The Chamber

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2014
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Female
Family: Single; 3 Children
Birth date:
Birthplace:
Home City: Wheat Ridge CO
Religion:

Profession

Owner, Colorado Housekeeping Services

Education

Paralegal Degree, Community College of Denver, 2003

Committees

Agriculture and Natural Resources
Business, Labor and Technology
Finance

SB 117 Penalties for Driving Under the Influence of Drugs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 2 Authorizes Civil Unions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 68 Prohibits Foods with Trans Fats in Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 15 Establishes a College Tuition Rate for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1271 Repeals Direct Filing of Juveniles by Prosecutors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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SB 117 Penalties for Driving Under the Influence of Drugs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 2 Authorizes Civil Unions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 68 Prohibits Foods with Trans Fats in Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 15 Establishes a College Tuition Rate for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1271 Repeals Direct Filing of Juveniles by Prosecutors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 93 Requires hospitals to disclose religious objections
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1301 Authorizes Legislative Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 93 Requires hospitals to disclose religious objections
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1301 Authorizes Legislative Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 93 Requires hospitals to disclose religious objections
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 147 Prohibits False Information Regarding Election Procedures and Voter Eligibility
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 3 Limits Employers' Use Of Credit Histories
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 20 Authorizes Legal Immunity to Drug Overdose Reporters
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1005 Repeals Taxes on Agricultural Products
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 200 Establishing a Health Benefit Exchange
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 126 In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 172 Authorizing Civil Unions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1388 Increasing Education Funding
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1329 Voter Registration Confirmation Card
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1378 Allowing Ranked Voting Methods
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1388 Increasing Education Funding
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1325 Seasonal Foreign Worker Pilot Program
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1161 Mining Regulation
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1325 Seasonal Foreign Worker Pilot Program
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 226 Zebra Mussels Ban
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1208 Limitations on Direct File Juvenile Cases
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1082 Sealing Criminal Records
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1161 Mining Regulation
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 226 Zebra Mussels Ban
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1208 Limitations on Direct File Juvenile Cases
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1385 Health Insurance Website
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1325 Seasonal Foreign Worker Pilot Program
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1208 Limitations on Direct File Juvenile Cases
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1082 Sealing Criminal Records
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1385 Health Insurance Website
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 226 Zebra Mussels Ban
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 217 Extended Health Care Coverage
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 200 Sexual Orientation Nondiscrimination
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 217 Extended Health Care Coverage
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 200 Sexual Orientation Nondiscrimination
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 217 Extended Health Care Coverage
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1357 Changing student testing requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1389 Health Insurance Rates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1378 Allowing Ranked Voting Methods
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1385 Health Insurance Website
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1325 Seasonal Foreign Worker Pilot Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1082 Sealing Criminal Records
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1325 Seasonal Foreign Worker Pilot Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1082 Sealing Criminal Records
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1270 Prohibiting Restrictions on Energy Efficiency Measures
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1375 2008-2009 Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 128 Eliminating Sales and Use Tax Cap
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1280 Extending Water Rights
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1228 Insurance Company Regulations
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 129 Restricting Beverage Sales at Schools
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1280 Extending Water Rights
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 129 Restricting Beverage Sales at Schools
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1228 Insurance Company Regulations
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 129 Restricting Beverage Sales at Schools
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1280 Extending Water Rights
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1123 Funeral Registration
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1161 Mining Regulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1123 Funeral Registration
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 82 Removing Ban on Sunday Alcohol Sales
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 139 Undocumented Immigrant Hiring Ban Notification
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 122 Wage Transparency Act
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 73 College Textbook Information Disclosure
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HJR 1009 Ratification of the UN Convention Against the Discrimination of Women
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1025 Governor's Energy Office
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HJR 1009 Ratification of the UN Convention Against the Discrimination of Women
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1130 Removing Wiretap Restrictions
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1280 Extending Water Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1001 Expanding Bioscience Research Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1180 Unemployment Benefits for Military Spouses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1297 Supplemental Department of Public Safety Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1107 Energy Efficiency Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1228 Insurance Company Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1270 Prohibiting Restrictions on Energy Efficiency Measures
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1276 Workplace Accommodations for Nursing Mothers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1233 Limited Liability Company Campaign Donation Restrictions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1329 Voter Registration Confirmation Card
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1297 Supplemental Department of Public Safety Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1001 Expanding Bioscience Research Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1107 Energy Efficiency Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1270 Prohibiting Restrictions on Energy Efficiency Measures
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1107 Energy Efficiency Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1270 Prohibiting Restrictions on Energy Efficiency Measures
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1280 Extending Water Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1276 Workplace Accommodations for Nursing Mothers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1270 Prohibiting Restrictions on Energy Efficiency Measures
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1228 Insurance Company Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1270 Prohibiting Restrictions on Energy Efficiency Measures
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1280 Extending Water Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1180 Unemployment Benefits for Military Spouses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1001 Expanding Bioscience Research Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1180 Unemployment Benefits for Military Spouses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1276 Workplace Accommodations for Nursing Mothers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1310 Payday Loan Restrictions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 3 Medicaid Funded Family Planning
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1186 Amending Public School Performance Ratings
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 3 Medicaid Funded Family Planning
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1130 Removing Wiretap Restrictions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1025 Governor's Energy Office
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1069 Prohibiting Motor Vehicles on Public Lands
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1025 Governor's Energy Office
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1189 State Employee Strike Prohibition
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1069 Prohibiting Motor Vehicles on Public Lands
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HR 1005 Censuring Representative Douglas Bruce
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 25 Sexual Orientation Workplace Discrimination
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 199 Education Funding and Property Tax Freeze
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SJM Opposition to Troop Escalation in Iraq
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SJM 2 Opposition to Troop Escalation in Iraq
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SJM Opposition to Troop Escalation in Iraq
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SJM 2 Opposition to Troop Escalation in Iraq
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 34 Concealed Weapons Permits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1341 Oil and Gas Commission Reconfiguration
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1330 Second Parent Adoption
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1269 Casino Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1292 Sex Education Curriculum
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1269 Casino Smoking Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1036 Eminent Domain Over Water Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1011 Deadly Force in Self Defense
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1072 Termination of All-Union Agreements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1017 Employer Verification of Employee Work Status Requirements
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1023 Public Benefits for Undocumented Immigrants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 234 Public Construction Bidding Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 227 Healthcare Disclosure Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 234 Public Construction Bidding Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 227 Healthcare Disclosure Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 234 Public Construction Bidding Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 227 Healthcare Disclosure Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 138 Ethanol Requirement Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 81 Employment Nondiscrimination Expansion Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 138 Ethanol Requirement Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 81 Employment Nondiscrimination Expansion Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1125 Seat Belt Enforcement Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1100 Prescription Drug Discount Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1283 Required School Expenditures Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1315 Juvenile Criminal Parole Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1149 Increasing Lobbyist Regulations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1126 Child Product Safety Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1314 Prohibiting Forced Exposure to Employer’s Religious or Political Speech
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1126 Child Product Safety Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1385 2006-2007 Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1344 Same-Sex Partnership Benefits Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1175 Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1289 Colorado Student Assessment Program Penalty Removal
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1212 Allows Pharmacists to Prescribe Emergency Contraception
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1289 Colorado Student Assessment Program Penalty Removal
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1212 Allows Pharmacists to Prescribe Emergency Contraception
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1125 Seat Belt Enforcement Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1175 Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1036 Auto Insurance Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1175 Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1036 Auto Insurance Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Amendment Transportation Funding Amendment
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1056 Vending Machines Requirements for Schools Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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