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Senate roundup: multiple bills adopted on April 22, including transportation, housing and public-safety measures
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Summary
The Colorado Senate adopted a set of bills on April 22 covering topics from transit worker safety and property tax exemptions to tenant screening, rail safety funding and several health and infrastructure measures. This roundup lists each bill passed or advanced on the floor and links actions to outcomes recorded in the transcript.
The Colorado Senate’s April 22 floor session produced votes on a wide range of bills. Several measures were adopted on second or third reading; others were placed on calendars for further action. Below is a concise summary of the bills the transcript records as passed, adopted, or advanced during the session.
Votes at a glance (selected bills mentioned on the floor):
- House Bill 12 89 (property tax exemption for real property leased to public entities): Passed on third reading — recorded as 35 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 0 excused.
- Senate Bill 30 (transportation mode choice and emissions reductions): Passed on third reading — transcript records adoption (vote recorded in-floor: 22 ayes, 13 no on third reading).
- Senate Bill 161 (transit reform, RD T partnerships, accountability committee, appropriation): Passed on third reading — transcript records adoption (vote recorded: 23 ayes, 12 no on third reading).
- Senate Bill 273 (retention of blood draws for 14 days for investigations): Passed on third reading — transcript indicates adoption (vote recorded as 32 ayes, 3 no).
- House Bill 12 90 (transit worker safety): Passed on third reading after a third-reading amendment was adopted; floor vote recorded as 30 ayes, 5 no.
- House Bill 12 94 (elimination/extension of certain monetary amounts in juvenile justice): Adopted on second reading and ordered to third reading; later recorded as adopted on the floor (final adoption recorded).
- House Bill 12 36 (portable tenant screening reports for certain renters): Adopted on second reading and ordered to third reading; final passage recorded.
- Senate Bill 162 (rail safety fee and Office of Rail Safety): Passed on third reading after extensive debate (see separate article for detailed coverage).
- House Bill 11 36 (peace officer conduct database and due-process amendments): Adopted after amendments addressing record custody and post-resignation appeal rights.
- Senate Bill 130 (emergency medical services codification; EMTALA-related): Passed on third reading after debate; see separate article for full coverage.
- Senate Bill 293 (transfer from license plate cash fund): Passed on second reading and ordered engrossed.
Committee work and consent calendar: The transcript shows the committee of the whole and multiple committee reports were adopted; a set of special‑order consent bills were also advanced and placed on calendars for third reading. Committee reports adopted during the session included bills from Judiciary, Appropriations, Transportation and Energy, Health and Human Services, and other committees.
Process notes and tallies: Where the transcript included specific roll-call tallies those counts are listed above. Many final third‑reading adoptions are recorded in the transcript but without detailed roll‑call tallies; in those cases outcome is reported as "adopted" or "passed" and the transcript location is cited in the provenance.
Why it matters: The bills passed on April 22 cover a wide range of public-policy areas — transportation and rail safety, tenant screening, emergency medical protections, juvenile justice fee policy, and public-safety data systems — and will affect regulatory and funding pathways across Colorado.
What’s next: Bills recorded as passed by the Senate will proceed through enrollment/engrossment and any remaining legislative steps. Some items require PUC rulemaking (SB162) or agency implementation plans (SB130, HB11 36). Several committee bills were also scheduled for later consideration or referral to appropriations as noted in floor actions.
