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Democratic · Representative

Cecelia Espenoza

Represents District 4 in the House of Representatives.

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Votes with Democrats

91%

on 609 party-line votes · House Democrats median 97%

Cast a vote

99%

Yea or Nay on 1,311 of 1,317 roll calls · House median 98%

Their bills that became law

33 of 36

as a primary sponsor, this session · Democrats median 24

Roll calls on record

1,317

2026 Regular Session

Votes and bills updated Oct 10, 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 Cecelia Espenoza 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 Cecelia Espenoza sits in the House

Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Cecelia Espenoza is circled.

Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side

Times they broke with their party

55 of 609 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.

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.

Nay

House: Senate Amendments Repass · 2026-05-13 · Passed 38–26 · most Democrats voted the other way

HB1236 · Arbitration Reform

Nay

House: Senate Amendments Repass · 2026-05-13 · Passed 33–32 · most Democrats voted the other way

HB1255 · Social Media Duty to Report & Search Warrants

In plain English Requires social media platforms to report to local law enforcement when they take action against a user's account.

Nay

House: Senate Amendments Repass · 2026-05-13 · Passed 35–30 · most Democrats voted the other way

HB1345 · Higher Education Funding Allocation Model Changes

In plain English Changes how Colorado allocates state funding to higher education institutions based on recommendations from a funding formula report.

Nay

House: Senate Amendments Concur · 2026-05-12 · Passed 43–21 · most Democrats voted the other way

SB192 · Producer Responsibility Dues Appeals Process

In plain English Allows producers to appeal eco-modulated dues charged to finance the statewide recycling producer responsibility program.

Nay

House State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs: Refer Senate Bill 26-192 to the Committee of the Whole. · 2026-05-12 · Passed 7–4 · most Democrats voted the other way

HB1273 · Transportation Network Company Maximum Percent Fare Retention

In plain English Limits the percentage of fares that transportation network companies can keep from rides provided through their platforms.

Nay

House: Third Reading Bill · 2026-05-11 · Passed 38–26 · most Democrats voted the other way

HB1418 · Online Add-on Transaction Fee Youth Service Enterprise

Nay

House: Third Reading Bill · 2026-05-07 · Passed 38–25 · most Democrats voted the other way

SB087 · Create Legislative Leave Job Protection for General Assembly Members

Nay

House: MISC Recede · 2026-05-07 · Failed 23–41 · most Democrats voted the other way

SB134 · Payment Card Networks' Fees

Nay

House: Third Reading Bill · 2026-05-06 · Passed 44–20 · most Democrats 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.

Yea

House: Committee of the Whole Amd (h.002) · 2026-05-06 · Failed 24–41 · most Democrats voted the other way

Closest votes they cast

Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.

SB146 · Restrict Single-Use Food Serviceware Distribution

In plain English Restricts the distribution of single-use food serviceware.

Nay

House: Committee of the Whole Amd (h.002) · 2026-05-05 · Failed 32–32

HB1236 · Arbitration Reform

Nay

House: Senate Amendments Repass · 2026-05-13 · Passed 33–32

HB1281 · Homicide Criminal Offenses

In plain English Aligns criminal offenses involving the death of another person.

Yea

House: Third Reading Bill · 2026-04-29 · Passed 33–32

HB1037 · Ban Government Purchase of Personal Data from Third Party

In plain English Prohibits government entities from buying personal data from third parties.

Yea

House Judiciary: Postpone House Bill 26-1037 indefinitely. · 2026-04-22 · Passed 6–5

HB1250 · Procedures Related to Civil Asset Forfeiture

Nay

House Judiciary: Refer House Bill 26-1250, as amended, to the Committee on Finance. · 2026-04-21 · Passed 6–5

Republicans 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.

Rick TaggartRepublican · District 55 · 546 shared contested votes

57%

Ryan GonzalezRepublican · District 50 · 564 shared contested votes

38%

Jarvis CaldwellRepublican · District 20 · 597 shared contested votes

36%

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 (6 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

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Their bills, from filing to law

Bills Cecelia Espenoza 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.

Introduced36

Out of committee35

Passed one chamber35

Passed both chambers34

Became law33

Never left committee0

For comparison, the median Democratic member of the House has 24 bills that became law this session.

What their bills are about

Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement 6State Government 5Business & Economic Development 4Courts & Judicial 3Financial Services & Commerce 3Probate, Trusts, & Fiduciaries 3

HB1427 ↗

Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Update

In plain English Updates Colorado's antitrust pre-merger notification requirements to align with the Uniform Law Commission's revised standards.

Official synopsis: Concerning updates to the "Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act" approved by the Uniform Law Commission.

Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-06-04

HB1138 ↗

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

HB1084 ↗

Voter Transparency in Ballot Measures

In plain English Requires fiscal impact statements for certain initiated statewide ballot measures to describe the measure's likely effect on main areas of state expenditure.

Official synopsis: Concerning voter transparency requirements to expand information about the funding of initiated statewide ballot measures, and, in connection therewith, requiring the fiscal impact statement for certain initiated statewide ballot measures to describe the measure's likely effect on the main areas of state expenditure.

Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-06-03

HB1315 ↗

Accurate Documents for Parole Determinations

Concerning documents relied upon for parole determinations.

Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-06-01

HB1100 ↗

Guardianship for Incapacitated Adults

Concerning updates to guardianship for incapacitated adults.

Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-05-29

SB072 ↗

Increased Penalty for Vehicular Homicide & Assault

In plain English Increases criminal penalties for assaultive conduct with a motor vehicle and adds causing death with a motor vehicle to criminally negligent homicide charges.

Official synopsis: Concerning increasing criminal penalties related to assaultive conduct with a motor vehicle, and, in connection therewith, adding the conduct of causing the death of another person with a motor vehicle to the crime of criminally negligent homicide.

Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-05-28

HB1005 ↗

Worker Protection Collective Bargaining

In plain English Reduces barriers in the Labor Peace Act to promote good faith collective bargaining negotiations.

Official synopsis: Concerning measures to reduce barriers in the "Labor Peace Act" to promote good faith collective bargaining negotiations, and, in connection therewith, reducing an appropriation.

VetoedGovernor Vetoed · 2026-05-28

SB158 ↗

Youthful Offender Early Parole Procedure

In plain English Allows youthful offenders who complete a specialized program to apply for early parole.

Official synopsis: Concerning early parole procedures for a youthful offender who has successfully completed a specialized program.

Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-05-19

HB1281 ↗

Homicide Criminal Offenses

In plain English Aligns criminal offenses involving the death of another person.

Official synopsis: Concerning the alignment of criminal offenses that involve the death of another person.

Passed one chamberSenate Second Reading Special Order – Laid Over to 05/14/2026 – No Amendments · 2026-05-12

HB1101 ↗

Criminal Offenses Related to Critical Infrastructure Metals

Concerning adding criminal offenses related to critical infrastructure components to criminal offenses involving commodity metals.

Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-05-07

HB1303 ↗

Technical Changes to Energy & Carbon Management Statutes

Concerning technical changes to energy and carbon management statutes.