# Cathy Kipp

Cathy Kipp is a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate for district 14.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Colorado Senate, district 14
- Serving since: 2019-01-07
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0ddf3b75-c450-419e-8235-553157770e49

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0ddf3b75-c450-419e-8235-553157770e49 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

62% of Kipp’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Colorado, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.83 (standard error 0.02), from 475 donors and 1,200 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

1,666 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Colorado Senate 97.2%). Party unity 97.9% (94.2%). 19 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · SB 187 Establishing Commission on Medicaid · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB187/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · BILL · HB 1425 Applied Behavior Analysis Services · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1425/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · REPASS · SB 42 Revenue Classification Taxpayers Bill of Rights · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB42/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · BILL · HB 1141 Discriminatory Practices in Public Schools · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1141/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · SB 78 Changes to Institutions of Higher Education Statutes · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB78/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · BILL · HB 1309 Abuse in Cases of Separation · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1309/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · REPASS · SB 165 Species Conservation Measures · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB165/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · SB 115 Post-Conviction Relief for Certain Offenders · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB115/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · AMEND (L.081) · HB 1289 Modification of Certain Tax Expenditures · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1289/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · SB 3 End-of-Life Management of Electric Vehicle Batteries · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB3/

## Legislation (CO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 80 bills: 79 reached committee, 68 passed one chamber, 61 passed both, 54 became law. Cosponsored 611. 97.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado Senate 94.3%; rank 11 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1424: Transportation Network Company Consumer Protection (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1424/
- SB 172: Front Range Passenger Rail District (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB172/
- SB 166: School Board Member Disqualifying Convictions (passed one chamber, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB166/
- HB 1414: Medical Record Requests (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1414/
- SB 156: Change Practices of Work Force Development Council (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB156/
- HB 1346: Transfer of Unsold Insurance Premium Tax Credits (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1346/
- SB 147: Lobbyist Regulation (passed both chambers, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB147/
- SB 145: Charter School Involvement in Local Ballot Questions (became law, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB145/
- SB 142: Development of Thermal Energy Resources (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB142/
- SB 141: Wildlife Collision Prevention (became law, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB141/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,170 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 62% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/cathy-kipp
- Campaign site: https://cathykipp.com/
- X: https://x.com/Cathy_Kipp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepCathyKipp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cathy.f.kipp
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repcathykipp/
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCyHOiUu2vFpefKLsj2wTI6A
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathy-kipp-009a3541/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0ddf3b75-c450-419e-8235-553157770e49