William Lindstedt, a Democrat, represents Colorado Senate District 25, which includes Adams, Broomfield and Weld counties; he was appointed to the seat on December 30, 2025.[1][2]
Before joining the Senate, Lindstedt served in the Colorado House of Representatives and on the Broomfield City Council.[1]According to Ballotpedia, he earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Colorado at Denver and has worked as an assistant bench jeweler, a community organizer and a staffer with the Colorado House of Representatives.[1]
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 living159 with · 9 against169 votes
An interchange fee is a fee established, charged, or received by a payment card network for the purpose of compensating an issuer for its involvement in an electronic payment transaction. The act states that a payment card network shall not, whether directly or indirectly: Establish, charge, or include in a fee schedule an interchange fee if: The interchange fee is or includes a percentage multiplied by the gross dollar amount of a transaction conducted with a debit card or credit card; and The fee does not exclude from the gross dollar amount of the transaction any amount attributable to a…
The act requires each covered social media platform (covered platform) to impose a fee on each add-on transaction that occurs on the covered platform. The act creates the youth mental health services access enterprise in the behavioral health administration (BHA) to use the fee revenue to operate and fund programs that provide youth mental health services. The youth mental health services access enterprise constitutes an enterprise for purposes of section 20 of article X of the state constitution.
May 13, 2026 · Passed 18–17 · against most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Pursuant to existing law, when an administering state agency awards a grant to a nonprofit organization (grantee), the grantee is generally required to access the grant award by applying for the reimbursement of costs incurred in completing the activity for which the administering state agency awarded the grant. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the act allows an administering state agency to advance a payment to a grantee only for a state-funded grant subject to certain requirements.
May 13, 2026 · Passed 18–17 · against most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Beginning July 1, 2026, if a petitioner is under 18 years old at the time of filing a petition seeking to change the petitioner's name, the act requires the court to suppress the record unless the petitioner was previously convicted of a felony. The act authorizes the court to use the suppressed court record for administrative purposes, but the court is prohibited from publishing the petitioner's name or the petitioner's new name online. A petitioner who is under 18 years old is not required to give public notice of the name change.
Under current law, a court is required to release a person on a personal recognizance bond if the person was charged with an offense for a violation with a maximum penalty that does not exceed 6 months' imprisonment and the court cannot require the person to give security of any kind for their appearance for trial other than their personal recognizance, unless certain conditions exist. The bill clarifies that these provisions apply in both state and municipal courts.
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 petition and has served at least 20 calendar years incarcerated for the offense.
May 13, 2026 · Passed 18–17 · against most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
The act creates the pathways to public service program (program) in the department of personnel (department) using existing resources. The purpose of the program is for the department to work with academic and workforce entities to identify existing curriculum and course work that would qualify students for positions within state government. Participation by academic and workforce entities is voluntary. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act requires the secretary of state to refer a ballot issue at the November 2026 general election to seek voter approval for the state, beginning in the 2026-27 state fiscal year, to retain and spend an amount of state revenue equal to the amount of state public K-12 education funding in excess of the limitation on state fiscal year spending and to increase state public K-12 education funding by up to 2% per year for 10 years.
The 2025 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of higher education. The general fund and reappropriated funds portions of the appropriation are decreased, and the cash funds and federal funds portions are increased. The 2024 general appropriations act is amended to make adjustments to the amount appropriated to the department of higher education. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act requires each covered social media platform (covered platform) to impose a fee on each add-on transaction that occurs on the covered platform. The act creates the youth mental health services access enterprise in the behavioral health administration (BHA) to use the fee revenue to operate and fund programs that provide youth mental health services. The youth mental health services access enterprise constitutes an enterprise for purposes of section 20 of article X of the state constitution.
