2025

October 25, 2025

1. PKC Petitions at Flatirons Church

2. Straw Poll Results from Governor Candidates Forum

3. Blockbuster Story About Obama

4. Election Systems Under Fire

5. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

1. PKC Petitions at Flatirons Church

Next weekend, on Saturday November 1 and Sunday November 2, Flatirons Church will host petition signing at all of their services at their five campus locations! We are thrilled that this large church will make this special emphasis for their services next weekend. To facilitate this effort Protect Kids Colorado is looking for nearly 50 petition circulators to help collect these signatures. Flatirons Church holds their services at locations in Denver, Aurora, Genesee, Longmont and their main facility in Lafayette.

If you are interested in helping us collect these signatures click here to sign up for the specific times and locations.

Also, there will be a special showing of the film Dysphoria on Wednesday, October 29 at 6 PM in Colorado Springs at the Church at Briargate, 9550 Otero Ave.This hard hitting feature length film uncovers the ugly facts about transgender ideology.

2. Straw Poll Results from Governor Candidates Forum

Here is are the straw poll results from the Republican Governor candidate forum held last Saturday.

State Representative Scott Bottom – 107 votes
State Senator Barb Kirkmeyer – 20 votes
Former Congressman Greg Lopez – 17 votes
Teller County Sherriff Jason Mikesell – 6 votes
Mr. Victor Marx – 5 votes (not present)
Mr. Jason Clark – 4 votes
State Senator Mark Baisley – 3 votes
Mr. John Brooks – 3 votes
Mr. Bob Brinkerhoff – 2 votes
Mr. Robert Moore – 2 votes
Mr. Alexander Mugatu – 2 votes
Mr. Jon Gray-Ginsberg – 1 vote
Kelvin “K-Man” Wimberly – 0 votes
Brighton Fire Chief Brycen Garrison – 0 votes (not present)
Mr. Stevan Gess – 0 votes (not present)
Mr. Joshua Griffin – 0 votes (not present)
Mr. William McBride – 0 votes (not present)
Mr. Jim Rundberg – 0 votes (not present)
Mr. Daniel Thomas – 0 votes (not present)

3. Blockbuster Story About Obama

Read this slowly, it is a very big deal. The press secretary for the President of the United States said a former president was trying to overthrow the Constitutional Republic of the United States. This is a very serious charge with equally serious consequences.

4. Election Systems Under Fire

John Case, Tina Peters‘ attorney is calling for Colorado’s election equipment to be scrapped.

With President Trump calling for eliminating mail-in ballots altogether and questions mounting about the integrity of the election equipment used to tally those ballots, it is time for these election systems to be fully investigated and independently tested. Put them to rigorous tests or scrap them and eliminate the mail-in ballot system. Elections must be trusted, but only after they are verified.

5. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

Join dozens of patriots from around the state every Monday morning at 7:30 AM. We gather via Zoom to discuss the latest issues here in Colorado and beyond. With your computer or phone please be a part of the discussion.

Here is the link and passcode:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86086258574?pwd=sn9VP4XYSpicSdlokglNx7sJqFSn2y.1

Meeting ID: 860 8625 8574
Passcode: 012057

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For Life and Liberty!

Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator

As the executive director for the Republican Study Committee of Colorado, I am working to keep this organization a powerful voice for conservative values in the Colorado legislature. We are a non-profit 501(c)4 organization, relying on contributions (which are not tax-deductible).

Donations can be sent to:

The Republican Study Committee of Colorado, PO Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513

October 18, 2025

1. PKC Petition Campaign Update

2. Governor Candidates Forum in Loveland is Today (Saturday)

3. Plastic Bag Ban is a Bust

4. The Realities of the Green Deal

5. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

1. PKC Petition Campaign Update

I am keeping this topic at the top of my list because this is a very big deal. We need everyone on board carrying petitions to their corner of Colorado. The issues are vitally important. The current legislature and governor are committed to doing the exact opposite. We the People must stand up and send a strong message to the political structure in Colorado.

Putting these three issues (protect women’s sports, increase penalties for sex-trafficking children and prohibiting child mutilating surgeries) are significant on their own. But in addition, having these initiatives on the ballot will change the entire conversation for Colorado’s 2026 election.

2. Governor Candidates Forum in Loveland is Today (Saturday)

A big forum at Rez church in Loveland for Republican candidates for governor will be held on Saturday, October 18. All are welcome to attend as fifteen of the grand total of nearly twenty candidates are scheduled to be there. For all the details go to: nocowrapup.com.

BTW, if you live in Larimer County I recommend voting for Lori Goebel and Mary Buchanan for Thompson school board, Shirley Peel for Fort Collins mayor and Steve Yurash for city council.

3. Plastic Bag Ban is a Bust

No big surprise here. This study examined Washington State’s plastic bag ban, similar to the Colorado plastic bag ban. The conclusions were that banning plastic bags at stores resulted in more plastics being used and ultimately being discarded. For some follow-up on the story, check out this X post.

Colorado needs to do the right thing and bag the plastic bag ban.

4. The Realities of the Green Deal

Here is an informative (and somewhat entertaining for us Tolkien fans) article on how the “green” plans to abandon Oil and gas energy is not working out very well.

5. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

Here is the link and passcode:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86086258574?pwd=sn9VP4XYSpicSdlokglNx7sJqFSn2y.1

Meeting ID: 860 8625 8574
Passcode: 012057

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For Life and Liberty!

Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator

Donations can be sent to:

The Republican Study Committee of Colorado, PO Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513

October 11, 2025

1. PKC Petition Campaign Update

2. The End of Dominion

3. Colorado Republican Year in ’26?

4. John Eastman will be in Colorado this Week

5. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

1. PKC Petition Campaign Update

Petition circulators are busy all across Colorado. I hope you are one of them. Check out PKC’s newest feature on the website. It is a map of current events planned for promoting the petitions. We are still working on populating the map with all of the events, but being a grassroots organization, we need your help in identifying all that is happening for Protect Kids Colorado. Click here to see for yourself.

2. The End of Dominion

The big news in election systems this week was the sale of Dominion voting systems to what is being reported as a Republican voter integrity advocate. Reports are still a bit sketchy, but the largest vender in the country of voting systems, which I have long suspected and often reported on of manipulating vote totals in many key races, has been sold to what is being reported as a Republican advocate who says he wants fair, accurate and auditable elections. This is quite a refreshing change from the old guard that kept everything locked up and hidden from public scrutiny

I am cautiously optimistic. It will not fix everything that needs to change in our voting systems, but to have the equipment supplier be transparent will be a great start. Stay tuned as this big story unfolds.

One final observation. I say cautiously optimistic because all we have to go on is assurances that the new owner will be more open to giving these systems more accuracy and transparency. As Reagan said, trust, but verify.

If this transfer of ownership for the largest election equipment supplier in the country is to really provide more accuracy (and confidence) for these systems, the new owners must provide tangible, meaningful evidence that their systems are working much better than before. The new ownership must open up the software for serious third party analysis. No more secrecy with how our ballots are counted. Paper ballots must be counted directly, not converted to easily manipulated digital images. Audits must be actual audits, not the the smoke and mirror charades that the current “risk limiting audits” create. Careful tests involving random hand counts compared to the results of the machines from actual election results. Recounts must be allowed, rigorously verified with random hand counts to verify the absolute accuracy of the machine counts and complete hand recounts allowed when requested.

Any reticence on the part of the new ownership from complete transparency should be met with great suspicion.

3. Colorado Republican Year in ’26?

Most political pundits wrote Colorado off years ago, but maybe things are changing…?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisdorsey/2025/10/05/new-polls-show-blue-state-colorado-in-play-for-republicans/

4. John Eastman will be in Colorado this Week

John and his wife Elizabeth will be speaking at the Boulder County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner this Friday in Longmont. John is a nationally known advocate for election integrity, he has (is) been the target of powerful forces on the Left trying to strip him of his law license and he continues as the Colorado GOP’s legal advisor for our Federal lawsuit challenging Colorado’s open primary. It will be very interesting to get his perspective of Colorado’s fast moving political environment.

5. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

Here is the link and passcode:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86086258574?pwd=sn9VP4XYSpicSdlokglNx7sJqFSn2y.1

Meeting ID: 860 8625 8574
Passcode: 012057

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For Life and Liberty!

Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator

Donations can be sent to:

The Republican Study Committee of Colorado, PO Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513

September 27, 2025

October 4, 2025

1. PKC Petition Campaign Update

2. More on Election Systems Fraud

3. Republican State Central Committee Circus

4. Shutdown Gambit

5. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

1. PKC Petition Campaign Update

We are now one month into the campaign to gather all the signatures needed to put three initiatives on the 2026 ballot. The first big push was to get the petitions printed and distributed across the state. We have had well over a thousand people volunteer to circulate the petitions and are looking for another thousand (or more) to join them. This is a grassroot effort to change the political discussion about protecting our children from the rampant transgender ideology here in Colorado.

If you haven’t stepped up to join the team, please do today. Go to P rotectKidsColorado.org.

2. More on Election Systems Fraud

Much more information is now coming to light demonstrating the incredible weaknesses that have been designed into our election systems. It has been obvious to many of us for years, (see this speech I gave to the Senate back in 2013), but now the evidence of the fraud is growing. Here is an X post expanding on what I introduced in last week’s report, underscoring the problems with the electronic voting equipment and the people who have been promoting these systems.

3. Republican State Central Committee Circus

The day Charlie Kirk was killed, after a silent moment of prayer Representative Boebert asked the US House of Representatives for a verbal prayer for Charlie (she was off mic, so it is hard to hear her words, but they heard it in the room). She was met with loud ridicule and scorn from the other side of the aisle that continued for a while, despite the Speaker’s repeated demand for order. Their ugly response was without excuse. No legislative body should ever descend to such vulgar actions as they displayed on that most difficult day. Any deliberative body needs a higher sense of decorum and courtesy if they are to effectively do their job.

Last Saturday, at the Colorado Republican Party’s State Central Committee meeting, far too many of the members acted and sounded like those disruptive Democrats in the US House chamber. I was appalled and embarrassed for my party. And this disrespect didn’t go on for seconds, it was kept up for hours. There were serious issues to be considered, but we found ourselves mired in contentious wrangling instead of reasonable debate.

I hope to never again see such a meeting among Colorado Republican delegations.

4. Shutdown Gambit

The Federal government has shut down, sort of. What has really happened is the budgeting process has stalled because the Senate Democrats are spending their last political card to stop Trump’s economic agenda, which includes defunding Medicaid for illegal aliens and healthy single males. This defacto socialized medicine system was set in place during COVID. Trump has taken it apart and the Senate Democrats are counting on Trump and the Republican majority to blink.

My advice to Schumer is step aside, you’ve played your last card, fold it up.

AND… here is a video that Trump posted that definitely ramps up the pressure on the Democrats to break the impasse or…

5. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

Here is the link and passcode:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86086258574?pwd=sn9VP4XYSpicSdlokglNx7sJqFSn2y.1

Meeting ID: 860 8625 8574
Passcode: 012057

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For Life and Liberty!

Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator

Donations can be sent to:

The Republican Study Committee of Colorado, PO Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513

September 27, 2025

1. PKC Petition Campaign Continues to Roll Forward

2. Freedom and Freedom of Speech Under Fire

3. Trump Gives Nod to Article V

4. Startling Election Systems Admission

5. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

1. PKC Petition Campaign Continues to Roll Forward

With a limited time to complete the task, the campaign to put three critical issues on the 2026 ballot continues to gain steam. I am particularly encouraged by all of the grassroots actions that are popping up all over the state. Citizens are taking the initiative to promote these issues in many ways.

