Preceded by Scott Tipton Name Don Coram Nationality American Role American Politician | Political party Republican Party Republican Party Website doncoram.com | |
Pro-Life Republican Pushes For Free Birth Control
Don Coram (born in Montrose, Colorado) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Colorado Senate. He represents District 6. Previously, he served in the Colorado House of Representatives representing District 58 from January 12, 2011 to January 11, 2017.
Contents
- Pro Life Republican Pushes For Free Birth Control
- Elections
- Appointment to the State Senate
- 2017 Legislative Session
- References
He Now represents Senate District 6, comprising the counties of: Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, San Juan, and San Miguel.
Elections
Appointment to the State Senate
After former State Senator Ellen Roberts resigned at the end of 2016, a vacancy committee elected Coram to fill out her term. He resigned as state representative and was sworn in as a state senator on January 11, 2017.
2017 Legislative Session
2017 was Senator Coram’s first Legislative Session as a senator after being appointed to fill the vacancy in Senate District 6. Senator Coram served six years in the House before being appointed to serve SD 06. Prior to his time in the Legislature, Senator Coram served on board of the Montrose County School District.
His background in mining and agriculture puts him a unique position to run bills promoting natural resources conservation, agriculture, and wildfire mitigation including Senate Bill 117 which recognizes industrial hemp as an agricultural product, thus allowing water allocated for agricultural purposes to be used for irrigation on fields growing industrial hemp; and Senate Bill 202 that allocates $1.5 million to conserve native species and control non-native species in Colorado, especially in our rivers and other bodies of water.
He also sponsored Senate Bill 278 that prohibits vehicle operators from coal rolling or recklessly blowing black smoke out of their exhaust pipes, endangering families on our roadways.
Senator Coram is a champion of women's health issues and LGBTQ rights, frequently reaching across the aisle to pass bipartisan legislation. In 2017, Senator Coram fought to pass House Bill 1186 which increased access to contraception for many rural women. During his time on the board of the Montrose County School District, Coram championed a program that drastically reduced teen pregnancies and helped many young women out of a cycle of poverty. Senator Coram is a proud supporter of the Colorado Ute, sponsoring SJR 16-024 which honored the contributions of the Colorado Ute and their culture and stood up to the Federal Government on behalf of for the Ute Tribe and everyone who suffered damage after the Gold King Mine Spill. In SJR 17-043 He demanded that the EPA take responsibility for the spill.