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Republican
· Representative
Rick Taggart
Represents District 55 in the House of Representatives.
Votes with Republicans
53%
on 546 party-line votes · House Republicans median 95%
Cast a vote
96%
Yea or Nay on 1,290 of 1,345 roll calls · House median 98%
Their bills that became law
117 of 124
as a primary sponsor, this session · Republicans median 11
Roll calls on record
1,345
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 Rick Taggart 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 Rick Taggart 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. Rick Taggart is circled.
Always on the Republican sideAlways on the Democratic side
Times they broke with their party
254 of 546 party-line votes, most recent 10 shown.
HB1065 · Transit and Housing Investment Zones
In plain English Creates transit and housing investment zones and appropriates money for related purposes.
House: Senate Amendments Repass · 2026-05-13 · Passed 44–21 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1065 · Transit and Housing Investment Zones
In plain English Creates transit and housing investment zones and appropriates money for related purposes.
House: Senate Amendments Concur · 2026-05-13 · Passed 45–20 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1426 · Department of Law Legislative Report
House: Senate Amendments Repass · 2026-05-13 · Passed 46–19 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1426 · Department of Law Legislative Report
House: Senate Amendments Concur · 2026-05-13 · Passed 48–17 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1424 · Transportation Network Company Consumer Protection
In plain English Requires transportation network companies to provide increased consumer protections for drivers and passengers.
House: Senate Amendments Repass · 2026-05-13 · Passed 43–21 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1424 · Transportation Network Company Consumer Protection
In plain English Requires transportation network companies to provide increased consumer protections for drivers and passengers.
House: Senate Amendments Concur · 2026-05-13 · Passed 43–21 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1430 · Transportation Funding Adjustments
House: Senate Amendments Repass · 2026-05-13 · Passed 42–20 · most Republicans voted the other way
HB1430 · Transportation Funding Adjustments
House: Senate Amendments Concur · 2026-05-13 · Passed 43–19 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB080 · Cradle to Career Grant Program Creation
In plain English Creates a grant program to support services from early childhood through career development.
House: Third Reading Perm · 2026-05-13 · Passed 52–13 · most Republicans voted the other way
SB080 · Cradle to Career Grant Program Creation
In plain English Creates a grant program to support services from early childhood through career development.
House: Third Reading Bill · 2026-05-13 · Passed 41–24 · most Republicans 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.
House: Committee of the Whole Amd (h.002) · 2026-05-05 · Failed 32–32
HB1236 · Arbitration Reform
House: Senate Amendments Repass · 2026-05-13 · Passed 33–32
SB080 · Cradle to Career Grant Program Creation
In plain English Creates a grant program to support services from early childhood through career development.
House Appropriations: Reconsider SB 26-080 · 2026-05-12 · Passed 6–5
HB1327 · Large Employer Worker Health-Care Support
House Appropriations: Refer House Bill 26-1327, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. · 2026-05-01 · Passed 6–5
HB1281 · Homicide Criminal Offenses
In plain English Aligns criminal offenses involving the death of another person.
House: Third Reading Bill · 2026-04-29 · Passed 33–32
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.
Matt MartinezDemocrat · District 62 · 551 shared contested votes
59%
Katie StewartDemocrat · District 59 · 551 shared contested votes
59%
Tisha MauroDemocrat · District 46 · 548 shared contested votes
58%
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 (55 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.
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Their bills, from filing to law
Bills Rick Taggart 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.
Introduced124
Out of committee122
Passed one chamber120
Passed both chambers119
Became law117
Never left committee0
For comparison, the median Republican member of the House has 11 bills that became law this session.
What their bills are about
State Revenue & Budget 45State Government 27Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12) 19Health Care & Health Insurance 15Fiscal Policy & Taxes 14Human Services 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
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
Transfers to General Fund & Colorado Economic Development Fund
Concerning transfers from the universal high school scholarship cash fund.
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
Applied Behavior Analysis Services
In plain English Requires state regulation of applied behavior analysis services and appropriates money for implementation.
Official synopsis: Concerning the regulation of applied behavior analysis services, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
Became lawGovernor Signed · 2026-06-02
Works Program Reserves & Cost of Living Adjustment
Concerning modifying the Colorado works program.
