# Chris Kolker

Chris Kolker is a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate for district 16.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Colorado Senate, district 16
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: CO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f72691ec-a5a0-413b-a344-e452009551a2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f72691ec-a5a0-413b-a344-e452009551a2 (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

Kolker missed 8.4% of 1,666 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Colorado Senate (average 97.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.90 (standard error 0.02), from 1,190 donors and 864 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CO 2025–26 session)

1,666 roll calls. Attendance 91.6% (Colorado Senate 97.2%). Party unity 96.2% (94.2%). 22 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 yea · REPASS · SB 42 Revenue Classification Taxpayers Bill of Rights · pass · https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB42/
- 2026-05-13 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 42 bills: 41 reached committee, 37 passed one chamber, 36 passed both, 28 became law. Cosponsored 312. 92.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Colorado Senate 94.3%; rank 26 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1424: Transportation Network Company Consumer Protection (became law, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1424/
- HB 1420: Wind Energy Facilities Light-Mitigating Technology (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1420/
- HJR 1028: Full and Fair Funding of Public Schools (passed both chambers, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HJR1028/
- SR 6: Donate Life Month (passed one chamber, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SR6/
- SB 153: Licensed School Counselor Credit Hour Requirements (became law, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB153/
- SB 151: Modify Public Employees Retirement Association Allowed Affiliation and Board of Trustees (became law, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB151/
- SB 147: Lobbyist Regulation (passed both chambers, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB147/
- SB 135: State Public K-12 Education Funding (passed both chambers, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB135/
- SB 125: Disability Rights Protections in Public Schools (became law, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/SB125/
- HB 1291: Educator Performance Evaluations (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/co/bills/2026A/HB1291/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,078 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/chris-kolker
- Campaign site: https://www.kolkerforcolorado.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenatorKolker
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chris.kolker.52
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KolkerforColorado
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorchriskolker/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@senatorchriskolker7903
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-kolker-7a07214/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f72691ec-a5a0-413b-a344-e452009551a2