# Janice Rich

Janice Rich is a Republican member of the Colorado Senate for district 7.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Colorado Senate, district 7
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2372415a-2aea-4423-8a3a-bed2d40493a6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2372415a-2aea-4423-8a3a-bed2d40493a6 (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

84% of Rich’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Colorado, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.01), from 163 donors and 884 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

1,666 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Colorado Senate 97.2%). Party unity 92.3% (94.2%). 122 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 nay · REPASS · SB 42 Revenue Classification Taxpayers Bill of Rights · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB42/
- 2026-05-13 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 53 bills: 50 reached committee, 45 passed one chamber, 41 passed both, 37 became law. Cosponsored 139. 94.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado Senate 94.3%; rank 20 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1417: Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act Testing Entities (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1417/
- HCR 1004: Person's Rights Related to Their Children (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HCR1004/
- HCR 1002: Require Age Verification for Pornographic Material (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HCR1002/
- SB 147: Lobbyist Regulation (passed both chambers, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB147/
- SR 5: Single Parent Day (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SR5/
- HB 1307: Sunset Colorado Medical Board (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1307/
- HB 1303: Technical Changes to Energy & Carbon Management Statutes (became law, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1303/
- HB 1297: Uniform Language for Misdemeanor Traffic Offense (became law, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1297/
- SB 126: Licensure for Experienced Out-of-State Teachers (became law, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB126/
- HB 1296: Revision to Nurse & Nurse Aide Practice Act (became law, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1296/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $24.5K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 84% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/janice-rich
- Campaign site: https://www.janicerichforcolorado.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/janice.rich.144
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaniceRichforCO
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janiceandsteverich/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janice-rich-12205032/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2372415a-2aea-4423-8a3a-bed2d40493a6