August 19, 2023
1. Open Primary Lawsuit Fund is over $30,000
Thank you to all who have stepped up and contributed to this lawsuit fund!
2. Colorado AQCC Passes Ban on Gas Appliances in Large Buildings
3. Trump is Indicted, Again
4. Lindell’s Election Summit
5. The Next Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Monday Morning
1. Open Primary Lawsuit Fund is over $30,000
Thank you to all who have stepped up and contributed to this lawsuit fund!
It is exciting to watch as more are sending in what they can to fund the lawsuit against Colorado’s open primary law. I have been spending a great deal of my reporting on this vital project and, if you haven’t contributed already, I am still urging you be a part of this course correction to Colorado’s election laws. For more details click here.
2. Colorado AQCC Passes Ban on Gas Appliances in Large Buildings
In true Owellian fashion the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission published this headline on Thursday:
“Colorado establishes new standards for large buildings to use less energy, reduce costs for owners and tenants“
Say what? How can a regulation that will effectively ban all gas appliances in large buildings reduce costs for owners and tenants? Think furnaces, and cooking equipment in public buildings, apartment buildings, churches, schools and hospitals. The industries affected say that many buildings will never be able to meet these strict standards and for the rest it will take billions of dollars.
Why don’t they just come out and say we are banning natural gas in large buildings? And don’t think for a minute the rest of us in smaller buildings will not be next on their list? This is an absurd dream cooked up in the fevered brain of very extreme environmental activists.
Oh, and where is the governor who appointed these draconian despots? Or am I being too kind to their description?
3. Trump is Indicted, Again
Once again a hyper-partisan DA is trying to make a name for him/herself by torturing their written statutes in a desperate move to silence President Trump and those around him. This time, in Georgia, several other people were also indicted, including two friends of mine who have close ties to Colorado. Due to my personal connection to these two who were attorneys for President Trump (but not at this time) I can assure you they are not guilty of any wrongdoing. This is a political witch hunt and anyone with a reasonable sense of justice knows this is a terrible farce. I trust cooler heads will prevail and those DAs who are abusing their legal systems will be held accountable for their reckless actions.
And… is there any connection to recent, substantial reports of more graft and abuse of power by the current occupant in the White House? I smell a distraction from the real story of the week.
4. Lindell’s Election Summit
Last Wednesday and Thursday Mike Lindell hosted his third summit on election issues. I watched most of it and found it to be the most comprehensive overview of significant weaknesses in US election systems, the resulting fraud that casts a long shadow doubt on too many election results and the proactive work that concerned citizens are engaged in to correct these glaring problems.
If you have been following these issues you are probably familiar with much of what was covered at this year’s summit. I will also say that if you are not yet convinced election fraud is a significant problem which must be cured, you have some homework to do and this summit is a really good way to start.
Go to frankspeech.com. Currently on their front page are dozens of clips from the summit.
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August 12, 2023
1. Open Primary Lawsuit Fund is Growing
2. Colorado AQCC Poised to Ban Gas Appliances in Large Buildings
3. Trump is Indicted, Again
4. A Transgender Story Before Congress
5. The Next Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Monday Morning
1. Open Primary Lawsuit Fund is Growing
As I reported last week, the Colorado State GOP has filed the long anticipated federal lawsuit against Colorado’s open primary. On Monday, July 31, the lawsuit was filed in the 10th District Court.
This was announced to the state GOP central committee meeting last Saturday and over $8,000 was added to the fund for the lawsuit! This brings the total raised to over $25,000. There is still a long way to go, but more and more people are joining in to challenge this unconstitutional Colorado law.
For more information on this lawsuit and how you can help click here.
2. Colorado AQCC Poised to Ban Gas Appliances in Large Buildings
The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission will be holding a public hearing this coming week on banning the use of natural gas in large buildings. It applies to all types of large buildings (50,000+ sq feet) except for manufacturing and “agriculture” (read marijuana grow buildings). Included in the large building regulation are public buildings, apartment buildings, churches and schools. This is Polis’ idea on how to grow the economy? It is estimated that it will take billions of dollars to comply and we will ultimately pay the bill.
It is true that this is currently only for very big buildings, but the original bill said 10,000 sq feet, and I am told it was the Republican senators who managed to get that changed to 50,000. The intention was for much smaller buildings and if it works for the big buildings, the next step will most probably be eliminate the gas furnace and every other gas powered appliance in your home. For more information click here and stay tuned, I will try to keep you posted.
3. Report From John Strand
John Strand grew up just a couple of miles from where I live. He is now a political prisoner in a federal prison. I can hardly believe what I am writing, but it is a true story. I will be reporting on John’s situation often so that we do not forget that far too many leaders in our government have become despotic rulers.
Here is what John posted two days ago:
“Today is August 10th, 2023, and I’ve now been in federal prison for 16 days and will lose another 958 days of my life being locked in cell. I love my country. I am not a criminal. I am a political prisoner in the United States of America. Thank you for praying for me.”
His story can be found at JohnStrand.com.
4. A Transgender Story Before Congress
Recently a young lady told a congressional committee how she was sucked into the transgender world and how it ruined her body and her future. This is a wakeup call that parents need to listen to as it is an all too common story happening in our public schools. I am currently working on a documentary that tells the story of one family here in Colorado. We expect to release the film this fall.
For the testimony of this one, very courageous young lady, click here.
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BTW, last week I reported on the Convention of States Simulation, but I neglected to give the link to the video of the event, here is that link.
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,P.O. Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513.
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado(RSCC) is composed of conservative leaders within the Republican caucus of the Colorado legislature.
August 5, 2023
note: I am filing this report later than usual to include information concerning the state GOP central committee meeting held today.
1. Open Primary Lawsuit is Filed
2. Article V Convention Simulation
3. New Colorado GOP Vice-Chairman
4. The Next Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Monday Morning
1. Open Primary Lawsuit is Filed
The Colorado State GOP has filed the long anticipated federal lawsuit against Colorado’s open primary. Last Monday, July 31, the lawsuit was filed in the 10th District Court. The fund raising for the suit continues to go on, but on the strength of the initial funds received we thought it best to file now, well in advance of the 2024 primary election, with the possibility of fixing this unconstitutional policy before one more election cycle ticks by. Stay tuned for more information and please send in a few (or more) dollars. We need everyone to stand with us, against this unconstitutional and very damaging Colorado law. To contribute now click here.
Breaking News: At the state GOP central committee meeting today several thousand dollars was contributed to the lawsuit find, giving our fundraising efforts a big boost! I have not yet compiled all of the information, but should have those numbers in next week’s edition. Thanks to all who have contributed, it has really helped move us forward in this important work.
2. Article V Convention Simulation
This week I was a commissioner at the Convention of States Article V Simulation. This three day simulation of an Article V convention of states was a demonstration of how an Article V convention could be conducted. It was held in Williamsburg, Virginia. Forty-nine states were represented, primarily made up of state legislators and former legislators, such as myself.
This was the second simulation that The Convention of States Foundation has conducted, the first being in 2016. At both events I was a commissioner from Colorado and served as the chairman of the Fiscal Restraints Committee.
The first day, August 2, was primarily a travel day as the commissioners arrived from across the country and an introductory reception and program was conducted in the evening. On Thursday we organized, selecting the presiding president and held the committee meetings. These were marathon meetings, lasting about seven hours, which was still not enough time to fully examine and prepare the proposed amendments, but having done this before I knew what was coming and we got as far as was possible in the allotted time.
The commissioners for this simulation, most being state legislators, were well acquainted with the process of legislation and they dug much deeper into the details than the first simulation in 2016. It took more time (which I expected) but yielded a better quality outcome. In my committee we covered many proposals, and at the end of that day had one ready for the convention’s general session on Friday, August 4. This was arguably the most important proposal the simulation adopted. It was a balanced budget amendment, which is one of the first steps we must take to rein in the federal government’s out of control spending (and out of control regulating of our individual lives).
Other amendments adopted included term limits for members of Congress, a requirement that the Supreme Court be held to nine court justices and some clamping down on federal regulatory issues.
One important point must be emphasized. The only action Article V authorizes a convention of the states to do is to propose amendments. There is no authority in article V for the convention to ratify any amendments on their own or change the ratification process in any way. After the convention proposes any amendments the proposed amendments must go back to the individual 50 states for ratification. This requires 3/4 of the states (38) to ratify for any amendment to become a part of the Constitution.
If a convention were to take any additional action, such as declaring a proposed amendment to have the force of constitutional law, or change the ratification process in any way it would cease to be an Article V convention and lose all constitutional authority to function. Despite what many critics say about an Article V convention of states, it is impossible for such a convention to “run away.” The Constitution leaves no room for such a development.
To see this for yourself, tune into the recording of this simulation. It can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeJACprcAFQ
3. New Colorado GOP Vice-Chairman
Congratulations to Hope Scheppelman for winning the vote for Colorado GOP vice Chairman. Hope is from La Plata county on the Western Slope, giving a better regional representation for the GOP leadership. I wish her all the best in this new role.
Also at the state GOP central committee meeting today we heard video greetings from the major presidential candidates, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy. A controversial amendment to the state GOP bylaws called amendment 7 was defeated after much lively debate and, as reported earlier in this report, several thousand dollars was raised in support of the case the party just filed challenging the open primary here in Colorado
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July 29, 2023
1. Have You Contributed to the Open Primary Lawsuit?
2. As Evidence Mounts, this Deserves an Indictment
3. Best Political Ad of the Season
4. Article V Convention Simulation
5. The Next Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Monday Morning
1. Have You Contributed to the Open Primary Lawsuit?
We hope to file the lawsuit very soon, but it cannot be done before we have raised the money we need to pay all it takes to successfully conduct a suit in federal court. Please don’t delay. We need everyone who is concerned about the current, unconstitutional open primary in Colorado to chip in what they can. For more information click here.
Click here to donate now.
2. As Evidence Mounts, this Deserves an Indictment
No, I don’t mean another baseless charge against Biden’s political enemy. I mean the current occupant in the White House who is probably guilty of “high crimes and misdemeanors,” as expressed in the Constitution. Here is a good description of where this stands right now.
3. Best Political Ad of the Season
This needs no introduction. Carve out a couple of minutes and watch this ad for a US Senate candidate in Virginia.
4. Article V Convention Simulation
Next week the Convention of States will conduct a simulation of an Article V convention of states. Commissioners from 49 states are scheduled to attend the convention simulation in Williamsburg Virginia on August 2-4. I will be attending and will serve as the chairman for the Fiscal Restraints Committee.
Because I will be an active participant in the simulation (and I have to immediately fly back to Colorado to attend the Colorado GOP central committee meeting the next day) the report for next week may be published a day later than usual.
In my next report I hope to give my observations of this historic event, which is designed to show the world that a convention of states, under the provisions of Article V is a legitimate and appropriate means for the states to directly propose amendments to the US Constitution (and take back the much needed, originally intended, constitutional authority of the individual states). It is nothing more and nothing less. Read Federalist paper #85 for the details.
Better yet, watch the final day of proceedings yourself, online. go to https://www.cossimulation2023.org/ for all of the information on a significant event you should watch.
5. The Next Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Monday Morning
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fmr Colorado State Senator
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Donations can be sent to:
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado,P.O. Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513.
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado(RSCC) is composed of conservative leaders within the Republican caucus of the Colorado legislature.
July 22, 2023
1. Republicans Should Choose Republican Candidates
2. Election Integrity Meeting in San Luis Valley
3. Big Stories From Congress
4. The Next Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Monday Morning
1. Republicans Should Choose Republican Candidates
In 2022 more than twice as many unaffiliated voters received a Republican ballot in the primary than registered Republicans and nearly 40% of those who voted in the Republican primary were not registered Republicans.
The Republican state central committee voted to challenge this open primary in federal court and the party’s executive board has also voted to move forward with this lawsuit. We only need one more step to make it so. We need your help to fund this vital project. For more information click here.
2. Election Integrity Summit in San Luis Valley
An important meeting was held in the San Luis Valley this week and about 9,000 people have watched it virtually. It is over two hours and worth every minute you can spare to watch it. If your time is limited watch Dr. Douglas Frank’s speech, starting at about the 1:30 mark. If you have any doubts that the elections need to be seriously cleaned up, please check this out. These are national experts who have convincing evidence that our elections are way too vulnerable to fraud. Click here to view the summit.
3. Big Stories From Congress
Several significant stories recently came out of Congress. I try to keep these reports concise, so with this many stories I am just giving the headlines and links:
House Passes Strong National Defence Act
IRS Whistleblowers Testify in Congress
Censorship Hearing
Senator Grassley Releases FBI Document Verifying Biden Bribes
Click here for the link to the story.
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Donations can be sent to:
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado,P.O. Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513.
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado(RSCC) is composed of conservative leaders within the Republican caucus of the Colorado legislature.
July 15, 2023
1. Open Primary Lawsuit Fund at $16,500
2. RSCC and GOP to Conduct Training Session in Castle Rock
3. Arizona Governor Shows Her True Colors
4. Mickey is Dead
5. The Next Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Monday Morning
1. Open Primary Lawsuit Fund at $16,500
The number keeps rising, but we are waiting for your donation as well. This total includes a matching pledge of $3,000 that will match anyone contributing from House District 6 in Denver or anyone from Larimer County. $500 has already been contributed through this matching fund, but $2500 still remains to be matched! To help meet this match please email me at SenatorLundberg@gmail.com about your contribution.
For more information on how you can be a part of this vital campaign click here. And pass this link on to everyone you know.
2. RSCC and GOP to Conduct Training Session in Castle Rock
On Friday, August 4, a first ever training session will be conducted by the state GOP and the Republican Study Committee of Colorado. The event will be held in Castle Rock. This will be in-depth political training for citizens, candidates and elected officials. Here is a link for more details.
3. Arizona Governor Shows Her True Colors
After the very questionable results of the 2022 election in Arizona, Katy Hobbs is now called the governor of that state. Here is a quick video of how she handles hard questions. You be the judge…
4. Mickey is Dead
A friend of mine is telling her children that Mickey is dead as Disney continues to fall down the woke pit, now inventing alphabet (LBGT…) characters to be a part of historical dramas. Here is the latest example I have run across.
‘Insulting’: Disney+ invents person’s homosexuality in famous true story
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Donations can be sent to:
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado,P.O. Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513.
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado(RSCC) is composed of conservative leaders within the Republican caucus of the Colorado legislature.
July 8, 2023
1. Open Primary Lawsuit Fund at $15,000
2. Christian School Sues Department of Early Childhood
3. Halderman Report on Georgia Voting Equipment Released
4. The Next Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Monday Morning
1. Open Primary Lawsuit Fund at $15,000
From pledges and completed contributions the Open Primary lawsuit fund is now over $15,000! That puts us at 30% of our initial goal. This total includes a matching pledge of $3,000 that will match anyone contributing from House District 6 in Denver or anyone from Larimer County. To help meet this match please email me at SenatorLundberg@gmail.com about your contribution.
This matching system is a great way to motivate others to get involved. If you would like to start a match please email me at SenatorLundberg@gmail.com to help set it up.
2. Christian School Sues Department of Early Childhood
The governor’s early childhood department is being sued by a Christian school because the department is insisting the school must not require their teachers to be committed believers, in line with the school’s religious beliefs. This is a direct violation of the First Amendment and federal law.
It is not a surprise that the governor would try to slip this regulation in. It is quite consistent with the popular government attitude that all citizens must set their individual values aside, especially their religious values.
However, last month’s U.S. Supreme Court unanimous decision, Groff v. DeJoy fortified the law’s respect for religious freedom. The Christian school case filed against the Colorado Department of Early Childhood should have a better prospect for success in the light of several recent decisions from the Court.
3. Halderman Report on Georgia Voting Equipment Released
Questions concerning the integrity of the election machines in Georgia are growing as the Halderman report was released to the public.J. Alex Halderman, who is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Director of the Center for Computer Security and Society, and Director of the Software Systems Laboratory at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor authored the report. It pointed out significant problems with the Dominion voting equipment. The report had been held by a court, who finally released it to the public. Here is an article giving the pertinent details.
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The Republican Study Committee of Colorado,P.O. Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513.
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado(RSCC) is composed of conservative leaders within the Republican caucus of the Colorado legislature.
July 4, 2023
Special Independence Day Edition
Happy Independence Day!
In the celebration of our nation’s founding we are accustomed to parades, fireworks, backyard barbecues and time with friends and family. But it should also be a time of reflection on why our nation was founded and why that is so important.
Let me recommend a hard task for this day of celebration. I tried it myself and it has reinvigorated my resolve to renew that which is best in our nation. It is a task that will take some time and a great deal of concentration. Carefully read Washington’s Farewell Address. It is not an easy read, but our first president packed into this single document all of the counsel he thought best to give to his beloved nation upon his final retirement.
To get started here is a key paragraph, found in the middle of his address. President Washington covers many important subjects, but fundamental to all of his counsel is this primary requirement. “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.” This is the key to good government, and in today’s culture far too many of our citizens and leaders have forgotten this essential starting point.
Again, please have a happy and productive Independence Day.
“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”
For Life and Liberty!
Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator
July 1, 2023
1. Open Primary Lawsuit Fund Continues to Grow
2. Major Decisions From SCOTUS
3. The Next Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Monday Morning
1. Open Primary Lawsuit Fund Continues to Grow
From pledges and completed contributions the lawsuit fund is over $12,000! The best estimates we have for the federal court case is $50,000, plus any appeals. That puts us at 24% of the initial goal and we have just scratched the surface of our Republican base in Colorado. Less than 100 people have responded so far.
To all those who have already helped, thank you for launching this worthy campaign. Please take one more step by sending this information to others who may be interested in joining the team.
If you haven’t done your part yet, please get it done today! We need, at the very least, hundreds of Colorado citizens to be a part of this essential campaign to challenge the unconstitutional open primary.
For more information on how you can be a part of this vital campaign click here. And pass this link on to everyone you know.
2. Major Decisions From SCOTUS
The Supreme Court always ends their session in June, and true to form, releases the biggest decisions in the final few days. Therefore this week contained some big news, and from my perspective most of it was good news.
Probably at the top of the list was the Creative 303 case which settled the ambiguities which the cake baker, Jack Phillips’ case created in 2018. Both were from Colorado and both were questions of can a professional in a creative field be forced to create work that goes against their religious (moral) values. In 2018 the court ruled in favor of Jack Phillips, but they did not clearly specify that the First Amendment’s freedom of religion was the basis for their decision. Hence Mr. Phillips is still in court, being sued again for refusing to create a cake that violated his conscience. The Creative 303 case should make it clear that it is not against the law to refuse to perform a service that violates one’s religious values.
In the same theme of honoring the First Amendment’s protection of religious freedom, a postal worker (Groff) won his case with a unanimous decision. The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously in favor of a Christian postal worker who refused to work Sundays because of his faith. This clarifies the First Amendment protections individuals have, even in the workplace.
The court also struck down affirmative action policies for college admissions, Biden’s attempt to forgive hundreds of Billions of dollars of student loans and the independent state legislature theory.
I didn’t agree with every part of every decision, but overall this was a good year for the Supreme Court as their priority has been expanding freedom and restricting government control. The conservatives on this court are on the people’s side of freedom for most of the issues.
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The Republican Study Committee of Colorado,P.O. Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513.
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado(RSCC) is composed of conservative leaders within the Republican caucus of the Colorado legislature.
June 24, 2023
1. Open Primary Lawsuit Fund is Now Over $10,000
2. Biden’s “Justice”
3. The Next Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Monday Morning
1. Open Primary Lawsuit Fund is Now Over $10,000
From pledges and completed contributions the lawsuit fund is over $10,000! The best estimates we have for the federal court case is $50,000, plus any appeals. That puts us at 20% of the initial goal and we have just scratched the surface of our Republican base in Colorado.
Thank you to all who have already helped. If you haven’t yet, please join the team today! Get the word out. We need, at the very least, hundreds of Colorado citizens to be a part of this essential campaign to challenge the unconstitutional open primary.
For more information on how you can be a part of this vital campaign click here. And pass this link on to everyone.
2. Biden’s “Justice”
I have often mentioned the complete miscarriage of justice the Biden administration has been engaging in and the events in the past few days of his son getting no more than “a slap on the wrist” is just one more chapter in this ugly story. All of this while many true patriots are are still in prison as political prisoners of this corrupt regime.
Recently I learned of one young man whose story needs to be told to everyone. I cannot tell his story as well as he can. Click here for his website and here for the video of his story.
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June 17, 2023
1. Funding for the Open Primary Lawsuit is Up and Running!
2. Tucker Takes the Gloves Off
3. Polis Vetoes First Right of Refusal Bill
4. Trump
5. The Next Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Monday Morning
1. Funding for the Open Primary Lawsuit is Up and Running!
Over this past week we have begun to get the word out and already several thousands of dollars have been given or pledged by dozens of citizens from across Colorado. Please join the team! We need, at the very least, hundreds of Colorado citizens to be a part of this essential campaign to challenge the unconstitutional open primary.
For more information helping us today in this vital campaign click here.
2. Tucker Takes the Gloves Off
3. Polis Vetoes First Right of Refusal Bill
The 30 days have elapsed in which Governor Polis could veto any bills passed by the legislature. He vetoed a record ten bills, most of which were not on my Best Bills and Worst Bills lists. To check out all of those ten bills click here.
The one bill on my worst bill list he did veto was HB-1190 Affordable Housing Right Of First Refusal. This bill would have forced multi-family property owners give the local government 90 days to review any property sale and buy it for the same terms the owner made with a private purchaser. It was a terrible idea that would have put the housing market in complete turmoil. Even big-government Polis recognized how incredibly dangerous this would have been.
4. Trump
Much speculation is occuring about the future of Trump’s campaign for president in the light of the recent indictment. I have already stated this is dripping with an underhanded, ugly political tactic.
I am disappointed with some Republican leaders who are jumping out in front of this train and saying Trump is done or any conviction from these charges should totally eliminate Trump’s campaign. This amounts to kicking him after he was already down. And remember, he is still way ahead of any other contenders in the polling data.
I have not taken any side on the Republican presidential race, but let’s keep this contest out of the gutter and not be swayed by the desperate attempts of the left to destroy Donald Trump. For now, here is one reasonable analysis of the current charges leveled against former President Trump.
5. The Next Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Monday Morning
The next Zoom call will include a report from the former chair of the Colorado Republican Party on Proposition HH.
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June 10, 2023
1. We Launched Campaign to Challenge the Open Primary at Summit
2. Trump is Innocent, Biden is Guilty – Let Justice Prevail
3. Other News From the Left
4. The Next Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Monday Morning
1. We Launched Campaign to Challenge the Open Primary at the Summit
I am attending the Western Conservative Summit today at the Denver Convention Center. Sponsored by CCU’s Centennial Institute, this is an incredible gathering of conservative leaders from across the nation, grassroots activists and everyday citizens. At the Summit we rolled out the Colorado GOP campaign to challenge the open primary. Many people were introduced to the idea and we immediately got $3600 in pledges (a good start towards a much larger need).
Federal lawsuits are expensive, but if everyone pitches in we can aggressively challenge this unconstitutional, unworkable law that is crushing the two-party system here in Colorado.
These could be the most cost efficient dollars you invest in our state’s future. There is a lot that needs to be done to clean up our elections in Colorado and this is the first and most productive step we must take right now.
Please join us by contributing to the funds that have been set up to launch this significant challenge to Colorado’s open primary system.
You may give directly to the Colorado Republican Party with a donation that is not tax deductible, but also does not count towards the contribution limits for donations to the party. This is because these funds will not be used for the endorsement or promotion of any political candidates. The link to donate is:
secure.anedot.com/colorado-republican-party/legal-fund
To mail checks:
5950 S. Willow Drive, Suite 210, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Please specify that this is for the open primary lawsuit.
A fund has also been set up with the Claremont Institute for Constitutional Jurisprudence, which is a 501(c)(3) organization and these contributions can be tax-deductible when itemizing your tax deductions. Please specify that this is for the Colorado open primary lawsuit. The link to donate is: http://ccjlitigation.com The mailing address for checks is on the website link.
Here is a picture I collected from the Summit of the 76 young people who spent all week in their youth program:
2. Trump is Innocent, Biden is Guilty – Let Justice Prevail
It doesn’t take a Phd in political science to figure out that the Biden administration is targeting Trump with this latest indictment as an attempt to take Trump out before the 2024 election. In banana republic style Biden is callously using his raw police power to intimidate his political rival.
I pray for true justice to prevail, but my trust in the federal justice system is at an all time low. We have all seen how they are treating anyone who was found to be in the vicinity of the Capitol building on January 6…
Biden and his cronies are playing with political and judicial handgrenades. If justice is measured out properly it might justly blow up in their face.
3. Other News From the Left
For news from around the country, here are a few snippets of what the left has been doing:
Threatening our food supply:
America Signs Global Climate Agreement to Crack Down on Farming
Doctoring evidence for Congress:
J6 committee doctored key evidence, added audio to silent camera footage!
Branding parental rights groups as hate and anti-American.
SPLC Labels Parental Rights Advocates as ‘Hate and Anti-Government Groups’
Shutting down a children’s choir while singing the national anthem because they dared to sing the fourth verse. Note that they were told to stop right after they sang the words “in God is our Trust.”
Children’s choir director responds to police claim they didn’t stop national anthem
Arresting a Christian who dared to peacefully protest a homosexual event. Note that he was arrested right after he made a reference to God just loud enough to be heard across the street at the 2:15 mark.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/NXbzrxEuL54?start=325&feature=oembedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXbzrxEuL54&t=325s
The Air Force is publicly celebrating “Pride Month.”
Move over American flag. Now U.S. troops salute ‘rainbow flag’
4. The Next Breakfast Club Zoom Call is Monday Morning
The next Zoom call will include a report from Erin Lee on transgender grooming in the Poudre School District.
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June 3, 2023
1. GOP is Launching Campaign to Challenge the Open Primary
2. CEA Resolution is Very Hard Left
3. Medical Mutilation of Minors is Not a Good Idea
4. Colorado Bubble Law is Challenged
5. The Next Breakfast Club Zoom Call is on June 5
1. GOP is Launching Campaign to Challenge the Open Primary
The Colorado Republican Party is launching a campaign to raise the funds for a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the open primary system in Colorado.
Under the leadership of the GOP chairman Dave Williams the state executive board voted to proceed with the lawsuit. He appointed me to be the chairman of the Lawsuit and Legal Affairs Committee, with the responsibility of overseeing the fundraising and proper disbursement of those funds for this important effort.
Details of how you can help will be published later in the next several days. As a part of the Republican Study Committee of Colorado’s booth at the Western Conservative Summit (June 9&10) we will also be spreading the word to get this train moving fast. For more information about the campaign click here.
2. CEA Resolution is Very Hard Left
The Colorado Education Association, the state’s biggest teachers union adopted the following resolution in April:
“The CEA believes that capitalism inherently exploits children, public schools, land, labor, and resources. Capitalism is in opposition to fully addressing systemic racism (the school to prison pipeline), climate change, patriarchy (gender and LGBTQ disparities), education inequality, and income inequality.”
