Colorado Senate transmits several House bills, lays over SJR13 and adjourns until March 18

The Colorado Senate on March 17, 2025, transmitted several House bills to the Revisor of Statutes, voted to concur in Senate amendments to multiple bills, laid over Senate Joint Resolution 13 until Wednesday, March 19, 2025, and adjourned until 9 a.m. on Tuesday, March 18, the presiding officer announced.

The actions were routine floor business that move measures through the legislative process and set scheduling for further consideration of SJR 13, a joint resolution introduced by Senator Judah and Representative Zakkai that would recognize Thursday, March 20, 2025, as No Ruse Day, according to the reading recorded on the floor and the House Journal citations read into the record.

A Revisor of Statutes staff member read multiple House journal entries to the Senate. The transcript shows: “Riser of statutes. House Bill 11 69, amended as printed in House Journal, 03/05/2025. The House is passed on third reading and transmitted to the vi reviser of statutes. House bill 12 34, 12 11, 10 90 4, 12 30, amended as printed in house journal, 03/14/2025. The house is adopted and returns here with senate joint resolution 12.” That reading also recorded that the House voted to concur in Senate amendments to a list of bills and repassed them as amended.

Assistant Majority Leader Cutter moved the calendar action on SJR 13, saying, “I move that senate joint resolution, 13 layover until Wednesday, 03/19/2025.” The presiding officer called a voice vote: “All those in favor say aye.” After the response, the presiding officer recorded the result: “All those opposed, no. The ayes have it.” The transcript shows the same voice-vote phrasing when the Senate agreed to adjourn: “All those opposed no. The ayes have it, and the senate will adjourn until 9AM on Tuesday, 03/18/2025.”

The floor reading and acknowledgments included multiple House bill numbers and journal dates as read into the record; the session record transmitted the listed bills to the Revisor of Statutes and noted concurrence where the House had repassed bills to reflect Senate amendments. The transcript does not record roll-call vote tallies for the layover motion or the adjournment beyond the voice-vote outcome recorded as “the ayes have it.”

The Senate’s next on-record floor time, per the adjournment motion, was scheduled for 9 a.m. on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.

Votes at a glance: the motion to lay over Senate Joint Resolution 13 passed by voice vote; the motion to adjourn passed by voice vote. The transcript records transmission of multiple House bills and the House’s concurrence in several Senate amendments; specific roll-call tallies were not provided in the transcript excerpt.