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Votes at a glance: key bills and outcomes from the March 18 Colorado Senate session
Summary
The Senate recorded final actions on multiple bills in the March 18 session, including passage of measures on food-waste reduction, Medicaid waivers, wireless permitting, homeowner protections, and several state bills. Tally details are included where recorded on the transcript.
The Colorado Senate on March 18 recorded final actions on a range of bills. Below are the bills listed on the transcript with the outcome and, where the floor record supplies a numeric tally, the recorded vote.
- Senate Bill 178 (final passage on consent calendar): Passed — recorded on floor as 23 ayes, 10 noes, 0 absent, 1 excused, 1 vacant (transcript segment reporting passage).
- House Bill 1003 (Medicaid waiver program for children with complex health needs): Passed — recorded on floor as 33 ayes, 0 noes, 0 absent, 1 excused, 1 vacant.
- House Bill 1181 (Colorado Rangers law enforcement shared reserve): Passed — transcript records passage with roll call recorded as 33 ayes, 0 noes, 0 absent, 1 excused, 1 vacant.
- House Bill 1056 (local government permitting of wireless telecommunication facilities): Passed — recorded on floor as 28 ayes, 5 noes, 1 excused, 0 absent, 1 vacant.
- House Bill 1015 (clarifying bond posting online): Passed — recorded on floor as 32 ayes, 1 no, 0 absent, 1 excused, 1 vacant.
- Senate Bill 31 (emergency-alerts bilingual requirement, amended in committee): Adopted by the floor (committee strike-below amendment narrowed focus to emergency alerts in at least two languages; L7 amendment adopted). Numeric roll-call not provided in the supplied segments for final passage.
- Senate Bill 149 (permissive equestrian zones and signage guidance): Adopted — transcript records adoption; numeric tally not included in provided segments.
- House Bill 1043 (unit-owner protections related to enforcement actions by associations): Adopted — transcript records adoption; numeric tally not included in provided segments.
- Senate Bill 4 (repassage, regulating licensed childcare fees): Repassed — recorded 21 ayes, 12 noes, 1 excused, 1 vacant (see repassage article).
- Senate Bill 173 (TABOR definition clarifications): Adopted — amendment L1 adopted; final passage recorded in transcript; numeric tally not provided in supplied segments.
- Senate Bill 144 (Paid Family and Medical Leave adjustments with L4 and L5 amendments): Adopted — amendments L4 and L5 were adopted and the bill was recorded as adopted on the floor; numeric roll-call not provided in supplied transcript segments.
Other actions recorded on the consent calendar included confirmations of multiple appointments (consent-calendar confirmations recorded as 34 ayes, 0 noes, 0 absent, 0 excused, 1 vacant for a block of appointments), and the president signed Senate Joint Resolution 12. The transcript includes titles and committee reports for other listed bills (some laid over or retained on calendars); this summary lists floor outcomes recorded in the provided transcript excerpts.
