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Hello from the Capitol! 

The Second Regular Session of the Seventieth General Assembly kicked off

earlier this month and we’re off to a busy start!  Below are some comments

bringing you all up to speed on what we accomplished last year and what we’reworking on so far this session, as well as some links for more information. But

first, I thought you might enjoy watching this new House GOP bio video to get to

know me a little better.

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Last year, my first year at the House, six of the major bills that I was directly

involved in were signed into law by Governor Hickenlooper. This was a very high

level of success, especially for a rookie! One of these bills created a plan to study

bear management tools, including expanded hunting, to address the growing

number of bear-human conflicts in Colorado. Another prohibited manufacturing

marijuana concentrate (“hash oil”) in a manner which could cause explosions and

fires, with new felony punishments. Next, we turned to local economic drivers:

established a tax-free “jump-start” program in economically distressed counties;

opened up the profession of nurse practitioners by reducing government

regulations; and increased opportunities under the Cottage Foods bill to allow

production and sale of more foods from home (such as tortillas, empanadas, andpickles) without undue government control.

This year, I have again been assigned to the Judiciary Committee, a very busy and

high-level reference committee. I am also a part of the Joint Legal Services

Committee, with oversight of the executive branch and potentially overreaching

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regulatory practices. I will continue to serve on the ongoing Interim Committee on

School Safety, where I continue my fight opposing unnecessary lawsuits against

teachers and administrators. Given the effort required for all that, as well as my

efforts on three interim committees over the summer, I was granted a reprieve fromcontinued service on the somewhat ineffectual State Affairs Committee (referred to

as the “kill” committee).  Additionally, I was honored to be appointed by Leadership

to the Colorado Commission on Uniform State Laws as one of two Colorado

legislators who will join with other Colorado attorneys as well as attorneys from

around the country to work on national laws like the Uniform Commercial Code. I

am also one of two members of the House of Representatives appointed by

Leadership to serve on the Colorado Bar Association’s Board of Governors. 

Currently, I am running five bills in the House this session as well as cosponsoring

a Senate Bill. One of my bills involves the misuse of electronic images by minors – 

so-called “sexting.”  Right now, the only recourse against juveniles sharing sexually

explicit images is to charge them under the felony of child pornography, requiring

sex offender registration. This bill would create a misdemeanor charge, providing

an appropriate punishment without the stigma of a felony on their records, and

providing a chance for rehabilitative justice. Another bill would extend the bear

hunting season by one month, starting August 1 instead of September 1, in order

to help curb the recent and troublesome uptick in bear populations andaggression. I will also run a bill to save the State money by allowing legislators to

attend non-voting interim committee meetings by video conference. Additionally, I

will introduce a resolution aimed at limiting federal Antiquities Act measures by the

Obama Administration that seek to control or take over Colorado lands. Finally, I

am proposing an interim committee to study the net cost to our state of legalizing

recreational marijuana. This committee will look at the concerns of citizens

regarding the effects of recreational marijuana as well as the financial costs of

legalization in Colorado.

I’ll keep you posted on these and other updates by email.   Look for another email

blast in the coming month or so. In the meantime, please click on the links below

to visit my official website and to follow me on Facebook and Instagram, where I’ll

be posting more frequent updates.

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Thank you, it’s an honor to serve you, 

Yeulin Willett, Representative, HD 54

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