Egg prices across the country have skyrocketed in the face of inflation and an avian flu epidemic that has led to the killing of tens of millions of hens across the country.

Seven days after Colorado started requiring eggs to come from cage-free hens, a new state representative introduced a bill to repeal the law. Representative Ryan Gonzalez's House Bill 25-1074 seeks to eliminate the hen confinement standards passed by state lawmakers in 2020.

This Monday, a bipartisan group of lawmakers voted to kill one of the first bills put forward by Rep. Ryan Gonzalez (R-Greeley), a repeal of Colorado’s cage-free egg law

Colorado egg producers have been preparing for this month. They’ve spent millions revamping their facilities to comply with a state law that demands a cage-free environment for chickens. Producers were ready and were already complying with the law prior to its enactment this month.

Spurred by rising prices, Republicans tried to repeal a law that went into effect this year that requires large egg producers to be cage-free.

Republican lawmakers are trying to repeal the cage-free egg law in Colorado while one organization that represents egg producers says doing so would hurt farmers.