We are starting to populate the PKC calendar of events with these happenings, as we are made aware of them. If you are planning such an event, please tell me and I will pass it on to our calendar coordinator.

BTW, next month, on October 30, in Colorado Springs there will be a special showing of the film Dysphoria, a hard hitting expose’ of the transgender ideology. It is one of several PKC special events we are planning as the petition campaign reaches its peak of activity.

2. Freedom and Freedom of Speech Under Fire

The UK is becoming a cautionary tale on what happens when immigration, legal or otherwise, is allowed to revolutionize a country and its culture. Here is a stark example of how far the UK has changed. Our land is not immune from this threat to our way of life. Here is a small step in the right direction here in the US, but it is only a start that could easily slide back toward the oppressive control UK citizens are now experiencing.

3. Trump Gives Nod to Article V

Over the past dozen years a recurring theme I have reported on is the Article V movement. This is an effort to amend the Constitution directly by the states. I continue to cover this issue as I am convinced it is essential to rein in Congress’ over reach of spending and power over citizens and the individual states.

Last week I reported on a notice delivered to Congress that the requisite 2/3 of the states calling for a convention to propose amendments has already been met, several times. This proves that Congress has been ignoring their constitutional duty to acknowledge these state resolutions. It is not surprising, as political action does not always happen simply out of constitutional mandate. It happens when a critical mass of political will forces the action.

This week the Article V movement got one step closer to that critical mass. President Trump did not explicitly endorse Article V, but he did post an article that speaks to the subject. Here is that article and here is a screenshot of Trump’s post:

4. Startling Election Systems Admission

Here, here and here are remarkable reports on testimony by a former election official from Venezuela disclosing much of what many of us have deduced from several examples and experiences over the last several years. The voice is that of the interpreter and his image has been blurred out. This is because he knows and even says that his safety would be in jeopardy if he was personally identified.

Please listen to this carefully. We cannot ignore the reality of elections that he describes. I pass this on, not because I have given up on elections, but it is imperative that we accept nothing less than cleaning up our election systems. Reboot voter registration roles, eliminate universal mail ballots, vote in local precincts with secure paper ballots that are hand counted that can be audited. Essentially eliminate all of the weak links that invite bad actors to manipulate the votes.

5. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

Here is the link and passcode:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86086258574?pwd=sn9VP4XYSpicSdlokglNx7sJqFSn2y.1

Meeting ID: 860 8625 8574
Passcode: 012057

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For Life and Liberty!

Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator

Donations can be sent to:

The Republican Study Committee of Colorado, PO Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513

September 20, 2025

1. PKC Petition Campaign is off to a roaring start!

2. Charlie’s Life Goal in a Nutshell

3. Article V Resolutions Presented to Congress

4. From a Garbage Truck to a King’s Carriage

5. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

1. PKC Petition Campaign is off to a roaring start!

Citizens all across Colorado are collecting signatures for the three initiatives which Protect Kids Colorado is promoting. The challenge we are facing is just keeping up. The demand for petitions is huge. The energy is high and the required volume for petitions and related supplies is challenging.

It is exhilarating to see so many people jumping in to help. Please pray for all the work that is still to be done. We now have over a thousand people committed to carrying the petitions and could use hundreds more to join us. To get involved in this very worthy cause go to ProtectKidsColorado.org.

2. Charlie’s Life Goal in a Nutshell

So much has been said of Charlie Kirk and his accomplishments. As I understand his motivations, here is a brief description of his ultimate message and purpose in life. And here is an example of his life goal playing out even after his death.

Here in Colorado last Thursday Charlie Kirk was scheduled to conduct one of his debates with students on the Campus of Colorado State University. Instead there was a gathering of several thousand people honoring his legacy in CSU’s stadium.

For some of the details on his official memorial service, scheduled to start in Arizona at 11:00 PM local time (12 noon here in Colorado) this Sunday click here.

3. Article V Resolutions Presented to Congress

This week, on Constitution Day, sufficient evidence was finally presented to Congress that more than the constitutionally required 2/3 of the states (34 states) have already called for a convention to propose amendments to the U. S. Constitution.

Newly released primary research by the National Federalism Commission (NFC) for the first time documents that, as of March 13, 2017, 36 states had submitted valid applications under Article V of the U.S. Constitution compelling Congress to call history’s first convention of the states for proposing a fiscal responsibility amendment.

At a DC press event hosted by Jodey Arrington (R-TX) chair of the House Budget Committee, Chairman Arrington, Bruce Lee for the NFC, and Dave Walker chair of the Federal Fiscal Sustainability Foundation (FFSF) announced their agreement on three historic findings:

-As of March 13, 2017, 36 states had submitted valid Article V applications on the subject of federal fiscal responsibility.

-Confirming FFSF’s earlier research, 39 states had submitted valid fiscal responsibility applications as of 1979, peaking at 40 states as of 1983.

-Given the above application counts in excess of the required 34 states, Congress is under a continuing and non-discretionary obligation to call a convention for proposing amendments, limited by the states to the subject of federal fiscal responsibility.

FFSF is leading the national effort to support litigation by the states to enforce their equal power under Article V of the U.S. Constitution to propose a fiscal responsibility amendment.

4. From a Garbage Truck to a King’s Carriage

As a somewhat light hearted view of President Trump’s Trajectory check out this clip.

5. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

Here is the link and passcode:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86086258574?pwd=sn9VP4XYSpicSdlokglNx7sJqFSn2y.1

Meeting ID: 860 8625 8574
Passcode: 012057

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For Life and Liberty!

Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator

Donations can be sent to:

The Republican Study Committee of Colorado, PO Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513

September 13, 2025

1. Charlie Kirk

2. PKC Petition Campaign

3. Honoring the Constitution

4. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

1. Charlie Kirk

So much has been said about the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk, I hesitate to add more. I have compiled several links to what I consider the best statements about this fearless man of God who was martyred this week. In life, he was a dynamo of action who spoke the truth in love. His death has sparked a fire that may very well eclipse all of his accomplishments, many times over. His wife, Erica said it best. If you haven’t heard her speech, please start with her link. Scroll past the first 12 minutes to 12:05 to start the program. Then check out the other links that follow.

Jeff Hunt’s words

JD Vance’s thoughts

Charlie Kirk’s thoughts (from last year)

A man in Ireland

Pastor Rich Bitterman

Turning Point USA

Song of tribute

2. PKC Petition Campaign

If you think now is a good time to roll up your sleeves and get involved, here is great opportunity:

Protect Kids Colorado’s petition campaign is off and running. Help us change the political trajectory of Colorado. Sign the petitions, carry the petitions, send a few dollars to fund the effort at ProtectKidsColorado.org.

3. Honoring the Constitution

I posted this last week. Now that this week of honoring our Constitution is here, please consider attending one or more of these events. For more information click here.

4. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

Here is the link and passcode:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86086258574?pwd=sn9VP4XYSpicSdlokglNx7sJqFSn2y.1

Meeting ID: 860 8625 8574
Passcode: 012057

One tap mobile

+17193594580,,86086258574#,,

For Life and Liberty!

Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator

Donations can be sent to:

The Republican Study Committee of Colorado, PO Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513

September 6, 2025

1. PKC Launches Petition Campaign

2. As Special Session Dust Settles

3. Medications and Mass Shootings

4. Big Brother Will be Watching …and Punishing

5. Constitution Celebrations

6. Election Integrity Update

7. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

1. PKC Launches Petition Campaign!

The initial Launch event was a full house as well over 100 people came to pick up their petitions, sign the petitions and encourage everyone to do all they can to make this volunteer petition drive a complete success.

About 1000 people have signed on to distribute these petitions all across Colorado. Volunteer petition campaigns rarely show this much interest and energy as they start to gather their signatures. Please do what you can. Carry a petition, send us a few dollars to help “keep the lights on” for Protect Kids Colorado as we take on this significant task. We cannot do this without you!

To help, and/or learn more go to ProtectKidsColorado.org.

2. As Special Session Dust Settles

Click here for a detailed analysis of the 2025 special session with a focus on the legislature’s increasing spending for abortions and their failure to actually cut anything that addresses the budget shortfall. About all the special session yielded was raising about a quarter of a billion dollars in new tax revenue (without the TABOR required vote of the people) and increasing spending to the tune of over four million additional dollars for Planned Parenthood’s abortion mills.

3. Medications and Mass Shootings

HHS Secretary Kennedy is asking the right questions. In this case he is looking for links between the epidemic of mass shooters and the psychiatric drugs they were taking. I have heard of this problem for many years, but finally somebody in a key position of authority is looking for clarity on this very troubling issue.

BTW, the established forces within the medical world are conducting a full court press against Secretary Kennedy. I am convinced it is because he over the target and they know it. Check this out, and this.

4. Big Brother Will be Watching …and Punishing

Here is more on the watchers being put in place to track us on Colorado roads. In this case CDOT is rolling out an automated system to assess fines on cars that are determined to be speeding.

5. Constitution Celebrations

September is the time to consider the blessings we enjoy through our United States Constitution and here in Northern Colorado much is planned for September 13-17. For more information click here.

6. Election Integrity Update

Check this out.

7. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

Here is the link and passcode:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86086258574?pwd=sn9VP4XYSpicSdlokglNx7sJqFSn2y.1

Meeting ID: 860 8625 8574
Passcode: 012057

One tap mobile

+17193594580,,86086258574#,,

For Life and Liberty!

Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator

Donations can be sent to:

The Republican Study Committee of Colorado, PO Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513

August 30, 2025

1. Petitions are Ready for Distribution!

2. It was a Dumpster Fire

3. White House Founders Museum

4. Big Brother is Watching

5. Lawsuit Challenges Colorado’s Laws for Big Buildings

6. No Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call

1. Petitions are Ready for Distribution!

The first wave of petitions to put on the 2026 ballot initiatives that will protect, prohibit and punish are printed and ready for distribution!

There are three initiatives. One will protect women in sports by requiring all participants be biological women in women’s sports programs. Another will prohibit irreversible sex change surgeries on children. The other initiative will increase the penalties for child sex trafficking.

If you haven’t yet stepped up to help collect signatures (or sent a few dollars to help with the expenses) please go to ProtectKidsColorado.org.

A launch event will be held in the Centennial area next Friday evening, September 5. The location is yet to be announced. I will send out the details in a separate email.

2. It was a Dumpster Fire

When I am faced with a deficit in my home or business budget I look for ways to cut back and focus on keeping just the essentials. When the Colorado legislature met to fix a billion dollar shortfall, they didn’t cut anything.

They moved things around a bit, but they didn’t come anywhere near to fixing the problem. They cooked up some schemes to raise some fast cash, essentially illegally raising taxes by cutting out all vender fees for sales tax collection and cancelling out state income impacts for several new federal tax breaks and planning to sell future tax credits with a substantial 25% premium for this prepayment of future tax liabilities. They claimed they were putting a pause on the state’s wolf introduction program, but that turned out to be only smoke and mirrors. Instead they dug down and found over four million extra dollars to give to Planned Parenthood to keep their abortion mill going and propped up a few more programs along the way.

Their plan to deal with the revenue shortfall is to punt it to the governor and the only positive I can see from this session is a bill that requires the governor to inform the Joint budget committee of his actions to keep the budget intact.

This short video clip on X pretty much sums it up.

BTW, I call their tax increases schemes because they clearly violate TABOR. As I said in last week’s Lundberg Report: TABOR specifically says TABOR’s “…preferred interpretation shall reasonably restrain most the growth of government. All provisions are self-executing and severable and supersede conflicting state constitutional, state statutory, charter, or other state or local provisions. Other limits on district revenue, spending, and debt may be weakened only by future voter approval.”

