I’m deeply grateful to Stella for sharing Alyssa’s story and turning her unimaginable grief into advocacy that could help protect other families.
🔗 Read the full bill text here: leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-060
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Coaches are often the first adults to notice when something is off with a young athlete.
This bill gives them the tools to act on that and makes sure families have the information they need before a situation becomes a crisis.
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This is why I’m sponsoring ➡️ SB26-060, a bill that would require youth coaches to complete annual training on the link between concussions and mental health impacts.
It would also require parents to be notified of these risks when their child is removed from play with a suspected concussion.
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Eventually, she came across studies that linked repeated concussions to serious changes in mental health. She realized that the multiple head injuries Alyssa had sustained as an athlete may have been a factor in her struggles.
No one had mentioned this possibility to her.
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Alyssa Peterson was just 13 years old when she died by suicide.
In the years that followed, her mother, Stella Deslongchamp, searched for an explanation, digging through research and medical records trying to make sense of what had happened.
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This hearing is open to the public!
WATCH or LISTEN live to hear the committee discussion and testimony:
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➡️ SB26-041 would strengthen oversight of health care mergers and acquisitions by expanding the Attorney General’s authority to review transactions that could reduce competition, raise prices, or harm patients and communities.
🔗 Bill text: leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-041
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➡️ SB26-077 would increase awareness of epilepsy-related deaths by creating a statewide resource bank, improving death investigation practices, reporting epilepsy-related deaths to a national registry, and launching a public awareness campaign.
🔗 Bill text: leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-077
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➡️ SB26-066 would establish new safety and transparency requirements for compounded weight-loss medications, including labeling, ingredient disclosures, manufacturing standards, and enforcement authority for violations.
🔗 Bill text: leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-066
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Graphic titled “Senate Health & Human Services Agenda.” It shows a committee meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 1:30 pm. The agenda includes three bills: SB26-066 on regulation of compounded weight-loss medication, SB26-077 on epilepsy-related mortality awareness, and SB26-041 on consumer protections for medical care entities. The purple-toned background features medical items such as a stethoscope, clipboard, and medical forms. The graphic is labeled “Sen. Lindsey Daugherty.”
Today’s Senate Health & Human Services 🩺 Committee meeting is scheduled to begin at ⏰ 1:30 pm.
We’ll consider appointments to the Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board and the Air Quality Control Commission and then hear the following three bills:
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The hearing is scheduled to begin at ⏰ 1:30 pm and is open to the public.
🎧 WATCH or LISTEN live here: sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00327/Harmon...
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➡️ SB26-075 would strengthen protections for trafficking victims and children exploited for commercial sex with tougher sentencing, enhanced penalties for crimes against vulnerable adults, and updated language that reflects children as victims.
🔗 Bill text: leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-075
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➡️ SB26-120 would require peace officers seeking or renewing their certification to complete training on missing person alert systems and establish a clear protocol for colleges and universities to follow when a student is reported missing.
🔗 Bill text: leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-120
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Graphic titled “Senate Judiciary Agenda” with the date and time listed as Wednesday, March 4th, 2026 at 1:30 pm. The graphic lists two bills scheduled for the committee hearing. The first is SB26-120, “Missing Person Training & Higher Education Reporting,” sponsored by Sen. J. Marchman, Sen. K. Wallace, Rep. Y. Zokaie, and Rep. B. Bradley. The second is SB26-075, “Trafficking & Commercial Sexual Activity Offenses,” sponsored by Sen. B. Pelton, Sen. D. Roberts, Rep. M. Duran, and Rep. T. Winter. The background shows a dark blue overlay on a photo of the Colorado State Capitol dome. The bottom of the graphic reads “Sen. Lindsey Daugherty.”
Today in the Senate Judiciary Committee, we’re hearing two bills:
🏛 SB26-120: Missing Person Training & Higher Education Reporting (🔗 leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-120)
🏛 SB26-075: Trafficking & Commercial Sexual Activity Offenses (🔗 leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-075)
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This hearing is open to the public! Watch or listen live to hear the committee discussion and testimony:
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**HB26-1040** would protect the rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by prohibiting sterilization against a person’s will, except in true medical emergencies involving an imminent threat to life or health.
🔗 Bill text: leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1040
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**SB26-113** would strengthen oversight of recovery residences by requiring them to be licensed and regulated directly by the Behavioral Health Administration, with inspections, clear safety standards, and required reporting of serious incidents.
🔗 Bill text: leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-113
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Graphic titled “Senate Health & Human Services Agenda” with the date Wednesday, March 4th, 2026. The graphic lists two bills being heard in committee. The first is SB26-113, “Require Recovery Residences to Obtain Behavioral Health Administration License,” sponsored by Sen. J. Amabile, Sen. M. Ball, Rep. M. Carter, and Rep. K. McCormick. The second is HB26-1040, “Sterilization Rights of Person with Disabilities,” sponsored by Rep. M. Froelich and Sen. L. Cutter. The background shows a dark blue overlay on a photo of the Colorado State Capitol dome. The bottom of the graphic reads “Sen. Lindsey Daugherty.”
