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Second Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB26-1143

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, CIVIC, MILITARY, & VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date Feb 26, 2026       Location LSB A

HB26-1143 - Referred to House Appropriations
01:40:55 PM  
Representative Ricks and Representative Joseph, co-prime bill sponsors, presented House Bill 26-1143, concerning information collected for a background check by entities that provide non-employment-based educational opportunities. The bill requires certain entities to accept tax identification numbers for background checks. Representative Ricks and Representative Joseph responded to questions from the committee and provided a handout (Attachment D) to the committee.
02:18:47 PM  
Jason Hopfer, representing the Colorado Hospital Association, testified to amend the bill. He responded to questions from the committee.
02:27:55 PM  
Dr. Mark Longshore, representing the Colorado Nurses Association, testified in support of the bill. Nick Robles, representing Boulder County, testified in support of the bill. Joshua Stallings, representing Juntos Community, testified in support of the bill. Milena Tayah, representing the Colorado Center on Law and Policy, read a statement on behalf of Annie Martinez in support of the bill.
02:38:10 PM  
Kyle Piccola, representing Metropolitan State University of Denver, testified in support of the bill. Josh Bogdanowicz, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Laura Howard, representing the Colorado Council of Black Nurses, Inc., testified in support of the bill. Jean Demmler, representing the Colorado Council of Churches and Interfaith Immigrant Network, testified in support of the bill. Omar Temprana, representing the Colorado Latino Leadership, Advocacy, and Research Organization, testified in support of the bill.

The panelists responded to questions from the committee.
02:50:15 PM  
Reina Ortiz, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Karina Hernandez, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Harriet Mullaney, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Kathia Garcia, representing Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, testified in support of the bill.
03:00:23 PM  
Liz Baylon Trejo, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Emily Balentine, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Enrique Orozco-Perez, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Amanda Bent, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Mario Ortiz, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Cynthia Gallegos, representing Juntos Community, testified in support of the bill.

Written testimony (Attachment E) was provided to the committee.
03:14:32 PM  
Representative Joseph and Representative Ricks provided concluding remarks about the bill. Committee members commented on the bill.

03:28:45 PM
 Motion Refer House Bill 26-1143 to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Ricks
Seconded Clifford
Bradley No
Carter Yes
Espenoza Yes
Feret Yes
Froelich Yes
Keltie No
Luck No
Nguyen Yes
Ricks Yes
Clifford Yes
Willford Yes
Final YES: 8   NO: 3   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS