Robert Rodriguez | |
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![]() Rodriguez in 2023 | |
Majority Leader of the Colorado Senate | |
Assumed office September 8, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Dominick Moreno |
Member of the Colorado Senate from the 32nd district | |
Assumed office January 4,2019 | |
Preceded by | Irene Aguilar |
Personal details | |
Born | New Mexico,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Robert Rodriguez is an American politician from the state of Colorado. A Democrat,Rodriguez was first elected to represent Colorado's 32nd Senate district of the in 2018. [1] He was reelected in the 2022 Colorado Senate election.
Rodriguez currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Legislative Council,the Legislative Council committee,and Joint Technology Committee. [2] On September 8,2023,Rodriguez's colleagues elected him senate majority leader following Dominick Moreno's resignation from the senate. [3]
During the 2024 legislative session,Rodriguez prime sponsored the Colorado AI Act,described as the country's first legislative framework to govern high-risk AI systems. [4] [5]
In the 2018 Colorado Senate election,Rodriguez was elected to represent Colorado's 32nd Senate district,which covers southern and southwestern Denver. [6] Rodriguez was reelected in the 2022 Colorado Senate election.