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The Colorado House of Representatives is the lower house of the Colorado General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Colorado. The House is composed of 65 members from an equal number of constituent districts, with each district having roughly 80 thousand people. Representatives are elected to two-year terms, and are limited to four consecutive terms in office, but can run again after a four-year respite.

The Colorado House of Representatives convenes at the State Capitol in Denver.

CommitteesEdit

The House have 11 current committees of reference:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

  • House Agriculture, Livestock, and Water Committee<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • House Appropriations Committee<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • House Business Affairs and Labor<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • House Education<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • House Energy and Environment Committee<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • House Finance Committee<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • House Health and Insurance Committee<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • House Judiciary Committee<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • House Public and Behavioral Health and Human Services Committee<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • House State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs Committee<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • House Transportation and Local Government Committee Committee<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Current compositionEdit

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Democratic Republican Vacant
68th General Assembly 32 Template:Party shading/Republican| 33 65 0
69th General Assembly Template:Party shading/Democratic| 37 28 65 0
70th General Assembly Template:Party shading/Democratic| 34 31 65 0
Begin 71st Assembly Template:Party shading/Democratic| 37 28 65 0
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72nd General Assembly Template:Party shading/Democratic| 41 24 65 0
73rd General Assembly Template:Party shading/Democratic| 41 24 65 0
74th General Assembly Template:Party shading/Democratic| 46 19 65 0
Begin 75th Assembly Template:Party shading/Democratic| 43 22 65 0
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LeadersEdit

Position Name Party Residence District
Speaker of the House Julie McCluskie Template:Party shading/Democratic |Democratic Dillon 13
Speaker Pro Tempore Andrew Boesenecker Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Fort Collins 53
Majority Leader Monica Duran Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Wheat Ridge 23
Assistant Majority Leader Jennifer Bacon Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Denver 7
Majority Caucus Co-chair Mandy Lindsay Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Aurora 42
Majority Caucus Co-Chair Junie Joseph Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Boulder 10
Majority Co-Whip Matthew Martinez Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Alamosa 62
Majority Co-Whip Elizabeth Velasco Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Glenwood Springs 57
Minority Leader Rose Pugliese Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Colorado Springs 14
Assistant Minority Leader Ty Winter Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Trinidad 47
Minority Caucus Chair Anthony Hartsook Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Parker 44
Minority Whip Ryan Armagost Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Berthoud 64

MembersEdit

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District Representative Party Residence First elected
1 Javier Mabrey Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Denver 2022
2 Steven Woodrow Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Denver 2020*
3 Meg Froelich Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Greenwood Village 2019*
4 Cecelia Espenoza Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Denver 2024
5 Alex Valdez Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Denver 2018
6 Sean Camacho Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Denver 2024
7 Jennifer Bacon Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Denver 2020
8 Lindsay Gilchrist Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Denver 2024
9 Emily Sirota Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Denver 2018
10 Junie Joseph Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Boulder 2022
11 Karen McCormick Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Hygiene 2020
12 Kyle Brown Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Louisville 2023*
13 Julie McCluskie Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Boulder 2018
14 Rose Pugliese Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Colorado Springs 2022
15 Scott Bottoms Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Colorado Springs 2022
16 Rebecca Keltie Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Colorado Springs 2024
17 Regina English Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Colorado Springs 2022
18 Amy Paschal Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Colorado Springs 2024
19 Dan Woog Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Frederick 2022
20 Jarvis Caldwell Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican El Paso County 2024
21 Mary Bradfield Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Colorado Springs 2020
22 Ken DeGraaf Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Colorado Springs 2022
23 Monica Duran Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Wheat Ridge 2018
24 Lisa Feret Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Arvada 2024
25 Tammy Story Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Evergreen 2018
26 Meghan Lukens Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Eagle 2022
27 Brianna Titone Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Golden 2018
28 Sheila Lieder Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Littleton 2022
29 Shannon Bird Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Northglenn 2018
30 Rebekah Stewart Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Lakewood 2024
31 Jacqueline Phillips Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Thornton 2024
32 Manny Rutinel Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Commerce City 2023*
33 William Lindstedt Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Broomfield 2022
34 Jenny Willford Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Northglenn 2022
35 Lorena Garcia Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Westminster 2023*
36 Michael Carter Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Aurora 2024
37 Chad Clifford Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Centennial 2024*
38 Gretchen Rydin Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Littleton 2024
39 Brandi Bradley Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Larkspur 2022
40 Naquetta Ricks Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Aurora 2020
41 Jamie Jackson Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Aurora 2025*
42 Mandy Lindsay Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Aurora 2022*
43 Bob Marshall Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Highlands Ranch 2022
44 Anthony Hartsook Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Parker 2022
45 Max Brooks Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Castle Rock 2024
46 Tisha Mauro Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Pueblo 2022
47 Ty Winter Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Trinidad 2022
48 Carlos Barron Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Fort Lupton 2024
49 Lesley Smith Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Boulder 2024
50 Ryan Gonzalez Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Greeley 2024
51 Ron Weinberg Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Loveland 2023*
52 Yara Zokaie Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Windsor 2024
53 Andrew Boesenecker Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Fort Collins 2021*
54 Matt Soper Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Delta 2018
55 Rick Taggart Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Grand Junction 2022
56 Chris Richardson Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Elbert County 2024
57 Elizabeth Velasco Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Glenwood Springs 2022
58 Larry Don Suckla Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Montezuma County 2024
59 Katie Stewart Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Durango 2024
60 Stephanie Luck Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Penrose 2020
61 Eliza Hamrick Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Centennial 2022
62 Matthew Martinez Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic Alamosa 2022
63 Dusty A. Johnson Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Fort Morgan 2024
64 Ryan Armagost Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Berthoud 2022
65 Lori Garcia Sander Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican Eaton 2024
*Representative was originally appointed

Past composition of the House of RepresentativesEdit

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Women who served in the House of RepresentativesEdit

The first women who served in the Colorado House of Representatives were Clara Cressingham, Carrie Holly and Frances Klock. All three were elected to serve in 1895-1896.<ref name="women representatives" >{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Carrie Holly introduced and passed a Bill that raised the age of consent for girls from 16 to 18 and another that gave mothers the same rights to their children as fathers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

A total of 10 women served in the period up to 1904, the last of them being Alice Ruble, after which the party leaders declared that 'no woman will ever again be elected to the (Colorado) legislature'<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Their prediction proved wrong, as demonstrated by the list of subsequent women members of the House.<ref name="women representatives"/>

See alsoEdit

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