Parents, they aren’t hiding it anymore and I don’t have to give much commentary. This is what our public schools have become (with our bloated property and income taxes). For more details click here.
3. Medical Mutilation of Minors is Not a Good Idea
SB-188 (signed by Polis in April) may have created a big problem for medical malpractice insurers in Colorado, which will translate into a bigger problem for the medical industry that relies on malpractice insurance, and an even bigger problem for citizens of Colorado who rely on their medical care. The bill requires the insurance companies to cover all legal (in Colorado) medical procedures, including sex-change mutilation of minors.
Why could that be a problem? Read this story about a major insurer in Australia dropping the coverage (which Colorado law, thanks to SB-188, now requires insurance companies to include in their policies). This Austrailian insurance company made this decision because they recognize the huge risk of future lawsuits from people who may regret the surgery later in life.
This reminds me of a crisis Colorado had many years ago because the cost of malpractice insurance was driving obstetrical doctors out of the state.
4. Colorado Bubble Law is Challenged
The bubble law, adopted in the 1990’s and upheld by the US Supreme Court in 2000 is being challenged by First Liberty, a legal defense team that works nationwide defending the First Amendment. Because the overturn last year of Roe v. Wade has shed new legal light on the First Amendment rights of individual citizens, free speech on public streets and sidewalks may once again be a reality in Colorado.
I never did agree with the bubble law that made it a crime to talk to anyone about abortion within 100 feet of an abortion clinic. Click here for the details.
5. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call on June 5
The next Zoom call will be on Monday, June 5. We took last week off for Memorial Day, and have much to discuss this coming Monday.
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May 27, 2023
1. Will I See You at the WCS?
2. Real Conservatism
3. Girls Sports
4. Colorado Treasurer on Possible US Debt Default
5. No Call on Memorial Day – Join the Next Breakfast Club Zoom Call on June 5
1. Will I See You at the WCS?
The Western Conservative Summit is less than two weeks away. I hope you are already registered to attend this big gathering of conservatives, possibly the biggest in the Rocky Mountain West. The lineup of speakers, workshops and exhibits is an impressive whos who of conservative leaders from around the country.
It will be held June 9-10, 2023 at the Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St., Denver, CO 80202
If the cost is a concern, Scholarships are available to attend.
Please email centennial@ccu.edu if you would like to receive a scholarship to attend the Western Conservative Summit.
Let’s join together in our fight to keep the West strong for future generations!
2. Real Conservatism
Speaking of conservatism, Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation gave a powerful and very significant speech to the National Conservatism U. K. Conference earlier this month. It will take some time and effort to review, but he gives some very good insight into what conservatism means and why we must hold fast to these timeless truths. Please check this out. Click here to begin.
3. Girls Sports
The Left is exposing their irrationality with the whole trans movement and nothing could make it more clear than what they are doing to women’s sports. In a recent women’s bike race here in Colorado I am told the second and third place winners didn’t even attend the awards ceremony because they were cheated out of their true winning positions by a man who played the trans card and took first place in the race.
Here is a story from California where parents are being shamed into compliance with these absurd policies.
4. Colorado Treasurer on Possible US Debt Default
Much attention has been given to the possible US debt default. I expect the Biden administration will eventually relent from their position of no spending cuts at all. I also heartily applaud Speaker McCarthy for insisting on linking spending cuts to raising the debt ceiling. Lets just hope that those cuts be meaningful and really start to turn around the out of control spending we have had for far too long.
State Treasurer Dave Young recently gave his perspective on how a default would affect Colorado government. That interview can be found here.
5. The Next Breakfast Club Zoom Call on June 5
The next Zoom call will be on June 5. Have a great and meaningful Memorial day this coming Monday!
Every Monday morning (except holidays) 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.
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,P.O. Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513.
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado(RSCC) is composed of conservative leaders within the Republican caucus of the Colorado legislature.
May 20, 2023
1. A Report From the Left
2. HH – Created by the Polis Extortion Act
3. Larimer County Lincoln Day Dinner
4. General Session Bills
5. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
1. A Report From the Left
I begin this week’s report from an unlikely source: A far-left group called “Right Wing Watch.” They generate emails that, in their words, “Help expose the Far-Right’s extreme and intolerant agenda.” I recently ran across their report on a new project at the Family Research Council (FRC). Being quite familiar with FRC I read it and was quite surprised that they were somewhat accurate in their description.
I bring this to your attention to show how very different the perspectives are in today’s culture. Yes, they do add a few twists to the narrative, claiming FRC denies legal equality for all citizens and labeling FRC with promoting “false Christian nationalist history,” but if you tease out their obvious bias there is a clear description of FRC’s activities and somehow this group thinks that it is dangerous and wrong.
Bravo for FRC standing up for true principles, so much so that even their enemies give FRC credit for their new project, though their intentions are the exact opposite. It is also an example of how objective truth has been replaced with vacuous speculation in the minds of far too many people.
2. HH – Created by the Polis Extortion Act
Proposition HH will be on the November ballot and because it is such an ugly shell game the governor is playing with the people of Colorado I will be covering this issue from several angles. Here is an analysis that my good friend, Maurice Emmer prepared on this proposal.
3. Larimer County Lincoln Day Dinner
This is a repeat announcement because the Larimer GOP is stepping out with a great Lincoln Day dinner for 2023 and early ticket sales (and table sponsorships) will help get the upcoming election season off to a great start. The Larimer County Lincoln Day Dinner is set for September 9 and the party is launching the ticket sales right now to help cover the initial costs for the event. Please consider buying your ticket now for this important fund-raising and energy-creating event.
We have a great tradition of hosting one of the biggest and best Lincoln Day dinners in the state and this year should be a memorable event. For more information click here.
4. General Session Bills
For the duration of the 2023 legislative session I have tracked many significant bills. There is still one more step for many of these bills as the governor has 30 days after the session to sign, veto or allow them to become law without his signature. At the end of the that time period I will review what he did, but for now I will not publish the entire list every week. The final actions of the legislature may be found in my May 13 report, listed directly below this report edition.
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May 13, 2023
1. Ugly Session Ends in an Ugly Way
2. The Polis Extortion Acts
3. Larimer County Lincoln Day Dinner
4. General Session Bills
5. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
1. Ugly Session Ends in an Ugly Way
The session ended in the same way that all 120 days were conducted, relentlessly driving their radical agenda with little regard for maintaining decorum and process for the legislative system. Here is a press release the House Republicans sent out describing their repeated actions to shut down debate. In my 16 years in the legislature I never experienced such abuse of the process that was the standard for 2023.
To the credit of the Republicans in both chambers, they worked together to try to stop this out of control train. Several bad bills had some of their teeth pulled out and a few really bad ones were actually killed.
It got so bad on the last vote on the last bill (SB-303) the House Republicans actually walked out on the vote to protest the way they had been treated during the debate.
My hat is off to their tireless work in this ugly session!
2. The Polis Extortion Acts
At the very end of the session two bills were introduced, ostensibly to address the coming property tax increases. However, a careful reading reveals the deeper purpose – to dismantle the TABOR spending limits. It will take a few years to play out, but the tax increases in this bill, through a compounding growth of the state government spending limits, will make returning any money to the taxpayer a thing of the past.
Ben Murrey, from The Independence Institute describes the effect of SB-303 in this short video. The essence is if the change in TABOR is approved nex November (Proposition HH) property tax rates will be slightly reduced. Due to the assesment increases propoerty taxes will still go up significantly, but with prop HH the increase will be slightly less. If the people reject the change to TABOR refunds, no property tax rate reductions. That is called extortion. And then, as if that much coersion was not enough, in the final three days of the session another bill was introduced to flaten the TABOR reductions for next year, but agind, only if Prop HH passes. This is nothing more than a brazen effort to buy votes for Prop HH.
I call this bill (HB-1311) the Son of the Polis Extortion Act. The governor should not be rewarded for this ugly government trick.
3. Larimer County Lincoln Day Dinner
With the session behind us, it is time to turn our attention to other political efforts. Here in Larimer County the Lincoln Day Dinner is set for September 9. that may seem like a long way off, but the party needs to launch the ticket sales right now is help cover the initial costs for the event. Please consider buying your ticket now for this important fund-raising and energy-creating event. For more information click here.
4. General Session Bills
617 bills were introduced. Here is my final list of the 70 bills I consider most significant. It is still to be seen if the governor will veto any bill. but I have not heard any rumors that he will stop any of these bills that were eventually passed:
PLV means party line vote.
The best bills:
HB-1017 CONCERNING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ELECTRONIC SALES AND USE TAX SIMPLIFICATION SYSTEM I don’t like the Colorado sales tax system at all, and this does not repeal it, but it is designed to take a little bit of the pain out of collecting sales taxes. Passed
HB-1029 CONCERNING MEASURES TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING ADMINISTRATION OF A COVID-19 VACCINE TO A MINOR WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1038CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE It would make it more possible and economical to replace a stolen catalytic converter. Lost in first committee, PLV.
HB 1044 “SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT” This bill is designed to prohibit enforcement of federal laws that infringe on the right to bear arms. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1050 USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST A PERSON WHO HAS MADE AN ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO A PLACE OF BUSINESS The business version of the make my day law. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1054 CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY VALUATION This bill will smooth out the property tax explosion we will see if this bill does not pass. Lost in First Committee
HB-1055 PROHIBIT WIRELESS NETWORKING VOTING SYSTEMS They say the machines don’t have wireless connections, how about making it the law? Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1063 REDUCTION OF STATE INCOME TAX RATE to 3.5% Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1079 INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR NONPUBLIC EDUCATION This is a bill idea I first introduced nearly 20 years ago and somebody has carried it every year since then. The idea is sound, but the teacher’s union is opposed to it. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1080 RELIABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES This bill encourages nuclear and hydro power. Lost in first committee.
HB-1085 RURAL ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING CODES Extends the dates that rural areas have to adopt these new, restrictive codes. Lost in first committee
HB-1086 DUE PROCESS ASSET FORFEITURE ACT This places reasonable limits on civil forfeiture actions. Passed
HB-1119 ABOLISHING ABORTIONS IN COLORADO The bill title says it all. Thank you Rep. Bottoms for sponsoring this bill. With Roe overturned this is no longer an academic exercise. To vote against this bill is to condemn thousands of children to certain death. To vote for the bill is to give them life! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1127 Customer’s Right To Use Energy Prohibits local government from banning natural gas, etc. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1142 Information Of Person Reporting Child Abuse This eliminates anonymous reporting. Lost
HB-1150 Provide Information On Abortion Pill Reversal A pro-life bill lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1163 Revoke Carbon Dioxide Status As A Pollutant This is a scientifically accurate proposal! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1166 Repeal Retail Delivery Fees This needs no explanation. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1173 Modify Department Of Transportation Governance Make Transportation Commission members an elected positions. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1188 Authorizing a Public School to Offer Individualized Learning A form of public school at home – might have some merit… Lost
SB-025 “IN GOD WE TRUST” SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE Passed
SB-026PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA This will prohibit a bank from discriminating against a borrower because of a perceived environmental impact from the loan. The bill is designed to stop woke virtue signaling in the banking industry. Lost in first committee, PLV.
SB-079 NUCLEAR ENERGY AS A CLEAN ENERGY RESOURCE This bill states the obvious: nuclear is a clean energy. Lost in first committee, PLV
SB-108 Allowing Temporary Reductions In Property Tax Due Allows local governments to temporarily reduce property taxes Passed
SB-143 Retail Delivery Fees Gives some relief to the collection of retail delivery fees. Signed by governor.
SB-262 Study the feasibility of desalination for California and Mexico to supplement their needs for Colorado River water. It is about time that this gets into gear. I started recommending this nearly 20 years ago. Lost
The worst bills:
HB-1003 “SIXTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACT” Pass this and schools may start acting like mental health wards. Passed Senate, PLV
HB-1020 CONCERNING SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSES IN THE REGULATED MARIJUANA BUSINESS. First, what is a social equity license? Is it a streamlined licensing process? That may be a good idea, but not just for a privileged few. Simplify licensing, but do it for all. Better yet, get rid of most of the licensing authority of the state. Lost
HB-1057 CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS HAVE RESTROOMS WITH AMENITIES FOR ALL GENDERS. What are “all” genders? Both genders (which is self evident) or dozens of genders (which is absurd nonsense). Passed, PLV.
HB-1068 PET ANIMAL OWNERSHIP IN HOUSING This creates a whole new category of regulations for rental properties, including banning any extra deposits or rent increase for pets. Passed, PLV.
HB-1095 LIMITATIONS ON RENTAL AGREEMENTS This is a long list of what cannot be in a housing rental agreement. This will inevitably drive up the cost of renting in Colorado, which is already way too high. Passed
HB-1118 FAIR WORKWEEK EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS This looks like a union bill without the union. The bottom line is it makes it that much more complicated to hire somebody and will discourage businesses from creating more jobs and reduce potential wages for those jobs because of the additional costs of keeping employees. Lost in first committee
HB23-1154 Ballot Issue Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report More global warming nonsense. Lost in first committee
HB23-1165 County Authority To Prohibit Firearms Discharge Another gun control law which includes a prohibition on private property. Lost
HB-1171 Just Cause Requirement Eviction Of Residential Tenant More controls on rentals, increasing the cost of renting homes. Lost
HB_1185 Requirements For Recall Elections And Vacancies This is the recall protection act. It says that if a legislator is recalled, they must be replaced by someone from their own party. No longer would the voting citizens be able to switch the party for that office through a recall. Passed Senate, but partisan requirement for replacement candidates was removed from the bill. Signed by Governor.
HB-1190 Affordable Housing Right Of First Refusal Forcing property owners to give the local government 90 days to review any property sale and buy it for the same terms the owner made with a private purchaser. Passed, PLV.
HB-1202 Overdose Prevention Center Authorization This sets up illegal drug injection centers. That’s right, places where drug addicts can take illegal drugs without any legal consequences. Lost in Senate committee.
HB-1206 County Sheriffs and District Attorneys Requires all candidates for these offices to petition on to the ballot and eliminates any party affiliation from their election. This is another direct attack on the caucus system. Killed in Senate committee.
HB-1209 Analysis of a universal health-care system. First step to government funded medical care. Lost
HB-1210 Concerning Carbon Management -Just think of the possibilities here! Passed
HB-1219 Waiting Period To Deliver A Firearm Require three day wait to buy a firearm. Signed by governor.
HB-1230 Assault Weapons Ban Banning the manufacture, sale or transfer of any semi-automatic firearm that accepts a removable magazine and has a pistol grip, or other details they don’t like… Lost in House committee.
HB-1245 Campaign Restrictions on Municipality Elections Among other limitations, this bill prohibits political parties from contributing to a non-partisan race. Passed Senate.
HB-1254 Habitability of Rental Properties This bill will guarantee an increase in rental rates across the state as property owners will have to be prepared to pay significant costs if a tenant makes a habitability claim. Passed
HB-1272 (https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1272) Tax Policy That Advances Decarbonization Tax credits for “green” products and a property tax increase for oil and gas production (where is the required TABOR vote of the people?). Passed
HB-1294 Pollution Protection Measures This is a very long bill tightening up the control the state health department will have over emission controls for businesses, including oil and gas operations. This may eliminate oil and gas operations in Colorado. Passed
HB-1309 Changes to Film Production Tax Credit Converts these tax credits to come from TABOR refunds, up to $50 million. Passed House.
HB-1311 Identical Temporary TABOR Refund or Son of Polis Extortion Act Graft for most voters to pass Prop HH. Passed, PLV.
SB-016 PROMOTE REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN COLORADO This is a very dangerous bill, calling for ZERO CO2 emissions by 2050, and tightening up all target dates before that deadline. Passed, PLV.
SB-21 ORDERING OF NAMES ON PRIMARY BALLOTS This will weaken the assembly system by not making the top vote in the district assembly the top line on the primary ballot and makes all primary ballot names (by district assembly and by petition) random. It is one more step toward a jungle primary mess. My thanks to the bill sponsor for requesting the bill be killed in committee, which they did.
SB-101 Candidate Ballot Access For Primary Elections This bill will force all primary candidates to petition on to the ballot. Lost in first Committee
SB-105 Ensure Equal Pay For Equal Work More micro managing private businesses. This bill, intended to “help” employees, will discourage job growth. Passed
SB-111 Public Employees’ Workplace Protection Unionize government employees. Passed, PLV.
SB-168 Gun Violence Victims’ Access To Judicial System Allows a gun manufacturer or seller to be sued by anyone injured by a gun they made or sold to a third party. Was amended down to a nothing burger. Signed by governor.
SB-169 Increasing Minimum Age To Purchase Firearms From 18 to 21. Signed by governor.
SB-170 Extreme Risk Protection Order Petitions Expanding the red flag law. Signed by governor.
SB-175 Financing Of Downtown Development Authority Projects Extends URL tax schemes for several decades without a vote of the people. Passed
SB-184 Protections For Residential Tenants If I am reading this right, it requires a landlord to rent to the first person who applies for the property and it protects the renter from eviction if any violation of this law is claimed. There are several other absurd requirements, too many to list here. This could be the worst anti-landlord bill I have ever seen. The worst parts were amended out. Passed
SB-188 Protections for Accessing Reproductive Health Care Giving abortion doctors certain legal immunities. Signed by governor.
SB-189 Increasing Access to Reproductive Health-Care Forces medical insurance companies to provide abortions without deductibles and copays. Signed by governor.
SB-190 Deceptive Actions Regarding Pregnancy-Related Services Directly attacks crisis pregnancy centers. Signed by governor.
SB-198 Clean Energy Plans This is a very bad bill. It accelerates the push to eliminate coal fired electric utilities, putting immediate teeth into the governor’s plan to eliminate coal plants by 2030. Passed, PLV.
SB-213 Land Use Taking away local control from counties and municipalities on residential properties. Lost
SB-261 Direct Care Workforce Stabilization Board This will treat all direct care workforce people like they were in a union, run by the government! Passed, PLV.
SB23-276 Modifications To Laws Regarding Elections A very long bill (87 sections) that makes many changes to election law, including removing critical components to the recount procedures. Passed
SB-279 Unserialized Firearms And Firearm Components This makes “ghost guns” guns without serial numbers, illegal. Passed, PLV.
SB-292 Labor Requirements For Energy Sector Construction This looks like a forced union bill on big energy sector projects. Passed, PLV.
SB-301 Voting In Presidential Primary Elections Would have converted presidential elections to ranked choice voting. Lost in first committee.
SB-303 Polis Extortion Act Trade Small reduction in property tax rates for eliminating the tax refunds.
Passed, PLV with all Republicans walking out on the vote.
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May 6, 2023
1. The End of the Session is Next Monday
2. Election Integrity – The Bad News
3. Election Integrity – The Good News
4. General Session Bills
5. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
1. The End of the Session is Next Monday
Finally.
This has been the most brutal session I have ever seen and the worst is yet to come, as these bills become law and begin to do their dirty work on the people of Colorado.
The range of issues in the sights of the majority party has been breathtaking, with several bills on each broad category compounding their effect. Those issues include abortion, rental properties, energy production, gun control, parental rights, elections, employment regulations, gender and so-called “equity” issues, TABOR, property taxes, laying the groundwork for socialized medical care, land use codes and more nonsence global warming hysteria over “carbon.”
Elections have consequences and this year’s general session is a stark reminder of what that really means.
2. Election Integrity – The Bad News
Here are two articles that speak to the critical need we have to face the problems we have in our election systems and fix those problems before we lose our republic. The first is called Unrigging Our Elections. This article reviews the problems we are facing with the current elections systems in our country and some general suggestions on how to deal with these problems.
3. Election Integrity – The Good News
The second article looks at what Florida did to their election laws in 2021. In the 2022 elections the results were highly suspicious across the country, except in Florida. This article, focused on a Federal court ruling which upheld their election laws, also give the specific details of what they did to fortify their election systems.
Our republic depends upon election integrity and well earned confidence in that integrity. Today we have neither in Colorado and the results of the 2023 legislative session reflect that reality.
4. General Session Bills
616 bills have been introduced, and with three days to go, that will probably be the final total. It is possible for a bill to be passed in three days, but this year’s backlog of bills makes the possibility of pouring more into the mix very improbable. I have seen some really bad bills in past sessions, but never so many on such a wide range of issues. The session will finally be over Monday night.
Here is a brief summary of 69 bills I consider most significant:
PLV means party line vote.
The best bills:
HB-1017 CONCERNING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ELECTRONIC SALES AND USE TAX SIMPLIFICATION SYSTEM I don’t like the Colorado sales tax system at all, and this does not repeal it, but it is designed to take a little bit of the pain out of collecting sales taxes. Passed Senate committees.
HB-1029 CONCERNING MEASURES TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING ADMINISTRATION OF A COVID-19 VACCINE TO A MINOR WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1038CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE It would make it more possible and economical to replace a stolen catalytic converter. Lost in first committee, PLV.
HB 1044 “SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT” This bill is designed to prohibit enforcement of federal laws that infringe on the right to bear arms. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1050 USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST A PERSON WHO HAS MADE AN ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO A PLACE OF BUSINESS The business version of the make my day law. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1054 CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY VALUATION This bill will smooth out the property tax explosion we will see if this bill does not pass. Lost in First Committee
HB-1055 PROHIBIT WIRELESS NETWORKING VOTING SYSTEMS They say the machines don’t have wireless connections, how about making it the law? Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1063 REDUCTION OF STATE INCOME TAX RATE to 3.5% Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1079 INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR NONPUBLIC EDUCATION This is a bill idea I first introduced nearly 20 years ago and somebody has carried it every year since then. The idea is sound, but the teacher’s union is opposed to it. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1080 RELIABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES This bill encourages nuclear and hydro power. Lost in first committee.
HB-1085 RURAL ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING CODES Extends the dates that rural areas have to adopt these new, restrictive codes. Lost in first committee
HB-1086 DUE PROCESS ASSET FORFEITURE ACT This places reasonable limits on civil forfeiture actions. Passed Senate.
HB-1119 ABOLISHING ABORTIONS IN COLORADO The bill title says it all. Thank you Rep. Bottoms for sponsoring this bill. With Roe overturned this is no longer an academic exercise. To vote against this bill is to condemn thousands of children to certain death. To vote for the bill is to give them life! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1127 Customer’s Right To Use Energy Prohibits local government from banning natural gas, etc. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1142 Information Of Person Reporting Child Abuse This eliminates anonymous reporting. Passed House committees.
HB-1150 Provide Information On Abortion Pill Reversal A pro-life bill lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1163 Revoke Carbon Dioxide Status As A Pollutant This is a scientifically accurate proposal! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1166 Repeal Retail Delivery Fees This needs no explanation. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1173 Modify Department Of Transportation Governance Make Transportation Commission members an elected positions. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1188 Authorizing a Public School to Offer Individualized Learning A form of public school at home – might have some merit… Passed first committee
SB-025 “IN GOD WE TRUST” SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE Passed House committee.
SB-026PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA This will prohibit a bank from discriminating against a borrower because of a perceived environmental impact from the loan. The bill is designed to stop woke virtue signaling in the banking industry. Lost in first committee, PLV.
SB-079 NUCLEAR ENERGY AS A CLEAN ENERGY RESOURCE This bill states the obvious: nuclear is a clean energy. Lost in first committee, PLV
SB-108 Allowing Temporary Reductions In Property Tax DuePassed House committee.
SB-143 Retail Delivery Fees Gives some relief to the collection of retail delivery fees. Signed by governor.
SB-262 Study the feasibility of desalination for California and Mexico to supplement their needs for Colorado River water. It is about time that this gets into gear. I started recommending this nearly 20 years ago. Passed First House committee.
The worst bills:
HB-1003 “SIXTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACT” Pass this and schools may start acting like mental health wards. Passed Senate, PLV
HB-1020 CONCERNING SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSES IN THE REGULATED MARIJUANA BUSINESS. First, what is a social equity license? Is it a streamlined licensing process? That may be a good idea, but not just for a privileged few. Simplify licensing, but do it for all. Better yet, get rid of most of the licensing authority of the state. Passed House.
HB-1057 CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS HAVE RESTROOMS WITH AMENITIES FOR ALL GENDERS. What are “all” genders? Both genders (which is self evident) or dozens of genders (which is absurd nonsense). Passed Senate committees, PLV.
HB-1068 PET ANIMAL OWNERSHIP IN HOUSING This creates a whole new category of regulations for rental properties, including banning any extra deposits or rent increase for pets. Passed Senate, PLV.
HB-1095 LIMITATIONS ON RENTAL AGREEMENTS This is a long list of what cannot be in a housing rental agreement. This will inevitably drive up the cost of renting in Colorado, which is already way too high. Passed Senate
HB-1118 FAIR WORKWEEK EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS This looks like a union bill without the union. The bottom line is it makes it that much more complicated to hire somebody and will discourage businesses from creating more jobs and reduce potential wages for those jobs because of the additional costs of keeping employees. Lost in first committee
HB23-1154 Ballot Issue Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report More global warming nonsense. Lost in first committee
HB23-1165 County Authority To Prohibit Firearms Discharge Another gun control law which includes a prohibition on private property. Passed House
HB-1171 Just Cause Requirement Eviction Of Residential Tenant More controls on rentals, increasing the cost of renting homes. Passed Senate first committee, PLV.
HB_1185 Requirements For Recall Elections And Vacancies This is the recall protection act. It says that if a legislator is recalled, they must be replaced by someone from their own party. No longer would the voting citizens be able to switch the party for that office through a recall. Passed Senate, but partisan requirement for replacement candidates was removed from the bill. Signed by Governor.
HB-1190 Affordable Housing Right Of First Refusal Forcing property owners to give the local government 90 days to review any property sale and buy it for the same terms the owner made with a private purchaser. Passed Senate committee, PLV.
HB-1202 Overdose Prevention Center Authorization This sets up illegal drug injection centers. That’s right, places where drug addicts can take illegal drugs without any legal consequences. Lost in Senate committee.
HB-1206 County Sheriffs and District Attorneys Requires all candidates for these offices to petition on to the ballot and eliminates any party affiliation from their election. This is another direct attack on the caucus system. Killed in Senate committee.
HB-1209 Analysis of a universal health-care system. First step to government funded medical care. Passed Senate committee, PLV.
HB-1210 Concerning Carbon Management -Just think of the possibilities here! Passed Senate
HB-1219 Waiting Period To Deliver A Firearm Require three day wait to buy a firearm. Signed by governor.
HB-1230 Assault Weapons Ban Banning the manufacture, sale or transfer of any semi-automatic firearm that accepts a removable magazine and has a pistol grip, or other details they don’t like… Lost in House committee.
HB-1245 Campaign Restrictions on Municipality Elections Among other limitations, this bill prohibits political parties from contributing to a non-partisan race. Passed Senate.
