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The chamber adopted House Resolution 101 to use the temporary rules from the previous General Assembly as temporary rules for the 75th; the motion carried by machine vote with 63 ayes, 1 excused and 1 vacant. The House then moved to notify the Senate and the governor that it was organized and ready for business and appointed small committees to deliver those notices.

The House also considered and adopted Senate Joint Resolution 1, which designates the previous joint rules as temporary joint rules for the new session. The machine vote for that adoption was recorded as 63 ayes, 1 excused and 1 vacant.

Clerk Mister Schiebel read appointments to committees of reference and the Joint Budget Committee. Chairs and vice chairs named in the reading include Karen McCormick (Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources), Emily Sirota (Appropriations), Nikquita Ricks (Business, Fairs and Labor), Megan Lukens (Education), Alex Valdez (Energy and Environment), William Linstead (Finance) and Javier Mabry (Judiciary), among others. The Joint Budget Committee membership read included Shannon Bird (vice chair), Emily Sirota and Rick Taggart.

The House introduced an initial set of bills, roughly 20 on opening day, which Schiebel read for the record. Noted introductions included bills on wage-and-hour enforcement, mental-health health-benefits coverage, a Medicaid waiver for children with complex needs, landlord pricing coordination prohibitions, tax incentives for supporting film festivals, school district property leases, paratransit services, incentives for jails to provide behavioral health services, vegetative fuel mitigation, and a price-gouging prohibition. Each introduced bill was assigned to a relevant committee for consideration.

After completing initial introductions and organizational votes, the House recessed until later the same day to continue business and to allow committees to begin their organizational work.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Colorado House 2025 Legislative Day 001 (2025-01-08)","oneSentenceSummary","On opening day the House adopted temporary house and joint rules, appointed committees to notify the senate and governor that the chamber is organized, published committee assignments for key reference committees and introduced an initial set of bills to be assigned to committees.","taxTitle","HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Committees, Legislative, Colorado","taxId",15006,"location","Colorado","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6385796,"Julie McCluskey elected speaker after floor contest with Rose Puglisi; vote 41-22",635,2965000,3600000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2119028-b5aa019ee220e0d20b02f881d6819b59&start=2965&end=3600","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2119028-b5aa019ee220e0d20b02f881d6819b59/thumbnail_2965000.jpg","/articles/6385796/Colorado/Julie-McCluskey-elected-speaker-after-floor-contest-with-Rose-Puglisi-vote-41-22","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6385796-80e05e4b48120cf98f91ac0484490c3e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771007460&Signature=KFb1T6BJpxeJwq7aKYSu~svmiXiADV08sVQmU54yz-r1emZ~EyPPNu49eKamlr2AsDEeRHqdybKCLzA76uCaG8ztCy-kML5vcn7gYvIqcu3yN7z62ql35tjT0Li5qZqxRhZy2Z9UHoMtn664DISl9ZMxOQS4G2q~Wg-1TpoWh7w-SR2bMT4q1D-sSbOMrheVv1wxjnvWDcubr2OkEbp4T4ic4XX4u0UfZy52dyE~n7253K7QtIo1RTYLPI7JoPOxdWSP32Bg3wY192tmX91M1pJ48zgz2YJ99rFQHK~2e3vtM~W-ecYy3cXZ6JSax6RyPpT9frU44Kndoc2YMUWcXA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representative Julie McCluskey was elected Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives on opening day of the 75th General Assembly, defeating Minority Leader Rose Puglisi in a contested vote.

The chamber heard nominations and brief speeches before the membership voted. Majority Leader Monica Duran nominated McCluskey, and Assistant Majority Leader Jennifer Bacon seconded that nomination. Representative Bottoms nominated Minority Leader Rose Puglisi as an alternative candidate, and Assistant Minority Leader Winter seconded that nomination.

Both candidates received floor remarks from supporters. Puglisi’s backers emphasized her leadership, character and promises to protect what they described as members’ First Amendment rights; Puglisi said she was “humbled and honored” to accept the nomination. Supporters of McCluskey cited her prior leadership roles, including service on the Joint Budget Committee and as the outgoing speaker, and urged members to re-elect her to continue bipartisan working relationships.

The House used the electronic voting system. Representative Schiebel announced the machine results: McCluskey received 41 votes and Puglisi received 22 votes; there was one member excused and one vacant seat. The clerk declared Representative McCluskey elected Speaker of the House for the 75th General Assembly.

