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House names section of Highway 402 for Rep. Hugh McKean and clears a package of bills
Summary
The Colorado House on April 23 unanimously adopted a resolution designating a section of State Highway 402 as the Rep. Hugh McKean Memorial Highway and approved a slate of bills on court process, housing, public safety and youth programs. Several measures passed after floor debate and conference-committee action; vote totals are listed below.
The Colorado House on April 23 adopted House Joint Resolution 10 26 and a number of bills across several policy areas.
House Joint Resolution 10 26 designated Colorado State Highway 402 from U.S. Highway 287 to Interstate 25 as the Rep. Hugh McKean Memorial Highway. The chamber adopted the resolution by recorded vote: 63 yeas, 0 nays, 2 excused. Sponsors listed the route and asked the House to permit the Colorado Department of Transportation to accept donations for sign placement and to explore a cooperative agreement with Larimer County for sign maintenance. The House also recessed briefly so members could greet McKean’s family following the vote.
Why it matters: The resolution memorializes a long‑serving member of the House and creates a program-authority path so CDOT can accept gifts and arrange maintenance of memorial signs. The floor debate included multiple members’ tributes reflecting McKean’s years of local and state service.
Votes at a glance - House Joint Resolution 10 26 (Rep. Hugh McKean Memorial Highway): adopted 63–0, 2 excused. Sponsors: Representative Weinberg and Representative McCluskey. Effect: designates CO State Highway 402; CDOT may accept gifts for signs and negotiate maintenance with Larimer County.
- House Bill 11 47 (conditions for municipal‑court defendants aligned with state court practice): Repassed as amended 41–22, 2 excused. Sponsor: Representative Mabry. Committee/conference action: House concurred with Senate amendments before repassage.
- House Bill 11 17 (regulation of vehicle‑immobilization/booting companies): Repassed as amended 41–22, 2 excused. Sponsors: Representatives Joseph and Besenacker. Motion to concur with Senate amendments was adopted on the floor prior to repassage.
- House Bill 11 54 (communication services for people with disabilities — conference committee requested): The House declined to concur with Senate amendments and appointed a conference committee (motion to request conference adopted 43–20, 2 excused). Sponsor: Representative Brown. The House named a three‑member conference committee to reconcile differences.
- House Bill 12 19 (metropolitan district disclosure/website requirements; technical fix): Repassed as amended 53–11, 1 excused (motion to concur adopted 62–2, 1 excused earlier in the day). Sponsor: Representative Phillips.
- House Bill 12 72 (housing measure as amended): Repassed as amended 61–3, 1 excused. Sponsors: Representatives Burton and Basenecker.
- House Bill 12 83 (Wild Horse Working Group implementation measures): Repassed as amended 60–4, 1 excused. Sponsors: Representatives Duran and Winter.
- House Bill 12 90 (transit worker safety; as amended in Senate): Repassed as amended 37–27, 1 excused. Sponsors: Representatives Linston and Valdez.
- House Bill 11 46 (juvenile detention reforms; deflection grants and capacity language): Adopted as amended 56–9, 0 excused. Sponsor: Representative Phillips. The bill changes how bed caps and community investments are used and includes grant authority for deflection and community programs.
- Senate Bill 2 12 (temporary inmate transfers for Sterling Correctional Facility access‑control project — conference report): Repassed as amended 61–3, 1 excused after adoption of the conference report; the conference version requires a structured relocation plan before transfers.
What the House did not decide final on today - At least one measure (House Bill 11 54) was placed into conference. Other bills were read and assigned or laid over for later action.
Context and floor procedure - Several bills came to the floor with Senate amendments; the House voted to concur on many of those amendments, then repassed the bills as amended. Where chambers disagreed on text that could not be resolved by simple concurrence, the House appointed conference committees. - Floor votes were recorded and tallies are shown above from the House clerk’s machine totals announced during the session.
What to watch next - Conference committee reports: items sent to conference (for example, House Bill 11 54) will return with committee reports; the House must vote on those reports before final adoption. - Implementation steps: where bills create or expand programs (for example, juvenile deflection grants, or CDOT sign authorities in HJR 10 26), the implementing agencies—Department of Human Services, Department of Transportation and others—will be responsible for rulemaking, contracting and any required reporting.
Ending - Members recessed to greet family after the memorial resolution. The House laid other calendar items over and scheduled follow‑up consideration and conference business for the next sitting.
