Legislative Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution
The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.
Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)
Legislative Scorecard
Based on the U.S. Constitution
CO Scorecard 2023
The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.
Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)
The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Colorado General Assembly in 2023 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.
This is our second state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators’ overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.
Senate
1. Virtual “Marriage or Civil Union” Licensing
2. Taxpayer-Funded Preschool “Bonus Payments”
3. Limiting “No-Knock” Warrants
SB23-254 Limiting “No-Knock” Warrants (passed 27 to 7 on 4/17/2023). Limits the issuance of a “no-knock search warrant” to a situation in which there is either probable cause for an arrest of a suspect or because of a “credible threat to the life of any person.”
4. Illegal Aliens as Law Enforcement Officers
5. State-Sponsored Abortion and Sex Mutilation
SB23-189 State-Sponsored Abortion and Sex Mutilation (passed 22 to 13 on 4/4/2023). Requires certain health benefit plans to cover “abortion care” and “sterilization services,” while allowing “contraceptive procedures, supplies, or information” to be offered to minors without parental notification or consent.
6. Equal Pay Day
HJR23-1018 Equal Pay Day (passed 23 to 11 on 3/15/2023). Designates March 14, 2023, as “Equal Pay Day,” due to “the persistent problem of wage disparity” among “women, trans women, gender-expansive people, and women of color.”
Name | Party | District | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Mark Baisley | R | SD-004 | 83% | + | + | - | + | + | + |
Jeff Bridges | D | SD-026 | 20% | - | . | + | - | - | - |
Janet Buckner | D | SD-028 | 20% | . | - | + | - | - | - |
James Coleman | D | SD-033 | 17% | - | - | + | - | - | - |
Lisa Cutter | D | SD-020 | 17% | - | - | + | - | - | - |
Jessie Danielson | D | SD-020 | 17% | - | - | + | - | - | - |
Thomas Exum | D | SD-011 | 17% | - | - | + | - | - | - |
Stephen Fenberg | D | SD-018 | 17% | - | - | + | - | - | - |
Rhonda Fields | D | SD-029 | 20% | . | - | + | - | - | - |
Bob Gardner | R | SD-012 | 67% | - | - | + | + | + | + |
Joann Ginal | D | SD-014 | 17% | - | - | + | - | - | - |
Julie Gonzales | D | SD-034 | 17% | - | - | + | - | - | - |
Chris Hansen | D | SD-031 | 20% | - | - | + | - | - | . |
Nick Hinrichsen | D | SD-003 | 20% | - | . | + | - | - | - |
Sonya Jaquez Lewis | D | SD-017 | 17% | - | - | + | - | - | - |
Barbara Kirkmeyer | R | SD-023 | 60% | + | . | - | - | + | + |
Chris Kolker | D | SD-027 | 17% | - | - | + | - | - | - |
Larry Liston | R | SD-010 | 50% | - | - | + | - | + | + |
Paul Lundeen | R | SD-009 | 67% | + | - | - | + | + | + |
Janice Marchman | D | SD-015 | 17% | - | - | + | - | - | - |
Dominick Moreno | D | SD-021 | 17% | - | - | + | - | - | - |
Kyle Mullica | D | SD-024 | 17% | - | - | + | - | - | - |
Rod Pelton | R | SD-035 | 60% | + | - | . | - | + | + |
Byron Pelton | R | SD-001 | 67% | + | - | + | - | + | + |
Kevin Priola | R | SD-025 | 33% | - | - | + | - | + | - |
Janice Rich | R | SD-007 | 50% | + | - | - | - | + | + |
Dylan Roberts | D | SD-008 | 17% | - | - | + | - | - | - |
Robert Rodriguez | D | SD-032 | 17% | - | - | + | - | - | - |
Cleave Simpson | R | SD-035 | 50% | - | - | + | - | + | + |
Jim Smallwood | R | SD-004 | 67% | + | + | - | - | + | + |
Tom Sullivan | D | SD-027 | 17% | - | - | + | - | - | - |
Kevin Van Winkle | R | SD-030 | 67% | - | + | - | + | + | + |
Perry Will | R | SD-005 | 33% | + | - | - | - | + | - |
Faith Winter | D | SD-024 | 17% | - | - | + | - | - | - |
Rachel Zenzinger | D | SD-019 | 20% | - | . | + | - | - | - |
Average Constitutional Score by Party
Party | Score |
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Republican | 58% |
Democrat | 17.8% |