McCluskey addressed the chamber following her election, thanking members and pledging to lift up members’ voices as Speaker. The House recessed briefly after the election to continue organization work.","On opening day Representative Julie McCluskey was elected Speaker of the Colorado House, receiving 41 votes to Rose Puglisi's 22 in a contested floor vote after nominations and brief speeches from both sides.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6385798,"House affirms credentials report, rejects objections to 2024 election certification",717,2013000,2730000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2119028-b5aa019ee220e0d20b02f881d6819b59&start=2013&end=2730","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2119028-b5aa019ee220e0d20b02f881d6819b59/thumbnail_2013000.jpg","/articles/6385798/Colorado/House-affirms-credentials-report-rejects-objections-to-2024-election-certification","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6385798-fbb748b2119668c17d0d6896291d62b8/orig.mp4?Expires=1771007460&Signature=S0gb8aSZY~HCSPlLXxnUdv4OpkPSH~N4EzoK~UEhuXcS9~8Sn9qkVI2zyidwGc8cAMFW7WXcOiZVbGwDHQXkMIsArGnlZyeKX9q8Siw5CDjf4jocYh9dDWvUFge5WT7KslzFep4xLF-t5WR0NZP5WHVnndW-G-H2RdtR0T0PqDsjC1hVXUflWlkwgoXUricPVuVU58D6nY-d8vzMsTHwefuC3Kvh5bqIvIeoxpAUWexTd2lvhnzopRVR63b3xVXodkEekYdyhgwYJSkuSOwFy6o4Sxroo6L0dSFayaaxzOJY28Jd9Pf-7vJJaG5hvFRMlSIHj2LTC5~WVf5w1HCd1A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Colorado House of Representatives adopted the report of its Committee on Credentials and certified the results of the Nov. 5, 2024 general election after a floor debate about election cybersecurity and the public posting of passwords.

The action came after a motion to adopt the credentials committee report and its finding that the persons listed by the secretary of state were duly elected. The motion carried on a roll-call vote of 57 in favor, 6 opposed, 1 excused and 1 vacant.

The vote followed objections from some members who said security lapses undermined confidence in election systems. Representative De Grama raised statutory and federal-security claims, saying state code SB22-153 (codified into CRS 1-13-708), USC 44-3572 and Colorado’s voting system standards (CRS 1-5-6 or 1.5 as cited) require stronger protections and retention of audit logs. He argued a BIOS-password compromise tied to the May 26, 2023 certification undermined the “gold standard” security claim and said records required for post-election review had been deleted, citing federal standards such as NIST 800-53 and FISMA in his remarks.

Representative Bottoms objected to certification on the floor and said the public posting of passwords had left the state vulnerable, calling for criminal investigations of the Secretary of State’s office. \"When the passwords were released, they were released to every county except one,\" Bottoms said. \"I don't have proof that any of those passwords were used to do anything. Nobody else has proof of that. But I think it would be naive to assume that at least one person did not change at least one vote.\"

Speaker Pro Tem Basenecker, speaking for the chamber during the exchange, urged adoption of the credentials report and warned against prolonging election denialism. Basenecker said the posting was a \"serious incident\" the secretary of state's office regretted, but added, \"No voting machines in the state of Colorado were tampered with.\" She cited post-election checks of access logs, bipartisan confirmations from county clerks, mandatory post-election audits and two investigations — one by an independent law firm and another by the Denver district attorney's office — that the transcript records identify as having examined the incident.

The Committee on Credentials had earlier reviewed the Secretary of State’s certification and reported that the list of representatives elected on Nov. 5, 2024, was \"a true complete and authentic list\" and that the listed persons met constitutional and statutory qualifications to be seated.

The House proceeded to a roll-call when an objection to a voice vote was raised; because members had not yet been sworn in they could not use the electronic voting system and many names were called aloud during the count. The final tally recorded in the chamber was 57 ayes, 6 nos, 1 excused and 1 vacant, at which point the motion was declared adopted.

Members who raised objections framed their concerns principally as stemming from cybersecurity and records-retention issues and urged further investigation; supporters of adoption emphasized audits, recount procedures, and the lack of evidence that tabulation was altered. The House did not adopt any additional investigatory direction on the floor at the time of the vote; the certification motion itself was limited to adopting the credentials committee report.

Following adoption, the House moved on to organizational business including notifying the governor and senate that the chamber was organized.","On opening day the Colorado House adopted the credentials committee report and certified the results of the November 5, 2024 election after members debated alleged cybersecurity lapses; the roll-call vote was 57 in favor, 6 opposed, 1 excused and 1 vacancy.","actionData","errors"]

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