Today in the Senate Health & Human Services Committee, we’re hearing two bills:
➡️ SB26-113: Require Recovery Residences to Obtain BHA License (🔗 leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-113)
➡️ HB26-1040: Sterilization Rights of Person with Disabilities (🔗 leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1040)
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This hearing is open to the public. Watch or listen live to hear the committee discussion and testimony:
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➡️ HB26-1020 would prevent people from being arrested or pressured into plea deals based solely on field drug tests, and would ensure defendants are clearly told their rights before entering a plea.
🔗 leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1020
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Graphic titled “Senate Judiciary Agenda” with the date Monday, March 2nd, 2026. The background is a dark blue overlay on a photo of the golden dome of the Colorado State Capitol. The graphic lists two hearing items: SB26-095, “Measures to Support Victim-Survivors of Crimes,” sponsored by Sen. M. Weissman, Rep. M. Froelich, and Rep. J. Willford; and HB26-1020, “Colorimetric Field Drug Tests in Drug Possessions,” sponsored by Rep. L. Gilchrist, Rep. J. Bacon, Sen. M. Ball, and Sen. L. Frizell.
Today in the Senate Judiciary Committee ⚖️, we’re hearing two bills:
➡️ SB26-095 would protect sexual assault survivors by improving access to medical information, shielding them from retaliatory lawsuits, and making legal processes more trauma-informed.
🔗 leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-095
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This was an opportunity for the organizers and candidates in that room to speak up, model integrity, and be real allies. They didn’t, and that’s disappointing.
@shannonbird4co.bsky.social deserves better, and so do the voters who showed up to that forum hoping to see Democrats at their best.
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"...the organizers and the candidates repeatedly mocked and laughed at the piñata, which represented the lone woman left in the race."
We have enough sexism and dehumanization in politics. We need leaders and advocacy groups who will fight that, not add to it.
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Protecting Coloradans during this wave of increasingly aggressive ICE enforcement is a top priority for the @cosendem.bsky.social this year, and this is just one of several efforts we're working on.
I'll keep you updated as this bill moves to the House and as we continue this vital work!
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SB26-005 changes that by giving victims and their families a path to seek justice in state court.
It also sends a clear message to ICE and other federal agents that the law does in fact apply to them, and that breaking it comes with consequences.
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Right now, when someone is subjected to an unlawful home entry, wrongful detention, excessive force, or racial profiling during an immigration enforcement action, they have essentially no way to hold the perpetrators responsible.
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Today the Senate passed ✨SB26-005✨, a bill to ensure Coloradans can seek accountability when their constitutional rights are violated by ICE agents.
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Senator Cathy Kipp smiles while standing outdoors with the Colorado State Capitol building visible behind her. Text on the image reads, “Senator Cathy Kipp elected Senate President Pro Tempore,” with the Colorado Senate Democrats logo in the corner.
Senator Cathy Kipp laughs inside the Colorado State Capitol, wearing a blue top and a state senator name badge. Overlaid text includes a quote about continuing the caucus’s commitment to putting working families first and ensuring everyone at the Capitol is treated with dignity and respect, alongside the Colorado Senate Democrats logo.
Congratulations to Senator ✨@cathykipp.bsky.social✨ on her election as Senate President Pro Tempore!
Cathy is a steady, trusted leader and a champion for clean energy, gun safety, public education, and working families. I'm proud to serve alongside her.
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We've had to make some tough spending cuts to make this work, but we're also tapping into our state reserves and tightening the corporate tax code so the responsibility isn’t shifted onto working families.
🔗 Get the full details of our plan here:
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Green check boxes inside a dark blue text box with white text that reads The 2026 Budget Supplementals Package: Protects core services, preserves medicaid coverage, steadies Colorado’s financial future after federal funding cuts. Colorado Capitol Building background in black and white House and Colorado Senate Democrats' logos.
Dark blue background with white text that reads what are supplementals. Inside a gold text box, it reads supplementals are mid-year adjustments to the current fiscal year’s budget to account for unforeseen expenses. This year, our biggest unforeseen expense by far was Congressional Republicans’ H.R.1, which costs Colorado nearly $1 billion and threatened critical services. White House and Colorado Senate Democrats' logos.
Since then, we've been figuring out how to make up for that unexpected lost revenue. That’s why the budget needs a mid-year adjustment.
This week, the Senate is voting on a supplemental package that will protect our core services, including Medicaid, while still keeping the budget balanced.
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