HB-1254 Habitability of Rental Properties This bill will guarantee an increase in rental rates across the state as property owners will have to be prepared to pay significant costs if a tenant makes a habitability claim. Passed Senate, PLV.
HB-1272 (https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1272) Tax Policy That Advances Decarbonization Tax credits for “green” products and a property tax increase for oil and gas production (where is the required TABOR vote of the people?). Passed Senate, PLV.
HB-1294 Pollution Protection Measures This is a very long bill tightening up the control the state health department will have over emission controls for businesses, including oil and gas operations. This may eliminate oil and gas operations in Colorado. Passed House.
HB-1309 Changes to Film Production Tax Credit Converts these tax credits to come from TABOR refunds, up to $50 million. Passed House.
SB-016 PROMOTE REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN COLORADO This is a very dangerous bill, calling for ZERO CO2 emissions by 2050, and tightening up all target dates before that deadline. Passed House.
SB-21 ORDERING OF NAMES ON PRIMARY BALLOTS This will weaken the assembly system by not making the top vote in the district assembly the top line on the primary ballot and makes all primary ballot names (by district assembly and by petition) random. It is one more step toward a jungle primary mess. My thanks to the bill sponsor for requesting the bill be killed in committee, which they did.
SB-101 Candidate Ballot Access For Primary Elections This bill will force all primary candidates to petition on to the ballot. Lost in first Committee
SB-105 Ensure Equal Pay For Equal Work More micro managing private businesses. This bill, intended to “help” employees, will discourage job growth. Passed House.
SB-111 Public Employees’ Workplace Protection Unionize government employees. Passed House, PLV.
SB-168 Gun Violence Victims’ Access To Judicial System Allows a gun manufacturer or seller to be sued by anyone injured by a gun they made or sold to a third party. Signed by governor.
SB-169 Increasing Minimum Age To Purchase Firearms From 18 to 21. Signed by governor.
SB-170 Extreme Risk Protection Order Petitions Expanding the red flag law. Signed by governor.
SB-175 Financing Of Downtown Development Authority Projects Extends URL tax schemes for several decades without a vote of the people. Passed House.
SB-184 Protections For Residential Tenants If I am reading this right, it requires a landlord to rent to the first person who applies for the property and it protects the renter from eviction if any violation of this law is claimed. There are several other absurd requirements, too many to list here. This could be the worst anti-landlord bill I have ever seen. Passed House.
SB-188 Protections for Accessing Reproductive Health Care Giving abortion doctors certain legal immunities. Signed by governor.
SB-189 Increasing Access to Reproductive Health-Care Forces medical insurance companies to provide abortions without deductibles and copays. Signed by governor.
SB-190 Deceptive Actions Regarding Pregnancy-Related Services Directly attacks crisis pregnancy centers. Signed by governor.
SB-198 Clean Energy Plans This is a very bad bill. It accelerates the push to eliminate coal fired electric utilities, putting immediate teeth into the governor’s plan to eliminate coal plants by 2030. Passed House, PLV.
SB-213 Land Use Taking away local control from counties and municipalities on residential properties. Passed House committiees..
SB-261 Direct Care Workforce Stabilization Board This will treat all direct care workforce people like they were in a union, run by the government! Passed Senate, PLV.
SB23-276 Modifications To Laws Regarding Elections A very long bill (87 sections) that makes many changes to election law, including removing critical components to the recount procedures. Passed House.
SB-279 Unserialized Firearms And Firearm Components This makes “ghost guns” guns without serial numbers, illegal. Passed House committee, PLV.
SB-292 Labor Requirements For Energy Sector Construction This looks like a forced union bill on big energy sector projects. Passed Senate PLV..
SB-301 Voting In Presidential Primary Elections Would have converted presidential elections to ranked choice voting. Lost in first committee.
SB-303 Polis Extortion Act Trade Small reduction in property tax rates for eliminating the tax refunds.
Passed Senate floor.
5. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
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May 2, 2023
Special Report
The Polis Extortion Act of 2023
Yesterday, with seven days left in the session, The Polis Extortion Act was introduced in the Senate. The official title for the bill is Reduce Property Taxes And Voter-approved Revenue Change. SB-303. However, I believe the more accurate title is The Polis Extortion Act because the bill offers limited (and very complicated) property tax rate reductions, but only if the voters approve eliminating most of the TABOR spending limitations on state government. That is the definition of extortion by public officials.
The Polis Extortion Act is designed to never again return any excess state government revenues to the people! This eliminates the last significant component of the Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights (TABOR). It should also be noted that even with these minor property tax rate reductions, because of the sprialling housing prices, property owners will still see higher property taxes next year.
The Polis Extortion Act was introduced yesterday, heard in appropriations today (party-line vote) and will be debated in the Senate second reading tomorrow. This bill is on a fast track for approval before the session ends next Monday. It is a clear example of the radical policies that Polis is forcing on the people of Colorado.
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,P.O. Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513.
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado(RSCC) is composed of conservative leaders within the Republican caucus of the Colorado legislature.
April 29, 2023
1. I Am Done With Fox
2. Polis Signs Gun Control Bills
3. Message from the New President of CCU
4. General Session Bills
5. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
1. I Am Done With Fox
I have been trying to stay away from Fox News for the last couple of years, but with their firing of Tucker Carlson, I know it is time to send them a strong message: Woke is wrong. Denying the reality of election fraud is wrong. Playing along with the global warming hysteria is wrong. Not defending the unborn is wrong.
There are a few good people still working at Fox, but for some time I have been observing a hard-left spin in their daily news output. Their treatment of Carlson simply underscores the reality that Fox has become another mainstream media machine that parrots the party-lines of the powerful elite.
BTW, here is a speech Tucker gave at the Heritage Foundation last Friday night, before he knew of his firing. It is a refreshing picture of somebody who rejects the party-lines. No wonder he got fired…
2. Polis Signs Gun Control Bills
Yesterday Polis signed the extreme gun control bills on his desk and it made national news (which, predictably, on Fox News was supportive of his actions). In my opinion the worst bill, SB-168, holds the prospect of eliminating the manufacturing and sales of firearms across the country, if the courts do not throw out this dangerous law. And in any event the mischief it will do in the short run cannot be over estimated.
The other bills he signed were:
SB-169 Increasing Minimum Age To Purchase Firearms From 18 to 21, SB-170 Extreme Risk Protection Order Petitions Expanding the red flag law, and HB-1219 Waiting Period To Deliver A Firearm Require three day wait to buy a firearm.
The so-called assault weapons ban was killed last week, but the overall attack on our Second Amendment rights continues with full force.
3. Message from the New President of CCU
Colorado Christian University has just appointed Eric Hogue to be the new president of the university. Here is his guest editorial, just published by the Denver Gazette. His observations on the state of higher education are spot on.
4. General Session Bills
610 bills have been introduced so far. I have never seen such a backlog of legislation at the end of the session, but it is to be expected due to the radical nature of so many of the bills. The session will finally be over in ten days.
Here is a brief summary of 68 bills I consider most significant:
PLV means party line vote.
The best bills:
HB-1017 CONCERNING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ELECTRONIC SALES AND USE TAX SIMPLIFICATION SYSTEM I don’t like the Colorado sales tax system at all, and this does not repeal it, but it is designed to take a little bit of the pain out of collecting sales taxes. Passed House.
HB-1029 CONCERNING MEASURES TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING ADMINISTRATION OF A COVID-19 VACCINE TO A MINOR WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1038CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE It would make it more possible and economical to replace a stolen catalytic converter. Lost in first committee, PLV.
HB 1044 “SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT” This bill is designed to prohibit enforcement of federal laws that infringe on the right to bear arms. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1050 USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST A PERSON WHO HAS MADE AN ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO A PLACE OF BUSINESS The business version of the make my day law. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1054 CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY VALUATION This bill will smooth out the property tax explosion we will see if this bill does not pass. Lost in First Committee
HB-1055 PROHIBIT WIRELESS NETWORKING VOTING SYSTEMS They say the machines don’t have wireless connections, how about making it the law? Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1063 REDUCTION OF STATE INCOME TAX RATE to 3.5% Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1079 INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR NONPUBLIC EDUCATION This is a bill idea I first introduced nearly 20 years ago and somebody has carried it every year since then. The idea is sound, but the teacher’s union is opposed to it. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1080 RELIABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES This bill encourages nuclear and hydro power. Lost in first committee.
HB-1085 RURAL ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING CODES Extends the dates that rural areas have to adopt these new, restrictive codes. Lost in first committee
HB-1086 DUE PROCESS ASSET FORFEITURE ACT This places reasonable limits on civil forfeiture actions. Passed House.
HB-1119 ABOLISHING ABORTIONS IN COLORADO The bill title says it all. Thank you Rep. Bottoms for sponsoring this bill. With Roe overturned this is no longer an academic exercise. To vote against this bill is to condemn thousands of children to certain death. To vote for the bill is to give them life! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1127 Customer’s Right To Use Energy Prohibits local government from banning natural gas, etc. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1142 Information Of Person Reporting Child Abuse This eliminates anonymous reporting. Passed first committee
HB-1150 Provide Information On Abortion Pill Reversal A pro-life bill lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1163 Revoke Carbon Dioxide Status As A Pollutant This is a scientifically accurate proposal! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1166 Repeal Retail Delivery Fees This needs no explanation. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1173 Modify Department Of Transportation Governance Make Transportation Commission members an elected positions. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1188 Authorizing a Public School to Offer Individualized Learning A form of public school at home – might have some merit… Passed first committee
SB-025 “IN GOD WE TRUST” SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE Passed Senate.
SB-026PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA This will prohibit a bank from discriminating against a borrower because of a perceived environmental impact from the loan. The bill is designed to stop woke virtue signaling in the banking industry. Lost in first committee, PLV.
SB-079 NUCLEAR ENERGY AS A CLEAN ENERGY RESOURCE This bill states the obvious: nuclear is a clean energy. Lost in first committee, PLV
SB-108 Allowing Temporary Reductions In Property Tax Due Passed House First Committee
SB-143 Retail Delivery Fees Gives some relief to the collection of retail delivery fees. Passed House
SB-262 Study the feasibility of desalination for California and Mexico to supplement their needs for Colorado River water. It is about time that this gets into gear. I started recommending this nearly 20 years ago. Passed First Committee in Senate
The worst bills:
HB-1003 “SIXTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACT” Pass this and schools may start acting like mental health wards. Passed Senate second committee, PLV
HB-1020 CONCERNING SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSES IN THE REGULATED MARIJUANA BUSINESS. First, what is a social equity license? Is it a streamlined licensing process? That may be a good idea, but not just for a privileged few. Simplify licensing, but do it for all. Better yet, get rid of most of the licensing authority of the state. Passed second committee
HB-1057 CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS HAVE RESTROOMS WITH AMENITIES FOR ALL GENDERS. What are “all” genders? Both genders (which is self evident) or dozens of genders (which is absurd nonsense). Passed House, PLV.
HB-1068 PET ANIMAL OWNERSHIP IN HOUSING This creates a whole new category of regulations for rental properties, including banning any extra deposits or rent increase for pets. Passed Senate, PLV.
HB-1095 LIMITATIONS ON RENTAL AGREEMENTS This is a long list of what cannot be in a housing rental agreement. This will inevitably drive up the cost of renting in Colorado, which is already way too high. Passed Senate
HB-1118 FAIR WORKWEEK EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS This looks like a union bill without the union. The bottom line is it makes it that much more complicated to hire somebody and will discourage businesses from creating more jobs and reduce potential wages for those jobs because of the additional costs of keeping employees. Lost in first committee
HB23-1154 Ballot Issue Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report More global warming nonsense. Lost in first committee
HB23-1165 County Authority To Prohibit Firearms Discharge Another gun control law which includes a prohibition on private property. Passed House
HB-1171 Just Cause Requirement Eviction Of Residential Tenant More controls on rentals, increasing the cost of renting homes. Passed Senate first committee, PLV.
HB_1185 Requirements For Recall Elections And Vacancies This is the recall protection act. It says that if a legislator is recalled, they must be replaced by someone from their own party. No longer would the voting citizens be able to switch the party for that office through a recall. Passed Senate, but partisan requirement for replacement candidates was removed from the bill. Signed by Governor.
HB-1190 Affordable Housing Right Of First Refusal Forcing property owners to give the local government 90 days to review any property sale and buy it for the same terms the owner made with a private purchaser. Passed Senate committee, PLV.
HB-1202 Overdose Prevention Center Authorization This sets up illegal drug injection centers. That’s right, places where drug addicts can take illegal drugs without any legal consequences. Lost in Senate committee.
HB-1206 County Sheriffs and District Attorneys Requires all candidates for these offices to petition on to the ballot and eliminates any party affiliation from their election. This is another direct attack on the caucus system. Killed in Senate committee.
HB-1209 Analysis of a universal health-care system. First step to government funded medical care. Passed Senate committee, PLV.
HB-1210 Concerning Carbon Management -Just think of the possibilities here! Passed House, PLV
HB-1219 Waiting Period To Deliver A Firearm Require three day wait to buy a firearm. Signed by governor.
HB-1230 Assault Weapons Ban Banning the manufacture, sale or transfer of any semi-automatic firearm that accepts a removable magazine and has a pistol grip, or other details they don’t like… Lost in House committee.
HB-1245 Campaign Restrictions on Municipality Elections Among other limitations, this bill prohibits political parties from contributing to a non-partisan race. Passed Senate committee, PLV.
HB-1254 Habitability of Rental Properties This bill will guarantee an increase in rental rates across the state as property owners will have to be prepared to pay significant costs if a tenant makes a habitability claim. Passed House, PLV.
HB-1272 (https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1272) Tax Policy That Advances Decarbonization Tax credits for “green” products and a property tax increase for oil and gas production (where is the required TABOR vote of the people?). Passed second committee in Senate, PLV.
HB-1294 Pollution Protection Measures This is a very long bill tightening up the control the state health department will have over emission controls for businesses, including oil and gas operations. This may eliminate oil and gas operations in Colorado. Passed second committee, PLV.
HB-1309 Changes to Film Production Tax Credit Converts these tax credits to come from TABOR refunds, up to $50 million. Passed first committee.
SB-016 PROMOTE REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN COLORADO This is a very dangerous bill, calling for ZERO CO2 emissions by 2050, and tightening up all target dates before that deadline. Passed House second reading.
SB-21 ORDERING OF NAMES ON PRIMARY BALLOTS This will weaken the assembly system by not making the top vote in the district assembly the top line on the primary ballot and makes all primary ballot names (by district assembly and by petition) random. It is one more step toward a jungle primary mess. My thanks to the bill sponsor for requesting the bill be killed in committee, which they did.
SB-101 Candidate Ballot Access For Primary Elections This bill will force all primary candidates to petition on to the ballot. Lost in first Committee
SB-105 Ensure Equal Pay For Equal Work More micro managing private businesses. This bill, intended to “help” employees, will discourage job growth. Passed second House committee, PLV..
SB-111 Public Employees’ Workplace Protection Unionize government employees. Passed House second committee, PLV.
SB-168 Gun Violence Victims’ Access To Judicial System Allows a gun manufacturer or seller to be sued by anyone injured by a gun they made or sold to a third party. Signed by governor.
SB-169 Increasing Minimum Age To Purchase Firearms From 18 to 21. Signed by governor.
SB-170 Extreme Risk Protection Order Petitions Expanding the red flag law. Signed by governor.
SB-175 Financing Of Downtown Development Authority Projects Extends URL tax schemes for several decades without a vote of the people. Passed House first committee.
SB-184 Protections For Residential Tenants If I am reading this right, it requires a landlord to rent to the first person who applies for the property and it protects the renter from eviction if any violation of this law is claimed. There are several other absurd requirements, too many to list here. This could be the worst anti-landlord bill I have ever seen. Passed House second reading.
SB-188 Protections for Accessing Reproductive Health Care Giving abortion doctors certain legal immunities. Signed by governor.
SB-189 Increasing Access to Reproductive Health-Care Forces medical insurance companies to provide abortions without deductibles and copays. Signed by governor.
SB-190 Deceptive Actions Regarding Pregnancy-Related Services Directly attacks crisis pregnancy centers. Signed by governor.
SB-198 Clean Energy Plans This is a very bad bill. It accelerates the push to eliminate coal fired electric utilities, putting immediate teeth into the governor’s plan to eliminate coal plants by 2030. Passed House committee, PLV.
SB-213 Land Use Taking away local control from counties and municipalities on residential properties. Passed Senate, PLV.
SB-261 Direct Care Workforce Stabilization Board This will treat all direct care workforce people like they were in a union, run by the government! Passed House committee.
SB23-276 Modifications To Laws Regarding Elections A very long bill (87 sections) that makes many changes to election law, including removing critical components to the recount procedures. Passed House committee.
SB-279 Unserialized Firearms And Firearm Components This makes “ghost guns” guns without serial numbers, illegal. Passed Senate, PLV.
SB-292 Labor Requirements For Energy Sector Construction This looks like a forced union bill on big energy sector projects. Passed Senate second reading.
SB-301 Voting In Presidential Primary Elections Would have converted presidential elections to ranked choice voting. Lost in first committee.
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April 22, 2023
1. Assault Weapons Ban Bill Killed in Committee
2. Fox News settlement with Dominion
3. US House Speaker McCarthy Demands Spending Restrictions
4. General Session Bills
5. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
1. Assault Weapons Ban Bill Killed in Committee
After hundreds of citizens showed up for the hearing for HB-1230, late in the night four Democrats voted with the four Republicans on the committee to defeat the bill, 8-5. This was a rare victory for constitutional rights in a session where almost all of the bad bills are flying through the session. The concern voiced by the concurring Democrats was the threat of lawsuits, which would have been richly deserved if the bill had become law. Unfortunately all of the other gun control bills have not been killed.
BTW, Here is what the Colorado constitution says, in part, about the Right to Bear Arms (Article 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;…”
All of these gun control bills call that right into question.
2. Fox News settlement with Dominion
Dominion and Fox have settled their lawsuit with a $700,000,000+ payment to Dominion, which has caused some to think that Fox News was guilty of reporting false information about Dominion and Dominion must have been innocent of any election fraud. As I understand the case, the question was whether Fox News officials were intentionally promoting false information, which they considered to be false, but reported it anyway and it damaged Dominion.
The settlement settled nothing about Dominion’s equipment and software, because no court examined any of that evidence. Further, I have never used Fox News as my source for any of the evidence that does point to election fraud. This case has no bearing on my assertions that there are significant reasons to suspect Dominion’s equipment does not deliver accurate election information. Please read Mesa County reports 1, 2 and 3 before drawing any other conclusions. Or look at all of the election issues in recent Arizona elections, particularly the 2022 race for governor.
Unfortunately Dominion continues to hide the facts and instead they conduct lawfare against all who dare to call for transparency and proven accuracy in our elections. Your vote should never be held hostage by a private company, especially a company that shows such hostility to the citizens’ right to know exactly how their vote is counted.
3. US House Speaker McCarthy Demands Spending Restrictions
When Speaker McCarthy was appointed there was a lot of energetic debate and many rounds of voting. Here is a brief video that gives the background on how that came about and what it yielded. I recommend setting aside about 10 minutes for this great example of something going right in Congress.
If this holdout had not happened I seriously doubt the Republicans would have had the backbone to demand significant spending controls before allowing the debt ceiling to be increased.
4. General Session Bills
600 bills have been introduced so far. I have never seen such a backlog of legislation at the end of the session, but it is to be expected due to the radical nature of so many of the bills.
Here is a brief summary of 66 bills I consider most significant:
PLV means party line vote.
The best bills:
HB-1017 CONCERNING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ELECTRONIC SALES AND USE TAX SIMPLIFICATION SYSTEM I don’t like the Colorado sales tax system at all, and this does not repeal it, but it is designed to take a little bit of the pain out of collecting sales taxes. Passed second committee.
HB-1029CONCERNING MEASURES TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING ADMINISTRATION OF A COVID-19 VACCINE TO A MINOR WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1038CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE It would make it more possible and economical to replace a stolen catalytic converter. Lost in first committee, PLV.
HB 1044 “SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT” This bill is designed to prohibit enforcement of federal laws that infringe on the right to bear arms. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1050 USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST A PERSON WHO HAS MADE AN ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO A PLACE OF BUSINESS The business version of the make my day law. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1054 CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY VALUATION This bill will smooth out the property tax explosion we will see if this bill does not pass. Lost in First Committee
HB-1055 PROHIBIT WIRELESS NETWORKING VOTING SYSTEMS They say the machines don’t have wireless connections, how about making it the law? Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1063 REDUCTION OF STATE INCOME TAX RATE to 3.5% Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1079 INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR NONPUBLIC EDUCATION This is a bill idea I first introduced nearly 20 years ago and somebody has carried it every year since then. The idea is sound, but the teacher’s union is opposed to it. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1080 RELIABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES This bill encourages nuclear and hydro power. Lost in first committee.
HB-1085 RURAL ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING CODES Extends the dates that rural areas have to adopt these new, restrictive codes. Lost in first committee
HB-1086 DUE PROCESS ASSET FORFEITURE ACT This places reasonable limits on civil forfeiture actions. Passed second committee
HB-1119 ABOLISHING ABORTIONS IN COLORADO The bill title says it all. Thank you Rep. Bottoms for sponsoring this bill. With Roe overturned this is no longer an academic exercise. To vote against this bill is to condemn thousands of children to certain death. To vote for the bill is to give them life! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1127 Customer’s Right To Use Energy Prohibits local government from banning natural gas, etc. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1142 Information Of Person Reporting Child Abuse This eliminates anonymous reporting. Passed first committee
HB-1150 Provide Information On Abortion Pill Reversal A pro-life bill lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1163 Revoke Carbon Dioxide Status As A Pollutant This is a scientifically accurate proposal! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1166 Repeal Retail Delivery Fees This needs no explanation. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1173 Modify Department Of Transportation Governance Make Transportation Commission members an elected positions. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1188 Authorizing a Public School to Offer Individualized Learning A form of public school at home – might have some merit… Passed first committee
SB-025 “IN GOD WE TRUST” SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE Passed Senate.
SB-026PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA This will prohibit a bank from discriminating against a borrower because of a perceived environmental impact from the loan. The bill is designed to stop woke virtue signaling in the banking industry. Lost in first committee, PLV.
SB-079 NUCLEAR ENERGY AS A CLEAN ENERGY RESOURCE This bill states the obvious: nuclear is a clean energy. Lost in first committee, PLV
SB-108 Allowing Temporary Reductions In Property Tax Due Passed House First Committee
SB-143 Retail Delivery Fees Gives some relief to the collection of retail delivery fees. Passed House
SB-262 Study the feasibility of desalination for California and Mexico to suplement their needs for Colorado River water. It is about time that this gets into gear. I started recommending this nearly 20 years ago. Passed First Committee in Senate
The worst bills:
HB-1003 “SIXTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACT” Pass this and schools may start acting like mental health wards. Passed Senate committee, PLV
HB-1020 CONCERNING SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSES IN THE REGULATED MARIJUANA BUSINESS. First, what is a social equity license? Is it a streamlined licensing process? That may be a good idea, but not just for a privileged few. Simplify licensing, but do it for all. Better yet, get rid of most of the licensing authority of the state. Passed second committee
HB-1057 CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS HAVE RESTROOMS WITH AMENITIES FOR ALL GENDERS. What are “all” genders? Both genders (which is self evident) or dozens of genders (which is absurd nonsense). Passed first committee PLV.
HB-1068 PET ANIMAL OWNERSHIP IN HOUSING This creates a whole new category of regulations for rental properties, including banning any extra deposits or rent increase for pets. Passed Senate, PLV.
HB-1095 LIMITATIONS ON RENTAL AGREEMENTS This is a long list of what cannot be in a housing rental agreement. This will inevitably drive up the cost of renting in Colorado, which is already way too high. Passed Senate
HB-1118 FAIR WORKWEEK EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS This looks like a union bill without the union. The bottom line is it makes it that much more complicated to hire somebody and will discourage businesses from creating more jobs and reduce potential wages for those jobs because of the additional costs of keeping employees. Lost in first committee
HB23-1154 Ballot Issue Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report More global warming nonsense. Lost in first committee
HB23-1165 County Authority To Prohibit Firearms Discharge Another gun control law which includes a prohibition on private property. Passed House
HB-1171 Just Cause Requirement Eviction Of Residential Tenant More controls on rentals, increasing the cost of renting homes. Passed House
HB_1185 Requirements For Recall Elections And Vacancies This is the recall protection act. It says that if a legislator is recalled, they must be replaced by someone from their own party. No longer would the voting citizens be able to switch the party for that office through a recall. Passed Senate, but partisan requirement for replacement candidates was removed from the bill. Signed by Governor.
HB-1190 Affordable Housing Right Of First Refusal Forcing property owners to give the local government 90 days to review any property sale and buy it for the same terms the owner made with a private purchaser. Passed Senate committee, PLV.
HB-1202 Overdose Prevention Center Authorization This sets up illegal drug injection centers. That’s right, places where drug addicts can take illegal drugs without any legal consequences. Passed House
HB-1206 County Sheriffs and District Attorneys Requires all candidates for these offices to petition on to the ballot and eliminates any party affiliation from their election. This is another direct attack on the caucus system. Killed in Senate committee.
HB-1209 Analysis of a universal health-care system. First step to government funded medical care. Passed House.
HB-1210 Concerning Carbon Management -Just think of the possibilities here! Passed second committee, PLV
HB-1219 Waiting Period To Deliver A Firearm Require three day wait to buy a firearm Passed Senate, PLV
HB-1230 Assault Weapons Ban Banning the manufacture, sale or transfer of any semi-automatic firearm that accepts a removable magazine and has a pistol grip, or other details they don’t like… Lost in House committee.
HB-1245 Campaign Restrictions on Municipality Elections Among other limitations, this bill prohibits political parties from contributing to a non-partisan race. Passed House reading.
HB-1254 Habitability of Rental Properties This bill will guarantee an increase in rental rates across the state as property owners will have to be prepared to pay significant costs if a tenant makes a habitability claim. Passed second committee, PLV.
HB-1272 (https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1272) Tax Policy That Advances Decarbonization Tax credits for “green” products and a property tax increase for oil and gas production (where is the required TABOR vote of the people?). Passed second committee.
HB-1294 Pollution Protection Measures This is a very long bill tightening up the control the state health department will have over emission controls for businesses, including oil and gas operations. This may eliminate oil and gas operations in Colorado. Passed first committee, PLV.
SB-016 PROMOTE REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN COLORADO This is a very dangerous bill, calling for ZERO CO2 emissions by 2050, and tightening up all target dates before that deadline. Passed second committee PLV
SB-21 ORDERING OF NAMES ON PRIMARY BALLOTS This will weaken the assembly system by not making the top vote in the district assembly the top line on the primary ballot and makes all primary ballot names (by district assembly and by petition) random. It is one more step toward a jungle primary mess. My thanks to the bill sponsor for requesting the bill be killed in committee, which they did.
