Colorado Senate logs House message, introduces bills and adjourns to March 14

DENVER — The Colorado Senate convened on March 12, 2025, received a message from the Colorado House that several measures had been passed on third reading and transmitted to the Revisor of Statutes, heard introductions of multiple House bills referred to standing committees, laid over a Senate joint resolution designating March 17 as Colorado FFA Day, and approved a motion to adjourn until 9 a.m. Friday, March 14, 2025.

The House message reported that House Bill 1280, House Bill 1005, Senate Bill 4, Senate Bill 16, Senate Bill 42 and Senate Bill 133 were passed on third reading and transmitted to the Revisor of Statutes. The message also noted that House action had returned Senate Bill 24 and Senate Bill 170 to the Senate after passage on third reading in the House.

Senators then heard introductions of a slate of House bills and committee referrals. Readings included House Bill 1010 (price-gouging prohibition) to the Business, Labor and Technology Committee; House Bill 1116 (requiring the Department of Corrections to search for information related to an offender’s court appearances) to Judiciary; House Bill 1154 (creating the Communication Services for People with Disabilities enterprise and related appropriation changes) to Business, Labor and Technology; House Bill 1180 (prohibiting certain transfers of pet animals in public spaces) to Agriculture and Natural Resources; House Bill 1185 (court proceedings for parent-child legal relationships where the child was conceived as a result of sexual assault) and House Bill 1197 (requirements related to electrically assisted bicycles) to Judiciary and Energy (as announced); House Bill 1203 (cell-cultivated meat labeling and misbranding prohibitions) to Agriculture and Natural Resources; House Bill 1217 (funeral consumer protections and related mortuary science licensing changes) to Business, Labor and Technology; House Bill 1240 (protections for tenants who use housing subsidies) to Business, Labor and Technology; and House Bill 1247 (an observed state holiday proposal) to the State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee.

Senate Joint Resolution 012, introduced by Senator Robertson Peltner and Representatives Johnson and Winter to designate March 17, 2025, as Colorado FFA Day, was read and then laid over until Friday, March 14, 2025.

Late in the brief floor period, Senator Julia Rodriguez moved that the Senate adjourn until 9 a.m. Friday, March 14, 2025. The presiding officer called for the voice vote; the ayes prevailed and the motion carried. The calendar was set to reconvene at that time.

Votes at a glance: House Bill 1280 — passed on third reading (transmitted to Revisor of Statutes); House Bill 1005 — passed on third reading (transmitted to Revisor of Statutes); Senate Bill 4 — passed on third reading (transmitted to Revisor of Statutes); Senate Bill 16 — passed on third reading (transmitted to Revisor of Statutes); Senate Bill 42 — passed on third reading (transmitted to Revisor of Statutes); Senate Bill 133 (as amended in House Committee) — passed on third reading (transmitted to Revisor of Statutes); Senate Bill 24 — returned to the Senate after House passage on third reading; Senate Bill 170 — returned to the Senate after House passage on third reading. (For the adjournment motion, the voice vote was recorded as “ayes have it”; a numerical tally was not specified in the transcript.)

This floor period contained routine messaging from the House, introductions and committee referrals rather than extended debate on any single measure. The session adjourned to permit continuation of floor business on March 14.