Democrats Pass Gun Control Bills Against Bipartisan Opposition
DENVER – Democrats passed three gun-control bills through the Colorado Senate today over bipartisan opposition. Senate Bill 23-168 allows for firearms industry members to be held liable in civil court for misuse of their products or services. Senate Bill 23-169 will...
Statement from Senator Kirkmeyer Regarding the Joint Select Committee on Rising Utility Rates
DENVER – Senator Barbara Kirkmeyer (R - Weld County) issued the following statement regarding last night’s first meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Rising Utility Rates: “I know Colorado families are struggling with the rising costs of goods, such as eggs and...
GOP Property Tax Relief Bill Passes in the Senate
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...
Democrats Kill Education Tax Bill
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...
Democrats reject opportunity to foster clean, reliable energy
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...
Democrats Kill Two GOP Tax Relief Bills, Spare One.
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...
Senate begins debate on budget supplementals; debate on corrections supplemental postponed
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...
Simpson’s Water Resource Bill Passes in the Senate
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...