Steven Woodrow is a Democrat who represents District 2 (Denver) in the Colorado House of Representatives; Ballotpedia lists him as not running for re-election in 2026.[1][2]
According to Ballotpedia, Woodrow was born in Detroit, Michigan, earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Michigan in 2002 and a J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2005.[2]It lists his career as attorney and adjunct law professor at Chicago-Kent, including work for Judge Anne C. Williams of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.[2]
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-19. Not yet independently fact-checked.
Votes by issue
Their recorded votes on bills that divided the chamber (unanimous votes left out), grouped by topic. A bill can sit under more than one topic. "With" and "against" compare each vote with how most Democrats voted. How topics are assigned
›Jobs & cost of living477 with · 18 against496 votes
The bill prohibits a retailer from selling or displaying for sale certain fuel products to consumers in the state unless the retailer provides consumers with information about the impact of consuming the fuel products by labeling the fuel products with the phrase "Combustion of this product releases greenhouse gases known by the state of Colorado to be linked to global heating and significant health impacts." following statement: "WARNING: Use of this product releases air pollutants and greenhouse gases, known by the state of Colorado to be linked to significant health impacts and global…
The act: Prohibits a provision in an arbitration agreement that requires an employee to an employer and employee contract or a consumer to a business and consumer contract to pay fees that substantially exceed the costs required to file a claim in state or federal court, except as preempted by federal law, and disallows the waiver of this prohibition; Prohibits an individual from serving as an arbitrator if the individual has a rule, policy, procedure, or demonstrated pattern of conduct that discriminates, or prevents, or has the effect of preventing, a certain party, type of party, or…
The bill creates the large employer health-care support enterprise (enterprise) to impose, assess, and collect the large employer health-care support fee (enterprise fee) in the amount of $2,300 for each supported worker for the calendar year in an amount determined by the enterprise board (enterprise board) that reflects the costs of the services provided by the enterprise .
The bill authorizes legislative leave and job protection for qualified members of the general assembly (qualified members) who are engaged in employment outside of their duties related to the general assembly.
The act: Prohibits a provision in an arbitration agreement that requires an employee to an employer and employee contract or a consumer to a business and consumer contract to pay fees that substantially exceed the costs required to file a claim in state or federal court, except as preempted by federal law, and disallows the waiver of this prohibition; Prohibits an individual from serving as an arbitrator if the individual has a rule, policy, procedure, or demonstrated pattern of conduct that discriminates, or prevents, or has the effect of preventing, a certain party, type of party, or…
Under current law, if a person engages in conduct that creates a grave risk to human life with an extreme indifference to the value of human life and causes the death of another person, the person commits first degree murder.
The bill creates the large employer health-care support enterprise (enterprise) to impose, assess, and collect the large employer health-care support fee (enterprise fee) in the amount of $2,300 for each supported worker for the calendar year in an amount determined by the enterprise board (enterprise board) that reflects the costs of the services provided by the enterprise .
The act limits the benefits pregnant women and children with a certain family household income and citizen or immigration status are eligible for under the state medical assistance program and the medical assistance program.
The act allows an injured person to bring a cause of action for claims of injury caused by sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts (efforts) against a licensed mental health professional and allows the cause of action to be commenced at any time without limitation.
A public school contracting entity (entity) that executes a contract on or after July 1, 2026, with a vendor or provider of a curated digital research collection (collection) shall include in the terms of the contract a termination clause stating that the contract is materially breached and that grounds for termination exist if the collection contains advertisements, promotions, or embedded links or uniform resource locators (URLs) and when notified of the advertisement, promotion, or URLs the vendor does not remove the items within 3 days after receiving the notice.
Wildfire Matters Review Committee. Section 1 of the bill authorizes the Colorado cooperative extension service (extension) to expand and implement outreach programs and initiatives recommended by the Colorado forest health council for the purpose of increasing awareness of and interest in areas of forestry, wildland fire, and natural resources (forest health) in youth and young adults.
The act requires an entity that requires an individual to provide a social security number for a background check for a non-employment-based educational opportunity to accept an individual's taxpayer identification number in lieu of a social security number, including in clinical educational experiences for health-related academic programs, subject to certain exceptions.
Under current law, the 'Plastic Pollution Reduction Act' includes restrictions on the use and distribution of single-use plastic carryout bags and expanded polystyrene food containers. The act expands the 'Plastic Pollution Reduction Act' by prohibiting, on and after January 1, 2027, a retail food establishment or third-party food delivery service from providing single-use food serviceware to a customer unless the customer requests single-use food serviceware or confirms that the customer wants single-use food serviceware after being asked if they would like single-use food serviceware.
