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BILL SUMMARY For HB26-1119

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Date Apr 16, 2026       Location HCR 0112

HB26-1119 - Postponed Indefinitely
01:15:26 PM  
Representative Woodrow provided introductory remarks for House Bill 26-1119. The bill allows certain local property tax districts to impose a lower mill levy on real property improvements than for land. The bill sponsor responded to questions from the committee.
01:26:52 PM  
Brenda Dones, representing the Colorado Assessor's Association, testified in opposition to the bill. Toby Damisch, representing the Colorado Assessor's Association, testified in opposition to the bill. Matthew Arvidson, representing the Colorado Assessor's Association, testified in opposition to the bill. Monica Babbitt, representing the Colorado Assessor's Association, testified in opposition to the bill. Jonathan Norloff, representing the Colorado Assessor's Association, testified in opposition to the bill. Cynthia Braddock, representing the Colorado Assessor's Association, testified in opposition to the bill. Brad Hughes, representing the Colorado Assessor's Association, testified in opposition to the bill. The panel responded to questions from the committee.

Written testimony included in Attachment B.
01:55:18 PM  
Alison Morgan, representing the Colorado Bankers Association, testified in opposition to the bill. Michael Valdez, representing the Special District Association of Colorado, testified in opposition to the bill. Tiffany Leichman, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill.
02:05:33 PM  

Mr. Jesse Zamora, representing the Colorado Association of Realtors, testified in opposition to the bill. Brett Johnson, representing the CO Association of School Executives, testified in opposition to the bill. Mrs. Rachel Carter, representing the Colorado Golf Coalition, testified in opposition to the bill. Mrs. Bianca Fisher, representing the Greeley Downtown Development Authority, testified in opposition to the bill. Mr. Julian Jacquin, representing the Town of Erie, Downtown Colorado Inc (DCI), EDCC, testified in opposition to the bill. The panel responded to questions from the committee.
02:17:51 PM  
Mr. Jay Homstad, representing Historic Denver, testified in opposition to the bill. Irene Josey, representing the Larimer County Treasury, testified in opposition to the bill. Mr. Chuck Broerman, representing the El Paso County Treasurer, testified in opposition to the bill. Heather Longino, representing the Larimer County Treasurer and Public Trustee's Office, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Leslie Oliver, representing the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, testified in opposition to the bill. Carrie Couey, representing the Colorado County Treasurers and Public Trustees Association, testified in opposition to the bill. Mr. Mark Pfaffinger, representing Larimer County, testified in a neutral position on the bill. Mr. Dan Shah, representing West Colfax BID, Bluebird BID, and Federal Blvd BID was available to answer committee questions.
02:40:11 PM  
Ms. Leslie Twarogowski, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill. Michael John, representing Satellite Bar, testified in opposition to the bill. Mr. Ed Mate, representing the Colorado Golf Association & CommonGround Golf Course, testified in opposition to the bill. Mrs. Marcy Wheatley, representing the Colorado County Treasurer and Public Trustee Association, testified in opposition to the bill. Jeff Holwell, representing the City of Lone Tree, testified in opposition to the bill. Ms. Natalie Menten, representing themself, testified to amend the bill. Ms. Jeany Rush, representing themself, testified in opposition to the bill.
02:52:39 PM  
Kevin Matthews, representing YIMBY Denver, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Robert Greer, representing YIMBY Denver, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Lars Doucet, representing the Center for Land Economics, testified in support of the bill. Luke Teater, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Keith Erffmeyer, representing the Division of Property Taxation - DOLA, was available to answer committee questions. The panel responded to questions from the committee.

03:30:52 PM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment C)
Moved Woodrow
Seconded Gonzalez R.
Brooks
Camacho
DeGraaf
Garcia
Gonzalez R.
Marshall
Stewart R.
Weinberg
Zokaie
Titone
Woodrow
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection

03:31:42 PM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment D)
Moved Woodrow
Seconded Gonzalez R.
Brooks
Camacho
DeGraaf
Garcia
Gonzalez R.
Marshall
Stewart R.
Weinberg
Zokaie
Titone
Woodrow
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection

03:33:04 PM
 Motion Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment E)
Moved Woodrow
Seconded Gonzalez R.
Brooks
Camacho
DeGraaf
Garcia
Gonzalez R.
Marshall
Stewart R.
Weinberg
Zokaie
Titone
Woodrow
YES: 0   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  Pass Without Objection
03:33:07 PM  
The bill sponsor provided closing remarks for House Bill 26-1119.

03:47:08 PM
 Motion Refer House Bill 26-1119, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Woodrow
Seconded Garcia
Brooks No
Camacho No
DeGraaf No
Garcia Yes
Gonzalez R. No
Marshall No
Stewart R. No
Weinberg No
Zokaie No
Titone Yes
Woodrow Yes
YES: 3   NO: 8   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  FAIL

03:47:33 PM
 Motion Postpone House Bill 26-1119 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 Camacho
Seconded Gonzalez R.
Brooks Yes
Camacho Yes
DeGraaf Yes
Garcia No
Gonzalez R. Yes
Marshall Yes
Stewart R. Yes
Weinberg Yes
Zokaie Yes
Titone No
Woodrow No
Final YES: 8   NO: 3   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS