Colorado House advances bill letting municipalities request automated vehicle identification on interstates

Majority Leader Duran moved House Bill 10‑71 to the floor and asked members to support a measure that, he said, “gives local government a voice.” The bill, sponsored by Representative Morrow, authorizes municipalities to locate automated vehicle identification systems on interstate segments that pass through their jurisdictions.

The bill’s sponsors emphasized it is limited in scope. “The only thing this bill does is it gives local government a voice. It doesn't change anything else in statute. It doesn't change anything else in the law,” Majority Leader Duran said. Representative Morrow urged members to support the measure as a local‑control tool: “This bill does 1 thing and 1 thing only and it allows municipalities in the interstates, to have a say.”

Opponents questioned the bill’s practical effects. Representative Sutla argued the measure could make vehicle owners, rather than drivers, responsible for citations and described the proposal as effectively a revenue measure, not a safety program: “The way that I look at this bill is it is a bill based on, raising revenue.” Representative Brooks said he would not support what he described as an expansion of government’s role in enforcement.

The House adopted House Bill 10‑71. No detailed recorded floor tally for this bill was provided in the transcript; the Committee of the Whole later reported a package of second‑reading bills advanced on a 41‑20 recorded vote (4 excused). The bill now moves to third reading and final passage on the calendar.