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Votes at a glance: key Senate actions April 24, 2025
Summary
The Colorado Senate on April 24 considered a broad slate of bills and resolutions. The chamber rejected SCR 25-002 (childhood sexual abuse amendment) and approved multiple bills on third reading or by consent. This roundup lists key outcomes recorded on the floor.
Key outcomes from the Colorado Senate floor on April 24, 2025, based on the day's roll calls and recorded final actions.
Major contested vote
- SCR 25-002 (Sen. Danielson): Proposed constitutional amendment to allow the General Assembly to enact laws enabling civil claims for childhood sexual abuse regardless of when the abuse occurred. Motion to pass failed, 23–12.
Bills passed or ordered to third reading/final passage (selected items recorded in the transcript)
- SB 132 (Marksman/Gonzales) — authorizes spirituous liquor authorities to conduct tastings (third reading/final passage). Recorded vote: 24 ayes, 11 noes; SB 132 passed.
- HB 1207 (Mabry/Duran; sponsors noted) — measures to address barriers to pet ownership in residential structures (third reading/final passage). Recorded vote: 22 ayes, 13 noes; HB 1207 passed.
- SB 11 (Doherty) — authorizes use of AI-enabled detection components for wildfire detection (final passage after floor amendments). The body adopted a vendor public-notice amendment (L‑4) and rejected donor-threshold amendments (L‑008, L‑009); final passage recorded.
- SB 50 (Judah) — requires certain government forms that collect race/ethnicity to include options for Middle Eastern/North African and South Asian respondents (passed on third reading).
- SB 64 (Marchman) — requires that schools be notified when a student experiences a traumatic event (passed after committee amendments and floor amendments).
- SB 292, SB 295, HB 1017, HB 1006 and other bills referenced on the consent and general-order calendars were adopted or ordered to third reading following committee reports; several were placed on the consent calendar after committee action (transcript records committee recommendations and adoption on the floor).
Process notes
- Many bills moved through the committee-of-the-whole and were placed on calendars for third reading/final passage. Several bills were on the consent calendar with committee recommendations in place.
- Multiple committee reports were adopted during the morning and afternoon sessions; the Senate resolved into the Committee of the Whole to consider several general-order consent calendar items.
Why this roundup: The day's work included a high-profile constitutional amendment debate (SCR 25-002) and votes on a suite of policy bills affecting public safety, education, consumer protections and administrative rules. The transcript records the most substantive debates (SCR 25-002 and SB 11) and routine final-passage actions for several bills; tallies are provided where the clerk read vote totals on the floor.
Sources: Floor transcript of Colorado Senate, April 24, 2025 (roll-call counts and committee report readings as recorded).
