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.