# Carlos Barron

Carlos Barron is a Republican member of the Colorado House for district 48.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Colorado House, district 48
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5f8d1bd0-329b-4a87-8d2f-cb62b8f2e921

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5f8d1bd0-329b-4a87-8d2f-cb62b8f2e921 (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

Barron voted against the majority of Colorado House Republicans 139 times; party unity 90%, in the bottom quarter of the Colorado House (average 94.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.02), from 83 donors and 299 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 33% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

2,020 roll calls. Attendance 99.6% (Colorado House 96.6%). Party unity 90% (94.7%). 139 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 26 bills: 25 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 147. 92.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House 92.5%; rank 45 of 64).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1008: Affirm Commitment to the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HR1008/
- HJR 1027: Holocaust Memorial (passed both chambers, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1027/
- HCR 1004: Person's Rights Related to Their Children (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HCR1004/
- SB 152: Changes Automated Vehicle Identification System Usage (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB152/
- SB 147: Lobbyist Regulation (passed both chambers, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB147/
- HB 1339: Change Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Workers Day (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1339/
- HB 1286: Automated Driving System Commercial Vehicles (passed both chambers, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1286/
- HB 1238: Designating Emergency Medical Services Essential Services (became law, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1238/
- HB 1212: Constitutional Carry of Handgun (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1212/
- SB 110: Revised Public Assistance Final Disposition Expense Terms (became law, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB110/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $36.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 82% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.leg.colorado.gov/legislators/carlos-barron
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carlos.barron.7315

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5f8d1bd0-329b-4a87-8d2f-cb62b8f2e921