House debate highlights out‑of‑state immunization records and local control in disease-control bill

House Bill 10-27, titled as a modification to statutes governing disease control, was taken up on third reading Feb. 5 and prompted floor debate focused on how the bill treats immunization documentation for nonresident students and on limits to local public-health authority.

Representative Brad Bradley, who spoke during third reading, pressed sponsors and the chamber on a perceived gap: the bill, as amended in committee, included an allowance for licensed children's residential camps to accept out-of-state immunization records but did not provide an equivalent allowance for out-of-state college and university students. Bradley quoted the statute and asked whether the Senate would “clean this up,” saying there was no provision for university students to present out‑of‑state immunization records even though the camp provision allowed it. He summarized the concern by saying the language in place would require a student to produce a Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) official certificate or an entry in CDPHE’s immunization tracking system, with no substitute for out-of-state documentation.

During debate other members raised broader objections about centralized authority in public-health emergencies and the removal of an oversight committee formed during the COVID emergency, with one member arguing the bill “treads on the liberties of parents, families, children” and warning of consequences to households and businesses from state‑level regulatory power. The transcript records Representative Brooks voting “no” when members were called to the machine; the clerk then moved to the next item. The transcript does not contain a numeric final roll-call tally for HB10-27 in the provided excerpt, so a final outcome is not stated here.

Speakers on the floor tied the discussion to pandemic-era decisions: critics referenced the state’s emergency actions during COVID‑19, business shutdowns and the mental‑health impacts on children. Supporters of the bill framed the measure as clarifying and modernizing disease-control statutes (committee language and exact sponsor text were read before debate).

Action recorded in the transcript: a motion to adopt House Bill 10-27 on third reading and final passage was made by the majority leader, the machine was opened for a vote, and Representative Brooks is recorded voting no; subsequent procedural business continues in the transcript without a recorded numeric final tally for this particular bill in the provided excerpt.

Because the transcript excerpt does not include a numeric final roll call for HB10-27, this report refrains from stating a final vote count or final disposition beyond the motions and recorded individual vote(s) that appear in the transcript.