Liz Rogers, staff member leading legislative affairs for the city, presented Aurora's 2025 state and federal priorities and asked the committee to forward those priorities to the council study session and to authorize staff to advocate on several draft bills.

The committee voted by voice to move the state priorities (housing and homelessness, public safety including motor-vehicle registration, infrastructure and water-related items) and federal priorities (housing funding flexibility, regulatory streamlining, water conservation rebate parity and military base support) to the study-session agenda.

On specific bill positions, staff asked the committee to support three items:

- A staff-drafted local registration/authority measure (described in the briefing as a draft addressing local employee registration and judicial-discretion amnesty for citations). Staff asked for a support position so they could continue negotiations with legislative sponsors.

- House Bill described in staff materials as "House Bill 251062: penalty for theft of firearms," which would create a specific criminal penalty (class 6 felony, as described in staff materials) for theft of a firearm. Staff recommended support, and members recorded agreement.

- Senate Bill 2520, described as tenant-and-landlord law enforcement legislation to allow a district court to appoint a receiver to operate multifamily residential properties when city-code violations exist. Staff recommended support to complement a planned local derelict-and-neglected-property ordinance.

Council members voiced support for all three positions during the meeting; the transcript records members saying they "do" support staff recommendations. The transcript does not record a formal roll-call vote; staff will report committee positions at the city study session and then advocate for those positions before the legislature.

Ending: Staff will file the committee's support positions to the city study-session packet and continue negotiations on draft language; staff noted some items are in early draft form and asked members to expect follow-up reports and potential emergency or virtual meetings during the session.