The Chamber

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/02/2004
Next Election: Term Limited
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Jessicca; 2 Children: Dylan, Madison
Birth date: 03/22/1971
Birthplace: Denver, CO
Home City: Longmont CO
Religion:

Profession

Substitute Teacher, Department of Defense School, Yokosuka, Japan, 1997 English Teacher, Yokosuka Young Men's Christian Association, Japan, 1997 United States Navy, 1993-1997 Attorney

Education

JD, University of Colorado, 2001 BA, Political Science, Stanford University, 1993 Attended, Naval Science, University of California-Berkeley

Committees

Executive Committee of the Legislative Council
Legislative Council
Senate Services

SB 117 Penalties for Driving Under the Influence of Drugs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 2 Authorizes Civil Unions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 68 Prohibits Foods with Trans Fats in Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 15 Establishes a College Tuition Rate for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1271 Repeals Direct Filing of Juveniles by Prosecutors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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SB 117 Penalties for Driving Under the Influence of Drugs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 2 Authorizes Civil Unions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 68 Prohibits Foods with Trans Fats in Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 15 Establishes a College Tuition Rate for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1271 Repeals Direct Filing of Juveniles by Prosecutors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 93 Requires hospitals to disclose religious objections
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1301 Authorizes Legislative Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 93 Requires hospitals to disclose religious objections
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1301 Authorizes Legislative Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 93 Requires hospitals to disclose religious objections
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 147 Prohibits False Information Regarding Election Procedures and Voter Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 3 Limits Employers' Use Of Credit Histories
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 20 Authorizes Legal Immunity to Drug Overdose Reporters
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1005 Repeals Taxes on Agricultural Products
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: -

SB 200 Establishing a Health Benefit Exchange
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: -

SB 126 In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 172 Authorizing Civil Unions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1409 State Employee Compensation Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1360 Parole Violation Punishment Reduction
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 191 Education Law Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1409 State Employee Compensation Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1360 Parole Violation Punishment Reduction
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 12 Increasing Penalties for Worker's Compensation Violations
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 203 Independent expenditures in Colorado elections
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1408 Criteria for Judicial Determinations of Congressional Districts
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 12 Increasing Penalties for Worker's Compensation Violations
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1408 Criteria for Judicial Determinations of Congressional Districts
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1238 Increasing Fines for Moving Traffic Violations in Wildlife Crossing Zones
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1352 Concerning Charges to Crimes Involving Controlled Substances
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1238 Increasing Fines for Moving Traffic Violations in Wildlife Crossing Zones
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1352 Concerning Charges to Crimes Involving Controlled Substances
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1238 Increasing Fines for Moving Traffic Violations in Wildlife Crossing Zones
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1358 Authorizing Home Buyers to Purchase Water Efficiency Devices Up Front
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1284 Increasing Medical Marijuana Regulations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1141 Requirement for Mortgage Companies to have License and Registration
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1351 Limiting Payday Loan Interest Rates
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 191 Education Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1348 Regulations on Radioactive Material
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 190 Suspension of Tax Exemption for Seniors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1021 Health Insurance Policy Coverage For Reproductive Services
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1376 2010-2011 Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 94 State Funding for Works of Art in Capital Construction Projects
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 155 Limitations on the Issuance of Gift Cards
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 133 Income Tax Credit Incentive for Colorado Businesses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 133 Income Tax Credit Incentive for Colorado Businesses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 133 Income Tax Credit Incentive for Colorado Businesses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 133 Income Tax Credit Incentive for Colorado Businesses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 133 Income Tax Credit Incentive for Colorado Businesses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 133 Income Tax Credit Incentive for Colorado Businesses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1365 Utility Emission Reduction Plan
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1180 Performance-Based Incentive for Film Production Activities
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1288 Authorizing Real Estate Brokers to File Liens for Unpaid Commissions
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1188 Navigation Rights for River Outfitters
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 87 Increasing Lobbyist Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1001 Increases Renewable Energy Standards
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 100 Multi-County Local Improvement Districts
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1195 Suspending Sales Tax Exemption
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1189 Repealing Sales Tax Exemption
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1191 Repealing Sales Tax Exemption
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1192 Repealing Sales Tax Exemption
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1193 Internet Sales Tax
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1194 Repealing Sales Tax Exemption
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1195 Suspending Sales Tax Exemption
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1196 Repealing Income Tax Credit
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1199 Temporary Limit on Income Tax Reduction for Net Operating Loss
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1190 Suspending Sales Tax Exemption
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1189 Repealing Sales Tax Exemption
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1191 Repealing Sales Tax Exemption
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1192 Repealing Sales Tax Exemption
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1193 Internet Sales Tax
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1194 Repealing Sales Tax Exemption
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1199 Temporary Limit on Income Tax Reduction for Net Operating Loss
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1190 Suspending Sales Tax Exemption
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1196 Repealing Income Tax Credit
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1 Public Employee Retirement Association Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1366 Capital Gains Income Tax Reduction Modification
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1274 Repeals Death Penalty
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1366 Capital Gains Income Tax Reduction Modification
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 244 Requiring Health Insurance Plans to Cover Autism Treatments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 296 Seat Belt Violation as Primary Offense
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1170 Allowing Locked-Out Employees to Collect Unemployment Benefits
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1057 Mandatory Unpaid Parental Work Leave for Education Activities
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 244 Requiring Health Insurance Plans to Cover Autism Treatments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 241 DNA Sampling Upon Felony Arrest
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1057 Mandatory Unpaid Parental Work Leave for Education Activities
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 244 Requiring Health Insurance Plans to Cover Autism Treatments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 259 2009-2010 Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 281 Clarifying Pinnacol Assurance as a Subdivision of the State
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 273 Appropriation of Pinnacol Assurance Funds
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 281 Clarifying Pinnacol Assurance as a Subdivision of the State
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 273 Appropriation of Pinnacol Assurance Funds
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 281 Clarifying Pinnacol Assurance as a Subdivision of the State
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 273 Appropriation of Pinnacol Assurance Funds
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 170 Expanding In-State Tuition Eligibility
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1260 Designated Beneficiary Agreements Between Unmarried Adults
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 228 Repealing the General Fund Spending Cap
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 88 Extending State Employee Health Benefits to Domestic Partners
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1091 Carbon Monoxide Detector Requirements
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 108 Increasing Vehicle Fees to Fund Transportation Projects
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1388 Increasing Education Funding
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 217 Extended Health Care Coverage
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1388 Increasing Education Funding
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 217 Extended Health Care Coverage
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 200 Sexual Orientation Nondiscrimination
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1389 Health Insurance Rates
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1329 Voter Registration Confirmation Card
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1378 Allowing Ranked Voting Methods
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 200 Sexual Orientation Nondiscrimination
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1325 Seasonal Foreign Worker Pilot Program
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1161 Mining Regulation
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1325 Seasonal Foreign Worker Pilot Program
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1208 Limitations on Direct File Juvenile Cases
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1082 Sealing Criminal Records
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1161 Mining Regulation
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1208 Limitations on Direct File Juvenile Cases
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1385 Health Insurance Website
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1325 Seasonal Foreign Worker Pilot Program
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1208 Limitations on Direct File Juvenile Cases
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1082 Sealing Criminal Records
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1385 Health Insurance Website
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1329 Voter Registration Confirmation Card
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 217 Extended Health Care Coverage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1375 2008-2009 Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1001 Expanding Bioscience Research Funding
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 129 Restricting Beverage Sales at Schools
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1270 Prohibiting Restrictions on Energy Efficiency Measures
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1233 Limited Liability Company Campaign Donation Restrictions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1270 Prohibiting Restrictions on Energy Efficiency Measures
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 122 Wage Transparency Act
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1280 Extending Water Rights
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1228 Insurance Company Regulations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1186 Amending Public School Performance Ratings
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1280 Extending Water Rights
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1228 Insurance Company Regulations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1280 Extending Water Rights
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1276 Workplace Accommodations for Nursing Mothers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 82 Removing Ban on Sunday Alcohol Sales
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1189 State Employee Strike Prohibition
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1297 Supplemental Department of Public Safety Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HJR 1009 Ratification of the UN Convention Against the Discrimination of Women
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1025 Governor's Energy Office
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 164 Increasing Caps on Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 129 Restricting Beverage Sales at Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 128 Eliminating Sales and Use Tax Cap
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 122 Wage Transparency Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1069 Prohibiting Motor Vehicles on Public Lands
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 128 Eliminating Sales and Use Tax Cap
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 122 Wage Transparency Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1069 Prohibiting Motor Vehicles on Public Lands
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 139 Undocumented Immigrant Hiring Ban Notification
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 82 Removing Ban on Sunday Alcohol Sales
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 73 College Textbook Information Disclosure
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 3 Medicaid Funded Family Planning
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SA Mitchell Prohibiting State Funding of Abortion Providers
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