In this most recent special session the legislature ignored these explicit and clear terms in Colorado’s constitution.

3. White House Founders Museum

In preparation for next year’s 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding the White House has established an online founders museum. Please check it out. Currently they have some remarkable digital creations of the founders and it looks like they are planning for even more intriguing historical reenactments. To learn more go to https://www.whitehouse.gov/america250/founders-museum/.

4. Big Brother is Watching

George Orwell had watchers in everyone’s home, but the reality of today is you are being watched on the roads in far too many places. This warrantless collection of personal travel information is called Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions, PlateSmart and other “vendors” who, for local governments, have cameras everywhere on the roads, checking license plates and cataloguing through AI all of our movements on the streets of our towns, cities and far too many highways.

Here is an article that explains the details and how this is a real threat to our Fourth Amendment rights to privacy.

5. Lawsuit Challenges Colorado’s Laws for Big Buildings

For the past few years several laws have been passed to force buildings of at least 50,000 square feet to implement stringent energy standards. With a target date of 2030 these regulations will force some big buildings to literally be abandoned, and will cost way too much for all big building owners. It is ironic that in the light of the governor’s focus on creating more affordable housing many older large apartment buildings are built in such a way that it is economically impossible to meet these strict rules.

This looming catastrophe, created by Colorado’s policy makers, is again being challenged in federal court. This issue does not get much attention in the news, but if it isn’t stopped it will have a devastating impact on the entire state.

6. No Breakfast Club Zoom Call this Monday

In honor of Labor Day and consistent with our normal policy, the Monday Zoom call will not be held on Labor Day, September 1.

For Life and Liberty!

Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator

Donations can be sent to:

The Republican Study Committee of Colorado, PO Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513

August 23, 2025

1. Printing PKC Petitions!

2. Special Legislative Session

3. Lifelong Republican Voting Dem?

4. Drill Baby Drill, in Brazil

5. Trump: Free Tina Now

6. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call

1. Printing PKC Petitions!

This week the Title Board denied two challenges to our initiatives, giving us the green light to proceed with printing the petitions and collecting the required signatures to put them on the 2026 election ballot.

We have 180 days to get this done. We are planning a September 5 launch event in the Denver area. I will have the details in my next newsletter. The regional coordinators are standing by to get their boxes of petitions to distribute to those who have already stepped up to lead in this fight. Hundreds of volunteers are already lined up but we need many more.

If you haven’t signed up yet, please do now. Go to ProtectKidsColorado.org and help us out with a contribution as well.

2. Special Legislative Session

The special legislative session is in full swing. They say the state is underwater for this year’s budget by about $1,000,000,000 (with a “B”), give or take a couple hundred million. However, if I understand what is really happening I think the biggest hole in state revenue is because the federal temporary tax cuts were made permanent and apparently Polis and company was counting on those lower tax rates going away, which would also boost the state share of taxable income. Now they are faced with the reality of Congress actually lowering taxes without a limited timeline. Most of the bills still moving forward in the special session are desperate attempts to maintain government funding of the state programs the legislature and governor have cooked up in the past several years.

These bills do very little to balance the budget. Senate bill 001 punts the budget balancing decisions to the governor, which is just kicking the can down the road. All republican-only sponsored bills have been killed. Only two bills still standing are okay, in my opinion, and they are the only bills with any Republican sponsors listed (all are dominated by Democrat sponsors) and neither do much with the budget. HB-1008 deals with an artificial intelligence issue created by SB24-205 and the other (SB-005) defunds the wolf introductions for one year, diverting the money to other purposes.

HB-1004 is rather creative, selling future tax credits for payment in this year – at a probable 25% premium. That means the taxpayer buys future tax credits, for example, a tax credit of $125 for a $100 payment now. Technically it might not violate TABOR, but it sure looks like a gimmick to borrow from future tax year revenues, and according to TABOR multi-year debt requires a vote from the people. Several other bills moving through the system are other TABOR violations. Remember, TABOR specifically says TABOR’s “…preferred interpretation shall reasonably restrain most the growth of government. All provisions are self-executing and severable and supersede conflicting state constitutional, state statutory, charter, or other state or local provisions. Other limits on district revenue, spending, and debt may be weakened only by future voter approval.”

However, finding more money to fill this funding gap is not the real problem. Much of the real problem is created by Colorado’s state sanctuary policies. The extra financial burden that hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens in Colorado puts on our public schools, roads, counties, social services, hospitals, police, jails, prisons, courts, etc. is coming home to roost. Colorado’s governor and his political party have for many years done everything they could to welcome these “newcomers” (their term, not mine). And they have also bent over backwards to slip them into our voting system. Check out these official state programs:

Colorado Office of New Americans

Medicaid Application Requirements (any proof or mention of U.S. citizenship is absent from the page)

Food and Other State Benefits (any proof or mention of U.S. citizenship is absent from the page)

Specific College Campus Voting Competitions

Ballot interpretation for all languages

Automatic Voter Registration

Colorado continues to sweeten the attraction for “newcomers” by super-charging Colorado’s benefits programs. Several years ago they exploded the budget with Medicaid expansion because the federal government paid for 90% of the expansion costs. More recently the Colorado legislature used one-time federal COVID dollars to ramp up the benefits. Now those dollars are going away and this legislature cannot bring themselves to face this new (and more sustainable) reality.

The governor and his party always blames TABOR for the state’s economic woes and this special session is no different, but they fail to figure out that revenue is not the problem, spending is the problem.

3. Lifelong Republican Voting Dem?

I couldn’t resist including this meme, following the last article…

4. Drill Baby Drill, in Brazil

British Petroleum (BP) finally got the memo. The future is not without Petroleum, it is because of Petroleum. In the past few years BP was trying to be woke with their aspiration to go “beyond petroleum.” But a major find in Brazil seems to have brought them back to reality.

5. Trump: Free Tina Now

Here is what President Trump said this week:

(This picture is a part of Trump’s Truth Social post)

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

FREE TINA PETERS, a brave and innocent Patriot who has been tortured by Crooked Colorado politicians, including the big Mail-In Ballot supporting the governor of the State. Let Tina Peters out of jail, RIGHT NOW. She did nothing wrong, except catching the Democrats cheat in the Election. She is an old woman, and very sick. If she is not released, I am going to take harsh measures!!!

My comment (KL): stay tuned, this isn’t over.

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August 19, 2025

Special Report: Griswold’s Fools Gold

I am sending out this special Report early, before the legislative special session convenes because I want to draw your attention to this very significant matter without the distraction of the legislative session.

A case was filed in Federal court that could have far reaching consequences in Colorado’s elections. With very detailed descriptions the complaint alleges that Federal law demands specific accuracy of election results and Colorado’s elections in 2022 and 2024 failed those accuracy requirements many thousands of times over the accuracy rate required by Federal law.

The remedy recommended is simple to describe but will be difficult (yet essential) to accomplish: follow the law for the 2026 election.

This could have far reaching consequences because if the judge administers true justice it will give Colorado citizens a fighting chance to once again have elections with integrity and accuracy. However, I also expect the Colorado Secretary of State to deny the facts presented in this case and continue to insist Colorado has the “gold standard” of election systems.

Now is her chance to prove it. If she does not provide valid evidence for her claims she is, in reality, proving her own deceptions.

Here is a link to the actual complaint filed on August 4, 2025. It is nearly 50 pages long, filled with the specific details of this shocking expose of Colorado’s corrupted voting system. It will take some effort to digest the details, but for anyone interested in the integrity of our elections I recommend you dig into this significant document.

BTW, this case does not directly deal with the all mail ballot system in Colorado, which is another component in Colorado’s failed election system. Taken together, cleaning up the voter registrations and eliminating the all mail ballot system would go long way in making Colorado Colorado again.

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Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator

August 16, 2025

1. Special Legislative Session

2. Colorado Roads

3. Colorado Media Changing?

4. The Bee Weighs in on “Violent Crime”

5. Trump and Putin

6. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call

1. Special Legislative Session

This coming Thursday the legislature will begin their special session. It is being called to address a projected $800 million dollar shortfall for this fiscal year (July 25-June 26). Tight times like this are good opportunities to end expensive programs, but I expect the legislature to kick the can as far down the road as possible. Next week I will report on their “progress.”

2. Colorado Roads

When I first ran for office in 1998 I was asked about my priorities for state government. My first thought was state government needs to insure we have good roads. Basic transportation infrastructure is an absolute need for a healthy economy and prosperous state and the state’s government policy is where a solid plan for good roads start.

Unfortunately the ruling party (governor’s office for several decades and legislature for the past 20 years) has left our roads at the bottom of the priority list. Mark Hillman just published an excellent observation on this problem. I recommend you check it out.

3. Colorado Media Changing?

A major problem in Colorado is the left leaning media that dominates our state and Denver’s TV Channel Nine (9NEWS) has been the leader of this trend. Word on the street is this might be changing as the station may have a new owner. We can only hope.

4. The Bee Weighs in on “Violent Crime”

Violent crime is not a laughing matter, but The Babylon Bee published this satire on the issue that is worth considering. The old saying, figures don’t lie, but liars do figure comes to my mind..

5. Trump and Putin

Trump’s Welcoming committee: Interesting projection of military power.

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August 9, 2025

1. Special Legislative Session

2. The State of Colorado

3. USDA and Religious Freedom

4. Census Redux

5. PKC initiatives

6. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call

1. Special Legislative Session

Polis finally made it official. After weeks of speculation he called a special session to start on August 21 to address a significant shortfall for this fiscal year’s budget of about a billion dollars. The Democrats are blaming the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Congress passed last month. The Republicans are saying the OBBB has given much needed tax relief and other needed reforms to Medicaid and other programs.

I have been saying for many years that the Colorado legislature has been spending more than can be sustained and now it has come home to roost. Remember, much of this was set up when Colorado expanded Medicaid back when Obama was president. Then one time dollars from the COVID years allowed the legislature dig a deeper financial hole with permanent programs based on those one time dollars.

Here are timely words from Rep. Ken deGraaf and here is what Rep. Brandy Bradley said.

2. The State of Colorado

This week I have come across many links that tell the story of what is happening to Colorado. Rather than cut some out or make this a story far too long I submit the links for your perusal. Please check these out, they are worth considering:

I thought this was satire, but probably not…

$15 million wildlife bridge.

Nearly $1 billion to NGOs

DEI in Colorado classrooms

Republican preregistrations in Colorado

Unemployment in Colorado

Colorado’s sanctuary status

Denver bike paths

TABOR workarounds

AG Wiesner and police officers

3. USDA and a Spiritual Awakening

Here is a story from California about what is looking like a significant revival among young adults. It is very encouraging to hear such stories. But here is another story from California that reads like the exact opposite. It is a bill that would pretty much cancel out parental authority. Which story will prevail? My bet is on the revival.

So, what does that have to do with the United States Department of Agriculture? This week USDA Secretary Rollins officially declared the department’s support for religious freedom. Our nation was founded shortly after a Spiritual Awakening in the 1740’s and with that renewed focus on Biblical values the principles] of God-given rights was set as the bedrock idea in our Declaration of Independence.

As we come up to the 250th anniversary of that document and our nation’s founding I see signs of a renewal of our core values starting to bubble up in many places, including the highest levels of government.

4. Census Redux

President Trump is calling for a new census ASAP. His point being that the current practice of counting all people, including illegal aliens for Congressional apportionment has severely skewed the proper representation of US citizens and individual states. When the Constitution was written native indians who were not subject to taxation were excluded from the census. It makes every bit of logical sense that that same principle should be applied today and not count people who are not citizens and are not here with a legal status. Congress should represent its citizens, not people who are here illegally.

