Governor submits slate of appointees to Colorado boards and commissions

The Colorado Senate received a message from the governor on May 16, 2025, submitting appointments and reappointments to several state boards and commissions. The reading, delivered by an unidentified chamber speaker, listed nominees and their designated roles, with effective dates and term expirations provided for each post.

The message named appointees to the State Plumbing Board effective July 2, 2025, with terms expiring July 1, 2029: Sarah Hartson of Thornton was reappointed as a master plumber; Matthew Gintrip of Loveland was appointed to serve as an employee of a local government agency conducting plumbing inspections; and Tiffany Hanson of Littleton was appointed as a journeyman plumber. "I have the honor to designate, appoint, and reappoint, and submit to your consideration the following member of the state plumbing board effective 07/02/2025 for terms expiring 07/01/2029," the reader said.

The message also included an appointment to the State Electrical Board (listed in the transcript as "Michael Cahot" of Wheat Ridge) to serve as a general contractor, described as occasioned by the resignation of Yvette Roman of Denver. The transcript repeated committee notations such as "Business, labor, and technology" after some entries but did not record a formal Senate action on the nominations during the reading.

Additional nominations included multiple appointments to the Underground Damage Prevention Safety Commission effective Jan. 2, 2026, for terms expiring Jan. 1, 2029, naming Martin Schmidt (counties), Eric Anderson (municipalities), Brandon Bernard (water utilities), Jason Fick (energy producers), and reappointments of Kathleen Anderson (contractors) and Ann Marie Bluff (excavators). The governor also submitted Robert Gardner of Colorado Springs to the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline (term expiring June 30, 2029) and Sarah Young to the State Board of Parole (term expiring June 30, 2028).

The message listed juvenile parole board appointments effective Nov. 16, 2025, with terms through Nov. 15, 2029, naming Laurie Comer (Colorado Department of Labor and Employment representative), Tiffany Pillham Webb and Adrian Benavides (public members, reappointed), Kim Branham (representing the Colorado Department of Public Safety, reappointed), and Heidi Jean Hess (public member from the Western Slope, reappointed). Transportation Commission appointments effective July 2, 2025 (terms to July 1, 2029) were also included: Elise Jones (fourth transportation district), Juan Marcano (third district), Barbara McLaughlin (8th district) and Terry Hart (10th district, reappointed).

The governor's message further named reappointments to the Clean Fleet Enterprise and multiple nominees to the Building Decarbonization Enterprise Board and the Colorado Aeronautical Board, with terms and effective dates specified in the reading. The transcript records the nominations as submitted for the Senate's consideration; it does not record committee referrals beyond the repeated committee headings or any confirmations or rejections on the floor during this session.

The Senate moved on to announcements after the reading. The reader repeatedly prefaced these items with the same statutory language: "pursuant to the powers conferred upon me by the constitution and laws of the state of Colorado," as recorded in the transcript.

What happens next: the nominations were formally read into the record for Senate consideration; the transcript does not record any immediate votes or confirmations. Pending nominations typically proceed to committee referral or floor consideration under Senate rules, but the transcript does not specify the next procedural steps for each nomination.