# Rick Taggart

Rick Taggart is a Republican member of the Colorado House for district 55.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Colorado House, district 55
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5dae0c7f-430e-42a2-906d-9e177782f91b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5dae0c7f-430e-42a2-906d-9e177782f91b (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

Taggart voted against the majority of Colorado House Republicans 411 times; party unity 61%, the lowest of 64 in the Colorado House (average 94.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score 0.00 (standard error 0.01), from 257 donors and 584 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 4.7% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

2,020 roll calls. Attendance 95.5% (Colorado House 96.6%). Party unity 61% (94.7%). 411 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · REPASS · HB 1306 Wild Horse License Plate · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1306/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · REPASS · HB 1363 Temporarily Reduce General Fund Reserve · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1363/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · BILL · SB 169 Revisor's Bill · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB169/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · HB 1102 Funding for Colorado DRIVES Account · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1102/
- 2026-05-13 · voted nay · CONCUR · HB 1223 Modifying Certain Tax Expenditures · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1223/
- 2026-05-13 · voted nay · REPASS · HB 1289 Modification of Certain Tax Expenditures · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1289/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · CONCUR · HB 1430 Transportation Funding Adjustments · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1430/
- 2026-05-13 · voted nay · CONCUR · HB 1272 Extreme Temperatures Worker Protections · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1272/
- 2026-05-13 · voted nay · REPASS · HB 1236 Arbitration Reform · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1236/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · BYD SCP · SB 193 Local Ordinances & State Employees · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB193/

## Legislation (CO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 208 bills: 205 reached committee, 200 passed one chamber, 198 passed both, 191 became law. Cosponsored 177. 98.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House 92.5%; rank 10 of 64).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 193: Local Ordinances & State Employees (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB193/
- SB 187: Establishing Commission on Medicaid (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB187/
- HB 1429: County Administration Public Assistance Programs (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1429/
- SB 188: Residential Treatment for Members in Colorado Department of Human Services Custody (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB188/
- HB 1428: Administration of Publicly Funded Education Programs (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1428/
- HB 1425: Applied Behavior Analysis Services (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1425/
- SB 181: Works Program Reserves & Cost of Living Adjustment (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB181/
- SB 180: Investment Performance Authority (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB180/
- HB 1423: Community Corrections Budget Request & Data Information (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1423/
- HJR 1027: Holocaust Memorial (passed both chambers, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1027/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $52.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/rick-taggart
- Campaign site: https://www.rickfor55.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rick.taggart.796
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Representative-Rick-Taggart/100090045635713/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RickTaggart55
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repricktaggart/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ricktaggartforhd55/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-taggart-b3b44128/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5dae0c7f-430e-42a2-906d-9e177782f91b