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Senator

Byron Pelton

Occupation
Electrician / Rancher
Party
Republican
Leadership Position
Minority Caucus Chair

Sponsored Bills and Resolutions

SB25-165

Licensure of Electricians

Concerning electrical work regulated in the state.
02/18/2025 | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology
Sen. B. Pelton | Sen. L. Daugherty
2025 Regular Session
Bill
Labor & Employment
Professions & Occupations
SB25-147

Modify Board Management Public Employees' Retirement Association

Concerning modifications to the management of the public employees' retirement association by the board of trustees, and, in connection therewith, defining the board as a local public body for purposes of the open meetings law, establishing term limits for members of the board, clarifying that the board must conduct its meetings according to the open meetings law as a local public body, requiring the board to post certain meeting-related and financial information of the association on the association's website, and clarifying that the board may delegate matters of day-to-day administration, but not management, of the association.
02/5/2025 | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance
Sen. B. Pelton | Sen. C. Kolker | Rep. L. Garcia Sander | Rep. M. Lukens
2025 Regular Session
Bill
Labor & Employment
State Government
SB25-136

Expand Deduction For Retirement Benefits

Concerning an expansion of the state income tax subtraction for retirement benefits to allow an individual to subtract all such benefits from federal taxable income for the purpose of calculating state taxable income regardless of the individual's income or age.
02/5/2025 | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
Sen. B. Pelton | Rep. R. Gonzalez
2025 Regular Session
Bill
Fiscal Policy & Taxes
SB25-128

Agricultural Worker Service Providers Access Private Property

Concerning repealing certain provisions that prohibit an employer from interfering with an agricultural employee's access to service providers, and, in connection therewith, repealing provisions that prohibit an employer from interfering with an agricultural employee's access to service providers on private land.
02/5/2025 | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources
Sen. B. Pelton | Sen. D. Roberts | Rep. K. McCormick | Rep. T. Winter
2025 Regular Session
Bill
Agriculture
Labor & Employment
SB25-076

Intoxicating Substances & Social Equity Business

Concerning businesses, and, in connection therewith, requiring certain regulatory agencies to prioritize the public health; adding labeling requirements for marijuana and natural medicine; requiring the marijuana enforcement division to seek the assistance of the department of public health and environment when adopting certain rules; setting limits on the serving size and packaging size of inhaled marijuana; limiting the marijuana products that can be sold to an individual who is twenty-five years of age or younger; requiring rules to set labeling requirements for natural medicine; requiring rules to set standards for collecting and reporting data about adverse medical or behavioral reactions to natural medicine; establishing certain prohibitions on how natural medicine can be manufactured, distributed, or transferred; and expanding the social equity program.
01/22/2025 | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology
Sen. J. Amabile | Sen. B. Pelton | Rep. K. Brown
2025 Regular Session
Bill
Business & Economic Development
Health Care & Health Insurance
Professions & Occupations
SB25-044

Synthetic Opiates Criminal Penalties

Concerning criminal penalties involving a controlled substance that includes certain synthetic opiates.
02/10/2025 | Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
Sen. B. Pelton | Rep. R. Armagost
2025 Regular Session
Bill
Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
SB25-029

Ranch Property Tax Clarifications

Concerning clarification of the definition of "ranch" used in connection with the taxation of agricultural property.
01/29/2025 | Senate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Postpone Indefinitely
Sen. D. Roberts | Sen. B. Pelton | Rep. J. McCluskie
2025 Regular Session
Bill
Agriculture
Fiscal Policy & Taxes