5. PKC initiatives

On Wednesday the three initiatives of which Protect Kids Colorado will be collecting signatures for the 2026 ballot were approved by the Title board. We expect to have the petitions ready for distribution by the first of September. The countdown begins for this big push across Colorado!

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August 2, 2025

1. Blockbuster DOE Report on Climate Change

2. Colorado Sues Again, for Planned Parenthood

3. State Ranking for Religious Freedom

4. Video of Election Irregularities Press Conference

5. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call

1. Blockbuster DOE Report on Climate Change

The U.S. Department of Energy just released a report on climate change that essentially debunks the climate alarmists’ view that the planet is in grave jeopardy because of anthropogenic CO2 and we must do all we can to stop this, at any cost. It was commissioned by Energy Secretary Chris Wright and is sure to elicit strong reactions. Here are Secretary Wright’s own words, found on page viii of the report:

“I didn’t select these authors because we always agree—far from it. In fact, they may not always agree with each other. But I chose them for their rigor, honesty, and willingness to elevate the debate. I exerted no control over their conclusions. What you’ll read are their words, drawn from the best available data and scientific assessments.”

The report is extensive, containing about 150 pages. It pretty much reflects what I have been saying for the last 30 years. Please download this report and at least read all of Secretary Wright’s comments on page viii and the executive summary on the following page ix.

So far it appears that the media has panned this report, ignoring it for the most part and discounting it as biased and one-sided. If that means they kept away from the mainstream narrative that climate change is an existential threat to life on earth, then they are guilty as charged. Instead they treat the subject as a legitimate issue that needs more discussion, for which this is the opening salvo.

Despite the left’s attempt to ignore this report it could well be a pivot point where public policy will finally be shaped by rational debate, fortified with actual facts and common sense solutions.

2. Colorado Sues Again, for Planned Parenthood

Last week I reported on a suit the Colorado AG joined which is trying to overturn government funding for illegal aliens. This week AG Weiser joined another 20+ states demanding that Planned Parenthood’s hundreds of millions in government funding not be cut from the Federal government’s spending for the coming fiscal year. Here is the story. The funding cut will only be for one year (so far), but it amounts to about a half a billion dollars that the government gives every year to the nation’s biggest abortion mill. This suit doesn’t surprise me, defending abortion in every way imaginable has been a key principle for the Democrat majority for many years.

3. State Ranking for Religious Freedom

Colorado is 34th in the rankings for religious freedom. In this report, from First Liberty Institute all 50 states are rated over a broad spectrum of factors related to religious freedom. In keeping with Colorado’s current policies on abortion that is highlighted in the second article in this report, Colorado is listed as one of only four states with a zero rating for any limitations on abortions (Colorado has no limits on abortions, has allowed late term abortions for any reason for decades, encourages abortions in state policies and demands the taxpayer foot the bill). Religious freedom is a cornerstone of our enumerated rights and Colorado has a long way to go in securing those rights for the citizens of Colorado. Here is a story giving more of the details on this deep dive into religious freedom in the United States.

Another factor relative to this subject is a revival of posting the Ten Commandments in school rooms. Several states are working on or have already passed laws that will bring back these fundamental values to public school rooms. The issue, which is also being battled in the courts, probably is headed to the Supreme Court to decide if the Ten Commandments can once again be incorporated into the education policies of public schools.

4. Video of Election Irregularities Press Conference

Back in May I reported on a press conference I moderated at the Capitol on the cast vote record CVR for the 2020 election in Arapahoe County. Recently I became aware of a video of that event. The essence of that press conference is contained in a published report that can be found here. However, watching the actual event can be very instructive. It can be viewed here. BTW, the press conference starts at 5 minutes and 13 seconds into the video.

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July 26, 2025

1. Lee v. Poudre at SCOTUS

2. Colorado Sues to Allow Benefits for Illegal Aliens

3. Colorado’s Infrastructure Gets a C- Grade

4. Commissioner Calls for Replacing Ranchers With Wolves

5. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call

1. Lee v. Poudre at SCOTUS

The lawsuit filed against the Poudre School District to stop the school district from continuing their transgender policies is now officially on the docket for the United States Supreme Court. This does not yet mean that they will hear the case, but they have it on their list to consider for the next court session. They are expected to make that determination in the next several weeks.

The question presented to the court is:

“Whether a school district may discard the presumption that fit parents act in the best interests of their children and arrogate to itself the right to direct the care, custody, and control of their children.”

This petition to the court can be found here.

2. Colorado Sues to Allow Benefits for Illegal Aliens

Colorado has joined about 20 other states in going to court to try to overturn the Medicaid restrictions for illegal aliens in the Bid Beautiful Bill (BBB).

For years I heard denials that illegal aliens were a big part of these government programs. Now the Democrats are crying big crocodile tears because the BBB is specifically saying no illegal aliens in these programs is jeopardizing programs like Head Start. If you look it up on an online search engine there are plenty of seemingly authoritative sources that confirm that illegal aliens are blocked from most government aid. I even found a video clip of the U.S. House minority leader insisting as much in a hearing (the video has since been taken down). The overall impression of his speech was that illegal aliens simply do not get government aid.

But now about 20 states, including Colorado, are suing the federal government to allow benefits to illegal aliens. Hmmm… It looks to me like their lawsuit proves the point and proves their duplicity. In my legislative experiences I have run across several examples of government benefits handed out to illegal aliens that add up to tens of billions of dollars going to the illegal populations in our country. Now 20 states seem to be confirming it and insisting in court that it should continue. Colorado’s attorney general, who is now running of governor, is a part of this bandwagon.

3. Colorado’s Infrastructure Gets a C- Grade

I have long contended that the Colorado state government has had it’s priorities upside down for many decades. The Federal government has many responsibilities not appropriate for individual states, and the same is true for local governments. State government should focus on state wide concerns and stay out of the way for local and national government roles.

The tendency of government is to always increase, and as government grows, liberty diminishes.

For Colorado state government and the party that has been in power for the past twenty years, that growth is quite evident with more programs, higher taxes (including billions for fees) and more power, our liberty has certainly diminished.

What I consider to be much of the core purpose of state government has been largely ignored. Maintaining a healthy infrastructure has been a low priority and the C- grade from this recent report underscores that dismal reality.

We are in desperate need of a governor and a legislature that understands good principles of limited government and knows how to stick with the real priorities for state government.

4. Commissioner Calls for Replacing Ranchers With Wolves

A Parks and Wildlife commissioner has called for forcibly taking over Colorado ranches to accommodate the wolves that have been introduced in Colorado. Listen to his statement here.

I have a better idea. Get rid of the wolves. And get rid of any commissioners that think these wolves somehow have more rights than the citizens of Colorado. And while we are at it, get rid of a governor that let this all happen in the first place.

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July 19, 2025

1. Open Primary Lawsuit Update

2. Should Musk Look at Article V?

3. The NEA’s Woke DEI and the ADL

4. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call

1. Open Primary Lawsuit Update

In July of 2023 the Colorado GOP filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the constitutionality of Colorado’s open primary system. The wheels of justice turn slowly, but since all of the preliminary steps have been taken we expect a court decision at this first level of the federal system sometime later this year.

I am including this update now as there is also a scheduled “opt out” vote for the September GOP state central committee meeting and I want it to be clearly understood that the “opt out” vote is not a part of this lawsuit in federal court.

The “opt out” vote is an effort to comply with the current statutory requirements within the open primary laws. The lawsuit is to seek a declaration from the court that the open primary law violates the Constitution and should be declared invalid.

For more information on the lawsuit click here.

2. Should Musk Look at Article V?

Recently Elon Musk has said he is trying to start a new political party. I had those thoughts as well, …about 35 years ago. Today I realize that to try to start another political party is to give the upper hand to the opposite side. I hope Elon will figure this out before he does great damage to the conservative ideals that are sweeping our land today.

If he truly wants to stop the spending in Congress he should get behind the Article V movement, as can be read in this article.

3. The NEA’s Woke DEI and the ADL

Last week, in the parental rights article I gave a link to the resolutions passed at the National Education Association’s annual meeting. This week the Anti Defamation League and hundreds of other related organizations reacted to the resolution expressing anti-semitism ideas. Here is what they are saying.

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July 12, 2025

1. Colorado Election Integrity Summit

2. Parental Rights

3. Special Legislative Session

4. IRS to Churches: No More Enforcing of the Johnson Amendment

5. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call

1. Colorado Election Integrity Summit

On Tuesday, July 15 at 6:30 PM in Arapahoe County (specific location will be given to those who register for the event) a summit will be held looking into election integrity in Colorado. All are welcome to attend, but due to concerns about the possibility of disrupters coming to the event advance registration is required, and the location is not being widely publicised. Dr. Douglas Frank will be the keynote speaker, along with several other election integrity experts.

Here is some of what the organizers of the event are saying: “Our speakers will uncover the background on what is happening in the Arapahoe County revisions as well as other Cast Vote Record anomalies in the state.”

This should be a significant milestone in the election integrity discussions here in Colorado. I recommend attending if you can. I will be out of state but plan on viewing it online.

And, while on the subject of election integrity, here is another article on this important subject.

2. Parental Rights

The rights of parents to direct the raising of their children continues to be a hot topic in the news. Colorado Politics recently published this in depth story.

And the National Education Association (NEA) held their annual meeting on the 4th of July weekend again. They are in the habit of meeting on this most patriotic holiday to promote their most unpatriotic notions in the form of resolutions that specify their hard-left policies. Here are pictures of many of those resolutions. These measures are against Trump, school choice, parental authority and a variety of other DEI notions.

These stories make the case for the initiatives that Protect Kids Colorado are working on this year. Please be a part of the team to bring these issues to Colorado voters.

3. Special Legislative Session

It is becoming quite obvious that the Colorado legislature will hold a special session very soon.

Earlier this week I was under the impression that the governor had issued his call for a special session. That was not correct, but the budget woes of a state that has been spending beyond their means for many years are coming home to roost (I fought many of their reckless policies in the Senate 10+ years ago).

It will be interesting to see if any of the legislative leadership will own up to the reality of their own spending habits, or will they just blame Trump for cutting off the federal funds pipeline and blame the citizens for not giving them all the blank checks they have asked for?

Now is the time to thank Douglas Bruce and all of the other patriots who gave us the Tax Payers’ Bill of Rights (TABOR) 30+ years ago!

Click here for more information.

4. IRS to Churches: No More Enforcing of the Johnson Amendment

In 1954 then Texas Senator Johnson (LBJ) sponsored an amendment to prohibit any non-profit organization from endorsing any candidate for public office. The story told is he did it as retribution to some churches in Texas that opposed him in his senate race. Unfortunately that policy has remained in effect for the last 71 years.

Finally, under the supervision of the Trump administration the IRS has modified their official policy by publicly stating that churches should not be restricted when discussing and endorsing candidates while communicating with their own members. This does not eliminate the policy, but it does take the perceived pressure off of churches.

I qualify this with the term perceived because the IRS has not been enforcing this policy on churches for some time. However, they have and I assume will continue to enforce the Johnson Amendment on all other section 501 non-profit organizations.

I am giving you the back story, not to diminish the significance of this story, but to reinforce the main point that pastors and churches can engage in political, First Amendment protected communications. Far too many church leaders have been silenced by the threat of the Johnson Amendment.

My speculation is the IRS has known for many years that this policy would never hold up to a challenge in any court that would honestly look at the First Amendment. Not only are citizens guaranteed the the right to speak freely, citizens, and therefore their churches are protected by the first clause: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;” Politics and theology are intertwined at many junctions. It is impossible to honestly separate them.

For published stories on this policy change click here and here.

