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April 5, 2025

1. Colorado’s 44 Billion Dollar Budget

2. SB25-003 on Governor’s Desk

3. Is it Up To the States to Stop the Spending?

4. 2025 Good Bills and Bad Bills

5. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

1. Colorado’s 44 Billion Dollar Budget

The Joint Budget Committee finally released their budget to the legislature. It is an eye popping 44 billion dollars. And that is after they carved off more than a billion dollars from what they started with. They also sent along with it a record setting (by my memory) 70+ other bills changing Colorado’s laws to comply with this record setting budget bill. To their credit some of the bills actually cancel some programs that needed to end, but far too much of their budget balancing was in taking money from many funds within state government, including a good number of “cash” funds, which are primarily funded with fees that should be left for the purpose for which they were collected. One bill actually raided over 50 accounts.

Here is an excellent article that former state senator and state treasurer Mark Hillman wrote. He explains a lot about what they are doing (which is spending too much), and what they should be doing.

2. SB25-003 on Governor’s Desk

Last week the legislature passed this dangerous and unconstitutional bill. This week I read that nearly 100,000 signatures were delivered to the governor demanding he veto the bill. If you want to join that chorus click here.

3. Is it Up To the States to Stop the Spending?

As a followup to the story about Colorado’s spending habits, the nation has been wrestling with the same challenges, only Congress is actually trying to curb the spending. Can they get it done? I hope so, but I have my doubts.

Now, more than ever, we need the states to step up and exercise their constitutional authority to put limits on what Congress spends. I am, of course, talking about using the authority states have through Article V.

Yet some conservatives still resist using this important feature of our Constitution. For a rebuttal to these concerns check out this article from Rita Peters of the Convention of States project.

4. 2025 Good Bills and Bad Bills

With now 596 bills introduced. Here is my still growing list of the best and the worst of the session, along with their current status in the legislative process. please note these two very bad, recently introduced bills dealing with the trans issue.

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 first committee (after about ten hours of testimony) 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.

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.

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. Passed second committee

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. Passed first committee

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 House

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 first committee

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 House

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.

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. Passed House and Senate

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

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.

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.

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? Passed House

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 House, PLV (party-line vote)

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. Passed Senate, PLV

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… Passed Senate

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. Passed Senate, PLV

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

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 House, PLV

HB25-1133 Requirements for Sale of Firearms Ammunition More anti-gun regulations. Passed Senate , PLV (except one D voted no)

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.

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. Passed second committee, PLV

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 Passed committee

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.

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 House

HB25-1238 Gun Show Requirements More nuisance anti-gun regulations. Passed Senate , PLV (except one D voted no)

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. Passed Senate committee, PLV

HB25-1241 Public Accessibility of Emissions Records If I am reading this right, every building owner that creates any pollutant (read CO2 from a gas fired furnace) to track the output of their building and publically post it on a website they are required to create. More rules to shut down home rentals and for that matter home ownership. Passed committee, PLV

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 House

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 committee, PLV

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 House, 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. Passed committee, PLV

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 second committee, PLV

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

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. Passed House

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

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. Passed committee, 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 Passed House and Senate

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 House second committee, PLV

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

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 Senate

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 committee, PLV

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 committee, PLV

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 second House committee

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. Passed House second reading

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 Senate, PLV

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. House

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

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. Passed House committee, PLV

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.

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 first committee, PLV

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

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 committee

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 committee

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. Passed House second reading

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 committee, PLV

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 committee

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. Passed Senate

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. Passed Senate

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.

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March 29, 2025

1. This Right Shall not be Questioned

2. Constitution Banned From House Podium

3. EO for Election Integrity

4. 2025 Good Bills and Bad Bills

5. Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Every Monday

1. This Right Shall not be Questioned

This week the semi-automatic ban and gun registration bill was given final approval by both the House and the Senate (SB25-003). Does the legislature’s passage of this bill square up with Colorado’s constitutional Bill of Rights? The US Constitution’s Second Amendment declares that the right to bear arms shall not be infringed, but the Colorado Bill of Rights is even more explicit:

Art. II, Section 13

“The right of no person to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property, or in aid of the civil power when thereto legally summoned, shall be called in question; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to justify the practice of carrying concealed weapons.”

Back in 1876 the bad guy might be one to most likely conceal their pistol, so they made that exception (which does not prohibit concealed carry laws, it just cuts it out of the constitutional right category for Colorado law), but beyond that exception, the right to keep and bear arms shall not be questioned.

The founders of our state wanted to make it perfectly clear that owning and controlling the weapons you might need to defend yourself and your family is none of the government’s business, period!

Senate bill 003 reduces most semi-automatic guns to a privilege granted by government (and makes you pay for that privilege) rather than a constitutional right. Any legislator (or governor) who supports SB25-003 is clearly violating their oath of office.

2. Constitution Banned From House Podium

Sometimes you just cannot make this stuff up. Representative Ken Degraff had a sticker on his laptop that quoted a portion of the Second Amendment: “shall not be infringed.” He was told that he could not display that in the well of the Colorado House because it was offensive. He complied, but not before making the point that apparently the US Constitution is no longer welcome in the Colorado House.

Personally I don’t think I would have complied. House rules like that do not deserve anything more than contempt. However, at least the story got out nationally, so now people across the nation can see what a despicable circus the Democrat leadership has made of the Colorado House and our Constitution.

3. EO for Election Integrity

Bravo for this order from President Trump. It is a first, great start to correcting much of what has gone wrong with our election systems. It doesn’t address everything that needs to be fixed, but it is a great first step in the right direction.

Of course the left is slamming his order as unconstitutional, but if you actually read the order he is simply exercising his executive powers to enforce existing federal law. This should be interesting as he works at enforcing this order, well before the 2026 election…

4. 2025 Good Bills and Bad Bills

513 bills have now been introduced. Here is my current list of the best and the worst of the session, along with their current 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. Passed Senate