May 5, 2026 · Failed 32–32 · against most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
The bill prohibits a retailer from selling or displaying for sale certain fuel products to consumers in the state unless the retailer provides consumers with information about the impact of consuming the fuel products by labeling the fuel products with the phrase "Combustion of this product releases greenhouse gases known by the state of Colorado to be linked to global heating and significant health impacts." following statement: "WARNING: Use of this product releases air pollutants and greenhouse gases, known by the state of Colorado to be linked to significant health impacts and global…
Wildfire Matters Review Committee. Section 1 of the bill authorizes the Colorado cooperative extension service (extension) to expand and implement outreach programs and initiatives recommended by the Colorado forest health council for the purpose of increasing awareness of and interest in areas of forestry, wildland fire, and natural resources (forest health) in youth and young adults.
The bill affords a plaintiff and defendant the right to trial by jury to decide all issues of fact in any action brought for unlawful detention of real property; except that, an action brought against a defendant who is a tenant of public housing that is owned or operated by a public housing agency must be tried by the court. The bill requires at least one attempt on 3 2 separate days of personal service on the defendant in an action for unlawful detention of real property. The bill requires an affidavit of service to be filed with the court.
The act amends and makes additions to existing law concerning security deposits that tenants submit to landlords and the conditions under which a landlord may retain all or part of a security deposit. For the purposes of security deposits, the act expands the definition of "normal wear and tear".
The act requires a subject jurisdiction to, on or after December 31, 2027, subject to an administrative approval process, allow the construction of a residential development on a qualifying property that does not contain an exempt parcel; except that, if on December 31, 2027, a subject jurisdiction is actively in the process of updating the subject jurisdiction's zoning or development code to comply with the act, the subject jurisdiction is required to complete the updates and allow the construction of a residential development on a qualifying property that does not contain an exempt parcel…
The act increases the penalties for improperly passing a vehicle in a no-passing zone and clarifies that no-passing zones are indicated by a solid yellow line or line pavement markings. The act requires the Colorado department of transportation to prioritize installing signage on roadways with increased incidents of crashes resulting from illegal overtaking on the left.
Section 1 of the bill creates the crash prevention enterprise (enterprise) in the department of transportation (CDOT) for the purpose of lowering automobile insurance costs by providing funding for transportation system infrastructure improvements and other data-driven strategies that reduce the number of collisions that involve a motor vehicle, particularly collisions between a motor vehicle and a vulnerable road user or wildlife (eligible projects).
The bill prohibits a transportation network company (TNC) from retaining more than 20% of a consumer fare paid for a driver's completion of a transportation task through the TNC's digital platform. 'Consumer fare' is defined in the bill as the amount a consumer pays for a transportation task, excluding tips, and pass-throughs such as payments for tolls, taxes, airport fees, and payments for a certified driver support organization .
A public school contracting entity (entity) that executes a contract on or after July 1, 2026, with a vendor or provider of a curated digital research collection (collection) shall include in the terms of the contract a termination clause stating that the contract is materially breached and that grounds for termination exist if the collection contains advertisements, promotions, or embedded links or uniform resource locators (URLs) and when notified of the advertisement, promotion, or URLs the vendor does not remove the items within 3 days after receiving the notice.
The act requires an operator of a social media platform (operator) to ensure that its social media platform provides a streamlined process to allow law enforcement agencies to contact the social media platform. The process must be available to law enforcement agencies at all times and make available a staffed hotline for the purposes of: Receiving and responding to questions about search warrants; Acknowledging the receipt of a search warrant within 8 hours after receipt; and Providing status updates on search warrant compliance to a requesting law enforcement agency.
Surveillance data is defined in the act as data that is obtained through observation, inference, or surveillance of consumers or workers and that is related to personal characteristics, online behaviors, or biometrics of an individual or group, band, class, or tier to which the individual belongs. The definition of 'worker' in the act excludes federal and state employees and employees of public entities.
The act makes it a deceptive trade practice under the "Colorado Consumer Protection Act" for a person who consults with, advises, or assists a veteran in connection with a claim for veterans' benefits (veterans' benefits matter) to: Receive compensation in excess of the lesser of $9,200 or 25% of the amount of any past-due benefits the veteran actually receives after the person procures an increase in the veteran's monthly benefits; Receive compensation in connection with a claim filed prior to a veteran's release from active duty or within the one-year period following a veteran's release…
The act incorporates the federal "Uniform Code of Military Justice" (federal code) into the "Colorado Code of Military Justice" (state code), including specifically the punitive articles and general article of the federal code, which describe punishable offenses, and the statute of limitations that applies to charges brought pursuant to the state code. The act repeals sections of the state code that are duplicative of the incorporated federal code.
The act changes the tuition assistance program for eligible members of the Colorado National Guard (member) to a tuition waiver program (program). The act allows a member, upon being accepted for enrollment at a designated institution of higher education (institution), to pursue studies that lead to a postgraduate degree, a bachelor's degree, an associate degree, or a certificate of completion with all tuition waived.
Voted against most of their party on 25 of 990 party-divided votes on file.