SB-101 Candidate Ballot Access For Primary Elections This bill will force all primary candidates to petition on to the ballot. Lost in first Committee
SB-105 Ensure Equal Pay For Equal Work More micro managing private businesses. This bill, intended to “help” employees, will discourage job growth. Passed Senate.
SB-111 Public Employees’ Workplace Protection Unionize government employees. Passed Senate reading.
SB-168 Gun Violence Victims’ Access To Judicial System Allows a gun manufacturer or seller to be sued by anyone injured by a gun they made or sold to a third party. Passed House, PLV
SB-169 Increasing Minimum Age To Purchase Firearms From 18 to 21. Passed House.
SB-170 Extreme Risk Protection Order Petitions Expanding the red flag law. Passed House, PLV.
SB-175 Financing Of Downtown Development Authority Projects Extends URL tax schemes for several decades without a vote of the people. Passed House first committee.
SB-184 Protections For Residential Tenants If I am reading this right, it requires a landlord to rent to the first person who applies for the property and it protects the renter from eviction if any violation of this law is claimed. There are several other absurd requirements, too many to list here. This could be the worst anti-landlord bill I have ever seen. Passed Senate.
SB-188 Protections for Accessing Reproductive Health Care Giving abortion doctors certain legal immunities. Signed by governor.
SB-189 Increasing Access to Reproductive Health-Care Forces medical insurance companies to provide abortions without deductibles and copays. Signed by governor.
SB-190 Deceptive Actions Regarding Pregnancy-Related Services Directly attacks crisis pregnancy centers. Signed by governor.
SB-198 Clean Energy Plans This is a very bad bill. It accelerates the push to eliminate coal fired electric utilities, putting immediate teeth into the governor’s plan to eliminate coal plants by 2030. Passed second committee, PLV.
SB-213 Land Use Taking away local control from counties and municipalities on residential properties. Passed first committee, PLV.
SB-261 Direct Care Workforce Stabilization Board This will treat all direct care workforce people like they were in a union, run by the government! Passed second committee, PLV.
SB23-276Modifications To Laws Regarding Elections A very long bill (87 sections) that makes many changes to election law, including removing critical components to the recount procedures. Passed Senate.
SB-279 Unserialized Firearms And Firearm Components This makes “ghost guns” guns without serial numbers, illegal. Passed Senate committee, PLV.
SB-292 Labor Requirements For Energy Sector Construction This looks like a forced union bill on big energy sector projects.
5. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
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April 15, 2023
1. Another Big Bill, this One on Elections
2. A Refreshing Senate Committee Hearing
3. Canadian Students Reject Drag Queen Display in School
4. Polis Signs Extreme Abortion Bills
5. General Session Bills
6. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
1. Another Big Bill, this One on Elections
SB-276, Modifications To Laws Regarding Elections is a very long bill (87 sections) that makes many changes to election law, including removing critical components to the recount procedures. The bill also eliminates references to precincts, further abandoning the concept of local, neighborhood elections.
And, in a slap at the current secretary of state, prohibits the department of state from paying for any advertising of declared candidates. Last year Griswold spent $1,000,000 with a TV ad right before the election. The bill, sponsored by the senate president, has already passed its first committee, with a party-line vote.
There is a lot minutia in the bill, but being so big, there are probably some critical changes that may go unnoticed until it becomes the law of the land.
2. A Refreshing Senate Committee Hearing
Here is a Senate hearing on a bill that I quite enjoyed watching. Unfortunately was in Texas. I submit it for your consideration to remind us all that there are some sensible leaders in several states that are accomplishing good things for their citizens. This one is concerning displaying the Ten Commandments in public schools. This is a far cry from Colorado schools that are more prone to promoting transgenderism.
I must admit that I know and work with the the sponsor of this particular bill, and the first panel who testified for the bill. If you have the time watch the proceedings for at least the first 20 minutes. After reporting on the Colorado legislature for these past few months it is good to get a wider perspective on what is currently happening in other parts of the country. To view this go to: https://tlcsenate.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=53&clip_id=17605
3. Canadian Students Reject Drag Queen Display in School
And here is a good report on some students in Canada who are not going to put up with the woke nonsense that seems to be all too common today: https://tnc.news/2023/04/12/students-reject-drag-queen-event/
4. Polis Signs Extreme Abortion Bills
However, back here in Colorado, on Friday Polis signed the three extreme abortion bills I have earlier reported on (listed below). On the national scene Polis tries to present himself as a moderate, or even libertarian Democrat. Don’t buy the lie. He is the most radical and extreme political leader Colorado has ever endured.
SB-188 Protections for Accessing Reproductive Health Care Giving abortion doctors extensive legal immunities. Signed by governor.
SB-189 Increasing Access to Reproductive Health-Care Forces medical insurance companies to provide abortions without deductibles and copays. Signed by governor.
SB-190 Deceptive Actions Regarding Pregnancy-Related Services Directly attacks crisis pregnancy centers. Signed by governor.
5. General Session Bills
578 bills have been introduced so far. With only three weeks left for the session well over 300 bills are still in process. I have never seen such a backlog of legislation at the end of the session, but it is to be expected due to the radical nature of so many of the bills.
Here is a brief summary of 65 bills I consider most significant:
PLV means party line vote.
The best bills:
HB-1017 CONCERNING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ELECTRONIC SALES AND USE TAX SIMPLIFICATION SYSTEM I don’t like the Colorado sales tax system at all, and this does not repeal it, but it is designed to take a little bit of the pain out of collecting sales taxes. Passed first committee.
HB-1029CONCERNING MEASURES TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING ADMINISTRATION OF A COVID-19 VACCINE TO A MINOR WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1038CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE It would make it more possible and economical to replace a stolen catalytic converter. Lost in first committee, PLV.
HB 1044 “SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT” This bill is designed to prohibit enforcement of federal laws that infringe on the right to bear arms. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1050 USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST A PERSON WHO HAS MADE AN ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO A PLACE OF BUSINESS The business version of the make my day law. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1054 CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY VALUATION This bill will smooth out the property tax explosion we will see if this bill does not pass. Lost in First Committee
HB-1055 PROHIBIT WIRELESS NETWORKING VOTING SYSTEMS They say the machines don’t have wireless connections, how about making it the law? Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1063 REDUCTION OF STATE INCOME TAX RATE to 3.5% Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1079 INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR NONPUBLIC EDUCATION This is a bill idea I first introduced nearly 20 years ago and somebody has carried it every year since then. The idea is sound, but the teacher’s union is opposed to it. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1080 RELIABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES This bill encourages nuclear and hydro power. Lost in first committee.
HB-1085 RURAL ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING CODES Extends the dates that rural areas have to adopt these new, restrictive codes. Lost in first committee
HB-1086 DUE PROCESS ASSET FORFEITURE ACT This places reasonable limits on civil forfeiture actions. Passed first committee
HB-1119 ABOLISHING ABORTIONS IN COLORADO The bill title says it all. Thank you Rep. Bottoms for sponsoring this bill. With Roe overturned this is no longer an academic exercise. To vote against this bill is to condemn thousands of children to certain death. To vote for the bill is to give them life! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1127 Customer’s Right To Use Energy Prohibits local government from banning natural gas, etc. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1142 Information Of Person Reporting Child Abuse This eliminates anonymous reporting. Passed first committee
HB-1150 Provide Information On Abortion Pill Reversal A pro-life bill lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1163 Revoke Carbon Dioxide Status As A Pollutant This is a scientifically accurate proposal! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1166 Repeal Retail Delivery Fees This needs no explanation. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1173 Modify Department Of Transportation Governance Make Transportation Commission members an elected positions. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1188 Authorizing a Public School to Offer Individualized Learning A form of public school at home – might have some merit… Passed first committee
SB-025 “IN GOD WE TRUST” SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE Passed second committee.
SB-026PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA This will prohibit a bank from discriminating against a borrower because of a perceived environmental impact from the loan. The bill is designed to stop woke virtue signaling in the banking industry. Lost in first committee, PLV.
SB-079 NUCLEAR ENERGY AS A CLEAN ENERGY RESOURCE This bill states the obvious: nuclear is a clean energy. Lost in first committee, PLV
SB-108 Allowing Temporary Reductions In Property Tax Due Passed House First Committee
SB-143 Retail Delivery Fees Gives some relief to the collection of retail delivery fees. Passed first committee in House
SB-262 Study the feasibility of desalination for California and Mexico to suplement their needs for Colorado River water. It is about time that this gets into gear. I started recommending this nearly 20 years ago. Passed First Committee in Senate
The worst bills:
HB-1003 “SIXTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACT” Pass this and schools may start acting like mental health wards. Passed Senate committee, PLV
HB-1020 CONCERNING SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSES IN THE REGULATED MARIJUANA BUSINESS. First, what is a social equity license? Is it a streamlined licensing process? That may be a good idea, but not just for a privileged few. Simplify licensing, but do it for all. Better yet, get rid of most of the licensing authority of the state. Passed second committee
HB-1057 CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS HAVE RESTROOMS WITH AMENITIES FOR ALL GENDERS. What are “all” genders? Both genders (which is self evident) or dozens of genders (which is absurd nonsense). Passed first committee PLV.
HB-1068 PET ANIMAL OWNERSHIP IN HOUSING This creates a whole new category of regulations for rental properties, including banning any extra deposits or rent increase for pets. Passed Senate, PLV.
HB-1095 LIMITATIONS ON RENTAL AGREEMENTS This is a long list of what cannot be in a housing rental agreement. This will inevitably drive up the cost of renting in Colorado, which is already way too high. Passed Senate
HB-1118 FAIR WORKWEEK EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS This looks like a union bill without the union. The bottom line is it makes it that much more complicated to hire somebody and will discourage businesses from creating more jobs and reduce potential wages for those jobs because of the additional costs of keeping employees. Lost in first committee
HB23-1154 Ballot Issue Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report More global warming nonsense. Lost in first committee
HB23-1165 County Authority To Prohibit Firearms Discharge Another gun control law which includes a prohibition on private property. Passed House
HB-1171 Just Cause Requirement Eviction Of Residential Tenant More controls on rentals, increasing the cost of renting homes. Passed House
HB_1185 Requirements For Recall Elections And Vacancies This is the recall protection act. It says that if a legislator is recalled, they must be replaced by someone from their own party. No longer would the voting citizens be able to switch the party for that office through a recall. Passed Senate, but partisan requirement for replacement candidates was removed from the bill.
HB-1190 Affordable Housing Right Of First Refusal Forcing property owners to give the local government 90 days to review any property sale and buy it for the same terms the owner made with a private purchaser. Passed Senate committee, PLV.
HB-1202 Overdose Prevention Center Authorization This sets up illegal drug injection centers. That’s right, places where drug addicts can take illegal drugs without any legal consequences. Passed House
HB-1206 County Sheriffs and District Attorneys Requires all candidates for these offices to petition on to the ballot and eliminates any party affiliation from their election. This is another direct attack on the caucus system. Passed House
HB-1209 Analysis of a universal health-care system. First step to government funded medical care. Passed second committee, PLV
HB-1210 Concerning Carbon Management -Just think of the possibilities here! Passed first committee, PLV
HB-1219 Waiting Period To Deliver A Firearm Require three day wait to buy a firearm Passed Senate, PLV
HB-1230 Assault Weapons Ban Banning the manufacture, sale or transfer of any semi-automatic firearm that accepts a removable magazine and has a pistol grip, or other details they don’t like… Passed Senate first committee. Passed Senate, PLV.
HB-1245 Campaign Restrictions on Municipality Elections Among other limitations, this bill prohibits political parties from contributing to a non-partisan race. Passed House second reading.
HB-1254 Habitability of Rental Properties This bill will guarantee an increase in rental rates across the state as property owners will have to be prepared to pay significant costs if a tenant makes a habitability claim. Passed first committee, PLV.
HB-1272 (https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1272) Tax Policy That Advances Decarbonization Tax credits for “green” products and a property tax increase for oil and gas production (where is the required TABOR vote of the people?). Passed second committee.
HB-1294 Pollution Protection Measures This is a very long bill tightening up the control the state health department will have over emission controls for businesses, including oil and gas operations.
SB-016 PROMOTE REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN COLORADO This is a very dangerous bill, calling for ZERO CO2 emissions by 2050, and tightening up all target dates before that deadline. Passed second committee PLV
SB-21 ORDERING OF NAMES ON PRIMARY BALLOTS This will weaken the assembly system by not making the top vote in the district assembly the top line on the primary ballot and makes all primary ballot names (by district assembly and by petition) random. It is one more step toward a jungle primary mess. My thanks to the bill sponsor for requesting the bill be killed in committee, which they did.
SB-101 Candidate Ballot Access For Primary Elections This bill will force all primary candidates to petition on to the ballot. Lost in first Committee
SB-105 Ensure Equal Pay For Equal Work More micro managing private businesses. This bill, intended to “help” employees, will discourage job growth. Passed Senate.
SB-111 Public Employees’ Workplace Protection Unionize government employees. Passed Senate second reading.
SB-168 Gun Violence Victims’ Access To Judicial System Allows a gun manufacturer or seller to be sued by anyone injured by a gun they made or sold to a third party. Passed House, PLV
SB-169 Increasing Minimum Age To Purchase Firearms From 18 to 21. Passed House.
SB-170 Extreme Risk Protection Order Petitions Expanding the red flag law. Passed House, PLV.
SB-175 Financing Of Downtown Development Authority Projects Extends URL tax schemes for several decades without a vote of the people. Passed Senate.
SB-184 Protections For Residential Tenants If I am reading this right, it requires a landlord to rent to the first person who applies for the property and it protects the renter from eviction if any violation of this law is claimed. There are several other absurd requirements, too many to list here. This could be the worst anti-landlord bill I have ever seen. Passed Senate second reading.
SB-188 Protections for Accessing Reproductive Health Care Giving abortion doctors certain legal immunities. Signed by governor.
SB-189 Increasing Access to Reproductive Health-Care Forces medical insurance companies to provide abortions without deductibles and copays. Signed by governor.
SB-190 Deceptive Actions Regarding Pregnancy-Related Services Directly attacks crisis pregnancy centers. Signed by governor.
SB-198 Clean Energy Plans This is a very bad bill. It accelerates the push to eliminate coal fired electric utilities, putting immediate teeth into the governor’s plan to eliminate coal plants by 2030. Passed first committee, PLV.
SB-213 Land Use Taking away local control from counties and municipalities on residential properties
SB-261 Direct Care Workforce Stabilization Board This will treat all direct care workforce people like they were in a union, run by the government! Passed committee, PLV.
SB23-276Modifications To Laws Regarding Elections A very long bill (87 sections) that makes many changes to election law, including removing critical components to the recount procedures. Passed first committee, PLV.
SB23-279 Unserialized Firearms And Firearm Components This makes “ghost guns” guns without serial numbers, illegal.
6. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
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.
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April 8, 2023
1. He is Risen!
2. Judicial Watch Settles Colorado Lawsuit
3. The “J6 Choir” Sings our National Anthem Every Night
4. Rally for Parental Rights Was a Huge Success
5. General Session Bills
6. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
1. He is Risen!
On this day before resurrection Sunday remember the greatest news for mankind. In our broken world God broke through with the hope of the ages. For more information check out John 20.
2. Judicial Watch Settles Colorado Lawsuit
This is a breath of fresh air for elections in Colorado! The lawsuit that Judicial Watch filed against the Colorado Secretary of State in 2020 for dirty voter registration roles has been settled with an agreement that Colorado will be reporting to Judicial Watch the following information for the next six years:
• The total number of registered and eligible voters, active voters, and inactive voters.
- The total number of address confirmation notices sent to Colorado voters pursuant to the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), the number received back confirming or changing an address, and the number that were undeliverable or not returned.
- The total number of registrations addresses removed pursuant to key provisions of the NVRA.
This will not automatically cure Colorado’s incredibly corrupted voter registration roles, but it does set the stage for vast improvements if the county clerks will become aggressive advocates for squeaky clean registration roles in their counties.
For more details on this suit click here and here.
3. The “J6 Choir” Sings our National Anthem Every Night
Here is a rendition of our national anthem you will never forget. It is sung by the political prisoners the Biden Administration is still holding in prison. It is heart-breaking to think our nation has stooped to such despicable tyranny, but inspiring to hear the resolve and faithfulness still burning in the hearts of these patriots.
Let us never forget them and not rest until they are released and the monsters who are persecuting these U.S. citizens have been given all that they deserve.
4. Rally for Parental Rights Was a Huge Success
If a picture is worth 1000 words, I will spare you the words, and just show you the parents who are fired up! This was the rally at the capitol last Thursday.
5. General Session Bills
559 bills have been introduced so far.
Here is a brief summary of 62 bills I consider most significant:
PLV means party line vote.
The best bills:
HB-1017 CONCERNING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ELECTRONIC SALES AND USE TAX SIMPLIFICATION SYSTEM I don’t like the Colorado sales tax system at all, and this does not repeal it, but it is designed to take a little bit of the pain out of collecting sales taxes. Passed first committee.
HB-1029CONCERNING MEASURES TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING ADMINISTRATION OF A COVID-19 VACCINE TO A MINOR WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1038CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE It would make it more possible and economical to replace a stolen catalytic converter. Lost in first committee, PLV.
HB 1044 “SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT” This bill is designed to prohibit enforcement of federal laws that infringe on the right to bear arms. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1050 USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST A PERSON WHO HAS MADE AN ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO A PLACE OF BUSINESS The business version of the make my day law. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1054 CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY VALUATION This bill will smooth out the property tax explosion we will see if this bill does not pass. Lost in First Committee
HB-1055 PROHIBIT WIRELESS NETWORKING VOTING SYSTEMS They say the machines don’t have wireless connections, how about making it the law? Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1063 REDUCTION OF STATE INCOME TAX RATE to 3.5% Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1079 INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR NONPUBLIC EDUCATION This is a bill idea I first introduced nearly 20 years ago and somebody has carried it every year since then. The idea is sound, but the teacher’s union is opposed to it. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1080 RELIABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES This bill encourages nuclear and hydro power. Lost in first committee.
HB-1085 RURAL ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING CODES Extends the dates that rural areas have to adopt these new, restrictive codes. Lost in first committee
HB-1086 DUE PROCESS ASSET FORFEITURE ACT This places reasonable limits on civil forfeiture actions. Passed first committee
HB-1119 ABOLISHING ABORTIONS IN COLORADO The bill title says it all. Thank you Rep. Bottoms for sponsoring this bill. With Roe overturned this is no longer an academic exercise. To vote against this bill is to condemn thousands of children to certain death. To vote for the bill is to give them life! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1127 Customer’s Right To Use Energy Prohibits local government from banning natural gas, etc. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1142 Information Of Person Reporting Child Abuse This eliminates anonymous reporting. Passed first committee
HB-1150 Provide Information On Abortion Pill Reversal A pro-life bill lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1163 Revoke Carbon Dioxide Status As A Pollutant This is a scientifically accurate proposal! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1166 Repeal Retail Delivery Fees This needs no explanation. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1173 Modify Department Of Transportation Governance Make Transportation Commission members an elected positions. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1188 Authorizing a Public School to Offer Individualized Learning A form of public school at home – might have some merit… Passed first committee
SB-025 “IN GOD WE TRUST” SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE Passed second committee.
SB-026PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA This will prohibit a bank from discriminating against a borrower because of a perceived environmental impact from the loan. The bill is designed to stop woke virtue signaling in the banking industry. Lost in first committee, PLV.
SB-079 NUCLEAR ENERGY AS A CLEAN ENERGY RESOURCE This bill states the obvious: nuclear is a clean energy. Lost in first committee, PLV
SB-108 Allowing Temporary Reductions In Property Tax Due Passed Senate
SB-143 Retail Delivery Fees Gives some relief to the collection of retail delivery fees. Passed first committee in House
SB-262 Study the feasibility of desalination for California and Mexico to supliment their needs for Colorado River water. Its about time that this gets into gear. I started recommending this nearly 20 years ago.
The worst bills:
HB-1003 “SIXTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACT” Pass this and schools may start acting like mental health wards. Passed House PLV
HB-1020 CONCERNING SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSES IN THE REGULATED MARIJUANA BUSINESS. First, what is a social equity license? Is it a streamlined licensing process? That may be a good idea, but not just for a privileged few. Simplify licensing, but do it for all. Better yet, get rid of most of the licensing authority of the state. Passed second committee
HB-1057 CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS HAVE RESTROOMS WITH AMENITIES FOR ALL GENDERS. What are “all” genders? Both genders (which is self evident) or dozens of genders (which is absurd nonsense). Passed first committee PLV.
HB-1068 PET ANIMAL OWNERSHIP IN HOUSING This creates a whole new category of regulations for rental properties, including banning any extra deposits or rent increase for pets. Passed House
HB-1095 LIMITATIONS ON RENTAL AGREEMENTS This is a long list of what cannot be in a housing rental agreement. This will inevitably drive up the cost of renting in Colorado, which is already way too high. Passed Senate committee PLV.
HB-1118 FAIR WORKWEEK EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS This looks like a union bill without the union. The bottom line is it makes it that much more complicated to hire somebody and will discourage businesses from creating more jobs and reduce potential wages for those jobs because of the additional costs of keeping employees. Lost in first committee
HB23-1154 Ballot Issue Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report More global warming nonsense. Lost in first committee
HB23-1165 County Authority To Prohibit Firearms Discharge Another gun control law which includes a prohibition on private property. Passed House
HB-1171 Just Cause Requirement Eviction Of Residential Tenant More controls on rentals, increasing the cost of renting homes. Passed House
HB_1185 Requirements For Recall Elections And Vacancies This is the recall protection act. It says that if a legislator is recalled, they must be replaced by someone from their own party. No longer would the voting citizens be able to switch the party for that office through a recall. Passed Senate, but partisan requirement for replacement candidates was removed from the bill.
HB-1190 Affordable Housing Right Of First Refusal Forcing property owners to give the local government 90 days to review any property sale and buy it for the same terms the owner made with a private purchaser. Passed Senate committee, PLV.
HB-1202 Overdose Prevention Center Authorization This sets up illegal drug injection centers. That’s right, places where drug addicts can take illegal drugs without any legal consequences. Passed House
HB-1206 County Sheriffs and District Attorneys Requires all candidates for these offices to petition on to the ballot and eliminates any party affiliation from their election. This is another direct attack on the caucus system. Passed House
HB-1209 Analysis of a universal health-care system. First step to government funded medical care. Passed first committee, PLV
HB-1210 Concerning Carbon Management -Just think of the possibilities here! Passed first committee, PLV
HB-1219 Waiting Period To Deliver A Firearm Require three day wait to buy a firearm Passed Senate, PLV
HB-1230 Assault Weapons Ban Banning the manufacture, sale or transfer of any semi-automatic firearm that accepts a removable magazine and has a pistol grip, or other details they don’t like… Passed Senate first committee. Passed Senate, PLV.
HB-1245 Campaign Restrictions on Municipality Elections Among other limitations, this bill prohibits political parties from contributing to a non-partisan race. Passed first committee, PLV.
HB-1254 Habitability of Rental Properties This bill will guarantee an increase in rental rates across the state as property owners will have to be prepared to pay significant costs if a tenant makes a habitability claim.
HB-1272 (https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1272) Tax Policy That Advances Decarbonization Tax credits for “green” products and a property tax increase for oil and gas production (where is the required TABOR vote of the people?). Passed first committee, PLV.
SB-016 PROMOTE REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN COLORADO This is a very dangerous bill, calling for ZERO CO2 emissions by 2050, and tightening up all target dates before that deadline. Passed second committee PLV
SB-21 ORDERING OF NAMES ON PRIMARY BALLOTS This will weaken the assembly system by not making the top vote in the district assembly the top line on the primary ballot and makes all primary ballot names (by district assembly and by petition) random. It is one more step toward a jungle primary mess. My thanks to the bill sponsor for requesting the bill be killed in committee, which they did.
SB-101 Candidate Ballot Access For Primary Elections This bill will force all primary candidates to petition on to the ballot. Lost in first Committee
SB-105 Ensure Equal Pay For Equal Work More micro managing private businesses. This bill, intended to “help” employees, will discourage job growth. Passed third committee, PLV
SB-111 Public Employees’ Workplace Protection Unionize government employees. Passed first, PLV
SB-168 Gun Violence Victims’ Access To Judicial System Allows a gun manufacturer or seller to be sued by anyone injured by a gun they made or sold to a third party. Passed House, PLV
SB-169 Increasing Minimum Age To Purchase Firearms From 18 to 21. Passed House.
SB-170 Extreme Risk Protection Order Petitions Expanding the red flag law. Passed House, PLV.
SB-175 Financing Of Downtown Development Authority Projects Extends URL tax schemes for several decades without a vote of the people. Passed Senate.
SB-184 Protections For Residential Tenants If I am reading this right, it requires a landlord to rent to the first person who applies for the property and it protects the renter from eviction if any violation of this law is claimed. There are several other absurd requirements, too many to list here. This could be the worst anti-landlord bill I have ever seen.
SB-188 Protections for Accessing Reproductive Health Care Giving abortion doctors certain legal immunities. Passed House, PLV.
SB-189 Increasing Access to Reproductive Health-Care Forces medical insurance companies to provide abortions without deductibles and copays. Passed House, PLV.
SB-190 Deceptive Actions Regarding Pregnancy-Related Services Directly attacks crisis pregnancy centers. Passed House, PLV.
SB-198 Clean Energy Plans This is a very bad bill. It accelerates the push to eliminate coal fired electric utilities, putting immediate teeth into the governor’s plan to eliminate coal plants by 2030. Passed first committee, PLV.
SB-213 Land Use Taking away local control from counties and municipalities on residential properties
SB-261 Direct Care Workforce Stabilization Board This will treat all direct care workforce people like they were in a union, run by the government!
6. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
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.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Passcode: 123456
One tap mobile
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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,P.O. Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513.
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado(RSCC) is composed of conservative leaders within the Republican caucus of the Colorado legislature.
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April 1, 2023
1. Rally for Parental Rights on April 6
2. Kari Lake’s Fight for Election Integrity
3. Preventing School Shootings in Colorado
4. General Session Bills
5. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
1. Rally for Parental Rights on April 6
Next Thursday there is a big rally planned at the Colorado state capitol for parental rights and against several bills in the legislature, including the mental health assessment bill, HB-1003. It will start at 10:00 AM and conclude before the 1:30 PM committee hearing for HB-1003. For more information and to PRE-REGISTER go to: http://bit.ly/3LN8sRR, To access this information you will need this CODE: rallyfortruth2023.
Next week the CHEC homeschool rally will be at the capitol on April 13 and the Convention of the States rally will be on the following week, on April 20.
