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Votes at a glance: several bills adopted on House floor, including paratransit, railroad crossing cost allocation and student device policy
Summary
The Colorado House recorded final passage on multiple bills with varying levels of debate. Key measures adopted included bills on redetermination of medical assistance eligibility, paratransit emergency preparedness, railroad crossing cost allocation and a policy requirement for student communication devices in schools.
The Colorado House recorded final passage on several bills Tuesday. Most passed with recorded machine votes; debate ranged from brief procedural remarks to longer floor discussion on a handful of items.
Below are the bills taken up on the floor during the transcript excerpt and their recorded outcomes as read into the record:
- House Bill 11-62 (redetermination of eligibility for individuals enrolled in the state medical assistance program). Text on the floor: “With 56 for no and 5 excused, House Bill 11 62 is adopted.” (Transcript phrasing retained as read.) Sponsors listed: Representative Ferre; also Senator Doherty.
- House Bill 1007 (emergency preparedness for paratransit services). The House recorded: “With 44 I, 17 no and 4 excused House Bill 10 0 7 is adopted.” Sponsors listed on the title read: Representatives Valdez and Winter; also Senators Winter and Simpson were noted as cosponsors on the title read.
- Senate Bill 82 (enactment of the Colorado Revised Statutes 2024 as the positive and statutory law of the state). The clerk read the title; the transcript records: “With 51 I, 10, no, for excuse, Senate Bill 82 is adopted.” (Transcript phrasing retained.) Sponsors listed in the title read included Senators Gonzales, Jay and Frizzell and Representatives Joseph and Soper.
- House Bill 11-10 (allocation of costs to maintain railroad crossings). The House recorded: “With 53 I, 8 no, 4 excused, House Bill 11 10 is adopted.” Sponsors read on the title included Representatives Winter and Doran and Senator Pelton B.
- House Bill 11-35 (requiring a policy regarding student communication devices in schools). The bill was adopted on final reading with a recorded vote: “With 49 I 16 no and 0 excused, House Bill 11 35 is adopted.” Sponsors read: Representatives Lukins and Bradfield; also Senators Marchman and Frizzell.
A number of other bills were called and their titles read; where the transcript excerpt did not include a final machine vote tally in the excerpt, that vote is recorded here as “not specified in the provided transcript excerpt.”
Where the transcript reports a vote tally, that wording is quoted or restated exactly as it appears on the floor. For items listed without a numeric machine tally in the provided excerpt, committees or the House journal will contain the official roll call.