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July 5, 2025

1. BBB is Now Law

2. Colorado’s Leadership?

3. Elections Must Have Integrity

4. Trans Ideology on the Ropes

5. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call

1. BBB is Now Law

After weeks of deliberation Congress finally delivered to the President the “Big Beautiful Bill,” which he signed with great fanfare on the 249th anniversary of Independence Day. This is the capstone to his initial agenda to make America great again. It is not perfect (I never saw a bill that was) but it certainly heads the nation into a new direction, upward and optimistic.

Of course the opposition paints a very different picture, calling it the big bad ugly bill, but that is to be expected as it puts a political dagger into the left’s long-term agenda of big government controlling virtually every aspect of our lives. There is much more work to be done, but I sense a renewed hope for the basic principles of liberty expressed so concisely in the Declaration of Independence 249 years ago.

2. Colorado’s Leadership?

Speaking of more work needed, here, here, and here are reminders that in Colorado, if we are to see freedom reign in our state, we have a lot of work ahead of us. Polis is on his way out (in another year) but Colorado’s lurch to the left may get even worse if we don’t turn it around in the next election. More on this in the next two stories…

3. Elections Must Have Integrity

The first line in the battle we face is concerning our elections. The legislature and governor have made elections in Colorado a playground for bad actors, robbing honest citizens of the assurance that they actually did chose their “elected” leaders. Here and here are just a couple of examples that I saw this week of how games can be played with elections. In Colorado, with all-mail balloting, automatic voter registration, massive vote centers replacing precinct voting and troubling electronic voting systems, the “gold standard” looks to be nothing more than fools gold. This is a priority for President Trump, I trust he will not leave Colorado out of his strategy.

4. Trans Ideology on the Ropes

And finally, while the left has fully embraced the transgender ideology we are seeing more and more stories showing the American people are not buying it. Here and here are some recent developments that show a little bit of how wrong the left has been and for many continues to be with this issue.

Protect Kids Colorado (PKC) is leading the charge against this corruption of our children with three citizen initiatives for the 2026 election. If we are successful in putting these on the ballot it will change the conversation for the 2026 election in Colorado. Please join this team of concerned citizens!

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June 28, 2025

1. The Politics of Gender Ideology

2. Was Trump’s Bombing Order Constitutional?

3. More on the 2020 Election

4. The Colorado Supreme Court

5. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call

1. The Politics of Gender Ideology

Protect Kids Colorado (PKC) is dedicated to protecting kids by defending the rights and authority of parents. Our first order of business is to expose the dangers of gender ideology. The trans issue destroys lives and must be shown for what it is really doing to kids, families and our culture.

This article states the case for protecting children from gender ideology quite clearly. It was written as a broad explanation of why the recent Supreme Court decision dealing with child mutilation is so significant. And here is a story about three hospitals who conduct child mutilation surgeries. One of the hospitals mentioned in this national publication is Colorado’s Children’s Hospital.

As PKC continues to work toward circulation of petitions to deal with surgical mutilation of children, child sex trafficking and men in women’s sports please consider donating your time and money for this very worthy cause.

2. Was Trump’s Bombing Order Constitutional?

When President Trump ordered the bunker buster bombs to be used in Iran did he violate the Constitution? AOC says yes, he did exceed his constitutional authority. However, Rick Green, a good friend of mine and founder of Patriot Academy put out a quick video with a brilliant impromptu defence of the president’s authority to take that action (created in an airport gate with his cell phone). Click here for his five minute lesson in constitutional law.

3. More on the 2020 Election

Click here for more information concerning the integrity (or lack thereof) of the 2020 election.

4. The Colorado Supreme Court

I have often opined on my lack of respect for many of the legal opinions issued by the Colorado Supreme Court, but rarely had the opportunity to give many details. Recently in Reason Magazine David Kopel did the heavy lifting for me. You can read that article here.

And here is another case on TABOR before that court. It will be instructive to see what they will do with this opportunity to actually read the Colorado Constitution rather than try to twist it to their individual wishes again.

And… as a sharp contrast to the way the Colorado court runs roughshod over the constitutional laws of the land, the U.S. Supreme Court has finally put things in order in a more proper and lawful fashion. They issued a 6-3 decision telling Federal judges that they cannot arbitrarily issue nationwide orders, hobbling the executive branch of the Federal government. This is huge! Read more about it here and here.

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Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator

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June 21, 2025

1. Breaking News Just in Time for PKC Initiatives

2. Colorado’s Judicial Cartel

3. Watch This

4. Ezekiel Today

5. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call

1. Breaking News Just in Time for PKC Initiatives

This week the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued a ruling to allow a ban on child mutilating surgeries in Tennessee. This decision has a direct impact on the current initiative work for Protect Kids Colorado (PKC). SCOTUS has preemptively given the legal green light for laws that ban child mutilating surgeries, like one of the initiatives PKC is on the verge of rolling out for the 2026 election.

We are working on the printing details for our initiative petitions, to be distributed as soon as we can get them printed. It is truly amazing to see the pieces come together for what I believe will be a historic moment for the state of Colorado. Our three initiatives can drive the narrative for the 2026 elections here in Colorado, giving voters a clear picture of each and every candidate on important issues of the day.

Please go to ProtectKidsColorado.org to help distribute the petitions and help us meet the financial needs for this significant statewide effort!

2. Colorado’s Judicial Cartel

Over the past several years I have repeatedly called attention to how Tina Peters was used (and abused) by the Colorado Secretary of State and Colorado’s judicial system to make her an example for daring to question Colorado’s “gold standard” for voting. Read this latest article to see how SOS Griswold has repeatedly used her office to bully and deny anyone who suspects there might be some genuine fraud in Colorado’ election systems.

3. Watch This

Most of my newsletters are filled with disturbing news. So I want to give you some encouraging news as well. Here, here and here are some interesting video clips I ran across this week that show people doing the right things in our troubled world.

4. Ezekiel Today

And here is one more video (a little bit longer) with challenging and thought provoking analysis of what may well be advance notice of future headlines, from the Book of Ezekiel…

4. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

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4. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

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June 14, 2025

1. Iran, Israel and the Rest of the World

2. Newson and Wallace

3. Good News from California

4. Opposition to Deportation Explained

5. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call

1. Iran, Israel and the Rest of the World

I applaud President Trump’s dealing with the very tricky issue of Iran’s attempted nuclear power play. In my opinion he carefully prepared for this moment with his recent trip to that part of the world, checking in with many of the national leaders in surrounding countries and giving Iran every reason to stop their rush toward nuclear weapons while at the same time not abandoning Israel’s very real need for security from Iran’s imminent nuclear threat. In the end Iran’s leaders refused to listen to Trump’s offers for peace and now Israel is taking care of the problem with determined, tactical force.

I believe Trump ‘s words and actions have also sent clear messages to other potential bad guys on the world’s stage: Work with me, because I mean what I say.

The first rule in effective diplomacy is maintain your credibility, which is hard to do in this chaotic world. Trump’s steady hand on this issue, in my opinion, has fortified his credibility and I believe it will serve him (and US) well when the next international bully tries to step out of line.

2. Newson and Wallace

As the well organized “protests,” that quickly turn into riots continue in LA and elsewhere, California governor Newson is starting to sound a lot like George Wallace from Alabama more than 60 years ago. Check out this interview of Vivek Ramaswamy, who expands on this comparison.

3. Good News from California

Need some good news? Here is a story of a mom in Ventura California who was silenced before her city council for praying in front of them. Now they have learned their lesson and have invited her back to finish the prayer and explain her position.

4. Opposition to Deportation Explained

There are a lot of good reasons we should insist that people who came here illegally leave immediately, but few reporters are willing to stand up and deal with this glaring problem. Here is a commentary on X, reposted from Newmax that deals with the election dynamics of leaving illegal aliens here in this country.

4. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

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June 7, 2025

1. More Compelling Evidence of Election Fraud

2. Why Cutting Medicaid Funding is a Good Idea

3. Charlie Kirk at Cambridge

4. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call

1. More Compelling Evidence of Election Fraud

Mike Lindell’s federal court jury trial, which is now underway here in Colorado, is all about his claim that election fraud is a significant threat to the integrity of our elections. I came across a very informative article that gives more specific information on our election systems, particularly in Colorado and Arapahoe County. This is an extensive article, but please take the time to consider all that is presented in the article. This is an issue that must be understood by all and fixed for good.

Mike has been calling for hand counted paper ballots voted on election day in local precincts. I agree with him. We must push past the potential and often proven machine manipulations of simple vote totals and return to citizen verified voting in local precincts.

2. Why Cutting Medicaid Funding is a Good Idea

Colorado expanded the Medicaid program several years ago and now I am told that well over 30% of Coloradans are on the Medicaid roles. Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” (BBB) makes significant cuts to Medicaid funding and all I am hearing in the media is how terrible that will be for Colorado citizens. However, this ever growing government funding of medical services is really the problem, not the solution.

Today medical prices are completely out of control, with hospitals and drug companies inflating their charges by as much as 1000%, and more, of actual hard costs. The average citizen cannot afford to get sick. My experience as a legislator, serving on the health committees and the Joint Budget Committee taught me that drug companies and hospitals are not the true source of this outrageous medical inflation. It is the insidious government takeover of funding for medical services.

When a third party (the government) pays for medical costs, there is little incentive for the service provider or the patient to control those costs. Through the past several decades this third-party payer system has removed most competitive interests and instead regulations, mandates and bureaucracy have flourished. The result is what we have today, a bloated system with endless paperwork, unreasonable regulations and ridiculous pricing schemes. We will never get out of this medical-cost death spiral if we continue to think more and more government funding is the answer.

It will be a hard pill to swallow, but if we want to fix this terrible problem we have to stop thinking the government is the answer. We need more freedom to innovate, less bureaucratic control and more first-party payer responsibility to bring medical costs back to the ground.

I support the BBB. It is not perfect, but reining in out of control Medicaid costs is not one of it’s imperfections. It is one of the many reasons this bill should become law.

3. Charlie Kirk at Cambridge

Recently Charlie Kirk debated at Cambridge University. Here is an excellent review of this significant discussion. I highly recommend this article, which is much more than a report on a debate with Charlie Kirk, it is a powerful commentary on our culture.

4. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

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Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator

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May 31, 2025

1. Clear and Compelling Evidence of Election Fraud

2. PKC Video

3. Mike Lindell’s Day in Court

4. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call

1. Clear and Compelling Evidence of Election Fraud

Please carefully read the full report, by clicking this link, that Dr. Daugherity prepared, along with several other experts in computer science and election issues. Earlier this week he presented this information at a press conference at the Colorado Capitol and released this report.

I have examined the report and I am convinced it is clear and compelling evidence that the election results of the 2020 election in Arapahoe County were manipulated before being made public in their cast vote record (CVR). And then, incredibly, the county clerk’s office released a second CVR of those election results this year, with literally millions of changes made to the individual ballot records.

I am also convinced that Dr. Daugherity knows what he is talking about. He is a retired professor and computer scientist from Texas A&M University. He completed his doctoral studies at Harvard and recently has been active in analyzing the voting equipment and software systems currently in use across the country.

The report was prepared by several experts, but Dr. Daughterity was the final editor of the report. I have been observing his work for the past few years and am impressed with his careful methods of analysis and his rigorous adherence to the facts.

Here is an extensive article where the Rocky Mountain Voice describes the press conference when this report was released and gives more background information on this extraordinary story.

Again, please read this report, it is imperative that we demand a full investigation and never allow this kind of election manipulation to ever happen again!

