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Votes at a glance: Senate advances technical and administrative bills, lays over mass‑shooting response measure
Summary
On Feb. 11 the Colorado Senate advanced several bills, adopted a federal‑alignment Medicaid bill, amended an energy reporting exemption measure and laid over a mass‑shooting response bill for further consideration.
The Colorado Senate conducted multiple routine and substantive floor actions on Feb. 11, moving several bills forward and approving ceremonial and administrative items.
Key actions
- Senate Bill 39 (energy use reporting exemptions): The Senate considered an amendment (L002) to clarify agricultural exemptions and adopted the amendment. Senator Bridges explained the change removes the word “certain” to make the bill clearer for agricultural interests. The bill passed second reading as amended and was ordered engrossed for third reading.
- House Bill 10‑33 (medical assistance third‑party liability payments): Senator Weisman moved for passage and explained the bill aligns state law with a federal requirement in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 directing states to require third‑party insurers to reimburse Medicaid when they have paid first. The Senate adopted the bill on second/third reading and ordered it for final passage.
- Senate Bill 59 (measures to support the state’s response to mass shootings): Senator Sullivan asked to lay over SB59 to the end of the third reading calendar; later the measure was laid over until Wednesday, Feb. 12. The bill will return for further consideration.
Appointments and resolutions
- The Senate confirmed two appointments to the Fire and Police Pension Association Board of Directors by voice/consent on the consent calendar: John Holler (reappointed to represent full‑time paid police officers) and Caleb Civan (appointed to represent the financial community).
- The body adopted a series of ceremonial House joint resolutions recognizing military veterans, Gold Star families and other observances and approved the annual water‑project eligibility list resolution; these were unanimously adopted with no recorded dissent in the transcript excerpt.
Procedure notes
Several items moved through the Committee of the Whole and committee reports were adopted. For bills with brief or no debate on the floor, the Senate followed the practice of ordering bills for final reading without extended discussion.
Votes and tallies (as recorded in the transcript excerpt)
- Senate Bill 39 (amendment L002 adopted): recorded voice votes on amendment adoption and passage on second reading; formal floor tallies for final passage not in the excerpt.
- House Bill 10‑33: "The ayes have it and that bill is adopted" (no detailed roll‑call tally provided in the excerpt).
- Senate Bill 59: laid over to end of the third reading calendar, later laid over until Feb. 12.
- Appointments on the consent calendar: confirmed, recorded as "34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 1 excused" in the excerpt for the listed appointments.
Where to find the official record
Floor transcripts quote speakers and chair rulings in real time; for final, authoritative vote tallies and official text, consult the Senate Journal and enrolled bill copies posted by the Secretary of the Senate or the General Assembly website.