2. Kari Lake’s Fight for Election Integrity
The governor’s race in Arizona is one more example of why there is good reason to question the integrity of our election systems. The Republican candidate, Kari Lake is determined to get a court to actually look at the facts, but it has been hard to find a judge that has the courage to deal with this vital question. Finally the Arizona Supreme Court remanded the question of signature verification back to a lower court who had previously found a way to dismiss the suit without looking at the facts.
This could also end up a dead end if the judge finds another way to weasel out of the case, but Kari is persistent and that is what it takes to force judges to do their job when it comes to election issues. For more information click here.
3. Preventing School Shootings in Colorado
Here is a great article by Joy Overbeck that, in the wake of the recent Nashville school shooting, highlights Colorado’s law that allows schools to have an immediate response team at their school at all times, without hiring any additional staff. This is a part of the 2003 concealed carry law that more local school districts are now utilizing.
4. General Session Bills
540 bills have been introduced so far.
Here is a brief summary of 60 bills I consider most significant:
PLV means party line vote.
The best bills:
HB-1017 CONCERNING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ELECTRONIC SALES AND USE TAX SIMPLIFICATION SYSTEM I don’t like the Colorado sales tax system at all, and this does not repeal it, but it is designed to take a little bit of the pain out of collecting sales taxes. Passed first committee.
HB-1029CONCERNING MEASURES TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING ADMINISTRATION OF A COVID-19 VACCINE TO A MINOR WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1038CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE It would make it more possible and economical to replace a stolen catalytic converter. Lost in first committee, PLV.
HB 1044 “SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT” This bill is designed to prohibit enforcement of federal laws that infringe on the right to bear arms. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1050 USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST A PERSON WHO HAS MADE AN ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO A PLACE OF BUSINESS The business version of the make my day law. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1054 CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY VALUATION This bill will smooth out the property tax explosion we will see if this bill does not pass. Lost in First Committee
HB-1055 PROHIBIT WIRELESS NETWORKING VOTING SYSTEMS They say the machines don’t have wireless connections, how about making it the law? Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1063 REDUCTION OF STATE INCOME TAX RATE to 3.5% Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1079 INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR NONPUBLIC EDUCATION This is a bill idea I first introduced nearly 20 years ago and somebody has carried it every year since then. The idea is sound, but the teacher’s union is opposed to it. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1080 RELIABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES This bill encourages nuclear and hydro power. Lost in first committee.
HB-1085 RURAL ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING CODES Extends the dates that rural areas have to adopt these new, restrictive codes. Lost in first committee
HB-1086 DUE PROCESS ASSET FORFEITURE ACT This places reasonable limits on civil forfeiture actions. Passed first committee
HB-1119 ABOLISHING ABORTIONS IN COLORADO The bill title says it all. Thank you Rep. Bottoms for sponsoring this bill. With Roe overturned this is no longer an academic exercise. To vote against this bill is to condemn thousands of children to certain death. To vote for the bill is to give them life! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1127 Customer’s Right To Use Energy Prohibits local government from banning natural gas, etc. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1142 Information Of Person Reporting Child Abuse This eliminates anonymous reporting. Passed first committee
HB-1150 Provide Information On Abortion Pill Reversal A pro-life bill lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1163 Revoke Carbon Dioxide Status As A Pollutant This is a scientifically accurate proposal! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1166 Repeal Retail Delivery Fees This needs no explanation. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1173 Modify Department Of Transportation Governance Make Transportation Commission members an elected positions. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1188 Authorizing a Public School to Offer Individualized Learning A form of public school at home – might have some merit… Passed first committee
SB-025 “IN GOD WE TRUST” SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE Passed second committee.
SB-026PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA This will prohibit a bank from discriminating against a borrower because of a perceived environmental impact from the loan. The bill is designed to stop woke virtue signaling in the banking industry. Lost in first committee, PLV.
SB-079 NUCLEAR ENERGY AS A CLEAN ENERGY RESOURCE This bill states the obvious: nuclear is a clean energy. Lost in first committee, PLV
SB-108 Allowing Temporary Reductions In Property Tax Due Passed Senate
SB-143 Retail Delivery Fees Gives some relief to the collection of retail delivery fees. Passed first committee in House
The worst bills:
HB-1003 “SIXTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACT” Pass this and schools may start acting like mental health wards. Passed House PLV
HB-1020 CONCERNING SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSES IN THE REGULATED MARIJUANA BUSINESS. First, what is a social equity license? Is it a streamlined licensing process? That may be a good idea, but not just for a privileged few. Simplify licensing, but do it for all. Better yet, get rid of most of the licensing authority of the state. Passed first committee
HB-1057 CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS HAVE RESTROOMS WITH AMENITIES FOR ALL GENDERS. What are “all” genders? Both genders (which is self evident) or dozens of genders (which is absurd nonsense). Passed first committee PLV.
HB-1068 PET ANIMAL OWNERSHIP IN HOUSING This creates a whole new category of regulations for rental properties, including banning any extra deposits or rent increase for pets. Passed House
HB-1095 LIMITATIONS ON RENTAL AGREEMENTS This is a long list of what cannot be in a housing rental agreement. This will inevitably drive up the cost of renting in Colorado, which is already way too high. Passed House third reading
HB-1118 FAIR WORKWEEK EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS This looks like a union bill without the union. The bottom line is it makes it that much more complicated to hire somebody and will discourage businesses from creating more jobs and reduce potential wages for those jobs because of the additional costs of keeping employees. Lost in first committee
HB23-1154 Ballot Issue Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report More global warming nonsense. Lost in first committee
HB23-1165 County Authority To Prohibit Firearms Discharge Another gun control law which includes a prohibition on private property. Passed House
HB-1171 Just Cause Requirement Eviction Of Residential Tenant More controls on rentals, increasing the cost of renting homes. Passed House
HB_1185 Requirements For Recall Elections And Vacancies This is the recall protection act. It says that if a legislator is recalled, they must be replaced by someone from their own party. No longer would the voting citizens be able to switch the party for that office through a recall. Passed Senate, but partisan requirement for replacement candidates was removed from the bill.
HB-1190 Affordable Housing Right Of First Refusal Forcing property owners to give the local government 90 days to review any property sale and buy it for the same terms the owner made with a private purchaser. Passed House
HB-1202 Overdose Prevention Center Authorization This sets up illegal drug injection centers. That’s right, places where drug addicts can take illegal drugs without any legal consequences. Passed House
HB-1206 County Sheriffs and District Attorneys Requires all candidates for these offices to petition on to the ballot and eliminates any party affiliation from their election. This is another direct attack on the caucus system. Passed House
HB-1209 Analysis of a universal health-care system. First step to government funded medical care. Passed first committee, PLV
HB-1210 Concerning Carbon Management -Just think of the possibilities here! Passed first committee, PLV
HB-1219 Waiting Period To Deliver A Firearm Require three day wait to buy a firearm Passed Senate, PLV
HB-1230 Assault Weapons Ban Banning the manufacture, sale or transfer of any semi-automatic firearm that accepts a removable magazine and has a pistol grip, or other details they don’t like… Passed Senate first committee. Passed Senate, PLV.
HB-1245 Campaign Restrictions on Municipality Elections Among other limitations, this bill prohibits political parties from contributing to a non-partisan race. Passed first committee, PLV.
HB-1254 Habitability of Rental Properties This bill will guarantee an increase in rental rates across the state as property owners will have to be prepared to pay significant costs if a tenant makes a habitability claim.
HB-1272 (https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1272) Tax Policy That Advances Decarbonization Tax credits for “green” products and a property tax increase for oil and gas production (where is the required TABOR vote of the people?).
SB-016 PROMOTE REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN COLORADO This is a very dangerous bill, calling for ZERO CO2 emissions by 2050, and tightening up all target dates before that deadline. Passed second committee PLV
SB-21 ORDERING OF NAMES ON PRIMARY BALLOTS This will weaken the assembly system by not making the top vote in the district assembly the top line on the primary ballot and makes all primary ballot names (by district assembly and by petition) random. It is one more step toward a jungle primary mess. My thanks to the bill sponsor for requesting the bill be killed in committee, which they did.
SB-101 Candidate Ballot Access For Primary Elections This bill will force all primary candidates to petition on to the ballot. Lost in first Committee
SB-105 Ensure Equal Pay For Equal Work More micro managing private businesses. This bill, intended to “help” employees, will discourage job growth. Passed first committee
SB-111 Public Employees’ Workplace Protection Unionize government employees. Passed House, PLV
SB-168 Gun Violence Victims’ Access To Judicial System Allows a gun manufacturer or seller to be sued by anyone injured by a gun they made or sold to a third party. Passed House, PLV
SB-169 Increasing Minimum Age To Purchase Firearms From 18 to 21. Passed House committee, PLV.
SB-170 Extreme Risk Protection Order Petitions Expanding the red flag law. Passed House, PLV.
SB-175 Financing Of Downtown Development Authority Projects Extends URL tax schemes for several decades without a vote of the people. Passed Senate.
SB-184 Protections For Residential Tenants If I am reading this right, it requires a landlord to rent to the first person who applies for the property and it protects the renter from eviction if any violation of this law is claimed. There are several other absurd requirements, too many to list here. This could be the worst anti-landlord bill I have ever seen.
SB-188 Protections for Accessing Reproductive Health Care Giving abortion doctors certain legal immunities. Passed House committee, PLV.
SB-189 Increasing Access to Reproductive Health-Care Forces medical insurance companies to provide abortions without deductibles and copays. Passed House committee, PLV.
SB-190 Deceptive Actions Regarding Pregnancy-Related Services Directly attacks crisis pregnancy centers. Passed House second reading.
SB-198 Clean Energy Plans This is a very bad bill. It accelerates the push to eliminate coal fired electric utilities, putting immediate teeth into the governor’s plan to eliminate coal plants by 2030.
SB-213 Land Use Taking away local control from counties and municipalities on residiential properties
3. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
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.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85167891314?pwd=a3UwYlhhM0Y0Tk5KaWpkWEt2cGx0dz09
Meeting ID: 851 6789 1314
Passcode: 123456
One tap mobile
+17193594580,,85167891314#,,,,*123456# US
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,P.O. Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513.
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado(RSCC) is composed of conservative leaders within the Republican caucus of the Colorado legislature.
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March 26, 2023
Special Report
After shutting down debate during an extraordinary Saturday session the Speaker of the House demanded an unprecedented Sunday morning session (which is continuing as of this writing at 7:30 PM) to conduct third reading and final votes on the Second Amendment busting bills. These bills include SB-170, expanding the red flag law, and SB-168 which is designed to force firearms manufacturers and dealers to end all sales in Colorado. This is because it makes them legally liable for any damage that may result from the use of a firearm they made or sold.
I am sending this special report because this weekend underscores how out of control the majority in the Colorado legislature has become. And it is not just the Second Amendment that is in their sights.
Among the 30+ worst bills listed in my Lundberg Report are several aimed at property owners, ostensibly defending the renters in Colorado, but each new, and extensive regulation on the property owners is actually driving up the cost of housing and treating the property owner as a renter from the state.
There are also bills trashing the rights of parents, including the parents right to simply know and/or control what medical and mental health is being pushed on their children. HB-1209 is laying the groundwork for a complete takeover of medical care in Colorado. HB-1202sets up illegal drug injection centers.
After making abortion legal in every way in Colorado last year they are now going after pregnancy caring centers with unfair trade practice laws, making abortion reversal treatments illegal (so much for their mantra about “choice”). SB-189 forces medical insurance companies to provide abortions without deductibles and copays and SB-188 grants abortion doctors extraordinary legal immunities.
SB-198accelerates the governor’s plan to eliminate coal fired electric utilities, putting immediate teeth into the governor’s plan to eliminate coal plants by 2030. And this push to eliminate our state’s primary source of electric power is while they continue to push for all electric vehicles!
HB-1057 will require public buildings to accommodate the schizophrenic woke ideology for “genders” in their bathroom construction and HB-1020 introduces the concept of social equity (CRT) in state licensing policies.
I could go on, but you get the idea. The 2023 Colorado legislative session is destroying our state. They are coming for our guns, our cars, our property, our children, our health, and our lives.
The Republican minority is valiantly fighting against these extremely dangerous changes to our state, but as of today, all of these bills are passing and now the House is even taking away the minority party’s right to properly debate these outrageous bills.
Here is an excellent speech Rep. Luck made during the Saturday session: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#inbox/FMfcgzGslkkkHRbrNLZpbMGcPdPKHTsx.
We cannot sit back and be silent.
My thanks to Jan Cook for the following action items for the abortion bills coming up this week:
You can still send emails tonight and Monday to the House Judiciary and Health and Insurance Committee who will both be hearing three pro-abortion bills on Tuesday, March 28th. SB23-188, SB23-189 and SB23-190 all have issues with first amendment and religious freedom. They are extremely dangerous to the Colorado citizenry, Why? For example, SB23-189 will force employers and insurers to cover the cost of abortions, transgender surgeries and sterilization services. Hence, the employees will off-set costs with their insurance premiums. It also eliminates parental notification of minors who get an abortion, oral or surgical contraception (and other medical procedures) most parents would want to be consulted on and informed. SB23-190 will take away the choice for women to reverse a chemical abortion and bans pregnancy centers from advertising their life affirming services. Narrowing a woman’s ability to assess fully her healthcare options and available resources.
Testify against the Bills
The second thing you can do is testify against SB23-188, SB23-189 and SB23-190. All three abortion bills will be heard this Tuesday, March 28, 2023. SB23-189 will be heard in the House Health and Insurance Committee around 10:00 am in the House Committee Room 0112 on the ground floor of the capitol.
SB23-188 and SB23-190 will be heard in the House Judiciary Committee at 1:30 pm in the Old State Library on the second floor of the capitol. This is the last opportunity for the public to testify against these bills.
There are 3 ways to testify. The best way is in-person (most impactful). If you are interested in testifying in-person and would like to meet up with other like-minded people who are also testifying, please reply to this email or contact Jan Cook at JanetECook@proton.me. It’s best to write out your testimony to read it at the hearing. Generally, testimony is limited to 2 – 3 minutes. Err on 2 minutes. You do not need to be an expert to testify. Secondly, you can testify remotely, and the third way is to submit written testimony.
Click here to go to the Colorado General Assembly’s webpage to sign-up for in-person or remote testimony, to submit written comments, or to listen to the hearing.
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March 25, 2023
1. SB-198 Puts Teeth in Governor’s Goal to End Coal for Colorado
2. General Session Bills
3. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
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1. SB-198 Puts Teeth in Governor’s Goal to End Coal for Colorado
SB-198 will make the governor’s fantasy about ending coal fired electric utilities a nightmare for Colorado citizens. It essentially accelerates the end of coal power by adding a new target of reducing CO2 output for electric utilities by 46% in 2027. The bill also requires that the plans for those reductions be submitted in 2024.
In layman’s terms this means that the governor’s “goal” is actually a mandate which kicks in immediately. This is a train wreck that, in a best case scenario, will mean significantly higher electric prices across the state. But more probably, given their plans for converting all cars to electric and the war on gas appliances, etc., I expect we will simply not have enough electric power to serve the needs of our growing state. That means brownouts, blackouts and probably life-threatening situations on the coldests nights in future winters and heat waves in the summer.
Of course, Polis will be long gone by then and we will be left with the chaos.
2. General Session Bills
504 bills have been introduced so far.
Here is a brief summary of 59 bills I consider most significant:
PLV means party line vote.
The best bills:
HB-1017 CONCERNING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ELECTRONIC SALES AND USE TAX SIMPLIFICATION SYSTEM I don’t like the Colorado sales tax system at all, and this does not repeal it, but it is designed to take a little bit of the pain out of collecting sales taxes. Passed first committee.
HB-1029CONCERNING MEASURES TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING ADMINISTRATION OF A COVID-19 VACCINE TO A MINOR WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1038CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE It would make it more possible and economical to replace a stolen catalytic converter. Lost in first committee, PLV.
HB 1044 “SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT” This bill is designed to prohibit enforcement of federal laws that infringe on the right to bear arms. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1050 USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST A PERSON WHO HAS MADE AN ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO A PLACE OF BUSINESS The business version of the make my day law. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1054 CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY VALUATION This bill will smooth out the property tax explosion we will see if this bill does not pass. Lost in First Committee
HB-1055 PROHIBIT WIRELESS NETWORKING VOTING SYSTEMS They say the machines don’t have wireless connections, how about making it the law? Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1063 REDUCTION OF STATE INCOME TAX RATE to 3.5% Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1079 INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR NONPUBLIC EDUCATION This is a bill idea I first introduced nearly 20 years ago and somebody has carried it every year since then. The idea is sound, but the teacher’s union is opposed to it. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1080 RELIABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES This bill encourages nuclear and hydro power.
HB-1085 RURAL ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING CODES Extends the dates that rural areas have to adopt these new, restrictive codes. Lost in first committee
HB-1086 DUE PROCESS ASSET FORFEITURE ACT This places reasonable limits on civil forfeiture actions. Passed first committee
HB-1119 ABOLISHING ABORTIONS IN COLORADO The bill title says it all. Thank you Rep. Bottoms for sponsoring this bill. With Roe overturned this is no longer an academic exercise. To vote against this bill is to condemn thousands of children to certain death. To vote for the bill is to give them life! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1127 Customer’s Right To Use Energy Prohibits local government from banning natural gas, etc. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1142 Information Of Person Reporting Child Abuse This eliminates anonymous reporting. Passed first committee
HB-1150 Provide Information On Abortion Pill Reversal A pro-life bill lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1163 Revoke Carbon Dioxide Status As A Pollutant This is a scientifically accurate proposal! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1166 Repeal Retail Delivery Fees This needs no explanation. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1173 Modify Department Of Transportation Governance Make Transportation Commission members an elected positions. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1188 Authorizing a Public School to Offer Individualized Learning A form of public school at home – might have some merit… Passed first committee
SB-025 “IN GOD WE TRUST” SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE Passed second committee.
SB-026PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA This will prohibit a bank from discriminating against a borrower because of a perceived environmental impact from the loan. The bill is designed to stop woke virtue signaling in the banking industry. Lost in first committee, PLV.
SB-079 NUCLEAR ENERGY AS A CLEAN ENERGY RESOURCE This bill states the obvious: nuclear is a clean energy. Lost in first committee, PLV
SB-108 Allowing Temporary Reductions In Property Tax Due Passed Senate
SB-143 Retail Delivery Fees Gives some relief to the collection of retail delivery fees. Passed first committee in House
The worst bills:
HB-1003 “SIXTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACT” Pass this and schools may start acting like mental health wards. Passed House PLV
HB-1020 CONCERNING SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSES IN THE REGULATED MARIJUANA BUSINESS. First, what is a social equity license? Is it a streamlined licensing process? That may be a good idea, but not just for a privileged few. Simplify licensing, but do it for all. Better yet, get rid of most of the licensing authority of the state. Passed first committee
HB-1057 CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS HAVE RESTROOMS WITH AMENITIES FOR ALL GENDERS. What are “all” genders? Both genders (which is self evident) or dozens of genders (which is absurd nonsense). Passed first committee PLV.
HB-1068 PET ANIMAL OWNERSHIP IN HOUSING This creates a whole new category of regulations for rental properties, including banning any extra deposits or rent increase for pets. Passed House
HB-1095 LIMITATIONS ON RENTAL AGREEMENTS This is a long list of what cannot be in a housing rental agreement. This will inevitably drive up the cost of renting in Colorado, which is already way too high. Passed House third reading
HB-1118 FAIR WORKWEEK EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS This looks like a union bill without the union. The bottom line is it makes it that much more complicated to hire somebody and will discourage businesses from creating more jobs and reduce potential wages for those jobs because of the additional costs of keeping employees. Lost in first committee
HB23-1154 Ballot Issue Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report More global warming nonsense. Lost in first committee
HB23-1165 County Authority To Prohibit Firearms Discharge Another gun control law which includes a prohibition on private property. Passed House
HB-1171 Just Cause Requirement Eviction Of Residential Tenant More controls on rentals, increasing the cost of renting homes. Passed House
HB_1185 Requirements For Recall Elections And Vacancies This is the recall protection act. It says that if a legislator is recalled, they must be replaced by someone from their own party. No longer would the voting citizens be able to switch the party for that office through a recall. Passed first committee in Senate.
HB-1190 Affordable Housing Right Of First Refusal Forcing property owners to give the local government 90 days to review any property sale and buy it for the same terms the owner made with a private purchaser. Passed House
HB-1202 Overdose Prevention Center Authorization This sets up illegal drug injection centers. That’s right, places where drug addicts can take illegal drugs without any legal consequences. Passed House
HB-1206 County Sheriffs and District Attorneys Requires all candidates for these offices to petition on to the ballot and eliminates any party affiliation from their election. This is another direct attack on the caucus system. Passed House
HB-1209 Analysis of a universal health-care system. First step to government funded medical care. Passed first committee, PLV
HB-1210 Concerning Carbon Management -Just think of the possibilities here! Passed first committee, PLV
HB-1219 Waiting Period To Deliver A Firearm Require three day wait to buy a firearm Passed first committee in Senate
HB-1230 Assault Weapons Ban Banning the manufacture, sale or transfer of any semi-automatic firearm that accepts a removable magazine and has a pistol grip, or other details they don’t like… Passed Senate first committee.
HB-1245 Campaign Restrictions on Municipality Elections Among other limitations, this bill prohibits political parties from contributing to a non-partisan race.
HB-1254 Habitability of Rental Properties This bill will guaratee an increase in rental rates across the state as property owners will have to be prepared to pay significant costs if a tennant makes a habitability claim.
SB-016 PROMOTE REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN COLORADO This is a very dangerous bill, calling for ZERO CO2 emissions by 2050, and tightening up all target dates before that deadline. Passed second committee PLV
SB-21 ORDERING OF NAMES ON PRIMARY BALLOTS This will weaken the assembly system by not making the top vote in the district assembly the top line on the primary ballot and makes all primary ballot names (by district assembly and by petition) random. It is one more step toward a jungle primary mess. My thanks to the bill sponsor for requesting the bill be killed in committee, which they did.
SB-101 Candidate Ballot Access For Primary Elections This bill will force all primary candidates to petition on to the ballot. Lost in first Committee
SB-105 Ensure Equal Pay For Equal Work More micro managing private businesses. This bill, intended to “help” employees, will discourage job growth. Passed first committee
SB-111 Public Employees’ Workplace Protection Unionize government employees. Passed first committee, PLV
SB-168 Gun Violence Victims’ Access To Judicial System Allows a gun manufacturer or seller to be sued by anyone injured by a gun they made or sold to a third party. Passed House committee, PLV
SB-169 Increasing Minimum Age To Purchase Firearms From 18 to 21. Passed House committee, PLV.
SB-170 Extreme Risk Protection Order Petitions Expanding the red flag law. Passed House commitees, PLV.
SB-175 Financing Of Downtown Development Authority Projects Extends URL tax schemes for several decades without a vote of the people. Passed first committee
SB-184 Protections For Residential Tenants If I am reading this right, it requires a landlord to rent to the first person who applies for the property and it protects the renter from eviction if any violation of this law is claimed. There are several other absurd requirements, too many to list here. This could be the worst anti-landlord bill I have ever seen.
SB-188 Protections for Accessing Reproductive Health Care Giving abortion doctors certain legal immunities. Passed Senate
SB-189 Increasing Access to Reproductive Health-Care Forces medical insurance companies to provide abortions without deductibles and copays. Passed Senate
SB-190 Deceptive Actions Regarding Pregnancy-Related Services Directly attacks crisis pregnancy centers. Passed Senate
SB-198 Clean Energy Plans This is a very bad bill. It accelerates the push to eliminate coal fired electric utilities, putting immediate teeth into the governor’s plan to eliminate coal plants by 2030.
SB-213 Land Use Taking away local control from counties and municipalities on residiential properties
3. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
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.
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March 18, 2023
1. Budget Bill is Up Next
2. More on the Radical Abortion Bills
3. General Session Bills
4. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
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1. Budget Bill is Up Next
The Joint Budget Committee (JBC) is wrapping up their preparation of the “Long Bill,” which is the major appropriations bill for the session. It has not yet been introduced, but we do know that the bottom line is just shy of 43 Billion dollars. That is about double what I saw when I served on the JBC. The Long Bill will be introduced in the Senate first, for a about of week of consideration, then the House and after nearly 100 amendments are tried the bill goes back to the JBC, who usually strip out most of the amendments and return it for final approval with few changes from what they originally introduced.
2. More on the Radical Abortion Bills
Last week I reported on three abortion bills that were just introduced before I published. I have had more time to consider them and, if anything, they are worse than I originally thought. They are very comprehensive bills and my description here is a limited and imperfect description of how extreme and radical this will make Colorado abortion and child mutilation (“gender affirming’) laws.
The first bill, SB-188, “Protections for Accessing Reproductive Health Care,” grants extraordinary legal protections to medical personnel who engage in abortions or “gender-affirming health-care services,” which are code words for gender mutilation surgery, often on minor children.
It prohibits any medical insurance company from refusing to pay or not include a provider in their network because they work in the abortion industry.
This bill also grants authority to sue in civil court anyone who may be suspected of violating Colorado’s “Reproductive Health Equity Act.”
The second bill, SB-189, “Increasing Access to Reproductive Health-Care,” requires “large employer plans, on and after January 1, 2025, to provide coverage for the total cost of abortion care without policy deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance.”
SB-189 also allows minors access to contraceptives and other services without parental knowledge or consent.
Additionally, in section 11 of the bill it requires payment for transportation through Medicaid to facilitate an abortion: “TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INCLUDE EXPENSES FOR TRANSPORTATION TO MEDICAL SERVICES THAT ARE PROHIBITED FROM COVERAGE PURSUANT TO SECTION 50 OF ARTICLE V OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION.” This section is unbelievable, because section 50 of Article V of the Colorado constitution prohibits direct or indirect funding of abortions by the state of Colorado. This section of this bill directs the Medicaid department to blatantly violate the Colorado constitution!
The final bill, SB-190, “Deceptive Actions Regarding Pregnancy-Related Services,” is an all-out attack on pregnancy caring centers. Repeating from my report last week, here is a direct quote from the bill:
“…anti-abortion centers, also known as “crisis pregnancy centers” or “fake clinics”, aim “to prevent abortions by persuading people that adoption or parenting is a better option”; Anti-abortion centers are the ground-level presence of a well-coordinated anti-choice movement;”
The bill is setting up pregnancy caring centers to be in violation of fair trade practices because they encourage adoption and parenting.
And this bill makes abortion reversal drugs illegal in Colorado.
Taken together, these three bills are a clear message that in Colorado law killing unborn children and mutilating those who were fortunate to avoid the abortionist’s knife is not only tolerated, it is encouraged and celebrated and anyone who dares to stand in their way will be crushed.
God help us in these dark times of such widespread evil.
3. General Session Bills
445 bills have been introduced so far.
