Owen Hill

Hill received a 93% rating from the NRA in 2018. In 2017 Hill sponsored a bill that was signed into law that legalized automatic knives". In 2013 he voted against a bill that established a fee for background checks. Hill has also voted against requiring classes for a concealed carry permit, and limiting firearm magazine capacity. In 2016 he cosponsored a bill that allowed concealed carry of a firearm without a permit.

Hill announced in April 2017 that he would be challenging incumbent Rep. Doug Lamborn for the U.S. House seat from Colorado's fifth district, located in Colorado Springs. In July 2017, Colorado Politics reported that Hill's campaign had raised the highest amount in the past decade. In January 2018 Owen Hill ranked #9 on Colorado Politics's "Counting down the Colorado politicos to watch in 2018" list, they said "he could rise on the national level and put Colorado Springs in the catbird's seat for military and technology investment". In April 2018, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) endorsed Hill.

During the fall of 2017 the Gazette had multiple articles about "squatting" (a practice that involves people moving into vacant homes and claiming residency there despite not owning or renting the property). Hill cosponsored the "Protecting Homeowners And Deployed Military Personnel Act", which made it easier for homeowners to remove squatters.

In 2016, Hill co-sponsored a bill to prohibit employers from requiring their employees to join a union, pay union dues, or pay the equivalent of union dues to a charity. In 2018, Hill supported having individuals and corporations making under $250,000 pay a 10% flat tax.

As Education Chair, he worked to provide funding equality for charter schools and public schools in a bipartisan bill. He also co-sponsored a bill that gave veterans college credit for their military training and experience. In 2015 Hill co-sponsored a bill that would establish tax credits for parents of students who attended private schools.

In 2015 Hill voted for a bill that said that parents had to consent to any physical exam or surgical procedure a minor received unless it was deemed a medical emergency.

Owen Hill opposes abortion. He also wants to eliminate government funding for health care provided by Planned Parenthood. In the Colorado State Legislature, the first bill that he sponsored aimed to end Colorado's state funding to Planned Parenthood. He served on the board of the pro-life group Save the Storks and has also been on the board of the Life Network the last 6 years. Owen Hill was a Co-sponsor of HB 2015-268 which amended the definition of a "person" in a homicide or assault to include a fetus in every stage of development.

In 2014 Hill voted against a bill that would require schools to release their vaccination rates if asked for them.

In a November campaign speech before Denver county Republicans, Owen related a story from a trip to Kenya where when one youth told him he wanted to be President of the United States, "I held back my snarky comment that said 'Well, you know what, we already have someone from Kenya as President of the United States.'" Hill declined to apologize after the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee called the remark "...hateful and false birther rhetoric [used when candidates] think no one is watching." Hill responded "The fact that my obvious joke is being highlighted today just shows how worried Mark Udall and the Democrats actually are of my campaign for the U.S. Senate here in Colorado." Hill withdrew from the U.S. Senate race on March 17, 2014, citing Rep. Cory Gardner's entry as the reason.

During the 2013 Colorado Legislative session, Senator Hill promoted an amendment that would have exempted faith-based organizations from providing benefits to individuals in civil unions, if doing so would violate their freedom of conscience.

In June 2012, he won his primary election for State Senate District 10. Hill faced Brandon Hughes in the general election, which he won with 73.5% of the vote.

In 2012, Hill ran for the open Senate seat in Senate District 10 to replace Senator Bill Cadman after redistricting. He faced opponent Brandon Hughes of the Libertarian Party and Christopher Mull of the American Constitution Party, and defeated them with a 73.7% of the vote.

In 2010, Hill ran for Colorado State Senate against the incumbent Senate Majority Leader, Democrat John Morse. He lost by 340 votes.

Owen Hill (born February 17, 1982) is a state legislator for the U.S. State of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado State Senate as a Republican in 2012, Hill represents Senate District 10, which encompasses Eastern Colorado Springs.