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Votes at a glance: House action March 18 — several bills advanced to third reading
Summary
On March 18 the Colorado House advanced multiple bills on second reading via the Committee of the Whole report and recorded several committee and floor actions. Notable outcomes: adoption of Senate Joint Resolution 11 honoring Latino Advocacy Day; passage on second reading of bills including HB 11-75 (smart meters opt-in), HB 12-04 (ICWA cod
The Colorado House took multiple floor actions March 18, advancing several measures to third-reading consideration and recording committee votes and floor amendments.
Key outcomes recorded during the day:
- Senate Joint Resolution 11 (Latino/Latina Advocacy Day): Adopted on a recorded vote. The clerk recorded the machine vote as 42 yes, 20 no, 3 excused. An amendment (L001) to the resolution was defeated on a recorded vote: 24 yes, 38 no, 3 excused.
- House Bill 12-08 (Restaurant Relief Act — partial local control of tip-offsets): Reported passed on second reading by the Committee of the Whole and placed on the calendar for third reading (Committee of the Whole report adoption recorded 41 yes, 19 no, 5 excused; the report listed HB 12-08 among bills passed on second reading).
- House Bill 12-04 (Colorado Indian Child Welfare Act codification): Reported passed on second reading and placed on the calendar for third reading (Committee of the Whole listing).
- House Bill 11-75 (municipal smart-meter opt-in program): Passed committee and reported on second reading; placed on the calendar for third reading.
- House Bill 12-79 (Colorado Works/TANF data collection): Passed on the floor as amended (Appropriations and Health & Human Services committee reports adopted; amendment L006 adopted clarifying quarterly reporting until systems upgraded).
- House Bill 12-82 (payment-card network practices): Passed on second reading and placed on the calendar for third reading after floor discussion focused on impacts for small businesses and payment fees.
- Senate Bill 68 (municipal utilities and unclaimed deposits program): Passed out of committee and passed on second reading; sponsors said the bill aligns statute with constitutional practice for municipal utilities and clarifies that municipal utilities may run their own unclaimed-deposit programs.
- House Bill 12-24 (tip offset statute concerning local minimum wages): Laid over until March 19, 2025.
Votes and recorded tallies appearing in the transcript: - Amendment L001 to SJR11: 24 yes, 38 no, 3 excused (amendment lost). - SJR11 adoption: 42 yes, 20 no, 3 excused (adopted). - Adoption of Committee of the Whole report covering several bills (including HB 12-08, HB 12-04, HB 12-79, HB 12-82, HB 11-75): 41 yes, 19 no, 5 excused.
Why it matters: the measures the House advanced touch on labor and local governance (tip offsets and local control), child welfare and tribal protections (ICWA codification), data and fiscal oversight of social services (Colorado Works reporting), consumer and small-business protections (payment-card practices), and municipal utility administration.
Ending: Many of the measures listed are set for third and final passage on the House calendar; several drew substantive debate in committee and on the floor and will proceed to final consideration later in the legislative day or in subsequent days.