Here is a brief summary of 55 bills I consider most significant:
PLV means party line vote.
The best bills:
HB-1017 CONCERNING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ELECTRONIC SALES AND USE TAX SIMPLIFICATION SYSTEM I don’t like the Colorado sales tax system at all, and this does not repeal it, but it is designed to take a little bit of the pain out of collecting sales taxes. Passed first committee.
HB-1029CONCERNING MEASURES TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING ADMINISTRATION OF A COVID-19 VACCINE TO A MINOR WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1038CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE It would make it more possible and economical to replace a stolen catalytic converter. Lost in first committee, PLV.
HB 1044 “SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT” This bill is designed to prohibit enforcement of federal laws that infringe on the right to bear arms. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1050 USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST A PERSON WHO HAS MADE AN ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO A PLACE OF BUSINESS The business version of the make my day law. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1054 CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY VALUATION This bill will smooth out the property tax explosion we will see if this bill does not pass. Lost in First Committee
HB-1055 PROHIBIT WIRELESS NETWORKING VOTING SYSTEMS They say the machines don’t have wireless connections, how about making it the law? Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1063 REDUCTION OF STATE INCOME TAX RATE to 3.5% Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1079 INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR NONPUBLIC EDUCATION This is a bill idea I first introduced nearly 20 years ago and somebody has carried it every year since then. The idea is sound, but the teacher’s union is opposed to it. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1080 RELIABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES This bill encourages nuclear and hydro power.
HB-1085 RURAL ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING CODES Extends the dates that rural areas have to adopt these new, restrictive codes. Lost in first committee
HB-1086 DUE PROCESS ASSET FORFEITURE ACT This places reasonable limits on civil forfeiture actions. Passed first committee
HB-1119 ABOLISHING ABORTIONS IN COLORADO The bill title says it all. Thank you Rep. Bottoms for sponsoring this bill. With Roe overturned this is no longer an academic exercise. To vote against this bill is to condemn thousands of children to certain death. To vote for the bill is to give them life! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1127 Customer’s Right To Use Energy Prohibits local government from banning natural gas, etc. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1142 Information Of Person Reporting Child Abuse This eliminates anonymous reporting. Passed first committee
HB-1150 Provide Information On Abortion Pill Reversal A pro-life bill lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1163 Revoke Carbon Dioxide Status As A Pollutant This is a scientifically accurate proposal! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1166 Repeal Retail Delivery Fees This needs no explanation. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1173 Modify Department Of Transportation Governance Make Transportation Commission members an elected positions. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1188 Authorizing a Public School to Offer Individualized Learning A form of public school at home – might have some merit…
SB-025 “IN GOD WE TRUST” SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE Passed second committee.
SB-026PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA This will prohibit a bank from discriminating against a borrower because of a perceived environmental impact from the loan. The bill is designed to stop woke virtue signaling in the banking industry. Lost in first committee, PLV.
SB-079 NUCLEAR ENERGY AS A CLEAN ENERGY RESOURCE This bill states the obvious: nuclear is a clean energy. Lost in first committee, PLV
SB-108 Allowing Temporary Reductions In Property Tax Due Passed Senate
SB-143 Retail Delivery Fees Gives some relief to the collection of retail delivery fees. Passed Senate
The worst bills:
HB-1003 “SIXTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACT” Pass this and schools may start acting like mental health wards. Passed House second reading
HB-1020 CONCERNING SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSES IN THE REGULATED MARIJUANA BUSINESS. First, what is a social equity license? Is it a streamlined licensing process? That may be a good idea, but not just for a privileged few. Simplify licensing, but do it for all. Better yet, get rid of most of the licensing authority of the state. Passed first committee
HB-1057 CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS HAVE RESTROOMS WITH AMENITIES FOR ALL GENDERS. What are “all” genders? Both genders (which is self evident) or dozens of genders (which is absurd nonsense). Passed first committee PLV.
HB-1068 PET ANIMAL OWNERSHIP IN HOUSING This creates a whole new category of regulations for rental properties, including banning any extra deposits or rent increase for pets. Passed House
HB-1095 LIMITATIONS ON RENTAL AGREEMENTS This is a long list of what cannot be in a housing rental agreement. This will inevitably drive up the cost of renting in Colorado, which is already way too high. Passed House third reading
HB-1118 FAIR WORKWEEK EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS This looks like a union bill without the union. The bottom line is it makes it that much more complicated to hire somebody and will discourage businesses from creating more jobs and reduce potential wages for those jobs because of the additional costs of keeping employees. Lost in first committee
HB23-1154 Ballot Issue Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report More global warming nonsense. Lost in first committee
HB23-1165 County Authority To Prohibit Firearms Discharge Another gun control law which includes a prohibition on private property. Passed House
HB-1171 Just Cause Requirement Eviction Of Residential Tenant More controls on rentals, increasing the cost of renting homes. Passed House
HB_1185 Requirements For Recall Elections And Vacancies This is the recall protection act. It says that if a legislator is recalled, they must be replaced by someone from their own party. No longer would the voting citizens be able to switch the party for that office through a recall. Passed house.
HB-1190 Affordable Housing Right Of First Refusal Forcing property owners to give the local government 90 days to review any property sale and buy it for the same terms the owner made with a private purchaser. Passed House
HB-1202 Overdose Prevention Center Authorization This sets up illegal drug injection centers. That’s right, places where drug addicts can take illegal drugs without any legal consequences. Passed House
HB-1206 County Sheriffs and District Attorneys Requires all candidates for these offices to petition on to the ballot and eliminates any party affiliation from their election. This is another direct attack on the caucus system. Passed second committee, PLV
HB-1209 Analysis of a universal health-care system. First step to government funded medical care. Passed first committee, PLV
HB-1210 Concerning Carbon Management -Just think of the possibilities here! Passed first committee, PLV
HB-1219 Waiting Period To Deliver A Firearm Require three day wait to buy a firearm Passed first committee
HB-1230 Assault Weapons Ban Banning the manufacture, sale or transfer of any semi-automatic firearm that accepts a removable magazine and has a pistol grip, or other details they don’t like…
SB-016 PROMOTE REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN COLORADO This is a very dangerous bill, calling for ZERO CO2 emissions by 2050, and tightening up all target dates before that deadline. Passed second committee PLV
SB-21 ORDERING OF NAMES ON PRIMARY BALLOTS This will weaken the assembly system by not making the top vote in the district assembly the top line on the primary ballot and makes all primary ballot names (by district assembly and by petition) random. It is one more step toward a jungle primary mess. My thanks to the bill sponsor for requesting the bill be killed in committee, which they did.
SB-101 Candidate Ballot Access For Primary Elections This bill will force all primary candidates to petition on to the ballot. Lost in first Committee
SB-105 Ensure Equal Pay For Equal Work More micro managing private businesses. This bill, intended to “help” employees, will discourage job growth. Passed first committee
SB-111 Public Employees’ Workplace Protection Unionize government employees. Passed first committee, PLV
SB-168 Gun Violence Victims’ Access To Judicial System Allows a gun manufacturer or seller to be sued by anyone injured by a gun they made or sold to a third party. Passed Senate, PLV
SB-169 Increasing Minimum Age To Purchase Firearms From 18 to 21. Passed Senate
SB-170 Extreme Risk Protection Order Petitions Expanding the red flag law. Passed Senate
SB-175 Financing Of Downtown Development Authority Projects Extends URL tax schemes for several decades without a vote of the people
SB-184 Protections For Residential Tenants If I am reading this right, it requires a landlord to rent to the first person who applies for the property and it protects the renter from eviction if any violation of this law is claimed. There are several other absurd requirements, too many to list here. This could be the worst anti-landlord bill I have ever seen.
SB-188 Protections for Accessing Reproductive Health Care Giving abortion doctors certain legal immunities. Passed first committee, PLV
SB-189 Increasing Access to Reproductive Health-Care Forces medical insurance companies to provide abortions without deductibles and copays. Passed second committee, PLV.
SB-190 Deceptive Actions Regarding Pregnancy-Related Services Directly attacks crisis pregnancy centers. Passed first committee, PLV
4. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
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.
Join Zoom Meeting
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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,P.O. Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513.
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado(RSCC) is composed of conservative leaders within the Republican caucus of the Colorado legislature.
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March 13, 2023
Special Report- New Officers for the Colorado GOP
Last Saturday the Colorado Republican State Central Committee chose the officers for the party. The chairman is David Williams, vice-chairman is Priscilla Rahn and Secretary is Anna Ferguson. I offer my hearty congratulations and offer to help them in any way they consider appropriate.
My bid for the chairman position was unsuccessful, but the campaign was productive in many ways. All of the candidates engaged in several forums where I believe iron sharpened iron and we all came out with a better understanding of what it will take to turn our party and state back to solid principles of good, limited government.
I also thank everyone who did so much for my campaign. It is a great encouragement to see such passion and energy from so many who are in our battle for liberty. Do not lose hope. If we are following God’s guidance and the principles in His Word, we are on the right path and He will always lead us to His ultimate victory.
In these very challenging times we must never, never, never… never give up!
Finally, several people have asked me for the text of my nomination speech last Saturday. Here it is, in its complete form. When I delivered the speech I did cut out a couple of paragraphs toward the end due to the time constraints of the nomination presentation.
Nomination Speech for Colorado GOP chairman on March 11, 2023
Thank you Amy and Paul. Here, with some of my wonderful family- I accept your nomination.
Our children were little when I first ran for office. I knew my responsibility then as a father was to do all I could to preserve a prosperous world for them, rich with liberty! But I see my grandchildren now coming into a land where even gender is up for debate. I don’t think our kids are safe in Colorado. We need to change that.
I have followed God’s leading, with every victory, and He has led me.
Because I did not give up in the difficult times, I stayed the course and those challenges became a springboard that has brought us to this moment where a very important decision must be made- Will I be the one to lead this state back to Liberty.?
We are suffering at the will of Jared Polis. The Democrats sought to communize Colorado, and they are on a rabid path to victory. Unless we fervently step in and secure our elections- they will win.
They have diminished what a woman is, the sanctity and value of life. The perversion passed as education is used to groom our children and alienate parents. It demands our action. Polis has made it nearly impossible to afford to live in this once conservative state. But that’s not enough. The left is at war with our self-determination; our self–governance, as our Constitution defines.
We have exploding inflation, skyrocketing crime, and our cities are becoming a wasteland of homeless camps. And yes, they are after your guns! Every Republican in this state ought to be outraged and ready to help.
The moment has come to take a stand- We must say NO- we will not allow our life and our liberties to be tossed aside and our government allowed one more inch of our freedom!
We must take the ground back! God gave us this responsibility and God will establish the work of our hands. It is time to rise up together and say NO MORE! As Reagan said- “if we can’t make them see the light, they must feel the heat!”
So yes, I do accept this nomination to be Your Republican Chairman and I make this agreement with you:
Priority from day one will be to Close our Unconstitutional open primaries! We will not turn our party vote over to those who do not support, agree or even like us! We have a Republic to stand for and will build a platform that will be the guide for Colorado Republicans.
We will have victories again- to do that, we will expose the fools-gold standard of our elections. and fix Colorado’s broken election system.
And the grassroots- maybe you know them, they showed up at the last state assembly and showed so much passion and zeal, they, we, cannot be ignored. I will be working with you. You are the engine needed for success.
We will capture that energy and that America First passion and we will WIN!
Will You stand with me to take back our state?
Will you stand with me to ask God to give us a future for our children?
Will you stand with me to forge the party of Lincoln, of Reagan and of Donald Trump as we face the future together and weather every storm, knowing God is with us, Who can be against us?!
Finally, My personal promise to you:
I will be fully transparent with our state party finances, and I will not be taking a six-figure income.
I don’t need to tell you that we are at war. Right now, our people need courageous and experienced leadership.
We are fed up with full-time politicians and consultants ruining our lives.
My fellow patriots, my life is a testament of this truth: I will always fight for our freedoms and our values.
Together, and with God’s blessing, We will lead this state back to greatness!
Thank you
For Life and Liberty!
Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator
P.S. Several have asked me to publish the speech I gave at the meeting on Saturday. Here is the complete text. It contains a couple of paragraphs I had to delete at the last minute due to time constraints on the time allotted for the nomination speech.
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March 11, 2023
1. State GOP Party Chairman Campaign
2. Democrats Introduce New Abortion Bills
3. General Session Bills
4. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
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1. State GOP Party Chairman Campaign
Today is the day of decision for the state GOP chairman race. I will report the results as soon as I can – after from recovering from the race myself…
2. Democrats Introduce New Abortion Bills
After last year’s extreme abortion bill was put into law it seemed the advocates for abortion had gotten everything, but now they have rolled out three new bills that go further, SB-188, SB-189 and SB-190 which directly attacks crisis pregnancy centers.
Here is a direct quote from the bill. It gives a sense of the spirit of this legislation:
“…anti-abortion centers, also known as “crisis pregnancy centers” or “fake clinics”, aim “to prevent abortions by persuading people that adoption or parenting is a better option”; Anti-abortion centers are the ground-level presence of a well-coordinated anti-choice movement;”
This bill goes on to outlaw abortion reversal drugs and gives language that is threatening the future of crisis pregnancy centers in Colorado.
3. General Session Bills
429 bills have been introduced so far.
Here is a brief summary of 49 bills I think are most significant:
PLV means party line vote.
The best bills:
HB-1017 CONCERNING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ELECTRONIC SALES AND USE TAX SIMPLIFICATION SYSTEM I don’t like the Colorado sales tax system at all, and this does not repeal it, but it is designed to take a little bit of the pain out of collecting sales taxes. Passed first committee.
HB-1029CONCERNING MEASURES TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING ADMINISTRATION OF A COVID-19 VACCINE TO A MINOR WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1038CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE It would make it more possible and economical to replace a stolen catalytic converter. Lost in first committee, PLV.
HB 1044 “SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT” This bill is designed to prohibit enforcement of federal laws that infringe on the right to bear arms. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1050 USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST A PERSON WHO HAS MADE AN ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO A PLACE OF BUSINESS The business version of the make my day law. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1054 CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY VALUATION This bill will smooth out the property tax explosion we will see if this bill does not pass. Lost in First Committee
HB-1055 PROHIBIT WIRELESS NETWORKING VOTING SYSTEMS They say the machines don’t have wireless connections, how about making it the law? Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1063 REDUCTION OF STATE INCOME TAX RATE to 3.5% Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1079 INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR NONPUBLIC EDUCATION This is a bill idea I first introduced nearly 20 years ago and somebody has carried it every year since then. The idea is sound, but the teacher’s union is opposed to it. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1080 RELIABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES This bill encourages nuclear and hydro power.
HB-1085 RURAL ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING CODES Extends the dates that rural areas have to adopt these new, restrictive codes. Lost in first committee
HB-1086 DUE PROCESS ASSET FORFEITURE ACT This places reasonable limits on civil forfeiture actions. Passed first committee
HB-1119 ABOLISHING ABORTIONS IN COLORADO The bill title says it all. Thank you Rep. Bottoms for sponsoring this bill. With Roe overturned this is no longer an academic exercise. To vote against this bill is to condemn thousands of children to certain death. To vote for the bill is to give them life! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1127 Customer’s Right To Use Energy Prohibits local government from banning natural gas, etc. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1142Information Of Person Reporting Child Abuse This eliminates anonymous reporting.
HB-1150 Provide Information On Abortion Pill Reversal A pro-life bill lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1163 Revoke Carbon Dioxide Status As A Pollutant This is a scientifically accurate proposal! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1166 Repeal Retail Delivery Fees This needs no explanation. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1173 Modify Department Of Transportation Governance Make Transportation Commission members an elected positions. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1188 Authorizing a Public School to Offer Individualized Learning A form of public school at home – might have some merit…
SB-025 “IN GOD WE TRUST” SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE Passed second committee.
SB-026PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA This will prohibit a bank from discriminating against a borrower because of a perceived environmental impact from the loan. The bill is designed to stop woke virtue signaling in the banking industry. Lost in first committee, PLV.
SB-079 NUCLEAR ENERGY AS A CLEAN ENERGY RESOURCE This bill states the obvious: nuclear is a clean energy. Lost in first committee, PLV
SB-108 Allowing Temporary Reductions In Property Tax Due Passed Senate
SB-143 Retail Delivery Fees Gives some relief to the collection of retail delivery fees. Passed Senate
The worst bills:
HB-1003 “SIXTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACT” Pass this and schools may start acting like mental health wards. Passed first committee PLV.
HB-1020 CONCERNING SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSES IN THE REGULATED MARIJUANA BUSINESS. First, what is a social equity license? Is it a streamlined licensing process? That may be a good idea, but not just for a privileged few. Simplify licensing, but do it for all. Better yet, get rid of most of the licensing authority of the state. Passed first committee
HB-1057 CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS HAVE RESTROOMS WITH AMENITIES FOR ALL GENDERS. What are “all” genders? Both genders (which is self evident) or dozens of genders (which is absurd nonsense). Passed first committee PLV.
HB-1068 PET ANIMAL OWNERSHIP IN HOUSING This creates a whole new category of regulations for rental properties, including banning any extra deposits or rent increase for pets. Passed second committee PLV
HB-1095 LIMITATIONS ON RENTAL AGREEMENTS This is a long list of what cannot be in a housing rental agreement. This will inevitably drive up the cost of renting in Colorado, which is already way too high. Passed House third reading
HB-1118 FAIR WORKWEEK EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS This looks like a union bill without the union. The bottom line is it makes it that much more complicated to hire somebody and will discourage businesses from creating more jobs and reduce potential wages for those jobs because of the additional costs of keeping employees. Lost in first committee
HB23-1154 Ballot Issue Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report More global warming nonsense. Lost in first committee
HB23-1165 County Authority To Prohibit Firearms Discharge Another gun control law which includes a prohibition on private property. Passed House
HB-1171 Just Cause Requirement Eviction Of Residential Tenant More controls on rentals, increasing the cost of renting homes. Passed first committee PLV
HB_1185Requirements For Recall Elections And Vacancies This is the recall protection act. It says that if a legislator is recalled, they must be replaced by someone from their own party. No longer would the voting citizens be able to switch the party for that office through a recall. Passed house.
HB-1190 Affordable Housing Right Of First Refusal Forcing property owners to give the local government 90 days to review any property sale and buy it for the same terms the owner made with a private purchaser.
HB-1202 Overdose Prevention Center Authorization This sets up illegal drug injection centers. That’s right, places where drug addicts can take illegal drugs without any legal consequences. Passed first committee, PLV
HB-1206 County Sheriffs and District Attorneys Requires all candidates for these offices to petition on to the ballot and eliminates any party affiliation from their election. This is another direct attack on the caucus system. Passed first committee, PLV
HB-1209 Analysis of a universal health-care system. First step to government funded medical care
HB-1210 Concerning Carbon Management -Just think of the possibilities here! Passed first committee, PLV
HB-1219 Waiting Period To Deliver A Firearm Require three day wait to buy a firearm Passed first committee
HB-1230 Assault Weapons Ban Banning the manufacture, sale or transfer of any semi-automatic firearm that accepts a removable magazine and has a pistol grip, or other details they don’t like…
SB-016 PROMOTE REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN COLORADO This is a very dangerous bill, calling for ZERO CO2 emissions by 2050, and tightening up all target dates before that deadline. Passed second committee PLV
SB-21ORDERING OF NAMES ON PRIMARY BALLOTS This will weaken the assembly system by not making the top vote in the district assembly the top line on the primary ballot and makes all primary ballot names (by district assembly and by petition) random. It is one more step toward a jungle primary mess. My thanks to the bill sponsor for requesting the bill be killed in committee, which they did.
SB-101 Candidate Ballot Access For Primary Elections This bill will force all primary candidates to petition on to the ballot. Lost in first Committee
SB-105 Ensure Equal Pay For Equal Work More micro managing private businesses. This bill, intended to “help” employees, will discourage job growth. Passed first committee
SB-111 Public Employees’ Workplace Protection Unionize government employees. Passed first committee, PLV
SB-168 Gun Violence Victims’ Access To Judicial System Allows a gun manufacturer or seller to be sued by anyone injured by a gun they made or sold to a third party.Passed first committee, PLV
SB-169 Increasing Minimum Age To Purchase Firearms From 18 to 21. Passed first committee, PLV
SB-170Extreme Risk Protection Order Petitions Expanding the red flag law. Passed first committee, PLV
SB-175 Financing Of Downtown Development Authority Projects Extends URL tax schemes for several decades without a vote of the people
SB-184 Protections For Residential Tenants If I am reading this right, it requires a landlord to rent to the first person who applies for the property and it protects the renter from eviction if any violation of this law is claimed. There are several other absurd requirements, too many to list here. This could be the worst anti-landlord bill I have ever seen.
SB-188 Protections for Accessing Reproductive Health Care Giving abortion doctors certain legal immunities
SB-189 Increasing Access to Reproductive Health-Care Forces medical insurance companies to provide abortions without deductibles and copays.
SB-190 Deceptive Actions Regarding Pregnancy-Related Services Directly attacks crisis pregnancy centers.
4. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
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.
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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).
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March 4, 2023
1. State GOP Party Chairman Campaign
2. Democrats Introduce Assault Weapons Ban
3. General Session Bills
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1. State GOP Party Chairman Campaign
My campaign for GOP party chairman is in full swing. I have been a part of several candidate forums, met with groups in many counties and have been conducting Zoom meetings with individuals from across the state.
Next week is a very busy time as the campaign wraps up on Saturday, March 11, with the vote by the State Central Committee. For more information on my plans and priorities for the Colorado Republican Party go to the front page of this website: KevinLundberg.com.
Some people have asked me if they could help in any way. I am already grateful to those who have helped address letters, stuff and stamp the letters, called central committee members (I could still use more people to help here) and several have organized meet and greet events for my campaign for state chairman. With six candidates currently in the race it is a very competitive situation.
There is one final need we have for anyone in the Loveland area. Next Saturday morning, as the state central committee gathers at the Embassy Suites Conference Center we need as many supporters to be there to hold signs, banners and hand out buttons and information. If you are willing to help please contact me at Kevin@KevinLundberg.com.
2. Democrats Introduce Assault Weapons Ban
The sixth gun control bill was introduced this week. It is HB-1230, The Assault Weapons Ban of the manufacture, sale or transfer of any semi-automatic firearm that accepts a removable magazine and has a pistol grip, or any other arbitrary detail they think makes it look like an “assault weapon.”
3. General Session Bills
407 bills have been introduced so far.
Here is a brief summary of 49 bills I think are most significant:
PLV means party line vote.
The best bills:
HB-1017 CONCERNING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ELECTRONIC SALES AND USE TAX SIMPLIFICATION SYSTEM I don’t like the Colorado sales tax system at all, and this does not repeal it, but it is designed to take a little bit of the pain out of collecting sales taxes. Passed first committee.
HB-1029CONCERNING MEASURES TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING ADMINISTRATION OF A COVID-19 VACCINE TO A MINOR WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1038CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE It would make it more possible and economical to replace a stolen catalytic converter. Lost in first committee, PLV.
HB 1044 “SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT” This bill is designed to prohibit enforcement of federal laws that infringe on the right to bear arms. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1050 USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST A PERSON WHO HAS MADE AN ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO A PLACE OF BUSINESS The business version of the make my day law. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1054 CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY VALUATION This bill will smooth out the property tax explosion we will see if this bill does not pass.
HB-1055 PROHIBIT WIRELESS NETWORKING VOTING SYSTEMS They say the machines don’t have wireless connections, how about making it the law? Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1063 REDUCTION OF STATE INCOME TAX RATE to 3.5% Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1079 INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR NONPUBLIC EDUCATION This is a bill idea I first introduced nearly 20 years ago and somebody has carried it every year since then. The idea is sound, but the teacher’s union is opposed to it. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1080 RELIABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES This bill encourages nuclear and hydro power.
HB-1085 RURAL ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING CODES Extends the dates that rural areas have to adopt these new, restrictive codes. Lost in first committee
HB-1086 DUE PROCESS ASSET FORFEITURE ACT This places reasonable limits on civil forfeiture actions.
HB-1119 ABOLISHING ABORTIONS IN COLORADO The bill title says it all. Thank you Rep. Bottoms for sponsoring this bill. With Roe overturned this is no longer an academic exercise. To vote against this bill is to condemn thousands of children to certain death. To vote for the bill is to give them life! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1127 Customer’s Right To Use Energy Prohibits local government from banning natural gas, etc. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1142Information Of Person Reporting Child Abuse This eliminates anonymous reporting.
HB-1150 Provide Information On Abortion Pill Reversal A pro-life bill lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1163 Revoke Carbon Dioxide Status As A Pollutant This is a scientifically accurate proposal! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1166 Repeal Retail Delivery Fees This needs no explanation. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1173 Modify Department Of Transportation Governance Make Transportation Commission members an elected positions. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1188 Authorizing a Public School to Offer Individualized Learning A form of public school at home – might have some merit…
SB-025 “IN GOD WE TRUST” SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE Passed second committee.
SB-026PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA This will prohibit a bank from discriminating against a borrower because of a perceived environmental impact from the loan. The bill is designed to stop woke virtue signaling in the banking industry. Lost in first committee, PLV.
SB-079 NUCLEAR ENERGY AS A CLEAN ENERGY RESOURCE This bill states the obvious: nuclear is a clean energy. Lost in first committee, PLV
SB-108 Allowing Temporary Reductions In Property Tax Due Passed Senate
SB-143 Retail Delivery Fees Gives some relief to the collection of retail delivery fees Passed Senate second reading
The worst bills:
HB-1003 “SIXTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACT” Pass this and schools may start acting like mental health wards. Passed first committee PLV.
HB-1020 CONCERNING SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSES IN THE REGULATED MARIJUANA BUSINESS. First, what is a social equity license? Is it a streamlined licensing process? That may be a good idea, but not just for a privileged few. Simplify licensing, but do it for all. Better yet, get rid of most of the licensing authority of the state. Passed first committee
HB-1057 CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS HAVE RESTROOMS WITH AMENITIES FOR ALL GENDERS. What are “all” genders? Both genders (which is self evident) or dozens of genders (which is absurd nonsense). Passed first committee PLV.
HB-1068 PET ANIMAL OWNERSHIP IN HOUSING This creates a whole new category of regulations for rental properties, including banning any extra deposits or rent increase for pets. Passed first committee PLV
HB-1095 LIMITATIONS ON RENTAL AGREEMENTS This is a long list of what cannot be in a housing rental agreement. This will inevitably drive up the cost of renting in Colorado, which is already way too high. Passed House third reading
HB-1118 FAIR WORKWEEK EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS This looks like a union bill without the union. The bottom line is it makes it that much more complicated to hire somebody and will discourage businesses from creating more jobs and reduce potential wages for those jobs because of the additional costs of keeping employees. Lost in first committee
HB23-1154 Ballot Issue Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report More global warming nonsense.
