Stephanie in the News

The first bill to be signed by Governor Polis after the close of the session was sponsored by State Representative Stephanie Vigil. House Bill 1304 prevents city and governments from requiring minimum numbers of parking spaces be built for new multifamily housing.

“Delivery apps have made big promises to Coloradans, including flexibility for workers and more choices for consumers. But too often hidden algorithms interfere with the worker autonomy that drivers in this industry so highly value,” said Rep. Stephanie Vigil, D-Colorado Springs.

“We’ve ended up with an abundant supply of asphalt and a scarcity of housing and transportation choices,” bill sponsor Rep. Stephanie Vigil, a Colorado Springs Democrat, said about the consequences of decades-old parking mandates that require a certain number of spaces per residential unit or square footage.

"You can't run for DA and not already be an attorney. You actually can't even serve as a county surveyor. You can't even get on the ballot as a county surveyor without being a licensed surveyor," Representative Stephanie Vigil (D-Colorado Springs) said. Vigil is sponsoring the bill to make changes to state law.

"Suicide prevention is not a solitary effort, and that's a lot of the thinking behind this bill," she said. "We have to look out for each other. What makes the biggest difference for someone in crisis is less about what they're able to do for themselves with their last shred of survival instinct and more about the knowledge and skillset of those around them, because these deaths are not inevitable."

"Everyone can save a life. Everyone should be equipped to do so," Vigil said.

Vigil detailed her own mental health struggles and highlighted the crisis faced by her constituents in El Paso County, which ranks highest in the state for deaths by suicide.

"We're here to take action because these losses are not inevitable, and we can turn it around," she said. "This bill serves to grow our collective knowledge, build resiliency, and foster hope across every community in Colorado. Suicide deaths are preventable, and everyone can save a life."

How lawmakers work with each other has been a topic of discussion throughout the capitol. It's the case for lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, within their own parties and across party lines....

"I think the problem we run into is when we have a few people who just aren’t actually here to do the work, they’re here to be a problem they’re here to disrupt," Rep. Stephanie Vigil (D-Colorado Springs) said.

When Stephanie Vigil decided to run for elected office, her own life experience motivated her to fight to give people in Colorado better lives.

While running for the Colorado House of Representatives, Rep. Stephanie Vigil spent her days and nights knocking on constituents’ doors. Sometimes to ask for their vote. Sometimes to deliver them food.

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Drivers and supporters of the measure rallied at the Capitol on Monday with Democratic bill sponsors Sen. Robert Rodriguez of Denver, Rep. Stephanie Vigil of Colorado Springs — who is the first gig-app worker to join the Legislature — and Rep. Jennifer Bacon of Denver.

With one week down in Colorado's legislative session, representatives are crafting their plans for what they want to tackle this year. Democratic Representative Stephanie Vigil and Republican Representative Scott Bottoms are representing Colorado Springs for the first time, but they say the past week is already shaping their plans for the future.

The Colorado Capitol was filled with new faces on Monday morning when lawmakers returned for the start of the legislative session. More than a third of the legislature’s members are new to their jobs. Half of the representatives in the House are first-time lawmakers — 20 of the chamber’s 46 Democrats and 12 of its 19 Republicans are new. Democratic Rep. Stephanie Vigil, 38, of Colorado Springs is a gig worker who works with third-party delivery platforms, among other jobs: “I do a little of this and a little of that.”

(COLORADO SPRINGS) – Colorado Springs’ newly elected state house representative Stephanie Vigil is set to be sworn in Jan 9.
Representative Vigil is definitely a change of pace for Colorado Springs. This election, she flipped the long-time Republican seat and is El Paso County’s first openly queer elected official.

The next generation of queers growing up in the Springs deserves a better experience than mine. I fear that may now be impossible.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Perceptions can fuel misconceptions. In Colorado Springs, stereotypes are changing. The city has long been stereotyped as one of the most conservative places in America. In the 1990s it was the center of a movement to prohibit Colorado from enacting protections for LGBTQ people.

“Certainly, the party politics play a role in the Legislature, but what people are actually yearning for and what I hear at the doors and when I’m out talking with people, many of whom are unaffiliated, is we need to be able to move forward sustainably as a city and not dig our heels in on the past,” said Vigil, whose key issues include climate and energy, education and housing.

Stephanie Vigil, a driver who works for multiple apps in Colorado Springs, Colo., started using Para last year. “It ends up increasing your earnings because you’re not wasting your time on anything,” she said. “I’m not going to take anything that’s not a solid offer because I don’t have to.”

One of her main priorities for students is to fight for more competitive student wages and better scheduling for student campus workers.