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Second Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For SB26-117

SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Date Mar 3, 2026       Location SCR 357

SB26-117 - Amended, referred to Senate Appropriations
02:05:12 PM  
Sens. Bridges and Amabile introduced Senate Bill 26-117. The bill prohibits the online sale of lottery tickets and prohibits the use of credit cards to purchase lottery tickets. The sponsors answered several committee questions.
02:15:00 PM  
Committee discussion continued with the sponsors.
02:34:56 PM  
Mr. Tom Seaver, representing the Colorado Lottery, testified in opposition to the bill. Tim Brass, representing the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, testified in opposition to the bill. Heidi Humphreys, representing the Department of Revenue, testified against the bill. Amanda Quintana, representing the Colorado Lottery, testified in opposition to the bill. The witnesses answered several questions.
02:51:40 PM  
Committee discussion continued with the witnesses.
03:04:52 PM  
Mr. Jason Swann, representing Trust for Public Land/Rising Routes Alliance, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Kelly Mazanti, representing Rural is Rad & Buttnski, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Jackie Miller, representing Great Outdoors Colorado, testified in opposition to the bill. Robert Porter, representing Lotto.com, testified to amend the bill.
03:15:21 PM  
The witnesses answered several committee questions.
03:22:23 PM  

Peggy Brown, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Mary Szarmach, representing Smoker Friendly/Gasamat, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Grier Bailey, representing CWPMA, testified in support of the bill. Jessica Welman, representing Campaign for Fairer Gambling, testified in support of the bill. Oliver Barie, representing the National Association Against i-Gaming, testified in support of the bill. Jeff Sussman, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Mrs. Tricia Canonico, representing themself, testified in support of the bill.

03:37:53 PM  
Jason Gumer, representing Monarch Casino, testified in support of the bill.

Written testimony may be found in Attachment A.

03:41:41 PM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment B)
Moved Marchman
Seconded
Bright
Frizell
Gonzales J.
Kolker
Mullica
Simpson
Snyder
Marchman
Kipp
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
03:41:43 PM  
The sponsors gave some closing remarks.
03:53:00 PM  
The committee took a brief recess and came back to order.

03:54:52 PM
 Motion Refer Senate Bill 26-117, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Marchman
Seconded
Bright No
Frizell No
Gonzales J. Yes
Kolker Yes
Mullica Yes
Simpson No
Snyder No
Marchman Yes
Kipp Yes
Final YES: 5   NO: 4   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS