A state shroom? Colorado House advances bill to crown emperor mushroom the state fungi

By Amanda Pampuro | Courthouse News Service

Colorado’s quest for a state mushroom started in a high school politics club. On Tuesday, Horizon High School students saw their bill proposing an official state mushroom pass the house committee on State Civic Military & Veterans Affairs with a unanimous 11-0 vote.

“It’s inspiring to finally see this bill for the mushroom come up,” testified Logan Burdick, a Thornton, Colo. high school senior. Burdick lobbied to bring the Designation of State Mushroom Bill, HB25-1091, to the statehouse along with members of his school’s politics club under the guidance of social sciences teacher Greg Sanchez.

“Colorado is a beautiful state and this mushroom encapsulates that,” Burdick added.

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