Senate approves package of supplemental appropriations and other bills on consent calendar

The Colorado Senate on Feb. 6 approved a broad consent calendar on third reading that included multiple supplemental appropriations to state departments and other measures.

The consent calendar grouped dozens of bills that senators moved to pass together. The motion to pass the consent calendar on third reading was made by Senator Majora Rodriguez and carried for each bill by recorded votes taken at the dais.

Why it matters: The package included supplemental funding to several state agencies — including corrections, early childhood services, education, higher education, human services, the judicial branch and natural resources — and other adjustments that affect state budgets and programs for the 2024–25 budget year.

Key outcomes (bill — description — recorded vote): - Senate Bill 89 — supplemental appropriation to the Department of Corrections — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: transcript lines where titles read and votes recorded; topicintro: s393.055; topfinish: s1064.9.) - Senate Bill 90 — supplemental appropriation to the Department of Early Childhood — passed 27 ayes, 4 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s393.055→s1075.605.) - Senate Bill 91 — supplemental appropriation to the Department of Education — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s393.055→s1111.145.) - Senate Bill 92 — supplemental appropriation to the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, and state planning and budgeting — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s393.055→s1140.635.) - Senate Bill 94 — supplemental appropriation to the Department of Higher Education — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s393.055→s1140.635.) - Senate Bill 95 — supplemental appropriation to the Department of Human Services — passed 26 ayes, 5 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s393.055→s1140.635.) - Senate Bill 96 — supplemental appropriation to the Judicial Department — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s393.055→s1195.485.) - Senate Bill 97 — supplemental appropriation to the Department of Labor and Employment — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s393.055→s1195.485.) - Senate Bill 98 — supplemental appropriation to the Department of Law — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s393.055→s1195.485.) - Senate Bill 99 — supplemental appropriation to the Department of Legislature — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s393.055→s1235.75.) - Senate Bill 100 — supplemental appropriation to the Department of Local Affairs — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s393.055→s1235.75.) - Senate Bill 101 — supplemental appropriation to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s456.88998→s1235.75.) - Senate Bill 102 — supplemental appropriation to the Department of Natural Resources — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s456.88998→s1235.75.) - Senate Bill 104 — supplemental appropriation to the Department of Public Health and Environment — passed 24 ayes, 7 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s456.88998→s1280.365.) - Senate Bill 106 — supplemental appropriation to the Department of Regulatory Agencies — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s490.155→s1280.365.) - Senate Bill 107 — supplemental appropriation to the Department of Revenue — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s490.155→s1331.805.) - Senate Bill 108 — supplemental appropriation to the Department of State — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s490.155→s1331.805.) - Senate Bill 109 — supplemental appropriation to the Department of Transportation — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s490.155→s1331.805.) - Senate Bill 110 — supplemental appropriation to the Department of Treasury — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s490.155→s1331.805.) - Senate Bill 111 — funding for capital construction and related supplemental appropriations — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s490.155→s1331.805.) - Senate Bill 112 — funding for capital construction and IT and related supplemental appropriations — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s522.275→s1331.805.) - Senate Bill 113 — adjustments to school funding for the 2024–25 budget year and related appropriation — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s522.275→s1382.7151.) - Senate Bill 114 — repeal of the financial literacy and exchange program — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s522.275→s1382.7151.) - Senate Bill 115 — extension of spending authority for the Colorado State Forest Service seedling tree nursery — passed 31 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused. (Provenance: s522.275→s1382.7151.)

Several senators asked to be recorded as no on particular bills before the votes; the clerk recorded individual no votes (transcript examples include multiple named no votes on SBs 90, 95 and 104). The consent calendar passage was handled under the Senate’s third-reading consent procedures; each bill’s title was read into the record before the collective motion to pass was called and recorded.