HB23-1165 County Authority To Prohibit Firearms Discharge Another gun control law which includes a prohibition on private property. Passed House
HB-1171 Just Cause Requirement Eviction Of Residential Tenant More controls on rentals, increasing the cost of renting homes.
HB_1185Requirements For Recall Elections And Vacancies This is the recall protection act. It says that if a legislator is recalled, they must be replaced by someone from their own party. No longer would the voting citizens be able to switch the party for that office through a recall.
HB-1202 Overdose Prevention Center Authorization This sets up illegal drug injection centers. That’s right, places where drug addicts can take illegal drugs without any legal consequences.
HB-1206 County Sheriffs and District Attorneys Requires all candidates for these offices to petition on to the ballot and eliminates any party affiliation from their election. This is another direct attack on the caucus system.
HB-1209 Analysis of a universal health-care system. First step to government funded medical care
HB-1210 Concerning Carbon Management -Just think of the possibilities here!
HB-1219 Waiting Period To Deliver A Firearm Require three day wait to buy a firearm
HB-1230 Assault Weapons Ban Banning the manufacture, sale or transfer of any semi-automatic firearm that accepts a removable magazine and has a pistol grip, or other details they don’t like…
SB-016 PROMOTE REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN COLORADO This is a very dangerous bill, calling for ZERO CO2 emissions by 2050, and tightening up all target dates before that deadline. Passed first committee
SB-21ORDERING OF NAMES ON PRIMARY BALLOTS This will weaken the assembly system by not making the top vote in the district assembly the top line on the primary ballot and makes all primary ballot names (by district assembly and by petition) random. It is one more step toward a jungle primary mess. My thanks to the bill sponsor for requesting the bill be killed in committee, which they did.
SB-101 Candidate Ballot Access For Primary Elections This bill will force all primary candidates to petition on to the ballot. Lost in first Committee
SB-105 Ensure Equal Pay For Equal Work More micro managing private businesses. This bill, intended to “help” employees, will discourage job growth.
SB-111 Public Employees’ Workplace Protection Unionize government employees.
SB-168 Gun Violence Victims’ Access To Judicial System Allows a gun manufacturer or seller to be sued by anyone injured by a gun they made or sold to a third party.
SB-169 Increasing Minimum Age To Purchase Firearms From 18 to 21
SB-170Extreme Risk Protection Order Petitions Expanding the red flag law
4. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
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.
Join Zoom Meeting
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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,P.O. Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513.
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado(RSCC) is composed of conservative leaders within the Republican caucus of the Colorado legislature.
4. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call this Monday
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February 25, 2023
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1. State GOP Party Chairman Update
2. Democrats Introduce Gun Control Bills
3. General Session Bills
4. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call this Monday
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1. State GOP Party Chairman Update
As I reported last week, I am running for the Chairman position for the Colorado Republican Party. The election will be held on March 11. Debates and forums are in full swing. I am also organizing a series of informational Zoom calls for the state central committee members (and anyone else interested in listening in). I will release more information on these calls early next week.
I have developed much information for my campaign on the front page of this website. Also, here is a pdf information piece I have also developed. Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested.
2. Democrats Introduce Gun Control Bills
On Friday the Democrats rolled out four big gun control bills. They are now in my worst bill list below. HB-1219 Requires a three day waiting period to buy a gun. SB-168 Allows a gun manufacturer or seller to be sued by anyone injured by a gun which they made or sold to a third party. SB-169 increases the minimum age to purchase firearms from 18 to 21. SB-170 expands the red flag law to allow certain licenced professionals to report citizens for gun confiscation.
When the Democrats tried to run bills like this several years ago there was a huge backlash that resulted in some of them losing their office, including the Senate President. Should this year be any different?
3. General Session Bills
389 bills have been introduced so far.
Here is a brief summary of 48 bills I think are most significant:
PLV means party line vote.
The best bills:
HB-1017 CONCERNING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ELECTRONIC SALES AND USE TAX SIMPLIFICATION SYSTEM I don’t like the Colorado sales tax system at all, and this does not repeal it, but it is designed to take a little bit of the pain out of collecting sales taxes. Passed first committee.
HB-1029CONCERNING MEASURES TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING ADMINISTRATION OF A COVID-19 VACCINE TO A MINOR WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1038CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE It would make it more possible and economical to replace a stolen catalytic converter. Lost in first committee, PLV.
HB 1044 “SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT” This bill is designed to prohibit enforcement of federal laws that infringe on the right to bear arms. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1050 USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST A PERSON WHO HAS MADE AN ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO A PLACE OF BUSINESS The business version of the make my day law. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1054 CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY VALUATION This bill will smooth out the property tax explosion we will see if this bill does not pass.
HB-1055 PROHIBIT WIRELESS NETWORKING VOTING SYSTEMS They say the machines don’t have wireless connections, how about making it the law? Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1063 REDUCTION OF STATE INCOME TAX RATE to 3.5% Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1079 INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR NONPUBLIC EDUCATION This is a bill idea I first introduced nearly 20 years ago and somebody has carried it every year since then. The idea is sound, but the teacher’s union is opposed to it. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1080 RELIABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES This bill encourages nuclear and hydro power.
HB-1085 RURAL ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING CODES Extends the dates that rural areas have to adopt these new, restrictive codes. Lost in first committee
HB-1086 DUE PROCESS ASSET FORFEITURE ACT This places reasonable limits on civil forfeiture actions.
HB-1119 ABOLISHING ABORTIONS IN COLORADO The bill title says it all. Thank you Rep. Bottoms for sponsoring this bill. With Roe overturned this is no longer an academic exercise. To vote against this bill is to condemn thousands of children to certain death. To vote for the bill is to give them life! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1127 Customer’s Right To Use Energy Prohibits local government from banning natural gas, etc. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1142Information Of Person Reporting Child Abuse This eliminates anonymous reporting.
HB-1150 Provide Information On Abortion Pill Reversal A pro-life bill lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1163 Revoke Carbon Dioxide Status As A Pollutant This is a scientifically accurate proposal! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1166 Repeal Retail Delivery Fees This needs no explanation. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1173 Modify Department Of Transportation Governance Make Transportation Commission members an elected positions. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1188 Authorizing a Public School to Offer Individualized Learning A form of public school at home – might have some merit…
SB-025 “IN GOD WE TRUST” SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE Passed second committee.
SB-026PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA This will prohibit a bank from discriminating against a borrower because of a perceived environmental impact from the loan. The bill is designed to stop woke virtue signaling in the banking industry. Lost in first committee, PLV.
SB-079 NUCLEAR ENERGY AS A CLEAN ENERGY RESOURCE This bill states the obvious: nuclear is a clean energy. Lost in first committee, PLV
SB-108 Allowing Temporary Reductions In Property Tax Due Passed second committee.
SB-143 Retail Delivery Fees Gives some relief to the collection of retail delivery fees Passed first committee
The worst bills:
HB-1003 “SIXTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACT” Pass this and schools may start acting like mental health wards. Passed first committee PLV.
HB-1020 CONCERNING SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSES IN THE REGULATED MARIJUANA BUSINESS. First, what is a social equity license? Is it a streamlined licensing process? That may be a good idea, but not just for a privileged few. Simplify licensing, but do it for all. Better yet, get rid of most of the licensing authority of the state. Passed first committee
HB-1057 CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS HAVE RESTROOMS WITH AMENITIES FOR ALL GENDERS. What are “all” genders? Both genders (which is self evident) or dozens of genders (which is absurd nonsense). Passed first committee PLV.
HB-1068 PET ANIMAL OWNERSHIP IN HOUSING This creates a whole new category of regulations for rental properties, including banning any extra deposits or rent increase for pets. Passed first committee PLV
HB-1095 LIMITATIONS ON RENTAL AGREEMENTS This is a long list of what cannot be in a housing rental agreement. This will inevitably drive up the cost of renting in Colorado, which is already way too high. Passed second reading after several hours of debate.
HB-1118 FAIR WORKWEEK EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS This looks like a union bill without the union. The bottom line is it makes it that much more complicated to hire somebody and will discourage businesses from creating more jobs and reduce potential wages for those jobs because of the additional costs of keeping employees.
HB23-1154 Ballot Issue Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report More global warming nonsense.
HB23-1165 County Authority To Prohibit Firearms Discharge Another gun control law which includes a prohibition on private property. Passed House
HB-1171 Just Cause Requirement Eviction Of Residential Tenant More controls on rentals, increasing the cost of renting homes.
HB_1185Requirements For Recall Elections And Vacancies This is the recall protection act. It says that if a legislator is recalled, they must be replaced by someone from their own party. No longer would the voting citizens be able to switch the party for that office through a recall.
HB-1202 Overdose Prevention Center Authorization This sets up illegal drug injection centers. That’s right, places where drug addicts can take illegal drugs without any legal consequences.
HB-1206 County Sheriffs and District Attorneys Requires all candidates for these offices to petition on to the ballot and eliminates any party affiliation from their election. This is another direct attack on the caucus system.
HB-1209 Analysis of a universal health-care system. First step to government funded medical care
HB-1210 Concerning Carbon Management -Just think of the possibilities here!
HB-1219 Waiting Period To Deliver A Firearm Require three day wait to buy a firearm
SB-016 PROMOTE REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN COLORADO This is a very dangerous bill, calling for ZERO CO2 emissions by 2050, and tightening up all target dates before that deadline. Passed first committee
SB-21ORDERING OF NAMES ON PRIMARY BALLOTS This will weaken the assembly system by not making the top vote in the district assembly the top line on the primary ballot and makes all primary ballot names (by district assembly and by petition) random. It is one more step toward a jungle primary mess. My thanks to the bill sponsor for requesting the bill be killed in committee, which they did.
SB-101 Candidate Ballot Access For Primary Elections This bill will force all primary candidates to petition on to the ballot. Lost in first Committee
SB-105 Ensure Equal Pay For Equal Work More micro managing private businesses. This bill, intended to “help” employees, will discourage job growth.
SB-111 Public Employees’ Workplace Protection Unionize government employees.
SB-168 Gun Violence Victims’ Access To Judicial System Allows a gun manufacturer or seller to be sued by anyone injured by a gun they made or sold to a third party.
SB-169 Increasing Minimum Age To Purchase Firearms From 18 to 21
SB-170Extreme Risk Protection Order Petitions Expanding the red flag law
4. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
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.
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February 18, 2023
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1. I Am Running for the State GOP Party Chairman
2. El Paso County Organizational Meeting
3. General Session Bills
4. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call this Monday
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1. I Am Running for the State GOP Party Chairman
Last Thursday I announced my candidacy for state chairman of the Colorado Republican Party. The Republican state central committee will meet on March 11 to select the chair, vice-chair and secretary positions for the Colorado GOP. Several people are seeking this position (seven as of this writing), so there should be many opportunities for healthy debate before the meeting convenes in Loveland on March 11.
I am offering my skills for this election cycle and I bring to the table my active involvement with the Colorado GOP for many decades, 16 years in the legislature, and my deep desire to bring the party back to the solid principles the Party of Lincoln was originally founded upon.
Here are the specific priorities I have identified (so far) that should be addressed as soon as possible by the Colorado Republican Party.
Fix the Brand
We are the party of common sense, rooted in liberty loving, small government, family friendly, God-given principles. The other party has become the party of leftist Wokeism, as Arkansas Governor Sanders aptly put it, “The dividing line in America is no longer between right or left. The choice is between normal or crazy. “.. Aggressively challenge any other narrative.
Challenge the Unconstitutional Open Primary
Let Republicans and Democrats and every other political party pick their own candidates in their primary elections. We must challenge the unconstitutional open primary in federal court as soon as possible.
Support the Grassroots
Rather than a top down management, make it a bottom up style for the Colorado Republican Party. The most important people for our party are individual Colorado citizens who are locally engaged with with vital issues in their communities.
Fix Colorado’s Broken Election System
Do everything possible to make Colorado’s elections transparent, secure, and accurate. It is essential that the Citizens of Colorado have justifiable confidence in our elections.
Defend and Fortify the Caucus System
We must build our caucus system into a robust, grassroots force of local citizen engagement. Make caucus night a celebration of our God-given freedoms across the state of Colorado. Once every two years we have the opportunity to “reboot” our system, starting with local caucuses. This must be a top priority to reinvigorate the Colorado GOP and renew our inalienable liberties for all of Colorado.
Build a New Unity Around the Party’s Principles
As government grows, liberties diminish. As government is held to its proper, limited role, the citizens prosper. These values, first so eloquently expressed in the Declaration of Independence, are the solid principles of our party. We must firmly stand for these values, and if we do I am confident many more honest, hard-working Colorado citizens will rally to our cause.
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Unlike the opinions of some, I think competition for the state chair position is a good process. It should bring out many fresh ideas for the party.
I am looking forward to this chance to refine all of our thoughts and come up with the best plan we could possibly develop.
2. El Paso County Organizational Meeting
For the past few weeks I have reported extensively on the El Paso County Organizational Meeting. It was held last week and many people attended. 444 were credentialed to vote and in the end the current chair was overwhelmingly re-elected, along with excellent choices for the vice-chair, the secretary and 28 bonus members. This was good news for a county that has endured more than enough of the inter-party battles that inevitably crop up from time to time among volunteer organizations.
3. General Session Bills
372 bills have been introduced so far.
Here is a brief summary of 40 bills I think are most significant:
PLV means party line vote.
The best bills:
HB-1017 CONCERNING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ELECTRONIC SALES AND USE TAX SIMPLIFICATION SYSTEM I don’t like the Colorado sales tax system at all, and this does not repeal it, but it is designed to take a little bit of the pain out of collecting sales taxes. Passed first committee.
HB-1029CONCERNING MEASURES TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING ADMINISTRATION OF A COVID-19 VACCINE TO A MINOR WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1038CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE It would make it more possible and economical to replace a stolen catalytic converter. Lost in first committee, PLV.
HB 1044 “SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT” This bill is designed to prohibit enforcement of federal laws that infringe on the right to bear arms. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1050 USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST A PERSON WHO HAS MADE AN ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO A PLACE OF BUSINESS The business version of the make my day law. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1054 CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY VALUATION This bill will smooth out the property tax explosion we will see if this bill does not pass.
HB-1055 PROHIBIT WIRELESS NETWORKING VOTING SYSTEMS They say the machines don’t have wireless connections, how about making it the law? Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1063 REDUCTION OF STATE INCOME TAX RATE to 3.5% Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1079 INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR NONPUBLIC EDUCATION This is a bill idea I first introduced nearly 20 years ago and somebody has carried it every year since then. The idea is sound, but the teacher’s union is opposed to it. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1080 RELIABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES This bill encourages nuclear and hydro power.
HB-1085 RURAL ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING CODES Extends the dates that rural areas have to adopt these new, restrictive codes.
HB-1086 DUE PROCESS ASSET FORFEITURE ACT This places reasonable limits on civil forfeiture actions.
HB-1119 ABOLISHING ABORTIONS IN COLORADO The bill title says it all. Thank you Rep. Bottoms for sponsoring this bill. With Roe overturned this is no longer an academic exercise. To vote against this bill is to condemn thousands of children to certain death. To vote for the bill is to give them life! Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1127 Customer’s Right To Use Energy Prohibits local government from banning natural gas, etc. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1142Information Of Person Reporting Child Abuse This eliminates anonymous reporting.
HB-1150 Provide Information On Abortion Pill Reversal A pro-life bill lost in first committee, PLV
HB23-1163 Revoke Carbon Dioxide Status As A Pollutant This is a scientifically accurate proposal!
HB23-1166 Repeal Retail Delivery Fees This needs no explanation.
HB-1173 Modify Department Of Transportation Governance Make Transportation Commission members an elected positions.
SB-025 “IN GOD WE TRUST” SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE Passed second committee.
SB-026PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA This will prohibit a bank from discriminating against a borrower because of a perceived environmental impact from the loan. The bill is designed to stop woke virtue signaling in the banking industry. Lost in first committee, PLV.
SB-079 NUCLEAR ENERGY AS A CLEAN ENERGY RESOURCE This bill states the obvious: nuclear is a clean energy. Passed first committee.
SB-108 Allowing Temporary Reductions In Property Tax Due Passed first committee.
SB-143 Retail Delivery Fees Gives some relief to the collection of retail delivery fees
The worst bills:
HB-1003 “SIXTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACT” Pass this and schools may start acting like mental health wards. Passed first committee PLV.
HB-1020 CONCERNING SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSES IN THE REGULATED MARIJUANA BUSINESS. First, what is a social equity license? Is it a streamlined licensing process? That may be a good idea, but not just for a privileged few. Simplify licensing, but do it for all. Better yet, get rid of most of the licensing authority of the state.
HB-1057 CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS HAVE RESTROOMS WITH AMENITIES FOR ALL GENDERS. What are “all” genders? Both genders (which is self evident) or dozens of genders (which is absurd nonsense). Passed first committee PLV.
HB-1068 PET ANIMAL OWNERSHIP IN HOUSING This creates a whole new category of regulations for rental properties, including banning any extra deposits or rent increase for pets.
HB-1095 LIMITATIONS ON RENTAL AGREEMENTS This is a long list of what cannot be in a housing rental agreement. This will inevitably drive up the cost of renting in Colorado, which is already way too high. Passed first committee PLV.
HB-1118 FAIR WORKWEEK EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS This looks like a union bill without the union. The bottom line is it makes it that much more complicated to hire somebody and will discourage businesses from creating more jobs and reduce potential wages for those jobs because of the additional costs of keeping employees.
HB23-1154 Ballot Issue Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report More global warming nonsense.
HB23-1165 County Authority To Prohibit Firearms Discharge Another gun control law which includes a prohibition on private property. Passed House
HB-1171 Just Cause Requirement Eviction Of Residential Tenant More controls on rentals, increasing the cost of renting homes.
HB_1185Requirements For Recall Elections And Vacancies This is the recall protection act. It says that if a legislator is recalled, they must be replaced by someone from their own party. No longer would the voting citizens be able to switch the party for that office through a recall.
HB-1202 Overdose Prevention Center Authorization This sets up illegal drug injection centers. That’s right, places where drug addicts can take illegal drugs without any legal consequences.
SB-016 PROMOTE REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN COLORADO This is a very dangerous bill, calling for ZERO CO2 emissions by 2050, and tightening up all target dates before that deadline. Passed first committee
SB-21ORDERING OF NAMES ON PRIMARY BALLOTS This will weaken the assembly system by not making the top vote in the district assembly the top line on the primary ballot and makes all primary ballot names (by district assembly and by petition) random. It is one more step toward a jungle primary mess. My thanks to the bill sponsor for requesting the bill be killed in committee, which they did.
SB-101 Candidate Ballot Access For Primary Elections This bill will force all primary candidates to petition on to the ballot. Lost in first Committee
SB-105 Ensure Equal Pay For Equal Work More micro managing private businesses. This bill, intended to “help” employees, will discourage job growth.
SB-111 Public Employees’ Workplace Protection Unionize government employees.
4. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
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.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Donations can be sent to:
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado,P.O. Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513.
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado(RSCC) is composed of conservative leaders within the Republican caucus of the Colorado legislature.
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February 11, 2023
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1. Legislature Continues to Attack Liberty and Prosperity
2. Babylon Bee and the CCP Spy Balloon
3. Good Article on a Bad Topic
4. CDC Adds COVID Jabs to Immunization Schedules
5. Message for County Organizational Meetings
6. General Session Bills
7. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call on February 13
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1. Legislature Continues to Attack Liberty and Prosperity
As the bills continue to pile up (342 so far), the pattern of the last several years continues. Good bills die in their first committee on party-line votes and the bills that strip away parental authority (HB-1003), drive up the cost of housing (HB-1068, HB-1095, HB-1171), promote CRT ( HB-1171), promote unionization ( HB-1171, HB-1118, SB-105) run after global warming nonsense (HB23-1154, SB-016) and erode our Second Amendment rights (HB23-1165) flourish. There are so many battles to fight in committee, it is hard to even keep the score straight. Further, rumors about even more repressive bills continue to circulate around the Capitol. The old saying that as long as the legislature is in session our liberties are at risk is certainly accurate in 2023 Colorado.
For more details on these bills and more scroll down to article #5.
2. Babylon Bee and the CCP Spy Balloon
Here is the B’s satire on the CCP spy balloon. They always make the point with a little smile…
3. Good Article on a Bad Topic
This will take some time to read and digest, but this article from the Federalist sums up much of what we are facing in today’s world. Please read this insightful essay.
4. CDC Adds COVID Jabs to Immunization Schedules
The CDC is doubling down on their insistence that everyone take multiple jabs for COVID, starting at 6 months! By adding the COVID shots to their regular immunization schedules state and local health authorities often pass this on to their immunization requirements. It is particularly troubling that they put children as young as 6 month olds in this list, as the shots are not fully tested, especially for this age category.
5. Message for County Organizational Meetings
Here is a video message I prepared for the county central committees meeting that are scheduled for today and maybe a few yet to come before the February 15 deadline.
6. General Session Bills
342 bills have been introduced so far.
Here is a brief summary of 38 bills I think are most significant:
PLV means party line vote.
The best bills:
HB-1017 CONCERNING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ELECTRONIC SALES AND USE TAX SIMPLIFICATION SYSTEM I don’t like the Colorado sales tax system at all, and this does not repeal it, but it is designed to take a little bit of the pain out of collecting sales taxes. Passed first committee.
HB-1029CONCERNING MEASURES TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING ADMINISTRATION OF A COVID-19 VACCINE TO A MINOR WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1038CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE It would make it more possible and economical to replace a stolen catalytic converter. Lost in first committee, PLV.
HB 1044 “SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT” This bill is designed to prohibit enforcement of federal laws that infringe on the right to bear arms. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1050 USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST A PERSON WHO HAS MADE AN ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO A PLACE OF BUSINESS The business version of the make my day law. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1054 CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY VALUATION This bill will smooth out the property tax explosion we will see if this bill does not pass.
HB-1055 PROHIBIT WIRELESS NETWORKING VOTING SYSTEMS They say the machines don’t have wireless connections, how about making it the law?
HB-1063 REDUCTION OF STATE INCOME TAX RATE to 3.5% Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1079 INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR NONPUBLIC EDUCATION This is a bill idea I first introduced nearly 20 years ago and somebody has carried it every year since then. The idea is sound, but the teacher’s union is opposed to it.
HB-1080 RELIABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES This bill encourages nuclear and hydro power.
HB-1085 RURAL ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING CODES Extends the dates that rural areas have to adopt these new, restrictive codes.
HB-1086 DUE PROCESS ASSET FORFEITURE ACT This places reasonable limits on civil forfeiture actions.
HB-1119 ABOLISHING ABORTIONS IN COLORADO The bill title says it all. Thank you Rep. Bottoms for sponsoring this bill. With Roe overturned this is no longer an academic exercise. To vote against this bill is to condemn thousands of children to certain death. To vote for the bill is to give them life!
HB-1127 Customer’s Right To Use Energy Prohibits local government from banning natural gas, etc. Lost in first committee, PLV
HB-1142Information Of Person Reporting Child Abuse This eliminates anonymous reporting.
HB-1150 Provide Information On Abortion Pill Reversal A pro-life bill
HB23-1163 Revoke Carbon Dioxide Status As A Pollutant This is a scientifically accurate proposal!
HB23-1166 Repeal Retail Delivery Fees This needs no explanation.
HB-1173 Modify Department Of Transportation Governance Make Transportation Commission members an elected positions.
SB-025 “IN GOD WE TRUST” SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE Passed first committee.
SB-026PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA This will prohibit a bank from discriminating against a borrower because of a perceived environmental impact from the loan. The bill is designed to stop woke virtue signaling in the banking industry. Lost in first committee, PLV.
SB-079 NUCLEAR ENERGY AS A CLEAN ENERGY RESOURCE This bill states the obvious: nuclear is a clean energy.
SB-108 Allowing Temporary Reductions In Property Tax Due Passed first committee.
SB-143 Retail Delivery Fees Gives some relief to the collection of retail delivery fees
The worst bills:
HB-1003 “SIXTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACT” Pass this and schools may start acting like mental health wards. Passed first committee PLV.
HB-1020 CONCERNING SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSES IN THE REGULATED MARIJUANA BUSINESS. First, what is a social equity license? Is it a streamlined licensing process? That may be a good idea, but not just for a privileged few. Simplify licensing, but do it for all. Better yet, get rid of most of the licensing authority of the state.
HB-1057 CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS HAVE RESTROOMS WITH AMENITIES FOR ALL GENDERS. What are “all” genders? Both genders (which is self evident) or dozens of genders (which is absurd nonsense).
HB-1068 PET ANIMAL OWNERSHIP IN HOUSING This creates a whole new category of regulations for rental properties, including banning any extra deposits or rent increase for pets.
HB-1095 LIMITATIONS ON RENTAL AGREEMENTS This is a long list of what cannot be in a housing rental agreement. This will inevitably drive up the cost of renting in Colorado, which is already way too high. Passed first committee PLV.
HB-1118 FAIR WORKWEEK EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS This looks like a union bill without the union. The bottom line is it makes it that much more complicated to hire somebody and will discourage businesses from creating more jobs and reduce potential wages for those jobs because of the additional costs of keeping employees.
HB23-1154 Ballot Issue Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report More global warming nonsense.
HB23-1165 County Authority To Prohibit Firearms Discharge Another gun control law which includes a prohibition on private property. Passed first committee PLV.
HB-1171 Just Cause Requirement Eviction Of Residential Tenant More controls on rentals, increasing the cost of renting homes.
SB-016 PROMOTE REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN COLORADO This is a very dangerous bill, calling for ZERO CO2 emissions by 2050, and tightening up all target dates before that deadline. Passed first committee
SB-21ORDERING OF NAMES ON PRIMARY BALLOTS This will weaken the assembly system by not making the top vote in the district assembly the top line on the primary ballot and makes all primary ballot names (by district assembly and by petition) random. It is one more step toward a jungle primary mess. My thanks to the bill sponsor for requesting the bill be killed in committee, which they did.
SB-101 Candidate Ballot Access For Primary Elections This bill will force all primary candidates to petition on to the ballot.
SB-105 Ensure Equal Pay For Equal Work More micro managing private businesses. This bill, intended to “help” employees, will discourage job growth.
SB-111 Public Employees’ Workplace Protection Unionize government employees.
7. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
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.
Join Zoom Meeting
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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,P.O. Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513.
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado(RSCC) is composed of conservative leaders within the Republican caucus of the Colorado legislature.
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February 4, 2023
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1. SB-101 Threatens to Eliminate Caucus and District Assembly System
2. Report on Special Republican Central Committee Meeting
3. Egg Yoke and COVID
4. NJ Republican Lawmaker Killed in Apparent ‘Targeted’ Attack
5. General Session Bills
6. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call on January 30
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1. SB-101 Threatens to Eliminate Caucus and District Assembly System
As I reported in a special report two days ago, SB-101 will radically change how primary candidates are selected in Colorado. For all of the details scroll down to the February 2 special report on this page.