May 13, 2026 · Passed 18–17 · against most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
The act amends the law and adds new provisions to law relating to access to vaccines as follows: For the cervical cancer vaccine: (Sections 3 and 14) Updates insurance coverage statutes to refer to the vaccine as the human papillomavirus vaccine, rather than the cervical cancer vaccine; Recognizes coverage for both women and men; Authorizes the commissioner of insurance to adopt coverage rules for the vaccine if the advisory committee on immunization practices to the centers for disease control in the federal department of health and human services (ACIP) no longer recommends the vaccine; and…
The 2025 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of healthcare policy and financing. The federal funds portion of the appropriation is increased. A new appropriation to the department for overexpenditures of line item appropriations in the 2024 long bill is made.
The act prohibits the discharge of plastic pellets and other preproduction plastic materials through land application or into state waters, wastewater, storm water runoff, or other runoff by a facility that makes, uses, packages, or transports plastic pellets or other preproduction plastic materials in the state. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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.
The producer responsibility program for statewide recycling (program) provides recycling services to covered entities in the state and is financed through annual dues assessed against producers of products that use packaging materials and paper products (producers).
The act adjusts several state tax expenditures as follows: Requires the state treasurer to transfer $45.6 million from the general fund to the state highway fund on July 1, 2026, and $96.4 million on each July 1 from July 1, 2027, through July 1, 2031; Prohibits certain local use tax ordinances, resolutions, or proposals from applying to construction and building materials used by a common rail carrier pursuant to a contract with the state, a political subdivision of the state, or a special district allowing the contracting government to use the carrier's property or tracks for the provision…
May 12, 2026 · Failed 17–18 · against most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
Contingent upon voter approval at the November 2026 general election of a proposed initiative to amend the state constitution to change existing law on transportation funding and to increase the amount of state revenue dedicated to road transportation (proposed initiative), from January 1, 2027, through July 1, 2030, the act reduces: The excise tax on gasoline from $0.22 per gallon to $0.14 per gallon; The excise tax on special fuel from $0.205 per gallon to $0.13 per gallon; Certain vehicle registration fees, including late fees; and The road usage fees from $0.06 per gallon to $0.04 per…
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.
The bill gives city and county housing authorities (housing authority) the power to provide for the levy of a sales tax, sales and use tax, or property tax both within the jurisdiction of the authority, the resulting revenue of which will be directed to the housing authority, subject to the following conditions: The city or county has adopted a resolution determining that the levying of the tax will fairly distribute the costs of the housing authority's activities among the beneficiaries of the housing authority's activities and will not impose an undue burden on any particular group of…
The act requires a landlord to: Comply with applicable court rules governing the protection and redaction of personal identifying information in eviction filings; and Redact personal identifying information from supporting documents submitted to a court.
The act establishes and clarifies financial protections for mobile home park residents. The act requires a landlord of a mobile home park to notify residents when the landlord is temporarily prohibited from increasing rent. Under current law, a landlord is required to send notice to residents when the landlord intends to sell the mobile home park.
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.
The act requires each covered social media platform (covered platform) to impose a fee on each add-on transaction that occurs on the covered platform. The act creates the youth mental health services access enterprise in the behavioral health administration (BHA) to use the fee revenue to operate and fund programs that provide youth mental health services. The youth mental health services access enterprise constitutes an enterprise for purposes of section 20 of article X of the state constitution.
May 13, 2026 · Passed 18–17 · against most DemocratsOfficial record ↗
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.
Voted against most of their party on 12 of 213 party-divided votes on file.
Most often on: Jobs & cost of living (9), Rights & public safety (3), Health & care (2)
Post-Conviction Relief for Certain Offenders
A yes vote repassed SB26-115 (Post-Conviction Relief for Certain Offenders) with the House's amendments included. (AI-written)
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 no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 18–5, Republicans 0–12
What it does: 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 cos…
Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 18–5, Republicans 1–11
Online Add-on Transaction Fee Youth Service Enterprise
What it does: The act requires each covered social media platform (covered platform) to impose a fee on each add-on transaction that occurs on the covered platform. The act creates the youth mental health services access enterprise…
Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 18–5, Republicans 0–12
What it does: Pursuant to existing law, when an administering state agency awards a grant to a nonprofit organization (grantee), the grantee is generally required to access the grant award by applying for the reimbursement of costs…
Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 18–5, Republicans 0–12
What it does: The act adjusts several state tax expenditures as follows: Requires the state treasurer to transfer $45.6 million from the general fund to the state highway fund on July 1, 2026, and $96.4 million on each July 1 from…
Voted yes · most Democrats voted no · Democrats 5–18, Republicans 12–0
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.
