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2003 Colorado Legislature

Gun Rights Voting Record

House of Representatives

Senate

Printable PDF

Ever year in the legislature there are defining moments.  A vote takes place, usually on an amendment to a bill, that shows constituents (those few savvy enough to know how to dig out those votes) where a legislator stands on a given issue.

The following are what RMGO considers the defining moments for gun rights in the 2003 General Assembly.  Because not every vote taken on a supposed "gun" bill is important, we don't list all of those votes.  We list the votes where a line is drawn in the sand, and politicians must sweat a bit to decide how to vote.

Rather than spend countless hours searching for those important votes, we have distilled them down to these two tables.

The keys to the votes follow the vote tables.  Permission is granted to copy and distribute this guide with full credits to RMGO.

 

Colorado House of Representatives

Member Name 

 

Lower Fee

Remove Training Time Limit

Database Prohibition

SB25

Preemption

%

Gayle BERRY

R

-

-

-

+

25

Alice BORODKIN

D

-

-

+

-

25

Betty BOYD

D

-

-

+

-

25

Bob BRIGGS

R

-

-

-

+

25

Greg BROPHY

R

+

+

+

+

100

Dorothy BUTCHER

D

+

-

+

E

50

Bill CADMAN

R

+

+

+

+

100

Terrance CARROLL

D

-

-

-

-

0

Michael CERBO

D

NM 

NM 

 NM

 NM

Lauri CLAPP

R

+

+

+

+

100

Mark CLOER

R

+

+

+

+

100

Fran COLEMAN

D

-

-

-

-

0

Bill CRANE

R

+

+

+

+

100

Richard DECKER

R

-

-

-

+

25

Rob FAIRBANK

R

+

+

+

+

100

K. Jerry FRANGAS

D

-

-

-

-

0

Timothy FRITZ

R

-

-

-

+

25

Michael GARCIA

D

-

-

-

-

0

Dale HALL

R

-

-

-

+

25

Ted HARVEY

R

+

+

+

+

100

Lynn HEFLEY

R

-

-

-

+

25

Mary HODGE

D

-

-

-

-

0

Diane HOPPE

R

-

-

-

+

25

Cheri JAHN

D

-

-

+

-

25

Ramey JOHNSON

R

-

-

-

-

0

Joel JUDD

D

-

-

+

-

25

Keith KING

R

-

+

-

+

50

Mark LARSON

R

-

-

-

+

25

Don LEE

R

+

+

+

+

100

Kevin LUNDBERG

R

+

+

+

+

100

Alice MADDEN

D

-

-

-

-

0

R. MARSHALL

D

-

-

-

-

0

Mike MAY

R

+

+

+

+

100

Bob MCCLUSKEY

R

-

-

-

-

0

Buffy MCFADYEN

D

-

-

-

+

25

Michael MERRIFIELD

D

-

-

-

-

0

Carl MILLER

D

-

-

-

+

25

Shawn MITCHELL

R

+

+

+

+

100

Angela PACCIONE

D

-

-

+

-

25

Tom PLANT

D

-

-

-

-

0

John POMMER

D

-

-

+

-

25

Ann RAGSDALE

D

+

+

+

-

75

Pam RHODES

R

+

+

+

+

100

Gregg RIPPY

R

-

-

-

+

25

Andrew ROMANOFF

D

-

-

-

-

0

Ray ROSE

R

-

-

-

+

25

John SALAZAR

D

-

-

-

+

25

David SCHULTHEIS

R

+

+

-*

+

100*

William SINCLAIR

R

-

+

-

+

50

Matt SMITH

R

-

-

-

+

25

Nancy SPENCE

R

-

-

-

+

25

Lola SPRADLEY

R

50

Debbie STAFFORD

R

-

-

-

+

25

Joe STENGEL

R

-

-

-

+

25

Lois TOCHTROP

D

-

-

-

+

25

Jennifer VEIGA

D

-

-

-

-

0

Valentin VIGIL

D

-

-

+

-

25

Frank WEDDIG

D

+

-

-

-

25

Paul WEISSMANN

D

-

-

-

-

0

Al WHITE

R

-

-

-

+

25

Tom WEINS

R

+

+

+

+

100

Suzanne WILLIAMS

D

-

-

-

-

0

Tambor WILLIAMS

R

+

-

-

+

50

John WITWER

R

+

-

-

+

50

Brad YOUNG

R

-

-

-

+

25

 

House Key:

Training Time Limit Removal - Rhodes Committee of the Whole Amendment to SB24 to remove the requirement that training be within the last 10 years (3/13/03) RMGO supported Amendment

Lower Fee – Rhodes Committee of the Whole Amendment to SB24 to lower the fee for concealed carry permits from $100 to $50 (3/13/03) RMGO supported Amendment

Database Prohibition – Lundberg Committee of the Whole Amendment to prohibit Statewide Database of gun owners (3/13/03) RMGO supported Amendment

SB25 Preemption – Final vote (3/14/03) RMGO supported Bill

A Pro-Gun vote is indicated with a +, anti-gun vote with a -.  NM = Not then a member.

 

* - State Rep. Dave Schultheis was one of the main members to push to remove the gun owner database in SB24.  According to Schultheis, he was busy lobbying other members for other changes in the bill and ran back to his desk just in time to press the wrong button.  He even tried to have the Journal changed to reflect his intended vote.  Given Schultheis’ record, we believe him.

  

Colorado Senate

 Senator Name

 

SB24 – Database Removal

SB25 - Preemption

%

Norma ANDERSON

R

-

+

50

John ANDREWS

R

 +

+

100

Ken ARNOLD

R

-

-

0

Bruce CAIRNS

R

+

+

100

Ken CHLOUBER

R

-

+

50

Jim DYER

R

-

+

50

Lewis ENTZ

R

-

-

0

John EVANS

R

-

+

50

Joan FITZ-GERALD

D

-

-

0

Ken GORDON

D

-

-

0

Peter GROFF

D

-

-

0

Dan GROSSMAN

D

-

-

0

Bob HAGEDORN

D

-

+

50

Deanna HANNA

D

-

-

0

Mark HILLMAN

R

+

+

100

Jim ISGAR

D

-

+

50

Steve JOHNSON

R

-

+

50

Ed JONES

R

-

+

50

Maryanne KELLER

D

E

E

0

Ken KESTER

R

-

+

50

Doug LAMBORN

R

+

+

100

Doug LINKHART

D

-

-

0

Ron MAY

R

-

+

50

Andy MC ELHANY

R

+

+

100

Alice NICHOL

D

-

-

0

David OWEN

R

+

+

100

Terry PHILLIPS

D

-

-

0

Peggy REEVES

D

-

-

0

Paula SANDOVAL

D

-

-

0

Stephanie TAKIS

D

-

-

0

Abel TAPIA

D

-

-

0

Jack TAYLOR

R

-