COLORADO LEGISLATORS PAST AND PRESENT

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Gloria Travis   Tanner

Chamber:House,Senate
Political Party:Democrat
Occupation:Real Estate Agent
Leadership Position:
House Minority Caucus Leader: 1987-90


House
Years Served House:1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994
District #:07 (1985 -1994)
Number of Years:9 yrs 2 mos
General Assembly #:55th; 56th; 57th; 58th; 59th
Counties:Denver
Senate
Years Served:1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000
District #:33 (1994 - 2000)
Number of Years:6 yrs 10 mos.
General Assembly #:59th; 60th; 61st
Counties:Adams; Denver
Notes About Member's Term:3/14/1994 -- Appointed to fill Senate vacancy of Regis Groff who resigned; replaced by Benjamin Clarke. 1st African American woman to serve as a Colorado State Senator. 2nd African American woman to hold a leadership position in the House as minority caucus chair.
Gender:Female
Birth year and Place:1935
Atlanta GA

City of Residence:Denver
Date of Death:04/04/2022
Place of Death:Denver, CO
Memorial:
Obituaries:
Notes:
1st African American woman in Senate.

Committees
House Standing1985 -- Business Affairs & Labor; Rules
1986 -- Business Affairs & Labor; Rules; Transportation & Energy
1987 -- Business Affairs & Labor; Rules
1988 -- Appropriations; Business Affairs & Labor; Rules
1989 -- Business Affairs & Labor
1990 -- Business Affairs & Labor
1991 -- Appropriations; Business Affairs & Labor
1992 -- Appropriations; Business Affairs & Labor
1993 -- Appropriations; Business Affairs & Labor
1994 -- Appropriations; Business Affairs & Labor

Senate Standing1994 -- Education; State Veterans & Military Affairs; Local Government
1995 -- Appropriations; Business Affairs & Labor; Finance
1997 -- Appropriations; Business Affairs & Labor; Finance
1998 -- Appropriations; Business Affairs & Labor; Finance
1999 -- Appropriations
2000 -- Appropriations

Joint/Statutory1987 -- Joint Review Committee for the Medically Indigent (26-15-107, C.R.S.)  
1995 -- Colorado Commission for Achievement in Education (HB 91S2-1002)
1996 -- Colorado Commission for Achievement in Education (HB 91S2-1002), (22-53-301 - 304, C.R.S.)
1999 -- Joint Budget Committee (2-3-201, C.R.S.)  
2000 -- Joint Budget Committee (2-3-201, C.R.S.)

Interim1985 -- Workmen's Compensation & Unemployment Compensation (HJR 1025)
1991 -- Joint Business Affairs & Labor Committee (SJR 91-032)
1993 -- Youth Violence (2-3-303.3, C.R.S.)
1995 -- Recodification of Children's Code (19-1.5-101  -106, C.R.S.); School District Size-Boundary & Organizational Issues -  Executive Committee study resolution

Bill Sponsorship
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