All six members of a summer committee that will review the Colorado General Assembly’s workplace harassment policies have been chosen, with Speaker of the House Crisanta Duran among its members, Colorado Politics has learned.

Sens. Bob Gardner of Colorado Springs and Beth Martinez Humenik of Thornton will represent Senate Republicans on the panel, known as the Legislative Workplace Interim Study Committee, Senate President Kevin Grantham announced.

Rep. Lori Saine of Firestone will represent House Republicans, spokesman Joel Malecka told Colorado Politics.

Senate Democrats will be represented by Sen. Dominick Moreno of Commerce City. According to spokesman Mansur Gidfar, he was selected as an LGBT representative and a person of color.

And Duran announced Thursday that she and Rep. Faith Winter of Thornton will represent House Democrats.

Martinez Humenik and Winter will face off for the Adams County Senate seat currently held by Martinez Humenik in the November election, in which sexual harassment and Martinez Humenik’s “no” vote on expelling Sen. Randy Baumgardner of Hot Sulphur Springs over allegations of sexual harassment are sure to be an issue.

Grantham of Cañon City said he chose Gardner for his “acumen as a lawyer” and Martinez Humenik for the “female perspective,” as well as her position as a “contact person” under the current policy and “real-world view of the complaint review process.”

Martinez Humenik filed a workplace complaint against Democratic Sen. Daniel Kagan of Cherry Hills Village because he allegedly used an unmarked women’s restroom in 2017. Kagan said he did so only once, but a voicemail between a state patrol representative and Effie Ameen, secretary of the Senate, indicated he allegedly did so more than once.

Kagan has not been accused of doing anything improper in the bathroom, which has since been clearly identified as a women’s restroom.

“I have spent a great deal of time dealing with the impacts of workplace harassment in the Colorado House of Representatives, and I have seen the damage and pain it can cause,” Duran said in a statement Thursday. “I want to end my term as speaker with a clear path forward on reforms that will change the culture of the Capitol and preserve the integrity of the legislature. Rep. Winter, who showed this session that she is a powerful voice for victims of workplace harassment, will be a key advocate and partner on this important committee.”

The interim committee is tasked with reviewing, and making recommendations on changes to, the General Assembly workplace harassment policy. Those recommendations will be forwarded to the next legislature. The panel is slated to meet at least five times between now and the next legislative session, which will start on Jan. 4.

In a statement, Grantham said he asked Gardner and Martinez Humenik to serve on the interim committee because of their unique backgrounds and their personal commitment to “ensuring that the harassment prevention policies we will eventually put in place will serve as a national model that will make Coloradans proud.”

Winter’s allegations of sexual harassment launched the state Capitol’s #MeToo movement. The movement resulted in several complaints of misconduct against former Rep. Steve Lebsock, who was expelled from the General Assembly on March 2 over those allegations, as well as his efforts to retaliate against his accusers.

In the Senate, three Republicans were accused of sexual harassment. Grantham dismissed two of those cases, against Sens. Larry Crowder of Alamosa and Jack Tate of Centennial.

Baumgardner, the third senator, was accused of sexual harassment and creating a hostile workplace environment by partisan and non-partisan Senate staffers – allegations that were found credible in three separate investigations by two third-party organizations. Martinez Humenik voted not to expel Baumgardner in an April 2 vote. She told Colorado Politics at that time that she didn’t believe the evidence supported the allegations.

In the wake of the last two investigations, which came to light on April 11, Grantham stripped Baumgardner of all interim summer committee assignments, as well as his position on the year-round Capital Development Committee. Baumgardner had already stepped down as chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, and his public role as sponsor of the No. 1 priority bill for Senate Republicans – Senate Bill 1, which put $495 million into transportation – appeared to be markedly reduced. Senate Democrats called his punishment a slap on the wrist.