Dylan Roberts

HB19-1216 was passed in 2019 led by Roberts with bipartisan sponsorship from state senators Kerry Donovan and Kevin Priola. Representative Roberts' passion for this bill was sparked by his late brother Murphy; Murphy was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes so Representative Roberts saw first hand the impact of high insulin prices. The bill caps insulin prices at $100 co-pays each month becoming the first state in the United States to cap insulin prices. Prior to the passing of this bill, it was said 1 in 4 diabetics were rationing their insulin due to rising drug prices. Roberts said in a statement, “In a first world country, we shouldn’t have people rationing insulin just because they can’t afford it”(1). The bill was passed and signed into law by Governor Jared Polis and was enacted January 1, 2020.  Many state legislators have now followed suit in the passing of bills similar to this one. For example, Illions passed a similar bill and lawmakers in other states have put similar bills on their agendas including California, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania.

This bill, in turn, led to the HB20-1349, the Colorado Affordable Health Care Option which was introduced on March 5th, 2020, and passed its first committee hearing in the House Committee on Health & Insurance with a 7-4 vote. Due to the current recess in Colorado’s 2020 legislative session, this bill’s progress is currently on hold.

Throughout Roberts’s legislative career he has been the prime sponsor of 45 bills that have been signed into law. Some of the most notable bills amongst those include: HB19-1216, HB19-1004, HB19-1207, HB19-1077, and HB18-1286.

During the 2019 legislative session, Roberts led an effort with bipartisan sponsorship from state senators Kerry Donovan and Bob Rankin to pass HB19-1207 which requires Colorado motorists to prepare their vehicles for snowy conditions. This bill set a minimum standard for tires as well as requiring transaction equipment to be carried on I-70 between milepoint 133 and milepoint 256. In the past, multi-vehicle crashes have closed down roads near the Eisenhower Tunnel after heavy snowfall. This protects drivers in some places with snow projected up to 18 inches. This bill has paved the way to reduce accidents caused by unprepared drives as well as minimizes traffic due to accidents.

Roberts was sworn in as a Colorado State Representative on November 13, 2017. During Roberts' first year in the legislature, he was the primary sponsor of twelve bills, six of which were successfully passed and sent to the Governor.

Roberts attended Boston College. In 2008, Roberts took a semester off college to return to his hometown of Steamboat Springs in Routt County, Colorado to work for the presidential campaign of Barack Obama. Roberts opened and ran the Steamboat Springs office -- the first ever presidential field office in the region. Roberts returned to Boston College where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in 2011 in political science and environmental studies. After receiving his degree, he returned to Colorado to serve as the deputy state field director for President Obama's re-election in 2012. That year, Roberts led over thirty staff members in sixteen offices across twenty-two Colorado counties.

Dylan Roberts (born July 17, 1989) is an American politician and a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 26th District, which encompasses Eagle and Routt Counties, Colorado. A member of the Democratic Party, he has represented the state's 26th house district since 2017.

Roberts was born on July 17, 1989 in Denver, Colorado to parents Stu and Lulu Roberts. In 4th grade Roberts and his family moved to Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Roberts attended Soda Creek Elementary School, Steamboat Springs Middle School, and Steamboat Mountain School.