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Here’s a specific example why I changed party affiliation. I do have a different philosophy on some things.
On 1/28/2010, one of my bills (HB 1086 – Landowner Liability Act) was defeated in a committee vote. You may have read on this site about HB1086. It would have protected landowners from liability if someone [...]

News story:   “Legislators eye surface water diversion penalties” Fort Morgan Times 1/29/2010

This bill addresses funding for the division of water resources. It provides funding for water commissioners. This bill passed the ag committee yesterday (1/26/2010)
From the newspaper story by the Durango Herald 1/27/2010, ” House Bill 1006, by Rep. Kathleen Curry, I-Gunnison, puts the engineer’s office in line for $413,000 from gas and oil taxes. Right [...]

News Story:  Proposed bill prevents layoffs of ‘ditch riders’ The Durango Herald 1/27/2010?

Members of the Colorado General Assembly are allowed to introduce five individual bills during the session. In addition to our five, many of us carry bills in the House for our Senate colleagues, as well as bills for the executive branch when requested.
I am currently carrying my five bills, two Senate bills, one bill for [...]

I am the House sponsor for two Senate bills, one paving the way to make industrial hemp a legal agricultural commodity, and the other providing for more certainty for well users in the Yuma County area.
I am also running a bill providing alternative  funding for essential employees of the Division of Water Resources that are [...]

At present, unaffiliated candidates for statewide office in Colorado face the most stringent requirements in the nation in terms of gaining access to the ballot.  Unaffiliated candidates for statewide seats must register as unaffiliated 17 months prior to the general election.  This bill would change that requirement to make it a shorter time period.

This bill would allow for new wildlife collision zones to be established by the Colorado Department of Safety in cooperation in with the Colorado Department of Transportation and the Division of Wildlife. The bill would require the designation of zones using signage similar to what drivers encounter in school and construction zones. Fines could be [...]

The state currently has in place a commission that studies the cost of health insurance coverage mandates. This commission is going to sunset in July of this year.  I think it is very important that legislators have access to unbiased information regarding the costs of new coverage mandates before we have to vote on bills [...]