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Republican
· Senator
Barbara Kirkmeyer
Represents District 23 in the State Senate.
Votes with Republicans
85%
on 286 party-line votes · Senate Republicans median 93%
Cast a vote
98%
Yea or Nay on 1,091 of 1,113 roll calls · Senate median 99%
Their bills that became law
110 of 120
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 21
Roll calls on record
1,113
2026 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 4, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2026 Regular Session.
How Barbara Kirkmeyer votes
A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.
Where Barbara Kirkmeyer sits in the Senate
Each dot is one member of the Senate, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Barbara Kirkmeyer is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
44 of 286 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.
HB1422 · Security Measures for Certain Government Entities
Senate: Third Reading Bill · 2026-05-13 · Passed 28–7 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB048 · Remove Exception to Marry with Judicial Approval
In plain English Limits the age difference allowed between parties when a minor marries with judicial approval.
Senate: House Amendments Concur · 2026-05-13 · Passed 18–17 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1286 · Automated Driving System Commercial Vehicles
In plain English Requires a human to be present in a commercial motor vehicle when an automated driving system is operating the vehicle.
Senate: Third Reading Bill · 2026-05-12 · Passed 27–8 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1429 · County Administration Public Assistance Programs
Senate Appropriations: Refer House Bill 26-1429 to the Committee of the Whole. · 2026-05-11 · Passed 5–2 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1425 · Applied Behavior Analysis Services
In plain English Requires state regulation of applied behavior analysis services and appropriates money for implementation.
Senate Appropriations: Refer House Bill 26-1425 to the Committee of the Whole. · 2026-05-11 · Passed 5–2 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1147 · Host Home for People with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
In plain English Establishes processes for host homes that provide care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Senate: Third Reading Bill · 2026-05-11 · Passed 28–7 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB113 · Require Recovery Residences to Obtain Behavioral Health Administration License
In plain English Requires recovery residences to obtain a license from the behavioral health administration.
Senate: House Amendments Repass · 2026-05-08 · Passed 28–6 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB166 · School Board Member Disqualifying Convictions
In plain English Disqualifies individuals with certain criminal convictions from serving on school boards.
Senate: Third Reading Bill · 2026-04-28 · Passed 22–12 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1410 · 2026-27 Long Appropriations Bill
Senate: Conference Committee Report Repass · 2026-04-28 · Passed 23–11 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB142 · Development of Thermal Energy Resources
Senate: Third Reading Bill · 2026-04-28 · Passed 27–7 · most Republicans voted the other way
Closest votes they cast
Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.
HB1274 · State Agency Payments to Grant Recipients
In plain English Allows state agencies to pay a percentage of a grant's total value to nonprofit recipients when executing or renewing grant agreements.
Senate: Miscellaneous Recede · 2026-05-13 · Failed 17–17
HB1289 · Modification of Certain Tax Expenditures
Senate: Committee of the Whole Cow * (s.001) · 2026-05-12 · Failed 17–17
HB1418 · Online Add-on Transaction Fee Youth Service Enterprise
In plain English Requires social media platforms offering online gaming to young people to charge fees on add-on purchases and direct revenue to new enterprises funding youth mental health and programming services.
Senate: Third Reading Bill · 2026-05-13 · Passed 18–17
SB115 · Post-Conviction Relief for Certain Offenders
In plain English Allows certain imprisoned offenders to seek post-conviction relief and adjusts state funding accordingly.
Senate: House Amendments Repass · 2026-05-13 · Passed 18–17
HB1054 · Protections for Worker Safety
Senate: Third Reading Bill · 2026-05-13 · Failed 17–18
Democrats they vote with most
Share of contested roll calls (the losing side got at least 10%) where both voted and landed on the same side. Unanimous votes are left out, because on those everyone agrees.
Dylan RobertsDemocrat · District 8 · 274 shared contested votes
45%
Kyle MullicaDemocrat · District 24 · 279 shared contested votes
42%
Lindsey DaughertyDemocrat · District 19 · 252 shared contested votes
39%
Their session, month by month
Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (22 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Barbara Kirkmeyer was a primary sponsor of this session. Most bills from either party never leave committee; in Illinois many never get past the Assignments or Rules committee.
Introduced120
Out of committee116
Passed one chamber114
Passed both chambers111
Became law110
Never left committee0
For comparison, the median Republican member of the Senate has 21 bills that became law this session.
What their bills are about
State Revenue & Budget 44State Government 22Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12) 18Fiscal Policy & Taxes 17Health Care & Health Insurance 14Higher Education 9
County Administration Public Assistance Programs
Concerning the consolidated administration of public assistance programs, and, in connection therewith, making and reducing an appropriation.
Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-06-04
Administration of Publicly Funded Education Programs
In plain English Requires the education department to report on online and part-time enrichment programs and allows extending a cooperative services board's authority to administer the statewide supplemental online and blended learning program.
