2026 Colorado Legislature

The measure would expand the treatment options EMS agencies can bill for and lower state health care spending by reducing emergency room visits.

The SEED Act would have restricted the use of neonicotinoid-coated seeds.

Supporters say it would protect transgender kids and others, but Democratic sponsors removed a key provision after Gov. Polis signaled he would veto the measure.

One bill would require police to ask a standard set of risk assessment questions at every domestic violence call. The other would require officers to check for existing military protection orders when a service member is involved.

A similar proposal failed two years ago following pushback from Gov. Jared Polis and the alcohol industry.

Days after rejecting the same request, lawmakers signed off on millions of dollars in prison bed funding as overcrowding pressures grow.

This is the legislature's latest attempt to regulate the controversial sector that forms the backbone of daily digital life.

Lawmakers rejected a request to add hundreds of new prison beds, saying the state must first address staffing shortages and parole backlogs.

He reveled in his accomplishments, criticized the Trump administration, and looked for common ground with Republicans.

The shortfall means two major things: The General Assembly will have to make funding cuts and it also has no money available to spend on new programs. Those two realities will shape the legislature’s entire 120-day lawmaking term.