Colorado Senate adopts resolution recognizing Lunar New Year
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The Colorado Senate unanimously adopted Senate Joint Resolution 10 recognizing Lunar New Year 2026 and encouraging Coloradans to attend local Lunar New Year events; the measure passed by recorded vote with 32 ayes and 3 excused.
The Colorado Senate on Feb. 11 adopted Senate Joint Resolution 10, recognizing Lunar New Year 2026 and encouraging Coloradans to participate in local events honoring Asian American communities.
Senator Dora Gonzales, sponsor of SJR 10, urged the body to vote in favor of the resolution and highlighted the bipartisan work that led to Colorado’s official observation of a Lunar New Year state holiday in 2024. “We the members of the Colorado General Assembly join our Asian communities in celebrating Lunar New Year,” Gonzales said as the clerk read the resolution at length.
The resolution notes the holiday’s deep cultural history and cites supporters who helped establish the state observation, including Nua Vuong Sandoval, founder and chair of the Lunar New Year Allies Advisory Group. It also encourages Coloradans to attend events that promote local Asian American communities and directs that copies of the resolution be sent to the governor, Colorado’s congressional delegation and Wavong Sandoval.
The Senate adopted SJR 10 by recorded vote: 32 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent and 3 excused.
The resolution is ceremonial and does not create new legal obligations; senators standing in the gallery were recognized during the reading.