2. PKC Video

Here is a brand new video describing the initiatives we are working on for the 2026 election:

3. Mike Lindell’s Day in Court

In a remarkably similar story to my lead story for this report, but totally independent of each other, is the court case Mike Lindell is scheduled to start this coming Monday here in Denver, in Federal Court. Even though it is Mike who is being sued, he is looking forward to the opportunity to present his concerns with current election processes that can be (and have been) manipulated (see story # 1).

Mike asks for prayers that the real truth in these issues can be presented in clear and compelling ways.

Learn more by clicking here.

4. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

Normally we don’t meet on holidays, but so much is going on I don’t think we can put it off, so, yes, we will have a call this coming Monday, on Memorial Day.

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Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator

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May 24, 2025

1. PKC Update

2. Camp IdRaHaJe Sues State

3. Arapahoe County 2020 Vote Record Anomalies

4. Memorial Day

5. Tina Peters

6. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call

1. PKC Update

Protect Kids Colorado (PKC) is moving forward on several fronts! This week PKC was part of a lawsuit filed on Monday, challenging the constitutionality of HB25-1312 and the state title board approved two of the initiatives we are preparing for the 2026 election. We can (and probably will) be challenged by opposing groups for a rehearing before the title board, but this is a great start. We expect to have petitions ready to collect signatures later this summer. Please volunteer to help us collect those signatures and donate what you can for our work.

Also, speaking of donations, Jon and Erin Lee need our help. They are the family featured in the documentary Art Club and Erin is the executive director of PKC. They are suing the Poudre School District to try to stop the district from doing to other kids what they did to their daughter. The suit has been a long time in the Federal court system and the next step is to appeal their case to the United States Supreme Court. However, even with their attorney’s doing much of their work pro bono, it is a very expensive process. They have launched a Give Send Go fund raiser to help pay for the fees, printing and other costs of appealing to the Supreme Court. Please consider what you can do for this family that has laid everything on the line to try to save other children from this dangerous ideology.

And… check out our latest video clip here.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L4PdHNvbv2J-1eQ9mhaBqt3xnXFz-FLm/view?usp=sharing

2. Camp IdRaHaJe Sues State

Camp IdRaHaJe was told by the state that they must allow children with gender dysphoria to use the bathrooms and dorm rooms of their choice, potentially putting boys and girls together in these private spaces. The camp, to their great credit, is not going there. Therefore they are forced to take the state to court.

I applaud their courage and wish them God’s speed as they tackle this issue head on. For more details click here.

3. Arapahoe County 2020 Vote Record Anomalies

Last week I spoke of a press conference at the state capitol concerning some troubling information about the 2020 election records in Arapahoe County. That press conference was rescheduled for Tuesday, May 27 at 2:30 PM.

After examining this information I am convinced that the Arapahoe County 2020 vote records have been altered to cover up the obvious manipulation of the 2020 vote results. Both of these actions point to illegal election fraud. I trust this event at the capitol on Tuesday will get the attention of the authorities who must investigate and prosecute all who committed these serious crimes.

For more information click here and here.

Breaking news: For the complete report click here.

4. Memorial Day

Here is a great story from the past that speaks to the real reason behind Memorial Day.

5. Tina Peters

As Tina Peters waits in a Colorado prison much is still going on to try to bring justice to this terrible tale that has resulted in the imprisonment of a Gold Star Mom who was simply trying to fulfill her responsibility as a county clerk and recorder. Here is a story from the Rocky Mountain Voice of a recent interview of Tina.

6. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

Normally we don’t meet on holidays, but so much is going on I don’t think we can put it off, so, yes, we will have a call this coming Monday, on Memorial Day.

Here is the link and passcode:

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Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator

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May 18, 2025

Special Bulletin – Monday Afternoon Press Conference Postponed and Polis Signs 1312

I am sending out this follow up message to yesterday’s Lundberg Report because the press conference I announced concerning Arapahoe County 2020 cast voting record anomalies and subsequent changes to those records has been postponed. I will report on the new date for that press conference when it has been determined.

Additionally, late last week Governor Polis signed the highly controversial HB-1312 and very few news sources have reported on this significant development.

Here is the only in-depth article I could find, published by the Rocky Mountain Voice. For more details on this bill, which is now law, please scroll down to the my story on the May 10 report.

For Life and Liberty!

Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator

May 17, 2025

1. Good Bill Bad Bill Analysis

2. More Attacks on TABOR

3. Arapahoe County 2020 Vote Record Anomalies

4. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call

1. Good Bill Bad Bill Analysis

During the legislative session I compile my good bill bad bill list as the bills are introduced, judging them on the merits of the original text of the bill. This is my subjective analysis, based on the principles of good government I tried to follow during my tenure in the House and Senate.

It is not a complete list, just what I consider to be the best and the worst. Nor are they fully described. I try to give enough information to give the reader a good start and a link to dig deeper if needed.

This year the majority party let out all of the stops, making major changes to Colorado law. Gun control, union issues, spending increases, sanctuary state policies, forcing transgender ideology on parents, businesses and schools, landlord restrictions, further weakening of TABOR, policies promoting and paying for abortions of innocent children, radical global warming policies, heading the state toward socialized medicine, cuts in highway repairs, keeping pornographic books in school libraries, making citizen initiatives more difficult, …the list goes on and on.

Of the 657 bills introduced I identified 109 for my good bill bad bill list. Of the 46 good bills 19.6% actually passed, which may indicate that the majority party was at least exercising some restraint on partisan voting. However, of the good bills that only had Republican sponsors, all were defeated. The Democrats showed zero tolerance for any good Republican legislation.

On the other side of the ledger, the bad bill list, 50 of the 62 bad bills passed, with a 79.4% success rate. Curiously, this is an almost perfect reverse image of the success rate of the good bill list.

The governor still has many of these bills on his desk, but I expect him to allow the vast majority to become the law of the land. He has threatened to veto SB 005, the big union bill, but he rarely vetoes anything. To see the final list from the 2025 session please scroll down to last week’s report, published on May 10. In later editions of this report I will give the governor’s final actions.

2. More Attacks on TABOR

Here is an excellent in-depth dive into TABOR and how the legislature continues to hollow out this significant initiative passed by the people over 30 years ago.

3. Arapahoe County 2020 Vote Record Anomalies

In a still developing story some strange things seem to be coming out of the 2020 election records in Arapahoe County. I am still trying to sort out the details, but according to the reports I have received the clerk’s office made significant changes to the cast vote record for about 350,000 votes in the 2020 election. The graphic below gives some of the details.

Mark Cook reports that “It looks like Arapahoe County, CO modified 342,246 ballots from the 2020 Election within the Cast Vote Record between the original published CVR and the new CVR they just published between Feb 20 2025 and Mar 24 2025.”

A press conference is scheduled at the Capitol on the West steps at 2:30 PM on Monday. Stay tuned for more information.

4. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

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May 10, 2025

1. 1312 and Transmania

2. Trump and Tina

3. CCU Graduates Over 1300 Students

5. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call

1. 1312 and Transmania

When I first contemplated this title I thought I was coining a new word. However, I found two french authors had already developed the term. Nonetheless, it still fits the subject of HB25-1312 and what we saw in the legislature this past week.

A record number, about 700 people, signed up to testify at the Senate Judiciary committee meeting on HB25-1312. About 100 supported the bill and an astounding 600 requesting to speak to the committee were in opposition. This is the bill that threatens the custody rights of any parent who refuses to support a child’s gender dysphoria, forces charter schools with strict dress codes to allow every student to wear either male or female clothes, depending on the child’s individual choice. It also, among many other changes, defies the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech rights for businesses and other places of “public accommodation.”

After a barrage of amendments the Senate passed the bill, the House concurred and it is on it’s way to the governor’s desk, who has 30 days to decide to make it law or veto the bill. The amendments adopted in the Senate made substantial changes, but never altered the essence of the bill, which is to make any refusal to go along with the insanity of calling a man a woman and visa-versa a violation of Colorado’s anti-discrimination laws.

Here and here are real life examples of why I use the term transmania. BTW, speaking of terminology, in the course of amending the bill (in total 22 amendments were offered and 12 were adopted) two key terms, which were in the original introduced bill, were finally eliminated. They are “misgendering” and “deadnaming” and they deserve more discussion.

Colorado law already has “gender identity” and “gender expression” as identifiers of the protected class of transgender individuals who are covered in Colorado’s anti-discrimination act (CODA). However, by using the terms “misgendering” and “deadnaming” in CODA it could now become a direct violation of CODA to speak to or about a transgender individual with their legal name or biological pronoun. This flies in the face of the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech and becomes particularly onerous for a parent who sincerely believes they should not affirm their child’s gender dysphoria.

The final, adopted version of 1312 essentially replaced “misgendering” and “deadnaming” with “chosen name.” On page seven of the final version of the bill it says gender expression includes “CHOSEN NAME, AND HOW THE INDIVIDUAL CHOOSES TO BE ADDRESSED.” This is why I insist that the essence of 1312 is still the same. The freedom to speak freely as your conscience directs will be repressed by the law requiring everyone (including parents) to use state dictated terms.

And, while on the subject of terminology I must include this footnote. “Misgendering” is a somewhat neutral term, but “deadnaming” is clearly designed to be pejorative and should never be included in state statutes. I submit that “birthname” is a more appropriate term for using an individual’s legal, given name.

On a related note, Protect Kids Colorado got approval from the Title board this week for an initiative title to ban men in women’s sports. We hope to actually have the petitions to sign for this and other similar initiatives by mid to late summer. Please consider helping to gather the signatures and/or contribute to our effort in other ways ($$$). Go to Protect Kids Colorado.

2. Trump and Tina

President Trump finally came out and called for freeing Tina Peters from prison. Of course Griswold and Weisser denied this had been a miscarriage of justice, but I know too many of the facts of this case. Tina is being held in prison as a political prisoner. She is there to send a strong message that has silenced all other clerks who may have concerns with how Colorado’s election systems work.

Bravo President Trump. Keep up the pressure.

For background on this subject check out the links here, and here.

And, just in case you need more evidence that our mail ballot system is ripe for voter fraud, check this out.

3. CCU Graduates Over 1300 Students

Yesterday, May 9, Colorado Christian University had to hold two separate ceremonies at the Blue Arena in Loveland to graduate over 1300 students. That was a big difference from my graduation from CCU’s predecessor school, Rockmont College, back in 1974. If I remember correctly there were about 15 of us in the class of ’74.

This was a day of great encouragement as we celebrated the accomplishments of these many students. Far too often we only focus on the bad news around us and I am grateful to be able to share this good news of God’s blessing this institution, now in their 111th year.

4. 2025 Good Bills and Bad Bills

The session wrapped up last Wednesday, so this is the final list of the bills from the 2025 general session. The governor has 30 days to veto, sign or allow bills to become law without his signature, but the work in the legislature is completed. I will continue to track the governor’s part, but he rarely vetoes any bill.

Here is my list of the best and the worst of the session, along with their final status in the legislative process.

To find the dumb bill and bad bill lists scroll past the good bill list.

Good bills

HB25-1040 Adding Nuclear Energy as a Clean Energy Resource Here is a real energy solution that everyone should get behind. Signed by governor

HB25-1051 Repeal Recycled Paper Carryout Bag Fee –Killed in committee, PLV (party-line vote)

HB25-1055 Repeal Firearm Dealer Requirements & State Permit These requirements are totally redundant to existing federal laws and I believe are only there to harass firearm dealers. –Killed in committee, PLV

HB25-1067 Criminal Asset Forfeiture Act Asset forfeiture is a government policy that needs serious reform, which this bill accomplishes. Killed in committee

HB25-1068 Malpractice Insurers Gender-Affirming Care Minors If a doctor engages in these horrific medical practices, that doctor should be legally responsible for the results and malpractice insurers should not be required to carry insurance for such practices. Killed in committee, PLV

HB25-1069 Increase Stakeholder Participation This bill would allow pre-publication of bills before they are introduced. Killed in Senate

HB25-1074 Change Confinement Standards Egg-Laying Hens Get rid of this current budget-busting Colorado regulation! Killed in first committee.

