# Marc Catlin

Marc Catlin is a Republican member of the Colorado Senate for district 5.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Colorado Senate, district 5
- Serving since: 2017-01-11
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c0cfa7d3-2c5e-4b68-8692-2e1b6f1b3372

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c0cfa7d3-2c5e-4b68-8692-2e1b6f1b3372 (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

Catlin reported $1,700 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.18 (standard error 0.01), from 363 donors and 1,173 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 24% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

1,666 roll calls. Attendance 96.3% (Colorado Senate 97.2%). Party unity 88% (94.2%). 69 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 40 bills: 40 reached committee, 39 passed one chamber, 37 passed both, 30 became law. Cosponsored 205. 100.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado Senate 94.3%; rank 3 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 8: Western Colorado University Anniversary (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SR8/
- SB 175: Adjust Experience Modification Factor in Workers' Compensation (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB175/
- HCR 1004: Person's Rights Related to Their Children (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HCR1004/
- HJR 1024: Designate Educators & Teachers Memorial Highway (passed both chambers, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1024/
- SB 147: Lobbyist Regulation (passed both chambers, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB147/
- SB 141: Wildlife Collision Prevention (became law, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB141/
- SB 133: Colorado Artist Companies (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB133/
- HB 1303: Technical Changes to Energy & Carbon Management Statutes (became law, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1303/
- HB 1230: Extend Conservation Easement Tax Credit (became law, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1230/
- HB 1218: Clarifying Validity of Common Law Marriage (became law, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1218/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,700 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/marc-catlin
- Campaign site: https://www.catlinforcolorado.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repcatlin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CatlinForColorado/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Marc-Catlin/pfbid022hDZXqV7futyK322Q4R26AEtKDmKXYMCeW7T6u2dpqcFdpyFdmcGDbvA8LaxdTnfl/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-catlin-a35476b4/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c0cfa7d3-2c5e-4b68-8692-2e1b6f1b3372