Votes at a glance: Measures the Colorado House adopted or advanced April 16, 2025

Lede: The Colorado House completed votes on multiple bills and resolutions on April 16, 2025. Several measures were adopted by roll call; others were passed by voice or with no roll‑call tally provided in the transcript.

Nut graf: This roundup lists each measure mentioned in the transcript that received a formal vote on the floor (either roll call or voice). For items with a recorded roll‑call tally the vote is shown; for others the transcript recorded the passage without a numerical tally. The summaries note the bill title/subject and any key floor clarifications discussed before the vote.

Votes at a glance (selected measures recorded in the transcript)

1) House Joint Resolution 10‑27 — Commissioner Lou Gator III Memorial Highway - Subject: Designation of a portion of Colorado State Highway 1 in Larimer County as the Commissioner Lou Gator III Memorial Highway; CDOT may accept gifts for signage and explore a maintenance agreement with Larimer County. - Vote: Adopted (recorded): 64 yes, 0 no, 1 excused. - Notes: Sponsor remarks emphasized the commissioner’s public service and county leadership; adopted by the House as read.

2) House Bill 13‑21 — Use of IIJA cash fund to support state defense against adverse federal action - Subject: Allows use of IIJA‑related state funds to build capacity to respond to adverse federal grant actions and to support state legal/administrative responses. - Vote: Adopted (recorded): 43 yes, 22 no, 0 excused. - Notes: Extensive debate on whether the funds should reside in the governor’s office and whether the appropriation diverts infrastructure dollars; floor amendments added reporting and clarified some uses.

3) House Bill 12‑91 — Protections for persons engaged with transportation network companies (rideshare safety) - Subject: Sets guardrails for rideshare companies on background checks, disclosure and safety protocols; sponsors described the bill as narrowly tailored to reduce predatory behavior. - Vote: Adopted (recorded): 59 yes, 6 no, 0 excused. - Notes: Floor cited testimony from survivors and other witnesses urging stronger measures; sponsors and several members framed it as protecting children and passengers.

4) House Bill 11‑67 — Alternative education campuses (appropriation) - Subject: Support and appropriation for alternative education campuses. - Vote: Adopted (recorded): 64 yes, 0 no, 1 excused.

5) House Bill 10‑26 — Health care services to inmates (copay prohibitions) - Subject: Changes procedures and prohibits certain co‑payments/fees for inmates receiving care; includes appropriation adjustments. - Vote: Adopted (recorded): 43 yes, 22 no, 0 excused.

6) House Bill 13‑14 — Peace officer status for certain Department of Revenue employees - Subject: Grants peace officer status under specified circumstances to some Department of Revenue employees. - Vote: Adopted (recorded): 43 yes, 22 no, 0 excused.

7) House Bill 10‑17 — Community integration plan for individuals with disabilities (appropriation) - Subject: Creates/ funds a community integration plan for individuals with disabilities. - Vote: Adopted (recorded): 60 yes, 5 no, 0 excused.

8) House Bill 11‑83 — Working group on chlorometric field drug tests - Subject: Creates a working group to study use of colorimetric field drug tests; appropriation attached. - Vote: Adopted (recorded): 40 yes, 25 no, 0 excused.

9) House Bill 11‑49 — Comprehensive socio‑cultural Black history education in public schools - Subject: Requires or supports comprehensive Black history and cultural education in K‑12; appropriation attached. - Vote: Adopted (recorded): 45 yes, 20 no, 0 excused.

10) House Bill 12‑75 — Misconduct by crime laboratory employees; post‑conviction relief rules - Subject: Reporting of crime‑lab employee misconduct; notification rules for defendants/victims; post‑conviction relief path. - Vote: Adopted (recorded): 65 yes, 0 no, 0 excused.