HB25-1092 Rent Increases by Landlord to Tenant Normally a bill title like this one means it is a bad idea that could drive up the cost of renting a home in Colorado. However, this bill actually adds some reasonable sanity to the landlord/tenant relationship. It adds clarity to rent increases and therefore heads Colorado law in the right direction. Killed in committee, PLV

HB25-1111 Expand Homestead Exemptions Anytime taxes can be lowered is a good time. –Killed in committee, PLV

HB25-1125 State Agency Budget Transparency Requires state agencies to provide cost cutting measures to the joint budget committee. –Killed in committee, PLV

HB25-1140 Disclosing Information to Immigration Authorities This shouldn’t be necessary, but in a sanctuary state the law instead should require the state authorities work with ICE. Killed in committee

HB25-1143 Open-Source Software in Voting Systems This is a great idea, We the People should have full access to the software systems that count our votes. Killed in first committee, PLV

HB25-1144 Repeal Retail Delivery Fees Anytime we can eliminate these troublesome fees (taxes) is a good time. Killed in committee, PLV

HB25-1145 Trafficking Minor for Abortion or Transgender Care Prohibits transporting minors into the state for these child mutilation procedures. Killed in first committee, PLV

HB25-1156 Make Senior Home Tax Valuation Reduction Permanent Anytime taxes can be lowered is a good time. Died on the calendar

HB25-1164 Constitutional Carry of Handgun Why is a permit required to exercise an enumerated constitutional right? Constitutional carry means no permit is required to carry concealed. Many states already have this policy, Colorado should as well. –Killed in committee, PLV

HB25-1175 Smart Meter Opt-In Program Here is a good bill from a Democrat sponsor! The mandatory smart meters have been a problem for many people. This bill requires the power company monopolies abide by the wishes of the home owners. I fully support this mandate for freedom. Passed Senate

HB25-1188 Mandatory Reporter Task Force Recommendations Once again, a good idea from a Democrat sponsorship.I have opposed mandatory reporter laws because of many unintended consequences. This bill actually backs of some of the requirements to give the mandatory reporter a more reasonable set of required rules. Passed Senate

HB25-1193 Vote Transparency Protocol Act This would change the voting process in a lot of ways, giving much more transparency and integrity to the system, including a form of opt-in for mail ballots, which I tried to implement while I was in the legislature. I fully recommend this bill as a very good piece of legislation. –Killed in committee, PLV

HB25-1216 State Agencies Implement Zero-Based Budgeting Budgeting is a tough job, but I can’t think of a better way to start than to start at zero. Never assume what was spent last year is at least what should be spent in the future. And in light of DOGE, the state had better figuring out how to thrive on less (taxes). –Killed in committee

HB25-1231 Protect Minors from Sexual or Pornographic Content This bill would help cure the out of control school library policies that routinely buy pornographic books. –Killed in committee

HB25-1232 Liability When Means of Self-Defense Prohibited If a private business makes their property a gun-free zone they need to take of the responsibility of what may happen as a result of their policy. –Killed in committee, PLV

HB25-1242 Government Transparency Laws The title says it all… Killed in committee, PLV

HB25-1251 Parental Consent to Treatment of a Minor Duh… what a radical idea, put parents in charge of their children’s health care. –Killed in committee, PLV

HB25-1252 Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Regulation of Abortion Clinics Few people understand that abortion clinics are not regulated at all. I do not condone regulations that help facilitate their reprehensible business, but they should be at least as accountable as a surgical center. Killed in committee, PLV

HB25-1253 Youth Health Protection Act This bill shuts down the promotion of the gender ideology from government agencies. Killed in committee

HB25-1254 Limitation on Gender Transition Procedure Claims –Killed in committee, PLV

HB25-1255 Health-Care Provider Right to Exercise Conscience The bill creates the “Medical Ethics Defense Act” that gives medical professionals true conscience freedom. –Killed in committee, PLV

HB25-1256 Life-Sustaining Treatment Minors Parent Rights Extends the statute of limitations for gender transition treatment for yout until they turn 38 years of age. –Killed in committee

HB25-1257 Relinquishment of Child in Newborn Safety Device Gives more humane options for a mother who wants to relinquish their newborn baby. –Killed in committee, PLV

HB25-1270 Patients’ Right to Try Individualized Treatments This has been in federal law since Trump’s first term, but apparently it needed to be declared legal in state law as well. Passed Senate

SB25-029 Ranch Property Tax Clarifications This allows for smaller and specialized farming operations to be recognized as legitimate agricultural property. Killed in first committee

SB25-039 Agricultural Buildings Exempt from Energy Use Requirements SB-39 takes big farm buildings out of excessive and expensive bureaucratic red tape and state regulations. Signed by Governor

SB25-047 Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law Allows local governments and peace officers to help assist federal immigration law. –Killed in committee, PLV

SB25-057 Noncitizen Voter Registration Cancellation This would be a good step forward in cleaning up our voter registration rolls. It directs several departments in the state government to forward on to the Secretary of State all evidence they collect of individuals who are not US citizens to cross check with current voter registration rolls. Killed in first committee, PLV

SB25-117 Reduce Transportation Costs Imposed by Government Eliminating a wide range of fees related to transportation –Killed in committee, PLV

SB25-131 Reducing the Cost of Housing Changing construction defect laws to encourage the building of more housing. Killed in committee, PLV

SB25-135 Colorado Government Efficiency Authority Colorado’s own D.O.G.E. commission! –Killed in committee, PLV

SB25-136 Expand Deduction For Retirement Benefits Any tax reductions are good ideas just about always. –Killed in committee, PLV

SB25-138 Permanent Reductions to State Income Tax Any tax reductions are good ideas just about always. –Killed in committee, PLV

SB25-139 Grocery & Utility Bill Reduction Measures Eliminates many fees and regulations, such as the grocery bag fee, the regulations driving up the cost and availability of eggs and the bill also encourages the use of nuclear energy. –Killed in committee, PLV

SB25-156 Reducing Costs of State Regulation Sets up a system to identify the costs of regulations and eliminates many budget busting regulations. –Killed in committee, PLV

SB25-171 Sunset Commodity Metals Theft Task Force This is not much, but it is getting rid of one program that has lived past its useful life. Signed by governor

SB25-214 Healthy School Meals for All Program This program is being reduced because of the budget cuts. Passed House and Senate

SB25-238 Repeal School Mental Health Screening Act This is an example of some of the programs that have been cut out due to the budget constraints. signed by governor

SB25-249 Repeal Annual General Fund Transfer to Revolving Fund Another example of a program being scrapped, this one being buying electric vehicles for government agencies. signed by governor

Woke bill

HB25-1084 Remove Gendered Language from Title 35 This bill will not make a big change to current state policies, but I couldn’t ignore its obvious, completely ridiculous woke attitude. Here is an example:

“”Agriculture” means the science and art of production of plants and animals useful to ~~man~~ HUMANS…” Really? We are changing the law because we cannot use the word “man” to describe all of “mankind?” -Oops I guess I should have said “humankind.” -NOT!

Nonetheless, 1084 has now been signed by the governor

BTW, this is not the only bill that is stripping out gendered language from Colorado statutes, it is the most obvious one and I am using it as the best example of this woke trend at the Capitol.

Dumb and Dangerous

HB25-1180 Prohibiting Pet Animal Sales in Public Spaces This bill is probably trying to address a problem with “gray market” selling of pets, but look under the covers and it also makes it a crime to tack up a poster in public advertising you have some kittens to give away! Really, do we not have enough laws already on the books that make a criminal of us all at one time or another? Signed by governor

HB25-1286 Protecting Workers from Extreme Temperatures This bill qualifies as the really dumb, dangerous, micro-managing employer, making it that much more difficult to manage employees nanny bill of the year. I read most of the 26 pages where, as an example, in one point it specifically says how much water is to be allocated for workers in “extreme temperatures” (defined as over 90 degrees and under 30 degrees). The requirement in the extreme heat side is at least 32 ounces per hour, per worker, and the water is to be 60 degrees or cooler. The employer is to track and record the temperatures (to be kept for six months) and bathroom breaks are to be unlimited. Well, maybe I can understand that if every worker is expected to drink at least 2 gallons of water in an eight hour work day… And, as I said before, these kinds of ridiculous regulations go on for 26 pages of this really dumb and dangerous piece of legislation. It is no wonder that many employers in Colorado are trying to minimize their workforce!

This is unbelievable fascist control by a DEI government gone wild. I hope to report it dies in its first committee (but I am not holding my breath). Mercifully Killed in committee

Disgusting, Inaccurate, Partisan, Slam Resolution

SJR25-006 Condemnation of January 6 Insurrection Pardons This tone-deaf slap at conservative patriots deserves its own special category of condemnation. If you want your blood to boil, read this very twisted tale in virtually every line of this extensive diatribe against a group of people who had been unjustly persecuted and imprisoned by the Biden Administration. I thank God (literally) for President Trump’s courageous pardons to right what wrongs he could through executive orders. For a small slice of the rest of the story I recommend checking out JohnStrand.com. John, who grew up in Larimer County nearby my home, was one of those political prisoners President Trump pardoned. His story is well worth considering. SJR25-006 passed the Senate and House on a strict party-line vote.

Bad bills

HB25-1001 Enforcement of Wage and Hour Laws I am not against a fair wage for work, but I see one more regulation against employers, who are already overburdened with regulations. This bill will have the unintended result of fewer jobs, not fairer jobs. Passed Senate

HB25-1002 Medical Necessity Determination Insurance Coverage for Mental Health Look for even higher medical insurance cost for everyone. Signed by governor

HB25-1010 Prohibiting Price Gouging in Sales of Necessities This bill is too vague on what constitutes a violation and it will probably contribute to more scarcity during emergencies. Signed by governor

HB25-1027 Governing Disease Control This first got on my bad bill list because I don’t trust the state health department when it comes to disease control. The bill also tightens up their immunization laws, which are too tight already… Signed by governor

HB25-1044 Vulnerable Road User Protection This is another road fee (tax) scam. Killed in first committee

HB25-1109 Gender Identity Certificate of Death This would make some death certificates as far removed from reality as some Colorado birth certificates are already. Signed by Governor

HB25-1113 Limit Turf in New Residential Development Now they are going after our lawns. Passed Senate

HB25-1119 Require Disclosures of Climate Emissions More climate alarmism regulations for big businesses. Killed in committee

HB25-1130 Labor Requirements for Government Construction Projects Another sweetheart deal for unions. Passed Senate, PLV

HB25-1133 Requirements for Sale of Firearms Ammunition More anti-gun regulations. signed by governor

HB25-1134 Insect Production Human Consumption If they want to eat bugs, the state shouldn’t ban it, I, however, prefer a good steak. Killed in first committee, PLV

HB25-1171 Possession of Weapon by Previous Offender Crimes More attempts to ban guns. Passed Senate

HB25-1174 Reimbursement Requirements for Health Insurers This is price fixing for some medical care, including small employer group health plans. It never turns out well when the government puts in place price fixing, for any industry, and the ongoing billing crises we have for medical care is already a direct result, in part, from federal price fixing through medicare. Colorado should stay out of these dangerous waters. Died on calendar

HB25-1202 Increasing Public Awareness of Mold Health Effects This is a huge can of worms that will institutionalize a very specialized condition and runs a great risk of ultimately condemning many older homes, thus worsening the housing crisis. Mold is a real problem for some people, but that does not mean a whole Died on calendar

