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House Appropriations [May 12, 2026 - Upon Adjournment]

May 12, 2026 · Appropriations · 493 words · 13 speakers · 29 segments

Chair House Appropriations Chairchair

. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you

Okay. Yeah, yours is not subtle at all.

Chair House Appropriations Chairchair

House appropriations will come to order. Mr. Rickman, please call the roll.

Rickmanother

Representatives Baisnecker. Here.

Representative Bottomsassemblymember

Bottoms. Here.

Joseph. Here.

McCormick. Here.

Soper. Here.

Taggart. Here.

Tatone. Still here.

Velasco. Here.

Zokai. Here.

Vice Chair Madam Vice Chairassemblymember

Madam Vice Chair. Here.

Chair House Appropriations Chairchair

Mr. Chair. Here. All right, folks, we have one bill on the agenda. It's Senate Bill 45. We have our bill sponsor. Do we have any questions for our bill sponsor? Go ahead, Representative McCormick.

McCormickother

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Hello, bill sponsor. I'm curious to know why this particular program needs to come through state government and why the School of Mines won't and can't just do this on their own.

Representative Winter. Thank you, Mr. Chair. they went to Senator Liston they asked him to run the bill he ran the bill they testified in support Labor's in support and that's where the bill's at okay thank you very much

Chair House Appropriations Chairchair

additional questions alright seeing none bill sponsors do you have any amendments

no

Chair House Appropriations Chairchair

committee members any amendments alright seeing none amendment phase is closed wrap up Would someone like to move the bill? Representative Taggart.

Taggartother

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move SB 26-45 to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation.

Second.

Chair House Appropriations Chairchair

Seconded by Representative Soper. Is there discussion on the bill? Representative Bottoms.

Representative Bottomsassemblymember

Thank you Mr. Chair I do like the fact that we're pushing this into our Colorado conversation we're going to be going nuclear as a state that's going to happen we need to have people from our own state that understand our own state and have a passion for our state and so I really like this I am hoping when we actually go nuclear that that goes from the private sector, not from the state. That's just my little caveat there. But I do like the fact that we're going to be trying to have this conversation. And School of Mines, I think, is probably the best place to start it. So, yeah, I think this is a good bill.

Chair House Appropriations Chairchair

Thank you, Representative Bottoms. Any other comments? All right. Mr. Rickman, call the roll. Please.

Rickmanother

Representatives Basemacher. Respectfully, no. Bottoms. Yes. Joseph. No, thank you. McCormick. No. Soper. Yes. Taggart. Yes. Tatone. Yes. Velasco. Respectfully, no. Zokai. No. Madam Vice Chair.

Chair House Appropriations Chairchair

No. Mr. Chair? No. That bill fails on a vote of 4 to 7. All right, committee, that concludes our work. Thank you very much. Oh, I'm sorry, we do have to PI it. Yes. Someone want to move for that? Sorry. Madam Vice Chair?

Vice Chair Madam Vice Chairassemblymember

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move to postpone indefinitely Senate Bill 45 by way of reverse roll call.

Second.

Chair House Appropriations Chairchair

Seconded. Seeing no objections, the bill will be PI'd using reverse roll call. That concludes our work, folks. See you next year, I hope. We are adjourned. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you Thank you. Thank you.

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