Official synopsis: Concerning measures to improve the administration of publicly funded programs available to students who are not full-time in-person students, and, in connection therewith, requiring the department of education to report on online and part-time enrichment educational programs and authorizing an extension of the designation of…
Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-06-04
Changes to Cover All Coloradans Program
In plain English Expands health insurance benefits for low-income individuals ineligible for medical assistance due to immigration status.
Official synopsis: Concerning changes to health insurance benefits for certain low-income individuals who are not eligible for medical assistance due to their immigration status, and, in connection therewith, making and reducing an appropriation.
Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-06-04
Department of Health Care Policy & Financing Statistical Sampling & Extrapolation
In plain English Allows the health care financing department to use statistical sampling to recover overpayments to Medicaid providers.
Official synopsis: Concerning authorizing the department of health care policy and financing to use statistical sampling and extrapolation to recover overpayments to providers for certain medicaid services, and, in connection therewith, making and reducing an appropriation.
Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-06-04
Repeal Office of Judicial Discipline Ombudsman
In plain English Repeals the office of the judicial discipline ombudsman.
Official synopsis: Concerning the repeal of the office of the judicial discipline ombudsman.
Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-06-04
Marijuana Tax Cash Fund Distributions
In plain English Changes how money from the retail marijuana sales tax is distributed among state programs and funds.
Official synopsis: Concerning the distribution of money collected from the retail marijuana sales tax.
Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-06-04
Phase-Out of Teacher Recruitment Education and Preparation Program
In plain English Phases out the teacher recruitment education and preparation program and reduces its appropriation.
Official synopsis: Concerning phasing out the teacher recruitment education and preparation program, and, in connection therewith, making and reducing an appropriation.
Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-06-04
Cash Fund Transfers to General Fund
In plain English Transfers money from certain cash funds to the general fund.
Official synopsis: Concerning transfers of money from certain cash funds to the general fund.
Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-06-04
Eliminate General Fund Transfer to Multimodal Transportation Fund
In plain English Eliminates the annual transfer of money from the general fund to the multimodal transportation and mitigation options fund.
Official synopsis: Concerning the elimination of the annual transfer from the general fund to the multimodal transportation and mitigation options fund, and, in connection therewith, reducing an appropriation.
Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-06-04
Temporarily Reduce General Fund Reserve
In plain English Temporarily reduces Colorado's general fund reserve.
Official synopsis: Concerning a temporary reduction in the general fund reserve.
Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-06-04
Medicaid Nonemergency Medical Transportation
Concerning nonemergency medical transportation for medicaid members, and, in connection therewith, making and reducing an appropriation.
Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-06-04
Retail Theft Prevention Program
In plain English Creates a retail theft prevention advisory board and grant program within the division of criminal justice to address organized retail theft.
Official synopsis: Concerning measures to prevent organized retail theft, and, in connection therewith, creating the retail theft prevention advisory board and the retail theft prevention grant program in the division of criminal justice.
Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-06-03
Parity for Non-Opioid Pain Management Drugs
Concerning parity for the use of non-opioid pain management drugs, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-06-03
Local Ordinances & State Employees
Concerning local ordinances' impacts on state employees.
Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-06-02
Residential Treatment for Members in Colorado Department of Human Services Custody
In plain English Transitions residential treatment programs to the statewide managed care system for Medicaid members in county human services custody.
Official synopsis: Concerning the transition of residential treatment programs to the statewide managed care system for medicaid members who are in the custody of a county department of human or social services.
Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-06-02
“In plain English” lines are written by ThePolitibase with AI (Claude), from the official synopsis only; the synopsis is the authoritative text. Descriptions are the legislature’s own synopsis. Bill data from LegiScan, CC BY 4.0.
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SB165 · 2026-05-13
Species Conservation Measures (Senate: House Amendments Concur)
SB165 · 2026-05-13
Species Conservation Measures (Senate: House Amendments Repass)