11) House Bill 13‑20 — 2025 School Finance Act (school funding changes) - Subject: Major school finance act adjusting formula, eliminating the budget stabilization factor and funding increases to districts. - Vote: Adopted (voice vote recorded; roll‑call tally not printed in transcript). - Notes: Numerous amendments and a hold‑harmless provision for some rural districts were discussed; sponsors stressed increased per‑pupil funding and protections for the State Education Fund.

12) House Bill 11‑88 — Recommendations of the mandatory reporter task force - Subject: Implements some task‑force recommendations about mandatory reporting of child abuse; amendments removed teen‑dating‑violence language and added clarifications. - Vote: Adopted (voice vote recorded; roll‑call tally not printed in transcript).

13) House Bill 12‑74 — Healthy School Meals for All; ballot questions and implementation details - Subject: Adjusts implementation and funds for universal school meals and sends retention/raise questions to voters (TABOR retention/raise language discussed). - Vote: Adopted (voice vote recorded; roll‑call tally not printed in transcript). - Notes: Debate included sizable commentary on food waste, local control and ballot timing; sponsor emphasized the need to ask voters whether to retain/raise revenue for the program.

14) House Bill 12‑49 — Security deposit rules for residential tenants and landlords (scaled back in committee) - Subject: Clarifies documentation, timelines and electronic refund mechanisms for security deposits; committee amendments narrowed scope. - Vote: Adopted (voice vote recorded; roll‑call tally not printed in transcript).

15) Senate Bill 154 — Enhancing access to educator pathways - Subject: Removes duplicative testing barriers for teacher licensure, expands early pathways and supports special‑education endorsements. - Vote: Passage recorded on the House floor (second reading action noted in the transcript).

16) Senate Bill 166 — Hospital workplace violence; incentives and reporting - Subject: Adds workplace‑violence metrics to the hospital quality incentive program and creates a stakeholder group. - Vote: Passage on second reading recorded; final passage placed on the calendar.

17) Senate Bill 191 — Automated external defibrillator (AED) requirements and updating school AED rules - Subject: Updates AED guidance and removes outdated physician‑signature/authorization steps; encourages schools to adopt AED placement by nationally recognized guidelines. - Vote: Passed on second reading and placed on third‑reading calendar (passage reported on the floor).

18) Senate Bill 55 — Youth inclusion on environmental justice advisory board - Subject: Adds a youth voting member (ages 14–21) and an additional youth non‑voting member; small appropriation noted in Appropriations. - Vote: Passed on second reading and placed on calendar.

19) House Bill 10‑88 — Ground ambulance billing and balance‑billing protections - Subject: Prohibits balance billing for ground ambulance transports and establishes reimbursement methodology; committee and floor amendments capped non‑emergency reimbursement and clarified definitions. - Vote: Adopted (roll‑call tally not printed in transcript; language amended on the floor).

20) House Bill 13‑04 — Restitution deadlines after conviction (extension and procedural changes) - Subject: Splits the time window for prosecutors to file restitution documentation and gives courts additional time to enter restitution orders; committee compromise moved the filing window to 63 days for prosecutors and preserved judicial review time. - Vote: Adopted (voice vote/roll‑call procedure recorded; amendment L007 adopted for effective‑date scope).

How to read this list - If the transcript printed a roll‑call tally, that number is shown. Several measures were passed by voice vote on the floor (no numeric tally printed in the transcript); those measures are listed with their subject and the key floor points.

Provenance (examples) - topicintro: first floor reading of House Joint Resolution 10‑27 (title read into record). - topfinish: Committee of the Whole report and roll‑call results later in the transcript.

Why this matters - The bills adopted affect a wide range of state policy: school funding, public‑safety equipment in schools, healthcare billing, protections for victims, housing rules, child‑welfare reporting, and state capacity to respond to federal grant actions. Several adopted measures will now move to the Senate for consideration or further floor action as required.

Ending note: This roundup aims to be a concise record of floor outcomes recorded in the House transcript. For full bill texts, statutory citations and final enrolled versions, consult the Legislative Council or the Office of the Clerk.