# Cecelia Espenoza

Cecelia Espenoza is a Democratic member of the Colorado House for district 4.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Colorado House, district 4
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a34a6b10-12d9-4109-86d1-76c311463333

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a34a6b10-12d9-4109-86d1-76c311463333 (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

Espenoza has served since 2025.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.46 (standard error 0.03), from 514 donors and 298 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 74% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

2,020 roll calls. Attendance 99.3% (Colorado House 96.6%). Party unity 95.7% (94.7%). 59 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 yea · CONCUR · HB 1223 Modifying Certain Tax Expenditures · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1223/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 64 bills: 62 reached committee, 60 passed one chamber, 57 passed both, 50 became law. Cosponsored 232. 95.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado House 92.5%; rank 29 of 64).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1427: Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Update (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1427/
- HJR 1027: Holocaust Memorial (passed both chambers, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1027/
- SB 158: Youthful Offender Early Parole Procedure (became law, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB158/
- HB 1339: Change Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Workers Day (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1339/
- HJR 1023: Latino/a Advocacy Day (passed both chambers, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1023/
- HJR 1020: International Women's Day (passed both chambers, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1020/
- HB 1315: Accurate Documents for Parole Determinations (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1315/
- HB 1303: Technical Changes to Energy & Carbon Management Statutes (became law, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1303/
- HB 1293: Modernization of Requirements for Ballot Information Booklet (became law, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1293/
- 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 $46.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.leg.colorado.gov/legislators/cecelia-espenoza
- Campaign site: https://www.cecelia4colorado.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553316930454
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cecelia4hd4/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cecelia-espenoza/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a34a6b10-12d9-4109-86d1-76c311463333