HB1236 · 2026-05-13
Arbitration Reform (Senate: Third Reading Bill)
HB1418 · 2026-05-13
Online Add-on Transaction Fee Youth Service Enterprise (Senate: Third Reading Bill)
SB187 · 2026-05-13
Establishing Commission on Medicaid (Senate: House Amendments Concur)
SB187 · 2026-05-13
Establishing Commission on Medicaid (Senate: House Amendments Repass)
HB1416 · 2026-05-13
Transfers to General Fund & Colorado Economic Development Fund (Senate: Third Reading Bill)
SB172 · 2026-05-13
Front Range Passenger Rail District (Senate: House Amendments Concur)
SB172 · 2026-05-13
Front Range Passenger Rail District (Senate: House Amendments Repass)
SB115 · 2026-05-13
Post-Conviction Relief for Certain Offenders (Senate: House Amendments Concur)
SB115 · 2026-05-13
Post-Conviction Relief for Certain Offenders (Senate: House Amendments Repass)
HB1425 · 2026-05-13
Applied Behavior Analysis Services (Senate: Third Reading Bill)
HB1429 · 2026-05-13
County Administration Public Assistance Programs (Senate: Third Reading Bill)
SB035 · 2026-05-13
Increase of Traffic Violation Penalties (Senate: House Amendments Concur)
SB035 · 2026-05-13
Increase of Traffic Violation Penalties (Senate: House Amendments Repass)
HB1223 · 2026-05-13
Modifying Certain Tax Expenditures (Senate: Third Reading Amend (l.031))
HB1223 · 2026-05-13
Modifying Certain Tax Expenditures (Senate: Third Reading Bill)
HB1054 · 2026-05-13
Protections for Worker Safety (Senate: Third Reading Bill)
SB078 · 2026-05-13
Changes to Institutions of Higher Education Statutes (Senate: House Amendments Concur)
SB078 · 2026-05-13
Changes to Institutions of Higher Education Statutes (Senate: House Amendments Repass)
SB155 · 2026-05-13
Increase Access Homeowner's Insurance Enterprise (Senate: House Amendments Concur)
SB155 · 2026-05-13
Increase Access Homeowner's Insurance Enterprise (Senate: House Amendments Repass)
HB1250 · 2026-05-13
Procedures Related to Civil Asset Forfeiture (Senate: Third Reading Bill)
SB048 · 2026-05-13
Remove Exception to Marry with Judicial Approval (Senate: House Amendments Concur)
SB048 · 2026-05-13
Remove Exception to Marry with Judicial Approval (Senate: House Amendments Repass)
SB042 · 2026-05-13
Revenue Classification Taxpayers Bill of Rights (Senate: House Amendments Concur)
SB042 · 2026-05-13
Revenue Classification Taxpayers Bill of Rights (Senate: House Amendments Repass)
SB002 · 2026-05-13
Energy Affordability (Senate: House Amendments Concur)
SB002 · 2026-05-13
Energy Affordability (Senate: House Amendments Repass)
SB003 · 2026-05-13
End-of-Life Management of Electric Vehicle Batteries (Senate: House Amendments Concur)
SB003 · 2026-05-13
End-of-Life Management of Electric Vehicle Batteries (Senate: House Amendments Repass)
HB1433 · 2026-05-13
Funding to Sustain Fire-Related Services (Senate: Third Reading Bill)
HB1289 · 2026-05-13
Modification of Certain Tax Expenditures (Senate: Third Reading Amend (l.081))
HB1289 · 2026-05-13
Modification of Certain Tax Expenditures (Senate: Third Reading Amend (l.082))
HB1289 · 2026-05-13
Modification of Certain Tax Expenditures (Senate: Third Reading Bill)
HB1335 · 2026-05-13
Abortion Medication Access on College Campuses (Senate: Third Reading Bill)
HB1309 · 2026-05-13
Abuse in Cases of Separation (Senate: Third Reading Bill)
SB184 · 2026-05-13
Firefighter Cancer Benefits & Workers' Compensation (Senate: House Amendments Concur)
SB184 · 2026-05-13
Firefighter Cancer Benefits & Workers' Compensation (Senate: House Amendments Repass)
SB093 · 2026-05-13
Workers' Compensation Insurance Coverage Verification (Senate: House Amendments Concur)
SB093 · 2026-05-13
Workers' Compensation Insurance Coverage Verification (Senate: House Amendments Repass)
SB023 · 2026-05-13
School Finance Act (Senate: House Amendments Concur)
SB023 · 2026-05-13
School Finance Act (Senate: House Amendments Repass)
HB1424 · 2026-05-13
Transportation Network Company Consumer Protection (Senate: Third Reading Bill)
SB131 · 2026-05-13
Sports Betting Protections (Senate: House Amendments Concur)
SB131 · 2026-05-13
Sports Betting Protections (Senate: House Amendments Repass)
HB1141 · 2026-05-13
Discriminatory Practices in Public Schools (Senate: Third Reading Bill)
HB1426 · 2026-05-13
Department of Law Legislative Report (Senate: Third Reading Amend (l.014))
HB1426 · 2026-05-13
Department of Law Legislative Report (Senate: Third Reading Bill)
HB1272 · 2026-05-13
Extreme Temperatures Worker Protections (Senate: Third Reading Bill)
HB1325 · 2026-05-13
Natural Medicine (Senate: Third Reading Bill)
SB015 · 2026-05-13
Commercial Sexual Activity with a Child Offenses (Senate: House Amendments Concur)
SB015 · 2026-05-13
Commercial Sexual Activity with a Child Offenses (Senate: House Amendments Repass)
SB152 · 2026-05-13
Changes Automated Vehicle Identification System Usage (Senate: House Amendments Concur)
SB152 · 2026-05-13
Changes Automated Vehicle Identification System Usage (Senate: House Amendments Repass)
HB1422 · 2026-05-13
Security Measures for Certain Government Entities (Senate: Third Reading Bill)
HB1255 · 2026-05-13
Social Media Duty to Report & Search Warrants (Senate: Third Reading Bill)
HB1274 · 2026-05-13
State Agency Payments to Grant Recipients (Senate: Miscellaneous Recede)
HB1274 · 2026-05-13
State Agency Payments to Grant Recipients (Senate: Miscellaneous Repass)
SB169 · 2026-05-13
Revisor's Bill (Senate: House Amendments Concur)
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