Colorado House reads slate of bills and assigns them to committees

The Colorado House of Representatives heard a series of bill introductions and committee assignments on the floor; the measures were read and the committee referrals were announced, with no floor votes recorded. Mr. Schiebel announced a message from the Senate and the clerk read the list of introduced bills and their committee assignments.

The introductions start the formal committee review process: bills are printed in the journal and sent to a standing committee for hearings, amendments and possible advancement. The list read on the floor included bills on private security regulation, a medical education grant program, privacy limits on automated analysis of intimate personal data, changes to county commissioner elections, recognition days for American Indian tribes, multiple energy-related measures, right-to-try treatments, housing measures and several Senate bills referred to House committees.

Key items read on the floor included:

- House Bill 1262 (as announced): “by Representative Mabry, also Senator Weissman, concerning the regulation of persons engaged in providing private security services.” The clerk announced the bill will be assigned to the Committee on Business Affairs and Labor.

- House Bill 1263: “by Representatives Hartzuck and Ferre, also Senators…