Senate approves Jan. 10 journal, signs SR2 and recesses; majority leader announces committee appointments

The Colorado Senate approved the Senate Journal of Jan. 10, 2025 as corrected, the presiding officer signed Senate Resolution 2, and the chamber recessed until 10:30 a.m., Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez announced committee appointments for two senators during a brief morning session.

Senator Amabile moved, “I move that the Senate Journal of January 10, 2025 be approved as corrected by the secretary.” The motion was adopted by voice vote after the presiding officer called for ayes and nays.

The action formalized the minutes from the chamber’s Jan. 10 meeting; the approval was recorded as a voice vote with no roll-call tally provided. Shortly afterward, the clerk announced, “The president has signed Senate Resolution 2.”

Rodriguez asked the clerk to read committee appointment letters dated Jan. 10, 2025. The letters named Senator Iman Jouda to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services and to the Senate Committee on Business, Labor and Technology, and named Senator Matt Ball to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and to the Senate Committee on State Veteran and Military Affairs. The letters were read into the record; no roll-call vote on the appointments was recorded in the transcript.

As the session closed for the morning, Rodriguez moved that the chamber recess. He said, “I move that the senate recess until 10:30 today. 10:30 AM.” The motion to recess carried by voice vote.

The morning roll call recorded in the session indicated 33 present, 0 absent and 2 excused when the chamber established a quorum earlier in the meeting. No additional debate or votes on bills were recorded during the excerpt provided.