GN Baker Matt Baker to the Public Utilities Commission
Stage: Confirmation Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 199 Education Funding and Property Tax Freeze
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1301 Cervical Cancer Immunization Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 199 Education Funding and Property Tax Freeze
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1301 Cervical Cancer Immunization Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 199 Education Funding and Property Tax Freeze
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1301 Cervical Cancer Immunization Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 25 Sexual Orientation Workplace Discrimination
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1330 Second Parent Adoption
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SJM Opposition to Troop Escalation in Iraq
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SJM 2 Opposition to Troop Escalation in Iraq
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SJM Opposition to Troop Escalation in Iraq
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SJM 2 Opposition to Troop Escalation in Iraq
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1269 Casino Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 151 Mandatory Seatbelt Use
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 34 Concealed Weapons Permits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1072 Termination of All-Union Agreements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 60 Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Survivors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 1 Discounted Prescription Drugs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 26 Funding Full-Day Kindergarten
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1017 Employer Verification of Employee Work Status Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1023 Public Benefits for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1017 Employer Verification of Employee Work Status Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1020 Business Deductions for Employees Restrictions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1314 Prohibiting Forced Exposure to Employer’s Religious or Political Speech
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1283 Required School Expenditures Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1344 Same-Sex Partnership Benefits Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1090 Sexual Abuse Prosecution Bill
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1315 Juvenile Criminal Parole Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1090 Sexual Abuse Prosecution Bill
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1149 Increasing Lobbyist Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1090 Sexual Abuse Prosecution Bill
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1315 Juvenile Criminal Parole Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 234 Public Construction Bidding Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 227 Healthcare Disclosure Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 234 Public Construction Bidding Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 227 Healthcare Disclosure Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 138 Ethanol Requirement Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 81 Employment Nondiscrimination Expansion Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1375 Public School Finance Act
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 223 Interstate Compact for the Election of the President of the United States by National Popular Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1375 Public School Finance Act
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1375 Public School Finance Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1212 Allows Pharmacists to Prescribe Emergency Contraception
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1249 Authorizing Minors to Approve Perinatal Care for Their Own Pregnancy
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1010 Requiring Legislative Approval Before Entering International Trade Agreements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1056 Vending Machines Requirements for Schools Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1010 Requiring Legislative Approval Before Entering International Trade Agreements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1175 Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1125 Seat Belt Enforcement Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

Amendment L.004 Balanced Teaching Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1125 Seat Belt Enforcement Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1175 Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 66 Employee Leave for Academic Activities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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