This is a partial list of the bills I sponsored:

Parents Bill of Rights: establishes a liberty interest and fundamental right for parents in the care, custody, and control of a parent's child

Civics Education

I passed a civics bill to require the State Board of Education to include in their next revision of Social Studies Civics academic standards:

1.  The three branches of government and how they interact;  

2. How laws are made at the Federal, State, and local government levels; and how citizens shape and influence government and governmental actions;

3. The formation and development of the U.S. Government and the State of Colorado using Federal and State foundational documents:

   1. Declaration of Independence;

   2. U.S. Constitution and how it establishes the Federal Government and the characteristics of the Republic that it creates;

   3. How the Colorado Constitution establishes the State Government and its relationship to local governments in the state;

   4. The US Bill of Rights and the Colorado Bill of Rights in the Colorado Constitution;

   5. Process for amending the US Constitution, and the changes that have been made to it since 1787;

   6. Process for amending the Colorado Constitution, and the changes that have been made since 1876;

4. How other foundational documents of the United States and Colorado, including landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions and significate Colorado Supreme Court decision, aided in the formation and have subsequently affected the development of the United States and Colorado governments; and

5. How to engage with Federal, State and Local Governments and how to engage with public officials. 

I have continued to monitor the implementation of this bill.  See my letter to the Colorado State Board of Education on their failure to comply with my bill (signed into law) during their revision of social studies civics standards. 

Letter to Board of Education:

Opposition to teaching “woke” propaganda

I voted NO on HB18-1276 that set up an “woke” advisory group to provide push for “identify politics” academic standards for social studies and history input to the State Board of Education for inclusion in state academic standards.

Let’s teach civics based on our historical documents created by the Founding Fathers, not “woke” social studies revisionism propaganda.

Fought Common Core

For several years, I ran legislation to get Colorado out of the “woke” Common Core education standards, and to eliminate Common Core (PARCC) student testing.  Killed in committee on a party-line vote. 

Opposed Attacks on Parental Rights

As a State Representative, I voted NO and fought for hours on the House floor against numerous anti-parental rights Democrat bills to

• Expand student vaccine mandates, limit parental rights, and create a state database to track compliance

• eliminate parental notification and consent for students age 12 or older if the school decides the child needs mental health counselling or treatment

• impose “woke” sex education curriculum which sexualizes children

• eliminate parental notification and consent for their child having an abortion, if the child is aged 12 or older. 

Since Leaving Office (2023-2025)

This year, I testified in support of a proposed Constitutional Amendment (HCR25-1003) to add parental rights as part of our unalienable rights in the Colorado Constitution. 

NOTE: In my testimony, I review current US Supreme Court cases on parental rights, as part of my support putting parental rights in the state constitution.   (see Testimony page)