The Colorado House of Representatives adopted House Joint Resolution 1,002 on a recorded vote to authorize a joint session with the Senate to hear a message from the chief justice of the Supreme Court and to appoint a committee related to that appearance.

Clerk Mr. Schiebel read the title of HJR 1,002 as “House Joint Resolution 1,002 by Representative Duran, also Senator Rodriguez, concerning a joint session of the House of Representatives and the Senate for the purpose of hearing a message from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and appointing a committee to ****** the Chief Justice.” Shortly afterward, the majority leader moved adoption of the resolution.

The House opened the machine vote and recorded 58 affirmative votes; six members were excused and one seat remained vacant. Representative De Graaf voted “Yes,” and Representative Caldwell later confirmed, “Yes, ma’am. I’m sorry. I got disconnected. I vote yes.” The clerk announced, “With 58 I, 6 excused, and 1 vacant, the resolution is adopted.”

The resolution, as read, schedules a joint session to hear the chief justice’s message; the chamber also discussed related scheduling for a State of the State address, with a notation that the governor’s address is pursuant to House Joint Resolution 1,001. House staff announced that the joint session will take place at 11 a.m. and that the State Patrol asked members to wear yellow lanyards as secondary identification no later than 10:45 a.m. to allow a security sweep of the chamber and gallery.

The text read into the record lists Representative Duran as the House sponsor and names Senator Rodriguez as a sponsor in the Senate. The resolution’s read text contains a redaction (represented in the transcript as “******”) in the clause describing the committee’s charge; the transcript does not supply the redacted wording.

No amendment language, second for the motion, or additional debate on the resolution appears in the transcript. The clerk closed the roll and recorded the result as adoption.

The House also approved the prior day’s journal earlier in the session, and routine roll-call and quorum-taking occurred before HJR 1,002 was taken up.

The resolution’s adoption sets the legislative steps for the joint session but does not itself describe the contents of the chief justice’s message or any actions the House or Senate will take in response to that message.