Colorado’s 2026 Legislature Tackles Housing, Health Care and AI Rules Amid Budget Gap
TL;DR
Colorado’s 2026 session opens with an $850 million budget shortfall as Democrats push an affordability agenda—from affordable housing measures like the HOME Act and casita expansions to price transparency and health-insurance relief—while also pursuing AI regulation, data-center oversight, energy policies for low-income customers, and labor and public-safety reforms, all amid local-government pushback and partisan dynamics.
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