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Colorado Senate lays over Read-to-Your-Child resolution; introduces six bills
Summary
The Colorado Senate voted to lay over Senate Joint Resolution 007 — a measure to proclaim Feb. 14 as Colorado Read to Your Child Day — until Feb. 14, 2025, and the clerk entered titles for six bills on transportation, railroad safety, battery stewardship, fire fuel mitigation and evidentiary protections for victims.
The Colorado Senate voted to lay over Senate Joint Resolution 007, which would proclaim Feb. 14 as Colorado Read to Your Child Day, and then the clerk read titles for six bills that were introduced for committee consideration.
Senator Julie Rodriguez moved to lay over SJR007 to Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. "I move to layover Senate Joint Resolution 007," Rodriguez said. The presiding officer announced, "The ayes have it, even though the person who made the motion voted no, and SJR007 will lay over until Friday, 02/14/2025." The motion carried; a formal roll-call tally was not specified in the transcript.
Why it matters: laying over a resolution delays further action and can affect the timing of committee referral or floor consideration. The bills entered after the layover cover policy areas frequently considered early in the legislative session, including motor-vehicle franchise law, transit planning, railroad safety, battery disposal stewardship, vegetative fuel mitigation for fire districts, and evidentiary protections in civil suits for victims of misconduct.
Details of the layover and introduced bills
- Layover of SJR007: The motion to lay over was made by Senator Julie Rodriguez and approved by voice vote; the transcript did not record a mover's second or a numerical vote tally. The resolution was described as "concerning proclaiming February 14 as Colorado Read to Your Child Day" and will be carried over to the Feb. 14, 2025 calendar.
- Senate Bill 160: Described as by Senators Snyder and Judah and Representatives Hamrick and Morrow, "concerning requiring certain motor vehicle manufacturers that have affiliates to sell through franchise motor vehicle dealers." Committee assignment in the reading was summarized as "business, labor, and technology." Further details and committee referral were not specified.
- Senate Bill 161: By Senators Winter and Judah and Representatives Linstead and Furlick, described as "concerning transit reform" and creating study, planning and reporting requirements, increasing coordination among transit agencies and planning organizations, authorizing the Regional Transportation District to enter service partnership agreements, creating an RTD accountability committee, adding nonvoting members to the RTD board, and requiring RTD to emphasize ridership growth, worker retention, safety and statewide climate goals. The reading identified "transportation and energy" as the subject area; committee referral was not specified.
- Senate Bill 162: By Senators Cutter and Snyder and Representatives Mabry and Velasco, "concerning measures to increase railroad safety." The reading noted "transportation energy." Additional specifics and committee referral were not provided.
- Senate Bill 163: By Senator Cutter and Representatives Brown and Stewart, "concerning the establishment of battery stewardship programs for the disposal of certain batteries." The reading listed "health and human services." Further details were not specified in the transcript.
- House Bill 1009: By Representatives Morrow and Joseph and Senator Cutter, "concerning a vegetative fuel mitigation program for a district providing fire protection services." The reading categorized this as "agriculture and natural resources." Additional implementing language and fiscal details were not specified.
- House Bill 1138: By Representatives Lukens and Pugliese and Senators Kirkmeyer and Doherty, "concerning evidentiary requirements to protect victims of [sexual] misconduct in civil suits." The reading listed "judiciary." The transcript redacted one word in the title; the bill text and committee referral were not provided in the session excerpt.
No other formal votes on the introduced bills were recorded in the transcript excerpt. After the introductions and announcements, the Senate adjourned and set its next meeting for 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.
The transcript excerpt did not include committee referrals, fiscal notes, detailed bill text, or roll-call vote totals for the layover motion; those items were not specified.
