Emily Sirota represents House District 9 in the Colorado Legislature as a social worker and proud progressive Democrat with years of experience working in government and in the southeast Denver community. Before her election to the Colorado House of Representatives, Emily helped run an early learning center in Denver. She received her B.A. in Political Science at Indiana University and received her Master of Social Work from the University of Denver. Emily has previously worked for the Colorado Progressive Coalition and helped organize support for paid sick days. In 2011, she ran for the Denver school board to protect public education. Emily also served as a policy aide to a Democratic U.S. Senator, a Democratic congressman, and a Democratic governor. In those roles, she worked on health care and budget policy and helped oversee a program to expand health care benefits for workers and small businesses.
Emily is a strong supporter of creating a single-payer Medicare-for-All system in Colorado. That's why she passed HB19-1176 - the Heath Care Cost Savings Act of 2019, which commissioned a task force to determine how much Colorado pays for care and how much Colorado could save by transitioning to health care for all systems. The taskforce produced a report that showed a universal, single payer system can cover more people for less money than our current system.
In 2022, Emily passed legislation to lower prescription drug prices in Colorado and to prevent insurance companies from interfering in the doctor - patient relationship for step therapy.
​Emily serves as Vice Chair of the House Public & Behavioral Health and Human Services Committee and serves on the Health & Insurance Committee.