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Votes at a glance: House adopts a slate of bills on health, animals, schools and procurement
Summary
The Colorado House adopted multiple measures on final passage on Feb. 17, 2025, including bills on community cat care, electronic health communications, student-athlete NIL, vocational rehabilitation access, limitations on local land-use conditions and reducing food waste in schools. Tally information is reported where available.
The Colorado House voted on a series of bills on Feb. 17, 2025. Below is a brief summary of each measure, the final recorded tally where the transcript provides one, and next steps where applicable.
Votes at a glance
- Senate Joint Resolution 7 — Colorado Read to Your Child Day: Adopted (64 yes, 0 no, 1 excused). The resolution proclaims Feb. 14, 2025, as Colorado Read to Your Child Day and acknowledges early literacy research. (Title read at 00:06:40; adoption reported at 00:15:35.)
- House Bill 11 37 — Program for care of community cats: Adopted (39 yes, 25 no, 1 excused). (Title read at 00:16:53; adoption reported at 00:18:00.)
- Senate Bill 10 — Electronic communications and health care: Adopted (64 yes, 0 no, 1 excused). (Title read at 00:18:32; adoption reported at 00:19:06.)
- House Bill 10 41 — Student-athlete name, image, likeness (NIL): Adopted (59 yes, 5 no, 1 excused). See separate article for debate on transparency and sealed contracts. (Title read at 00:19:50; adoption reported at 00:27:28.)
- House Bill 11 14 — (Title: view a tangible object in preparation for a criminal trial — procedural listing as read): Adopted (42 yes, 22 no, 1 excused). (Title and vote reported in transcript.)
- House Bill 10 18 — Access to Vocational Rehabilitation Services (Department of Labor and Employment): Adopted (44 yes, 20 no, 1 excused). (Title read at 00:29:16; adoption reported at 00:30:10.)
- House Bill 10 93 — Limits on local land-use policies that impose conditions limiting growth: Adopted (43 yes, 21 no, 1 excused). (Title read at 00:30:28; adoption reported at 00:32:10.)
- House Bill 10 86 — Timing of enactment of interstate compact on placement of children: Adopted (64 yes, 0 no, 1 excused). (Title read at 00:31:54; adoption reported at 00:32:45.)
- House Bill 10 76 — Division of Motor Vehicles documents (concurrence in Senate amendments; repassage): Motion to concur adopted (56 aye, 8 no, 1 excused); bill subsequently repassed as amended (floor repassage recorded; transcript notes a repass vote). (Title read at 00:33:40; concurrence vote reported at 00:35:16; repassage reported.)
- House Bill 11 24 — Behavioral Health Administration universal contracting changes (committee action): Committee amendment L003 passed and the bill passed out of committee as amended (committee-level action). (Committee discussion at 00:41:17; committee passage reported at 00:42:35.)
- House Bill 10 43 — Protection of unit owners from certain HOA enforcement actions: Committee amendments L5 and L7 were adopted in committee and the committee report passed as amended; the bill later passed the House. See separate article for detail. (Committee title at 00:42:56; committee amendments and report adopted in committee; floor passage later recorded.)
- House Bill 10 59 — Reducing food waste in schools: Adopted (aye recorded; transcript reported the ayes have it). (Title read at 01:11:49; adoption reported at 01:13:10.)
Notes: Some committee and floor actions were recorded by voice vote in the transcript; numerical roll-call tallies appear in some cases and are noted above where provided. Bills that passed the House will be transmitted to the Senate or otherwise proceed per legislative process.
