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BILL SUMMARY For HB26-1148

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Date Mar 18, 2026       Location HCR 0107

HB26-1148 - Lay Over


02:35:13 PM  
Representatives Willford and Zokaie, co-prime sponsors, presented House Bill 26-1148. The bill imposes requirements on online gaming services and social media platforms, and collects an additional fee on microtransactions in games to be credited to the State Public School Fund.
02:51:47 PM  
The sponsors continued to present the bill. They responded to committee questions.
02:53:35 PM  
John Armstrong, representing Legislative Council Staff, came to the table to respond to questions about the fiscal notes.
03:15:29 PM  

The committee continued to discuss the bill with the sponsors.  Amendments L.001 (Attachment B), L.005 (Attachment C), L.006 (Attachment D), and L.007 (Attachment E) were distributed to the committee.

03:15:49 PM  
Mr. Andrew O'Connor, representing the Entertainment Software Association, testified in opposition to the bill.  Andrew Wood, representing TechNet, testified in opposition to the bill. The witnesses responded to committee questions.
04:02:44 PM  
Dawn Reinfeld, representing Blue Rising, testified in support of the bill. Kaori Keyser, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Jonah Salehi, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Meghan MacKillop, speaking on behalf of Stuart Jenkins, representing the Colorado Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, testified in support of the bill. Emily Harvey, representing Disability Law Colorado, testified in support of the bill. Elizabeth Newman, representing the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault, testified in support of the bill.
04:19:26 PM  
Michael May, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Ben DeNardo, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. Jon Caldara, representing himself, testified in opposition to the bill. Megan Eleazer, representing themself, testified in support of the bill. Caleb Cunningham, representing himself, testified in support of the bill. The witnesses responded to committee questions.

Additional written testimony is included as Attachment F.
04:39:20 PM  
The bill sponsors asked for more time to work on amendments to the bill. The bill was laid over for action at a future date.