Senate committee deadlocks on 'No Kings Act' after hours of testimony
Lawmakers and witnesses sharply divided over SB 176, a bill to let Coloradans sue federal officers in state court; proponents called it an accountability fix, opponents warned of huge costs and risks to local officials. The committee voted 3–4 against advancing the bill.
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Senate Bill 176, dubbed the "No Kings Act" by its sponsors, failed to advance out of the Senate Judiciary Committee after a lengthy hearing that laid bare deep divisions among lawmakers, prosecutors, county officials and civil-rights advocates. Sponsors said the measure would give Coloradans a state-court remedy against constitutional violations by federal officers that they say federal law and the courts have narrowed.
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