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Colorado House adopts multiple measures on third reading; several bills debated
Summary
The Colorado House on April 1 approved a slate of resolutions and bills on third reading, including a recognition resolution, election-related protections, and measures on pets, insurance rebates and commodity metals. Several other bills and committee reports were debated on the floor.
The Colorado House of Representatives on April 1 adopted a series of measures on third reading, ranging from a recognition resolution to bills on election intimidation, pet-ownership rules, insurance rebates and continuation of a commodity-theft task force.
The most consequential floor actions included adoption of Senate Joint Resolution 14, which designates March 21 as Single Parent Day in Colorado; House Bill 12-25, the Freedom from Intimidation and Elections Act; House Bill 12-07 addressing barriers to pet ownership in housing; Senate Bill 58 authorizing certain insurance rebates; Senate Bill 33 addressing liquor-licensed drugstore licenses; and Senate Bill 171 continuing the Commodity Metals Theft Task Force. Each item was put on the floor for third reading, the clerk opened the machine for recorded votes, and the measures were adopted or otherwise decided as recorded below.
Why it matters: These votes conclude the House's third-reading consideration for the listed items and move the measures in the legislative process. Several bills change state policy or create new reporting/consumer requirements; others continue or alter state task forces and regulatory authorities.
What the House did and how members voted
- Senate Joint Resolution 14 (recognition of single parents): Adopted. Vote recorded: 61 yeas, 0 no, 4 excused. (Machine vote announced on the floor.)
- House Bill 12-25 (Freedom from Intimidation and Elections Act): Adopted. Vote recorded: 37 yeas, 25 no, 3 excused. Representative Soper recorded a "no" vote; Representative Linstead recorded a "yes." The House clerk announced the tally.
- House Bill 12-07 (addressing barriers to pet ownership in housing): Adopted. Vote recorded: 39 yeas, 24 no, 2 excused. Representative Soper voted "no;" Representative Linstead voted "yes." The clerk announced the tally.
- Senate Bill 58 (framework for insurer rebates): Adopted. Vote recorded: 61 yeas, 2 no, 2 excused.
- Senate Bill 33 (limitations related to certain liquor license categories): Adopted. Vote recorded: 55 yeas, 8 no, 2 excused.
- Senate Bill 171 (continuation of the Commodity Metals Theft Task Force): Adopted. Vote recorded: 63 yeas, 0 no, 2 excused.
- Additional third-reading items: The House moved to third reading on other bills and committee reports during the session; several were debated or laid over for later consideration.
The House also conducted routine floor business (roll call, approval of the journal) and recognized a Child Abuse Prevention Month observance with guests and pinwheels on the floor.
Ending: With the machine votes concluded and committee reports adopted where noted, the listed third-reading measures advance consistent with the House's parliamentary actions recorded on the floor.
