Democrats Deny Colorado Families Thousands in Annual Savings

DENVER – Today, Colorado Democrats rejected their final chance to join the Colorado Senate Republicans in making Colorado more affordable for families.
In a hearing before the Senate State, Veterans, and Military Affairs committee this morning, Senate Democrats killed Senator Lundeen’s
Senate Bill 25-131
, which would have given the average family over $2,500 in annual savings on the housing costs.
Senator Lundeen’s bill would have brought down housing costs by making critically overdue changes to our state’s construction defects laws and by cutting crushing regulation that has discouraged new housing construction.
At the beginning of the 2025 legislative session, Senate Republicans unveiled Senate Bill 131 as part of
a legislative package that, if passed in its entirety, would have given the average Colorado family savings as high as $4,500 per year.
Had the Democrats not killed Senator Baisley’s
Senate Bill 25-139
earlier this year, Colorado families could have saved as much as $1,200 in annual savings on grocery and utility bill costs. The bill would have cut several costly Democrat-created fees, such as Colorado’s
delivery fee
,
garbage disposal fee
,
shopping bag fee
, and
electric & gas energy fees
.
Coloradans could have expected to save $450 per year on transportation costs had the Democrats not killed Senator Bright’s
Senate Bill 25-117
earlier in the session. The bill would have eliminated fees Coloradans pay on fuel,
passenger rideshare services, vehicle rentals
, and
tires
. Additionally, the bill would have lowered the price of gasoline by as much as 20% per gallon by using existing funds to create a reformulated gasoline rebate program.
Senator Rich’s
Senate Bill 25-156
would have drastically slashed excessive regulations that are currently crushing Colorado’s economic prosperity had it not been killed by Democrats in March. The bill would have repealed regulations created by the Democrats’ Senate Bills
22-193
,
20-204
, and
20-218
, as well as House Bills
22-1362
and
21-1198
.
To illustrate the savings Colorado families could have received, a tower of 4,500 one dollar bills was displayed in the Colorado Senate Republicans’ office throughout the legislative session. The cash displayed wasn’t just a visual prop, it represented the tangible relief that Coloradans would have received when paying for housing, groceries, bills, and other vital necessities. As the Democrats killed each of the Senate Republican bills, those opportunities were stripped away and shredded. What started as a promise of meaningful financial relief for Colorado families has since been reduced to a pile of shreds by Colorado Democrats.
For the remaining days of the 2025 legislative session, the Colorado Senate Republicans will fight to deliver affordability for Colorado families.