2. Report on Special Republican Central Committee Meeting
This last Tuesday, January 31, the chairman of the state party called a special meeting to consider taking over the El Paso county party’s organizational meeting. The meeting was held virtually, on the Zoom platform. That system, while a great way to hold informational meetings, was entirely inadequate to allow a proper presentation of such a contentious controversy and the result was far less than satisfactory. The final vote was a close decision with the motion passing by a few votes. Unfortunately that did not settle the issue, as now there will be competing El Paso meetings and a lawsuit has already been filed. This special meeting did not fix anything, it just ramped it up to a statewide controversy.
If you want to review the details, click here To go to a page I reserved for this issue.
The one takeaway for everyone is never try to settle such a controversy without giving both sides adequate opportunity to present their cases and giving the committee enough time and information to make a well reasoned decision. Further, carefully follow the law when going down such a road. In this case the chair of the state party ignored the two week time limitation set in the party bylaws, further dooming the outcome of this meeting.
3. Egg Yoke and COVID
Here is a curious angle to the egg situation in our country. I really don’t know what conclusions to draw, but it is certainly odd that, in a paper published back in 2020, to quote the abstract: “It might be a feasible tool for the prevention and control of ongoing COVID-19.” And now, in 2023 we are experiencing a severe egg shortage. Hmmm…
4. NJ Republican Lawmaker Killed in Apparent ‘Targeted’ Attack
This report has not received much attention, but I think it worthy of noting that this “Republican member of a New Jersey borough council” was doing all the right things, and apparently gunned down in a “targeted attack.”
5. General Session Bills
282 bills have been introduced so far.
Here is a brief summary of 34 bills I think are most significant:
PLV means party line vote.
The best bills:
HB-1017 CONCERNING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ELECTRONIC SALES AND USE TAX SIMPLIFICATION SYSTEM I don’t like the Colorado sales tax system at all, and this does not repeal it, but it is designed to take a little bit of the pain out of collecting sales taxes.
HB-1029CONCERNING MEASURES TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING ADMINISTRATION OF A COVID-19 VACCINE TO A MINOR WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT.
HB-1038CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE It would make it more possible and economical to replace a stolen catalytic converter. Lost in first committee, PLV.
HB 1044“SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT” This bill is designed to prohibit enforcement of federal laws that infringe on the right to bear arms.
HB-1050USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST A PERSON WHO HAS MADE AN ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO A PLACE OF BUSINESS The business version of the make my day law.
HB-1054CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY VALUATION This bill will smooth out the property tax explosion we will see if this bill does not pass.
HB-1055 PROHIBIT WIRELESS NETWORKING VOTING SYSTEMS They say the machines don’t have wireless connections, how about making it the law?
HB-1063 REDUCTION OF STATE INCOME TAX RATE to 3.5%
HB-1079 INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR NONPUBLIC EDUCATION This is a bill idea I first introduced nearly 20 years ago and somebody has carried it every year since then. The idea is sound, but the teacher’s union is opposed to it.
HB-1080 RELIABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES This bill encourages nuclear and hydro power.
HB-1085 RURAL ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING CODES Extends the dates that rural areas have to adopt these new, restrictive codes.
HB-1086 DUE PROCESS ASSET FORFEITURE ACT This places reasonable limits on civil forfeiture actions.
HB-1119 ABOLISHING ABORTIONS IN COLORADO The bill title says it all. Thank you Rep. Bottoms for sponsoring this bill. With Roe overturned this is no longer an academic exercise. To vote against this bill is to condemn thousands of children to certain death. To vote for the bill is to give them life!
HB-1127 Customer’s Right To Use Energy Prohibits local government from banning natural gas, etc.
HB-1142Information Of Person Reporting Child Abuse This eliminates anonymous reporting.
HB-1150 Provide Information On Abortion Pill Reversal A pro-life bill
HB23-1163 Revoke Carbon Dioxide Status As A Pollutant This is a scientifically accurate proposal!
HB23-1166 Repeal Retail Delivery Fees This needs no explanation.
SB-025 “IN GOD WE TRUST” SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE
SB-026PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA This will prohibit a bank from discriminating against a borrower because of a perceived environmental impact from the loan. The bill is designed to stop woke virtue signaling in the banking industry. Lost in first committee, PLV.
SB-079 NUCLEAR ENERGY AS A CLEAN ENERGY RESOURCE This bill states the obvious: nuclear is a clean energy.
SB-108 Allowing Temporary Reductions In Property Tax Due
The worst bills:
HB-1003 “SIXTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACT” Pass this and schools may start acting like mental health wards.
HB-1020 CONCERNING SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSES IN THE REGULATED MARIJUANA BUSINESS. First, what is a social equity license? Is it a streamlined licensing process? That may be a good idea, but not just for a privileged few. Simplify licensing, but do it for all. Better yet, get rid of most of the licensing authority of the state.
HB-1057 CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS HAVE RESTROOMS WITH AMENITIES FOR ALL GENDERS. What are “all” genders? Both genders (which is self evident) or dozens of genders (which is absurd nonsense).
HB-1068 PET ANIMAL OWNERSHIP IN HOUSING This creates a whole new category of regulations for rental properties, including banning any extra deposits or rent increase for pets.
HB-1095 LIMITATIONS ON RENTAL AGREEMENTS This is a long list of what cannot be in a housing rental agreement. This will inevitably drive up the cost of renting in Colorado, which is already way too high.
HB-1118 FAIR WORKWEEK EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS This looks like a union bill without the union. The bottom line is it makes it that much more complicated to hire somebody and will discourage businesses from creating more jobs and reduce potential wages for those jobs because of the additional costs of keeping employees.
HB23-1154 Ballot Issue Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report More global warming nonsense.
HB23-1165 County Authority To Prohibit Firearms Discharge Another gun control law.
SB-016PROMOTE REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN COLORADO This is a very dangerous bill, calling for ZERO CO2 emissions by 2050, and tightening up all target dates before that deadline. Passed first committee
SB-21ORDERING OF NAMES ON PRIMARY BALLOTS This will weaken the assembly system by not making the top vote in the district assembly the top line on the primary ballot and makes all primary ballot names (by district assembly and by petition) random. It is one more step toward a jungle primary mess. My thanks to the bill sponsor for requesting the bill be killed in committee, which they did.
SB-101 Candidate Ballot Access For Primary Elections This bill will force all primary candidates to petition on to the ballot.
SB-105 Ensure Equal Pay For Equal Work More micro managing private businesses. This bill, intended to “help” employees, will discourage job growth.
6. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call Next Monday
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.
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February 2, 2023
Special Report
Most of my reports are published weekly. However, from time-to-time something needs to be posted immediately.
SB-101, Candidate Ballot Access For Primary Elections, was introduced this week. It is essential that every Republican seeking an office at their county party organizational meeting reveal their position on this bill that will end all district assembly votes for primary candidates!
The main purpose and authority vested in the caucus and assembly process is to place party candidates on the primary ballot. It is the most grass roots way of selecting candidates, giving We the People a front row seat in the election process. SB-101 will eliminate all of this, requiring all candidates to petition on to the primary ballot. SB-101 will also allow unaffiliated voters to sign those petitions, further diminishing the influence of Republican, and Democratic voting citizens over their party’s ultimate general election candidates.
It should also be pointed out that the Senate and House prime sponsors to SB-101 are Republicans! This bill will strip the Republican Party in Colorado of most of it’s influence and ability to promote the core values of the Republican Party. I cannot state in strong enough terms how devastating this will be to the state of Colorado.
What is left is the pay-to-play rich man’s game of buying their way onto the ballot with petitions.
All county party organizations have until the 15th of this month to conduct their organizational meetings, electing their party officers and bonus members. Every candidate for those offices should be held accountable for their position on this dangerous piece of legislation.
If you are on any county Republican central committee make sure you know how everyone seeking office in your county party stands on this critical issue before casting your vote for any of them.
For Life and Liberty!
Kevin Lundberg
fmr Colorado State Senator
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January 28, 2023
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1. Attention All Republican State Central Committee Members
2. $12k for the Homeless in Denver
3. School Choice is Alive and Well Across the Nation
4. CDPHE Report
5. General Session Bills
6. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call on January 30
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1. Attention All Republican State Central Committee Members
If you are on the Republican state central committee you should know that there is a special meeting next week, January 31, to consider a controversy that has been brewing in El Paso county for quite some time. I am disappointed that the state chair decided to call this meeting, but I urge all committee members to attend, or I should say watch…
It is being conducted as a zoom virtual meeting, which I fear will not afford an adequate opportunity for the debate needed for the serious questions this meeting will consider. It is also concerning that one side of this controversy has not been given the courtesy of having their written response distributed by the party prior to the meeting. I have prepared a more extensive discussion on this matter, including the information the chair of the state party has chosen to not distribute on the grounds that it contains a personal attack. In my opinion the charges from the other side of the issue also contain a personal attack, which is probably inevitable, given the incendiary nature of these accusations. This is a lengthy essay. To view my observations and the letters prepared by both sides of this controversy, click here.
2. $12k for the Homeless in Denver
Not to be outdone by other big cities in a race to the bottom, over eight million dollars is being distributed to the homeless with no strings attached. The goal is to help them get back on their feet, which is a good goal. However, color me a bit skeptical that giving out $1000 a month for a year with no accountability attached is the best way to help. It is also interesting to note that it is a private group, but they are using a great deal of public money from Denver and the state. Read more about this here.
3. School Choice is Alive and Well Across the Nation
Here is a great article on legislation across the nation to promote school choice. Not mentioned in the article, HB-1079 INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR NONPUBLIC EDUCATION is a bill idea I first introduced nearly 20 years ago and somebody has carried it here in Colorado every year since then. The idea is sound, but the teacher’s union is opposed to it. I don’t hold out much hope for its passage with today’s legislature, but I commend Rep. DeGraaf for taking on this worthy cause.
4. CDPHE Report
Here is a comprehensive slide deck from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. This is, in my opinion, the most powerful department in the state of Colorado. They are the government busybodies that control a great deal of our lives, but they are rarely seen on the front page of the paper. I include this report they gave to the legislature because every responsible citizen needs to know what they are all about. If you have some time, takes a serious look at this visual report.
General Session Bills
212 bills have been introduced so far.
Here is a brief summary of the bills I think are most significant:
PLV means party line vote.
The best bills:
HB-1017 CONCERNING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ELECTRONIC SALES AND USE TAX SIMPLIFICATION SYSTEM I don’t like the Colorado sales tax system at all, and this does not repeal it, but it is designed to take a little bit of the pain out of collecting sales taxes.
HB-1029 CONCERNING MEASURES TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING ADMINISTRATION OF A COVID-19 VACCINE TO A MINOR WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT.
HB-1038 CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE It would make it more possible and economical to replace a stolen catalytic converter. Lost in first committee, PLV.
HB 1044 “SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT” This bill is designed to prohibit enforcement of federal laws that infringe on the right to bear arms.
HB-1050 USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST A PERSON WHO HAS MADE AN ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO A PLACE OF BUSINESS The business version of the make my day law.
HB-1054 CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY VALUATION This bill will smooth out the property tax explosion we will see if this bill does not pass.
HB-1055 PROHIBIT WIRELESS NETWORKING VOTING SYSTEMS They say the machines don’t have wireless connections, how about making it the law?
HB-1063 REDUCTION OF STATE INCOME TAX RATE to 3.5%
HB-1079 INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR NONPUBLIC EDUCATION This is a bill idea I first introduced nearly 20 years ago and somebody has carried it every year since then. The idea is sound, but the teacher’s union is opposed to it.
HB-1080 RELIABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES This bill encouraged nuclear and hydro power.
HB-1085 RURAL ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING CODES Extends the dates that rural areas have to adopt these new, restrictive codes.
HB-1086 DUE PROCESS ASSET FORFEITURE ACT This places reasonable limits on civil forfeiture actions.
HB-1119 ABOLISHING ABORTIONS IN COLORADO The bill title says it all. Thank you Rep. Bottoms for sponsoring this bill. With Roe overturned this is no longer an academic exercise. To vote against this bill is to condemn thousands of children to certain death. To vote for the bill is to give them life!
SB-025 “IN GOD WE TRUST” SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE
SB-026 PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA This will prohibit a bank from discriminating against a borrower because of a perceived environmental impact from the loan. The bill is designed to stop woke virtue signaling in the banking industry. Lost in first committee, PLV.
SB-079 NUCLEAR ENERGY AS A CLEAN ENERGY RESOURCE This bill states the obvious: nuclear is a clean energy.
The worst bills:
HB-1003 “SIXTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACT” Pass this and schools may start acting like mental health wards.
HB-1020 CONCERNING SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSES IN THE REGULATED MARIJUANA BUSINESS. First, what is a social equity license? Is it a streamlined licensing process? That may be a good idea, but not just for a privileged few. Simplify licensing, but do it for all. Better yet, get rid of most of the licensing authority of the state.
HB-1057 CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS HAVE RESTROOMS WITH AMENITIES FOR ALL GENDERS. What are “all” genders? Both genders (which is self evident) or dozens of genders (which is absurd nonsense).
HB-1068 PET ANIMAL OWNERSHIP IN HOUSING This creates a whole new category of regulations for rental properties, including banning any extra deposits or rent increase for pets.
HB-1095 LIMITATIONS ON RENTAL AGREEMENTS This is a long list of what cannot be in a housing rental agreement. This will inevitably drive up the cost of renting in Colorado, which is already way too high.
HB-1118 FAIR WORKWEEK EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS This looks like a union bill without the union. The bottom line is it makes it that much more complicated to hire somebody and will discourage businesses from creating more jobs and reduce potential wages for those jobs because of the additional costs of keeping employees.
SB-016 PROMOTE REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN COLORADO This is a very dangerous bill, calling for ZERO CO2 emissions by 2050, and tightening up all target dates before that deadline.
SB-21 ORDERING OF NAMES ON PRIMARY BALLOTS This will weaken the assembly system by not making the top vote in the district assembly the top line on the primary ballot and makes all primary ballot names (by district assembly and by petition) random. It is one more step toward a jungle primary mess. My thanks to the bill sponsor for requesting the bill be killed in committee, which they did.
6. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call for January 30
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.
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Donations can be sent to:
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado,P.O. Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513.
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado(RSCC) is composed of conservative leaders within the Republican caucus of the Colorado legislature.
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January 21, 2023
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1. Revisiting 2022 Election Results
2. MLK Day in the Colorado House
3. Is Global Warming Settled Science or Junk Science?
4. Prayer and the Speaker of the House
5. General Session Bills
6. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call on January 23
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1. Revisiting 2022 Election Results
Here is an interesting analysis, published by CNN right after the November election. It is a deep dive into their exit polling. What it shows makes the reported election results look very questionable. In almost every category the Democrats were in deep trouble, compared to previous years. And yet, the reported vote tallies did not reflect this trend in any way, except in Florida. Hmmm, how can this be? Bear in mind, these are not polls before the election. Exit polls are the day of the election and should be the most accurate poll of an election.
I do not include this to rehash the 2022 as much as to say we must fix the broken, vulnerable and hidden parts of our election process. Again, to review these numbers, click here.
2. MLK Day in the Colorado House
Please spend a few minutes watching the speech that Representative Bottoms gave during debate on a resolution honoring Martin Luther King. It is ten minutes long and can be found here.
3. Is Global Warming Settled Science or Junk Science?
This week the WEF, World Economic Forum, has been sounding the alarm over global warming, again. Their “fix” is to embark on an economic suicide plan, guaranteed to drive the whole world into poverty and immense suffering. But their initial premise is terribly flawed. Global warming is not about to destroy the planet, that is fear mongering of the highest order.
I have a book, written about a decade ago called Unstoppable Global Warming… Every 1500 years. I think that sums up the situation pretty well. We are in a gradual warming period, which has happened many times before. This week Complete Colorado published an article on NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, based here in Colorado. This analysis clearly demonstrates they are bending over backwards to try to prove their dire predictions, but those predictions just don’t hold up to serious scrutiny. Read it here.
BTW, on a related topic, here is an article on how electricity is and will be rationed when too many EV cars get on the road. Put this on the insane public policy list, as there is not enough electrical generation today, and when the Polis regime in Colorado and other extremist leaders around the world shut down coal and eventually gas powered utilities, it will become an immense crisis.
4. Prayer and the Speaker
After much wrangling over many important issues the U.S. House has a speaker. Here is an inside look at one aspect of the political scene you won’t read much about in the main stream media.
5. General Session Bills
After two weeks 159 bills have been introduced.
Here is a brief summary of the bills I think are most significant:
PLV means party line vote.
The best bills:
HB-1017 CONCERNING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ELECTRONIC SALES AND USE TAX SIMPLIFICATION SYSTEM I don’t like the Colorado sales tax system at all, and this does not repeal it, but it is designed to take a little bit of the pain out of collecting sales taxes.
HB-1029 CONCERNING MEASURES TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING ADMINISTRATION OF A COVID-19 VACCINE TO A MINOR WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT.
HB-1038 CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE It would make it more possible and economical to replace a stolen catalytic converter.
HB 1044 “SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT” This bill is designed to prohibit enforcement of federal laws that infringe on the right to bear arms.
HB-1050 USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST A PERSON WHO HAS MADE AN ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO A PLACE OF BUSINESS The business version of the make my day law.
HB-1054 CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY VALUATION This bill will smooth out the property tax explosion we will see if this bill does not pass.
HB-1055 PROHIBIT WIRELESS NETWORKING VOTING SYSTEMS They say the machines don’t have wireless connections, how about making it the law?
HB-1063 REDUCTION OF STATE INCOME TAX RATE to 3.5%
HB-1079 INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR NONPUBLIC EDUCATION This is a bill idea I first introduced nearly 20 years ago and somebody has carried it every year since then. The idea is sound, but the teacher’s union is opposed to it.
HB-1080 RELIABLE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES This bill encouraged nuclear and hydro power.
HB-1085 RURAL ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING CODES Extends the dates that rural areas have to adopt these new, restrictive codes.
HB-1086 DUE PROCESS ASSET FORFEITURE ACT This places reasonable limits on civil forfeiture actions.
SB-025 “IN GOD WE TRUST” SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE
SB-026 PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA This will prohibit a bank from discriminating against a borrower because of a perceived environmental impact from the loan. The bill is designed to stop woke virtue signaling in the banking industry.
The worst bills:
HB-1003 “SIXTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACT” Pass this and schools may start acting like mental health wards.
HB-1020 CONCERNING SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSES IN THE REGULATED MARIJUANA BUSINESS. First, what is a social equity license? Is it a streamlined licensing process? That may be a good idea, but not just for a privileged few. Simplify licensing, but do it for all. Better yet, get rid of most of the licensing authority of the state.
HB-1057 CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS HAVE RESTROOMS WITH AMENITIES FOR ALL GENDERS. What are “all” genders? Both genders (which is self evident) or dozens of genders (which is absurd nonsense).
HB-1068 PET ANIMAL OWNERSHIP IN HOUSING This creates a whole new category of regulations for rental properties, including banning any extra deposits or rent increase for pets.
HB-1095 LIMITATIONS ON RENTAL AGREEMENTS This is a long list of what cannot be in a housing rental agreement. This will inevitably drive up the cost of renting in Colorado, which is already way too high.
HB-1118 FAIR WORKWEEK EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS This looks like a union bill without the union. The bottom line is it makes it that much more complicated to hire somebody and will discourage businesses from creating more jobs and reduce potential wages for those jobs because of the additional costs of keeping employees.
SB-016 PROMOTE REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN COLORADO This is a very dangerous bill, calling for ZERO CO2 emissions by 2050, and tightening up all target dates before that deadline.
SB-21 ORDERING OF NAMES ON PRIMARY BALLOTS This will weaken the assembly system by not making the top vote in the district assembly the top line on the primary ballot and makes all primary ballot names (by district assembly and by petition) random. It is one more step toward a jungle primary mess.
6. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call for January 23
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.
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Donations can be sent to:
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado,P.O. Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513.
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado(RSCC) is composed of conservative leaders within the Republican caucus of the Colorado legislature.
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January 14, 2023
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1. Polis Continues COVID Emergency
2. National Ban on All Gas Stoves?
3. Supreme Court rejects Challenge of 2020 Election
4. 31,000 Invitations to Vote Sent to Non-citizens in Colorado
5. Its All a Coincidence?
6. “Field” Banned
7. Banning “Assault” Weapons in Colorado
8. 2023 Colorado General Session Begins
9. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call for January 9
1. Polis Continues COVID Emergency
After nearly two years Polis continues the COVID emergency with more executive orders. Click here for the document.
2. National Ban on All Gas Stoves?
Some cities in California already ban gas appliances in new construction, and I have heard that Fort Collins is also heading down this road. However, this call to nationalize this policy has stirred up a lot of people. I have since learned that the study being cited was deeply flawed and the food being cooked often gives off more fumes than the gas from the stove.
3. Supreme Court rejects Challenge of 2020 Election
I reported on this possible SCOTUS case several weeks ago. The court decided against looking at it. It is not very surprising, as they always receive hundreds of requests to consider, but it is still a disappointment that they are turning a blind eye to this long-term problem that must be fixed.
4. 31,000 Invitations to Vote Sent to Non-citizens in Colorado
Here is an interesting article about the “mistake” by the Colorado secretary of state before the 2022 election (did I mention she was on the ballot?)
5. Its All a Coincidence?
Here is a spoof on the CDC ignoring the innumerable heart attacks of seemingly healthy people. BTW, this came out before Elvis Presley’s 54 year old daughter died this week. Again, it was another “heart attack” victim. What a coincidence!
6. “Field” Banned
“Field” is now racist term, according to some major universities. I can’t make up these absurdities, but here is the story.
7. Banning “Assault” Weapons in Colorado
Not yet introduced, but here is a draft of a bill designed to outlaw “assault” weapons in Colorado. BTW, the original link I put up did not work for everyone, so I found another link which I hope will work all the time. It was a bit wierd. The link would work for a while and then it would be blocked. This happened several times, hmmm…
8. 2023 Colorado General Session Begins
One week in and 107 bills have been introduced.
Here is a brief summary of the ones that have jumped out at me:
The best bills:
HB-1017 CONCERNING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ELECTRONIC SALES AND USE TAX SIMPLIFICATION SYSTEM I don’t like the Colorado sales tax system at all, and this does not repeal it, but it is designed to take a little bit of the pain out of collecting sales taxes.
HB-1029 CONCERNING MEASURES TO PROHIBIT REQUIRING ADMINISTRATION OF A COVID-19 VACCINE TO A MINOR WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT.
HB-1038 CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE It would make it more possible and economical to replace a stolen catalytic converter.
HB 1044 “SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT” This bill is designed to prohibit enforcement of federal laws that infringe on the right to bear arms.
HB-1050 USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE AGAINST A PERSON WHO HAS MADE AN ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO A PLACE OF BUSINESS The business version of the make my day law.
HB-1054 CONCERNING REAL PROPERTY VALUATION This bill will smooth out the property tax explosion we will see if this bill does not pass.
HB-1055 PROHIBIT WIRELESS NETWORKING VOTING SYSTEMS They say the machines don’t have wireless connections, how about making it the law?
SB-025 “IN GOD WE TRUST” SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE
SB-026 PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION BY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA This will prohibit a bank from discriminating against a borrower because of a perceived environmentalimpact from the loan. The bill is designed to stop woke virtue signaling in the banking industry.
The worst bills:
HB-1003 “SIXTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACT” Pass this and schools may start acting like mental health wards.
HB-1020 CONCERNING SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSES IN THE REGULATED MARIJUANA BUSINESS. First, what is a social equity license? Is it a streamlined licensing process? That may be a good idea, but not just for a privileged few. Simplify licensing, but do it for all. Better yet, get rid of most of the licensing authority of the state.
HB-1057 CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS HAVE RESTROOMS WITH AMENITIES FOR ALL GENDERS. What are “all” genders? Both genders (which is self evident) or dozens of genders (which is absurd nonsense).
SB-016 PROMOTE REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN COLORADO This is a very dangerous bill, calling for ZERO CO2 emissions by 2050, and tightening up all target dates before that deadline.
SB-21 ORDERING OF NAMES ON PRIMARY BALLOTS This will weaken the assembly system by not making the top vote in the district assembly the top line on the primary ballot and makes all primary ballot names (by district assembly and by petition) random. It is one more step toward a jungle primary mess.
9. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call for January 9
We are back for 2023! 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.
Join Zoom Meeting
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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,P.O. Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513.
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado(RSCC) is composed of conservative leaders within the Republican caucus of the Colorado legislature.
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January 7, 2023
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1. TABOR Turns 30
2. The Quiet Right
3. Division in El Paso GOP
4. Facial Recognition at DIA
5. Government Forced Twitter Censorship
6. Roe is Gone But Corporate America Amps Up the Slaughter
7. Electronic Voting is Not Secure
8. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call for January 9
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THE GOOD NEWS:
1. TABOR Turns 30
30 years ago TABOR became law in Colorado. It has been a rough ride ever since then as the big government advocates have repeatedly tried to dismantle this incredible policy for the citizens of Colorado. But the essence of TABOR continues to bless our state.
And there is a big party next Saturday to honor this milestone. I hope you can be a part of the celebration. For more information click here.
2. The Quiet Right
This is an analysis of our culture from a very positive perspective. If you need some encouragement, read this. It is said that it is darkest right before the dawn. Here is some light to consider.
THE OTHER NEWS:
3. Division in El Paso GOP
Things have gotten ugly in the ranks of the El Paso GOP. I have tried to stay out of this serious division, but Paul Prentice put together a good analysis of the situation and I recommend it for your reading list. Click here for his commentary.
4. Facial Recognition at DIA
This is a national story about a new technology being tried out at airports, but it has a local side as Denver International is a part of the experiment. Bear in mind that this digital information will probably be kept as a permanent record of the citizens it snags in this scheme. Should this constitute a violation of the Fourth Amendment “…right of the people to be secure in their persons,…?” Click here for the story.
5. Government Forced Twitter Censorship
The truth is coming out. Government power was used to suppress the truth about COVID. Click here for more.
6. Roe is Gone But Corporate America Amps Up the Slaughter
Did I write “slaughter?” Isn’t that a bit strong? Well, yes, but ending the life, however young, is at least that strong. Here is what I mean.
7. Electronic Voting is Not Secure
How many ways can this be said? Electronic voting systems are not secure and should never be used for an election that is to be trusted. That is why much of the civilized world has banned electronic systems. This is one more article giving us some of the details.
8. Join the Breakfast Club Zoom Call for January 9
We are back for 2023! 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.
Join Zoom Meeting
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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,P.O. Box 378, Berthoud, CO 80513.
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado(RSCC) is composed of conservative leaders within the Republican caucus of the Colorado legislature.