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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SB072 · 2026-05-13
Increased Penalty for Vehicular Homicide & Assault (House: Third Reading Bill)
SB190 · 2026-05-13
Release Information About Peace Officer Use of Force (House: Third Reading Bill)
SB169 · 2026-05-13
Revisor's Bill (House: Third Reading Bill)
SB185 · 2026-05-13
Enhance Security of Office of Information Technology (House: Third Reading Bill)
HB1363 · 2026-05-13
Temporarily Reduce General Fund Reserve (House: Senate Amendments Concur)
HB1363 · 2026-05-13
Temporarily Reduce General Fund Reserve (House: Senate Amendments Repass)
HR1007 · 2026-05-13
Colorado 150th Anniversary (House: RESOLUTIONS Amd (l.008))
HR1007 · 2026-05-13
Colorado 150th Anniversary (House: RESOLUTIONS Amd (l.009))
HR1007 · 2026-05-13
Colorado 150th Anniversary (House: RESOLUTIONS Amd (l.010))
HR1007 · 2026-05-13
Colorado 150th Anniversary (House: RESOLUTIONS Comm Report (sa))
HB1315 · 2026-05-13
Accurate Documents for Parole Determinations (House: Senate Amendments Concur)
HB1315 · 2026-05-13
Accurate Documents for Parole Determinations (House: Senate Amendments Repass)
HB1324 · 2026-05-13
Sunset Division of Professions & Occupations (House: Senate Amendments Concur)
HB1324 · 2026-05-13
Sunset Division of Professions & Occupations (House: Senate Amendments Repass)
HB1274 · 2026-05-13
State Agency Payments to Grant Recipients (House: Senate Amendments Adhere)
HB1033 · 2026-05-13
Expanding the Colorado Cottage Foods Act (House: Senate Amendments Concur)
HB1033 · 2026-05-13
Expanding the Colorado Cottage Foods Act (House: Senate Amendments Repass)
HB1102 · 2026-05-13
Funding for Colorado DRIVES Account (House: Senate Amendments Concur)
HB1102 · 2026-05-13
Funding for Colorado DRIVES Account (House: Senate Amendments Repass)
HB1306 · 2026-05-13
Wild Horse License Plate (House: Senate Amendments Concur)
HB1306 · 2026-05-13
Wild Horse License Plate (House: Senate Amendments Repass)
HB1326 · 2026-05-13
Sunset Public Utilities Commission (House: Senate Amendments Concur)
HB1326 · 2026-05-13
Sunset Public Utilities Commission (House: Senate Amendments Repass)
HB1141 · 2026-05-13
Discriminatory Practices in Public Schools (House: Senate Amendments Concur)
HB1141 · 2026-05-13
Discriminatory Practices in Public Schools (House: Senate Amendments Repass)
HB1255 · 2026-05-13
Social Media Duty to Report & Search Warrants (House: Senate Amendments Concur)
HB1255 · 2026-05-13
Social Media Duty to Report & Search Warrants (House: Senate Amendments Repass)
SB170 · 2026-05-13
Task Force to Expand Effective Public Schools (House: Third Reading Bill)
SB125 · 2026-05-13
Disability Rights Protections in Public Schools (House: Third Reading Bill)
SB080 · 2026-05-13
Cradle to Career Grant Program Creation (House: Third Reading Bill)
SB080 · 2026-05-13
Cradle to Career Grant Program Creation (House: Third Reading Perm)
HB1223 · 2026-05-13
Modifying Certain Tax Expenditures (House: Senate Amendments Concur)
HB1223 · 2026-05-13
Modifying Certain Tax Expenditures (House: Senate Amendments Repass)
HB1430 · 2026-05-13
Transportation Funding Adjustments (House: Senate Amendments Concur)
HB1430 · 2026-05-13
Transportation Funding Adjustments (House: Senate Amendments Repass)
HB1289 · 2026-05-13
Modification of Certain Tax Expenditures (House: Senate Amendments Concur)
HB1289 · 2026-05-13
Modification of Certain Tax Expenditures (House: Senate Amendments Repass)
HB1309 · 2026-05-13
Abuse in Cases of Separation (House: Senate Amendments Concur)
HB1309 · 2026-05-13
Abuse in Cases of Separation (House: Senate Amendments Repass)
HB1424 · 2026-05-13
Transportation Network Company Consumer Protection (House: Senate Amendments Concur)
HB1424 · 2026-05-13
Transportation Network Company Consumer Protection (House: Senate Amendments Repass)
HR1007 · 2026-05-13
Colorado 150th Anniversary (House: RESOLUTIONS Amd (l.002))
HR1007 · 2026-05-13
Colorado 150th Anniversary (House: RESOLUTIONS Amd (l.012))
HR1007 · 2026-05-13
Colorado 150th Anniversary (House: RESOLUTIONS Res)
HB1426 · 2026-05-13
Department of Law Legislative Report (House: Senate Amendments Concur)
HB1426 · 2026-05-13
Department of Law Legislative Report (House: Senate Amendments Repass)
HB1325 · 2026-05-13
Natural Medicine (House: Senate Amendments Concur)
HB1325 · 2026-05-13
Natural Medicine (House: Senate Amendments Repass)
HB1236 · 2026-05-13
Arbitration Reform (House: Senate Amendments Concur)
HB1236 · 2026-05-13
Arbitration Reform (House: Senate Amendments Repass)
HB1272 · 2026-05-13
Extreme Temperatures Worker Protections (House: Senate Amendments Concur)
HB1272 · 2026-05-13
Extreme Temperatures Worker Protections (House: Senate Amendments Repass)
HB1418 · 2026-05-13
Online Add-on Transaction Fee Youth Service Enterprise (House: Senate Amendments Concur)
HB1418 · 2026-05-13
Online Add-on Transaction Fee Youth Service Enterprise (House: Senate Amendments Repass)
SB193 · 2026-05-13
Local Ordinances & State Employees (House: Conference Committee Report Adopt)
SB193 · 2026-05-13
Local Ordinances & State Employees (House: Conference Committee Report Byd Scp)
SB193 · 2026-05-13
Local Ordinances & State Employees (House: Conference Committee Report Repass)
HJR1032 · 2026-05-13
Notify Governor of Adjournment (House: RESOLUTIONS Res)
HB1065 · 2026-05-13
Transit and Housing Investment Zones (House: Senate Amendments Concur)
HB1065 · 2026-05-13
Transit and Housing Investment Zones (House: Senate Amendments Repass)
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 1345 total roll-call votes this session).
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