Most often on: Rights & public safety (10), Health & care (7), Jobs & cost of living (6)
Increase of Traffic Violation Penalties
What it does: The act increases the penalties for improperly passing a vehicle in a no-passing zone and clarifies that no-passing zones are indicated by a solid yellow line or line pavement markings. The act requires the Colorado d…
Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 31–12, Republicans 4–18
Conversational Artificial Intelligence Service Operator Requirements
A yes vote agreed to the Senate's amendments to HB26-1263 (Conversational Artificial Intelligence Service Operator Requirements), accepting the other chamber's changes to the bill. (AI-written)
What it does: The act defines a 'conversational artificial intelligence service' as an artificial intelligence system that is accessible to the general public and that primarily simulates human conversation and interaction through…
Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 41–1, Republicans 7–15
What it does: The act sets forth a process for a person in prison to petition within the next 3 years for resentencing and for a court to impose a new sentence if the petitioner is 60 years old or older at the time of filing the pe…
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 5–37, Republicans 22–0
What it does: Under current law, the 'Plastic Pollution Reduction Act' includes restrictions on the use and distribution of single-use plastic carryout bags and expanded polystyrene food containers. The act expands the 'Plastic Pol…
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 10–32, Republicans 22–0
What it does: The act requires an operator of a social media platform (operator) to ensure that its social media platform provides a streamlined process to allow law enforcement agencies to contact the social media platform. The pr…
Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 36–7, Republicans 0–22
Substantive votes concern legislation or nominations; procedural votes concern how the chamber considers them. A Yes vote applies to the motion shown, which may not be final passage.
SB26-170 · CO HOUSE
Task Force to Expand Effective Public Schools
YesVOTED
Motion: Bill (Third reading)
The act creates the access to opportunity task force (task force) to study and report on how to expand access to effective public schools to address opportunity gaps. The act requires the task force to report its findings and recommendations to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, the governor, the state board of education, the commissioner of education, and the department of education on or before January 1, 2027.
The act prohibits a school district, a charter school authorized by a school district, a charter school authorized by the state charter school institute, the state charter school institute, or a board of cooperative services that operates one or more public schools (LEP) from discriminating against an individual who has a disability and who is entitled to a free public education (qualified student with a disability) based on the student's disability.
Increased Penalty for Vehicular Homicide & Assault
YesVOTED
Motion: Bill (Third reading)
The act clarifies the conduct by which a person can commit criminally negligent homicide to include proximately causing the death of another person while operating or driving a motor vehicle with criminal negligence. The act repeals the class 1 misdemeanor traffic offense of a person being the proximate cause of death to another person while driving a motor vehicle, while clarifying it can be charged as a class 5 felony elsewhere in statute. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Release Information About Peace Officer Use of Force
YesVOTED
Motion: Bill (Third reading)
The act clarifies that video and audio recordings (recordings) depicting an incident of a peace officer's use of force that resulted in death (incident) must be provided to the decedent's immediate family within 21 days after the incident regardless of whether there is a complaint of peace officer misconduct for the incident.
The act creates the cradle to career grant program (grant program) in the department of human services (CDHS) to provide grants to a local government, local education provider, state institution of higher education, Indian tribe or tribal organization, or community-based nonprofit or not-for-profit organization (eligible entity) to promote coordinated community-based supports and services that open opportunities for economic mobility from poverty.
The act creates the cradle to career grant program (grant program) in the department of human services (CDHS) to provide grants to a local government, local education provider, state institution of higher education, Indian tribe or tribal organization, or community-based nonprofit or not-for-profit organization (eligible entity) to promote coordinated community-based supports and services that open opportunities for economic mobility from poverty.
Enhance Security of Office of Information Technology
YesVOTED
Motion: Bill (Third reading)
The act allows the joint technology committee (JTC), within 90 days after the day that the chief information security officer of the office of information technology (security officer) files a written information technology security compliance report (compliance report) with the JTC as required by the act, to vote to request that the legislative audit committee direct the state auditor to conduct a special information technology security audit (IT security audit) of the office of information technology (OIT) if the compliance report indicates that one or more audit recommendations made by the…
Under current law, the general fund reserve requirement is equal to 15% of the amount appropriated for expenditure from the general fund for that fiscal year minus: The difference between $100,000,000 and the proceeds of the sale of insurance premium and corporate tax credits that are credited to the health insurance affordability cash fund; and Unless money held in an escrow account in connection with the university of northern Colorado's college of osteopathic medicine is released, an additional $41,250,000.
Under current law, the general fund reserve requirement is equal to 15% of the amount appropriated for expenditure from the general fund for that fiscal year minus: The difference between $100,000,000 and the proceeds of the sale of insurance premium and corporate tax credits that are credited to the health insurance affordability cash fund; and Unless money held in an escrow account in connection with the university of northern Colorado's college of osteopathic medicine is released, an additional $41,250,000.
The act creates the 'Transit Investment Area Act' to facilitate the financing of transit and rail station infrastructure. Specifically, the act: Allows a local government and a transit agency to jointly undertake a transit investment project.