A yes vote repassed SB26-093 (Workers' Compensation Insurance Coverage Verification) with the House's amendments included. (AI-written)
The act requires that an applicant for a building permit or a construction permit for a project with a total construction cost of more than $1 million (permit) file with the permitting agency, prior to commencing work under the permit, a signed declaration under penalty of perjury verifying that any person working under the permit maintains valid workers' compensation insurance coverage for the duration of the permit.
A yes vote repassed SB26-172 (Front Range Passenger Rail District) with the House's amendments included. (AI-written)
The act changes the boundaries of the front range passenger rail district (district) to include certain listed municipalities, any municipality whose governing body and, if necessary, electors, consent for the municipality to be included in the district, certain listed metropolitan districts, and any metropolitan district that is not within a municipality, whose governing body consents for the metropolitan district to be included in the district, and that is identified for inclusion in the district by a district board (board) resolution.
A yes vote accepted the House's amendments to SB26-131 (Sports Betting Protections). (AI-written)
Section 2 of the act prohibits a person that is licensed by the Colorado limited gaming control commission (commission) to operate an internet sports betting operation (internet sports betting operator) from: Accepting more than 6 separate deposits from an individual in a gaming day; or Initiating or sending mobile device push notifications or text messages to account holders in the state soliciting bets or deposits.
A yes vote repassed SB26-131 (Sports Betting Protections) with the House's amendments included. (AI-written)
Section 2 of the act prohibits a person that is licensed by the Colorado limited gaming control commission (commission) to operate an internet sports betting operation (internet sports betting operator) from: Accepting more than 6 separate deposits from an individual in a gaming day; or Initiating or sending mobile device push notifications or text messages to account holders in the state soliciting bets or deposits.
A yes vote repassed SB26-165 (Species Conservation Measures) with the House's amendments included. (AI-written)
For state fiscal year 2026-27, the act appropriates $5,000,000 from the species conservation trust fund (trust fund) in the state treasury for various wildlife conservation programs directed at conserving candidate species or species that are likely to become candidate species, as determined by the United States fish and wildlife service.
A yes vote repassed SB26-115 (Post-Conviction Relief for Certain Offenders) with the House's amendments included. (AI-written)
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 petition and has served at least 20 calendar years incarcerated for the offense.
A yes vote repassed SB26-042 (Revenue Classification Taxpayers Bill of Rights) with the House's amendments included. (AI-written)
Section 20 of article X of the state constitution (the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights or TABOR) defines 'fiscal year spending' as excluding 'collections for another government' and 'damage awards'. Although TABOR does not define either 'collections for another government' or 'damage awards', the TABOR implementing statutes define both terms. The act clarifies both of these definitions for state fiscal years commencing on or after July 1, 2025.
A yes vote repassed SB26-187 (Establishing Commission on Medicaid) with the House's amendments included. (AI-written)
The act creates the commission on medicaid (commission) to develop recommendations regarding implementation of new federal medicaid policy changes that go into effect in 2026, 2027, and 2028 and to support Coloradans impacted by those policy changes.
A yes vote repassed SB26-133 (Colorado Artist Companies) with the House's amendments included. (AI-written)
The act creates the 'Colorado Artist Company Act', which authorizes a person in the state to create a limited liability company with a stated artistic mission (artist company), which artist company is subject to state law applicable to limited liability companies except where specified in the act.
A yes vote repassed SB26-035 (Increase of Traffic Violation Penalties) with the House's amendments included. (AI-written)
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.
