colorado state senate
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Colorado Senate kicks off 2026 session with bills on competency law, housing, schools and public safety
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The Colorado Senate opened the 2026 legislative session Wednesday with a flurry of policy proposals, including changes to the state’s competency law, tougher penalties for child trafficking, early action on school funding and measures addressing housing, firearms and immigration enforcement. The first of several expected bills addressing the state’s competency law was introduced at the…
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William Lindstedt sworn in to represent Colorado Senate seat left by Faith Winter
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Broomfield Democrat William Lindstedt was officially sworn in as a state senator on Monday, following his appointment by Gov. Jared Polis to fill the seat of the late Sen. Faith Winter. A vacancy committee selected Lindstedt, who had been serving in the House since 2023, to represent Senate District 25 in late December. However, because…
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Colorado Senate Republican put Barbara Kirkmeyer on Joint Budget Committee
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Colorado Senate Republicans on Friday unanimously chose Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer to be the caucus’s representative on the Joint Budget Committee. Kirkmeyer, a Brighton Republican who is halfway through her first term, replaces Sen. Bob Rankin. The Carbondale Republican was the committee’s longest-serving member, having been on JBC since 2014. He announced Dec. 1 he would…
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Colorado Senate Democrats pass abortion bill on party-line vote, send bill to Polis
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After 13 hours of debate Tuesday and another two hours on Wednesday, the state Senate passed, on a party-line 20-15 vote, House Bill 1279, which would enshrine in Colorado law the unequivocal right to an abortion. The bill was not amended during its passage in the Senate and heads directly to Gov. Jared Polis, who is expected…
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Meet the 2019 General Assembly: Colorado State Senate
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Email addresses: All Senate members’ email addresses are: firstname.lastname.senate@state.co.us Jeff Bridges Democrat District 26 Hometown: Greenwood Village Work phone: 303-866-4846 Committee assignments: Education; Local Government New member: Appointed to replace Sen. Daniel Kagan John Cooke, assistant minority leader Republican District 13 Hometown: Windsor Work phone: 303-866-4451 Committee assignments: Judiciary; Transportation and Energy Second term Don…
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WATCH: The first Colorado Senate bill of the session focuses on opioid abuse
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The first bill introduced by the Colorado state Senate each session tends to signal what the Senate majority thinks is a major issue facing our state. This year, Senate Bill 1 is about opioids. Democratic Senate President Leroy Garcia is a prime sponsor for the bill. The bill seeks to expand Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)…
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Linda Newell’s ‘Last Bill’ documentary depicts what government looks like from the inside
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There were lights, more than a few cameras and plenty of action at the premiere of former state Sen. Linda Newell’s documentary film Saturday afternoon at a Littleton theater located in the heart of her old Senate district. There was also a massive, forbidding doorway to Skull Island lit by flickering tiki lights, and lots…
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Crowder, Casias vie for Senate District 35 targeted seat
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They’re practical men from a politically moderate district. But the Senate seat they’re battling for is a top partisan prize. Larry Crowder and James Casias are locked in a tight contest for a Senate district seat that may determine the balance of power at the state Capitol. It’s a race charged with ideological power, even…
