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Second Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly

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BILL SUMMARY For SB26-090

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON STATE, CIVIC, MILITARY, & VETERANS AFFAIRS
Date Apr 27, 2026       Location HCR 0107

SB26-090 - Postponed Indefinitely
04:11:58 PM  
Representative Clifford and Representative Hartsook, co-prime bill sponsors, presented Senate Bill 26-090. The bill exempts information technology equipment that is considered critical infrastructure under the Federal Critical Infrastructures Protection Act from the Colorado Right to Repair Act. Representative Clifford discussed amendments L.009, L.010, L.011, L.012, and L.013 (Attachments E, F, G, H, and I). The bill sponsors responded to questions from the committee.  
04:32:52 PM  
Representative Clifford and Representative Hartsook continued to respond to questions from the committee.
04:54:23 PM  
Christopher Bresee, representing the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, testified in support of the bill. Matt Fussa, representing Cisco Systems, testified in support of the bill and provided a handout (Attachment J) to the committee. Nathan Trail, representing the Information Technology Industry Council, testified in support of the bill. Jake Parker, representing the Security Industry Association, testified in support of the bill. Katie Reilly, representing the Consumer Technology Association, testified in support of the bill. Dusty Brighton, representing the Repair Done Right Coalition, testified in support of the bill. Andrew Wood, representing TechNet, testified in support of the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee.
05:22:23 PM  
Danny Katz, representing the Colorado Public Interest Research Group (CoPIRG), testified in opposition to the bill. Billy Rios, representing COPIRG, testified to amend the bill. Michael Smith, representing the National Federation of Independent Business, testified in opposition to the bill. Jacob Blough, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Paul Roberts, representing Secure Repairs, testified in opposition to the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee.
05:57:16 PM  
Henry Stiles, representing Environment Colorado, testified in opposition to the bill. Tom Moloney, representing Blue Star Recyclers, testified in opposition to the bill. John Erhardt, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Alicia Seidle, representing the Open Source Hardware Association, testified in opposition to the bill. Gay Gordon-Byrne, representing Repair.org, testified in opposition to the bill. Dr. Elizabeth Chamberlain, representing iFixit, testified in opposition to the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee.
06:17:46 PM  
Andrew Brandt, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Brienna Kerr-Atkinson, representing Recycle Colorado, testified in opposition to the bill. Aaron Perzanowski, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Susan Tevnan, representing Xerox, testified to amend the bill. Brian Loma, representing GreenLatinos Colorado, testified to amend the bill. Ryan Call, representing Eco-Cycle, testified to amend the bill. Neal McBurnett, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Matthew Clauson, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. The panelists responded to questions from the committee.

Written testimony (Attachment K) was provided to the committee.
06:40:09 PM  
Representative Clifford explained amendment L.009.

06:42:04 PM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.009 (Attachment E).
Moved Clifford
Seconded Carter
Bottoms
Bradley
Carter
Espenoza
Feret
Froelich
Luck
Nguyen
Ricks
Clifford
Willford
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
06:42:05 PM  

Representative Clifford stated he would not be offering any other amendments.
06:43:00 PM  
Representative Clifford and Representative Hartsook made concluding remarks about the bill. Committee members commented on the bill.

07:03:04 PM
 Motion Refer Senate Bill 26-090, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
Moved Clifford
Seconded Feret
Bottoms No
Bradley No
Carter Yes
Espenoza Yes
Feret No
Froelich No
Luck No
Nguyen Yes
Ricks No
Clifford Yes
Willford No
YES: 4   NO: 7   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  FAIL

07:03:32 PM
 Motion Postpone Senate Bill 26-090 indefinitely using a reversal of the previous roll call. There was no objection to the use of the reverse roll call, therefore, the bill was postponed indefinitely.
Moved Froelich
Seconded Feret
Bottoms Yes
Bradley Yes
Carter No
Espenoza No
Feret Yes
Froelich Yes
Luck Yes
Nguyen No
Ricks Yes
Clifford No
Willford Yes
Final YES: 7   NO: 4   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS