Colorado House reads bill introductions, refers dozens of measures to committees; adjourns until April 1

The Colorado House of Representatives convened for a brief legislative session in which the clerk read a package of bill introductions and the chamber formally referred them to standing committees before adjourning until April 1 at 9 a.m.

Mr. Schiebel, a staff member, read reports of committees of reference and recited the titles and sponsors of multiple House and Senate measures, then announced committee assignments for each bill.

Among the measures announced, the House referred a bill described in the reading as creating the “Colorado Voting Rights Act” and related election-administration provisions to the Committee on State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs. The clerk identified that as part of a reading that also mentioned provisions concerning vacancies in the General Assembly.

Other committee referrals announced included:

- A set read as “House Bills 13 oh 5, 13 oh 6, and 13 oh 8,” and Senate Bill 172 being recommended to the Committee of the Whole; - House Bill 13 13 assigned to the Committee on State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs; - House Bill 13 14 (sponsored in the reading by Representative Linson and Representative Sirotta, with Senator Roberts also named) assigned to the Committee on Finance; - Senate Bill 2 (sponsors named as Senators Bridges and Ekstrom) assigned to the Committee on Transportation, Housing, and Local Government; - Senate Bill 20 (sponsors named as Senators Weisman and Gonzales, and Representatives Lindsey/Lindsay and Mabry in the reading) ultimately recorded as assigned to the Committee on Judiciary; - Senate Bill 41 (sponsors named as Senators Michaelson Janay and Amabile, and Representatives Bradfield and Angel) assigned to the Committee on Judiciary; - Senate Bill 49 (sponsors named as Senators Marchman and Roberts, and Representatives Martinez and Winter) assigned to the Committee on Agriculture, Water, and Natural Resources; - Senate Bill 174 (sponsors listed in the reading as Robertson Simpson and representatives Lukins and Soper) and Senate Bill 176 (sponsors Peltinaur and Snyder; representatives Martinez and Winter) each announced with committee referrals tied to implementing recommendations from the Department of Regulatory Agencies’ 2024 sunset report; - Senate Bill 177 (sponsors noted as senators Kip and Bridal; representatives Sirota and Bradfield) assigned to the Committee on Education; - A measure identified as Senate Bill 84 (sponsors Cutter and Weissman; representative Ricks) assigned to Transportation, Housing, and Local Government; - House joint resolution 1023 (named sponsors Representatives Camacho and Garcia; Senators Doherty and Judah in the reading) assigned to the Committee on Finance; and - House concurrent resolution 1002 (reading named Representatives Marshall and Sukla and Senator Snyder) assigned to the Committee on State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs.

Several readings noted that particular referrals were to “implement the recommendations contained in the 2024 sunset report by the Department of Regulatory Agencies,” language the clerk repeated for multiple bills tied to sunset-review recommendations.

The chamber also heard a printed message from the reviser and a message from the governor that were entered for the journal, as announced during the reading.

The majority leader moved that the House stand adjourned until Tuesday, April 1, at 9 a.m.; the clerk recorded the adjournment.

Because the session consisted of bill introductions and referrals rather than floor debate on the measures themselves, no committee reports, amendments, votes on the bills introduced, or floor debate outcomes were recorded in the reading presented to the chamber during this portion of the session.

The referral action sends each measure to the named committee, which will schedule hearings, consider amendments and report back to the full House as provided by chamber rules.