HB25-1215 Redistribution of Lottery Fund This moves a lot of Lottery money away from general Parks and Wildlife programs and gives it to the the outdoor equity fund. I am sure there are some laudable aspects to the program, but it is statutorily dedicated to promoting the LGBTQ+ agenda. Passed Senate

HB25-1225 Freedom from Intimidation in Elections Act This sounds interesting, but it is an anti-gun bill and even an anti-toy gun bill. It is predicated on the absurd notion that anyone displaying a weapon (including toys and non-lethal self defense units) is somehow intimidating and coercing voters. It is making all public political activities gun-free zones. Passed Senate, PLV

HB25-1238 Gun Show Requirements More nuisance anti-gun regulations. signed by governor

HB25-1240 Protections for Tenants with Housing Subsidies This is a big anti-housing measure that will force small landlords into accepting subsidized renters and all of the regulations that go with that system. Died on calendar

HB25-1244 Welcome, Reception, & Integration Grant Program This is a sanctuary state program that already exists, but it is expanding it to anyone who has arrived in the last three years, rather than the last year, as it is now structured. It sounds like they know few illegal aliens are coming here now, so they want to create incentives for those already here to stay here. It also sounds like an open invitation to picking a fight with President Trump’s number one effort. Passed Senate, PLV

HB25-1249 Tenant Security Deposit Protections One more anti-rental bill, ostensibly created to help renters, but ultimately discouraging rental ownership and exacerbating the housing crisis. Passed Senate

HB25-1250 Gun Violence Prevention & Parents of Students More official state sponsored promotion of the mistaken notion that guns create violence. Statistics and common sense both teach that gund in the hands of a good guy creates peace and safety. Bills like this are counter productive to their supposed, stated purpose. Passed Senate, PLV

HB25-1261 Consumers Construction Defect Action Construction defect laws need to be relaxed, but this bill appears to be increasing the legal risks and possible liabilities for contractors. Instead of encouraging the building of more housing units this bill will further discourage builders. Killed in Committee

HB25-1262 Regulate Private Security Officers & Agencies One more profession, which has been functioning without government interference, is up for extensive government regulations. Killed in second committee

HB25-1269 Building Decarbonization Measures This is aimed at large commercial buildings, making it that much more expensive to operate large buildings, all in the name of global warming extremists. Passed Senate

HB25-1274 Healthy School Meals for All Program Taking TABOR refund dollars to make schools local free food dispensers. Passed Senate

HB25-1277 Increasing Transparency Impact of Fuel Products This would put warning labels on gas stations, warning customers that they are supposedly contributing to global warming by filling up their car. Killed in Senate committee

HB25-1289 Metropolitan District Leases & Property Tax Exemptions More work around TABOR laws. Passed Senate

HB25-1303 Funding for Motor Vehicle Collision Prevention Here is another tax that is called a fee, this time adding it to all auto insurance policies. One more attack on TABOR’s requirement that all taxes be approved by a vote of the people. Killed in Senate committee

HB25-1309 Protect Access to Gender-Affirming Health Care This requires all medical insurance policies in Colorado to cover medical mutilation, euphemistically called “gender-affirming care.” It drives up medical insurance costs and forces people to pay for medical care that in many cases is child abuse and violates the moral standards of many citizens. Passed Senate, PLV

HB25-1312 Legal Protections for Transgender Individuals This is a very bad bill, covering a lot of areas. The bill would put a parent seeking their child’s custody to be suspect if they don’t fully support the child’s trans inclinations. It requires all schools to honor a student’s name choice, meaning transgender children must be called by their “new” name and all of their records must use that name. All public entities must put on all of their forms an option to use a “chosen” name. It also makes it “discrimination” to not use a transgender’s “chosen” name and pronouns in any public place. This is a dangerous bill that tramples all over the First Amendment, freedom of conscience and religious freedom. It may ultimately be kicked out by the courts, but could do a lot of damage before then. Passed Senate, PLV

HB25-1321 Support Against Adverse Federal Action Trying to dodge DOGE with money for lawsuite against the federal government. Passed Senate, PLV

HB25-1327 Modify Statewide Ballot Measure Processes Complicated changes to the initiative process, making it more difficult for citizens to put something on the ballot. Signed by governor

HB25-1328 Implement Recommendations Direct Care Worker Stabilization Board This adds more regulations, including eventually setting minimum wage of $25/hour for the industry. passed Senate, PLV

SB25-003 Banning Semiautomatic Firearms & Rapid-Fire Devices Will ban the sale and manufacture of many (if not most) semi-automatic weapons. And it was amended to create the beginnings of a gun registration system Signed by governor

SB25-005 Worker Protection Collective Bargaining This bill breaks the balance Colorado has had for nearly a century between a union state and a right-to-work state. Passed Senate, PLV

SB25-014 “Protecting the Freedom to Marry” Removes from state statute any one man one woman definitions of marriage. Signed by governor

SB25-020 Tenant and Landlord Law Enforcement Every time the legislature runs a bill on this subject they make renting in Colorado more expensive and this bill is no exception. Passed House, PLV

SB25-030 Increase Transportation Mode Choice Reduce Emissions Read deep into this bill and you find it is bowing down to the global warming alarmists. Passed House

SB25-034 Voluntary Do-Not-Sell Firearms Waiver Say what? A bill to allow a person to not buy a firearm? I am failing to see any reasonable logic behind this weird concept. Passed House

SB25-045 Health-Care Payment System Analysis This is a very dangerous bill that is trying to put the state on the track of a disastrous policy of letting the government dictate the all of the funds for medical care. They have been trying to do this for years and so far the people have not bought this big socialist scheme. Passed House

SB25-063 Library Resource Decision Standards for Public Schools This title could sound like a good bill, except in reading the details it actually creates a statutory presumption that all books put in school libraries are good and establishes new rules that make it more difficult to remove objectionable books from school libraries. signed by governor

SB25-081 Concerning public financing, and, in connection therewith, establishing the building urgent infrastructure and leveraging dollars authority. This rather extensive bill (29 pages) looks to me like a big end run around TABOR. It creates a bonding authority for tax free bonds (hence the federal government ends up subsidizing the interest rates for the bonds). The authority skirts the TABOR requirement for a public vote before entering into long term debt by carefully crafting a system that seems to not obligate the state for the bond repayments yet uses the authority of the state treasurer’s office to run the operation. I am flagging this bill as a blatant violation of the Tax Payers’ Bill of Rights. Passed House

As a footnote, SB81 also is a union sweetheart bill, requiring all funds for construction to go through union shops.

SB25-087 Academic Adjustments in Higher Education This bill adds more expensive regulations to both state and private schools. signed by governor

SB25-118 Health Insurance Prenatal Care No Cost Sharing Another medical insurance mandate, driving up the cost of medical insurance, again. Passed House

SB25-129 Legally Protected Health-Care Activity Protections This bill is to insulate Colorado’s extreme abortion policies from federal or other state prohibitions on abortion, particularly chemical abortions and the left’s preoccupation with promoting and encouraging child mutilation for the trans ideology. signed by governor

SB25-130 Providing Emergency Medical Services Here is a very deceptive bill. The title sounds ok, but the purpose is to essentially eliminate pro-life doctors and nurses from emergency rooms, while ostensibly sounding like it is protecting them. The bill says “sincerely held religious beliefs” are to be honored for health-care providers in emergency rooms (read, they don’t have to participate in abortions). However, the facility will also have to have health-care providers available who are not pro-life. This means that if you have a problem with abortion you will probably not be hired to work in an emergency room. I call this deceptive because you have to dig deep into the bill to figure out that it is, infact, requiring that abortion services be provided in all hospitals and that is the real point to this bill. Passed House, PLV

SB25-137 Greenhouse Gas Credits for Water Quality Projects This establishes more radical global warming policies. It is just one more piece of the puzzle that adds up to a comprehensive state endorsement of the radical global warming agenda. Killed in committee

SB25-148 Modifications to Campaign Finance Requirements this tightens up campaign finance rules and further complicates an already too complicated system, making it that much more difficult to legally participate in the election process. Killed in committee

SB25-158 State Agency Procurement & Disposal Certain Items Why doesn’t the title actually say what the bill does? It sets up requirements for requiring the destruction of as many guns as the government can get their hands on. Passed House

SB25-161 Transit Reform Read deep into this bill and you find it is also bowing down to the global warming alarmists. Passed House

SB25-163 Battery Stewardship Programs Another state mandate program? These regulations on the battery industry will mean more costs passed on to the consumer. It is a repackaging and rebranding of the nuisance “paint fee” to a whole new category: batteries. Passed House

SB25-182 Embodied Carbon Reduction More obeisance to the CO2 hoax. This creates a new category for “clean energy” tax credits, all based on the contention that CO2 is killing us all. I recommend reviewing A Climate Conversation to get to the real facts. Passed House

SB25-183 Coverage for Pregnancy-Related Services This bill allows the state government to pay for abortions. It follows the state constitutional change allowing state funding for abortions. Think about that when you write your check for state income taxes. signed by governor

SB25-205 Firearm Serial Number Check Request Procedure At first blush this looks fairly benign as it says a fire arms dealer “may” request a serial number check on a gun suspected as being stolen. However, the only way a dealer can be sure is to get a check on every gun they deal with. Because one never knows… it will result in every gun being check, with the resulting fees (and possible records?). This is one more tax on firearms and another way the government will be looking over your shoulder if you buy a gun. Passed House

SB25-257 Modify General Fund Transfers to State Highway Fund This “modification” is actually a severe cut to highway funding, which I think is not a good idea. Passed House and Senate,

SB25-259 Eliminate Destroyed Property Tax Reimbursement Program This is another bad result of the budget cuts. The bill eliminates the common sense policy that if your house is destroyed your property taxes go away. If this passes the local governments will go back to charging full taxes for destroyed homes. signed by governor

SB25-264 Cash Fund Transfers to the General Fund This bill raids about 50 funds to help balance the budget. Many of these accounts were funded with fees for designated services, which will now go unfunded. I always voted against such policies and advise senators and representatives to do the same. signed by governor

SB25-276 Protect Civil Rights Immigration Status This is sanctuary policies on steroids. It is an open invitation for the federal government to cut off al federal funds. Passed House, PLV

SB25-280 Data Center Development & Grid Modernization Act Incredible regulations for big data centers. This is the big government systems, tax incentives and government control we need to get rid of, not create more of. Died on calendar

SB25-284 Youth Service Organization Engagement on School Campuses This bill will force all school districts and charters to create a policy for outside organizations that includes accepting trans ideology. It will put a stop to most Christian organizations being able to participate and require all public schools to accept trans grooming organizations. Died on calendar

SB25-321 Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspection Facilities This bill doubles the allowable fee for emission inspections, from the current $25 to $50 for most cars. I find this 100% increase completely unacceptable and a real slap at the citizens in these final days of the session. The legislators know they can ram this right through in the final days of the session. This will affect just about every car owner in the Front Range, but gives us precious little time to respond. It is also deeply disappointing that a republican senator has her name at the top of the prime sponsor list… Passed House

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May 3, 2025, part II

1. 2025 Good Bills and Bad Bills

2. Monday Morning Breakfast Club Call

note: This is the second part of the May 3 report, giving my Good Bill, Bad Bill legislative report for the last full week of the session. The final report will be next week, as the session must close by May 7. Part I, focusing on hb-1312 is listed below this second part of the May 3 Lundberg Report.

1. 2025 Good Bills and Bad Bills

With less than one week left in the session 658 bills have been introduced. I have one more really bad bill to report on:

Here is my list of the best and the worst of the session, along with their current status in the legislative process.