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Colorado House reads dozens of bills, assigns committee referrals ahead of next session day
Summary
The Colorado House read introductions for a broad package of bills — from Second Amendment protections and jury-service exemptions to data center facilitation, housing tax authority, and a MyColoradoCard youth pilot — and assigned each to committees; no floor votes were recorded in the transcript.
The Colorado House convened for a brief procedural session in which members read aloud introductions for a wide set of House bills and assigned each bill to a standing committee. The readings covered measures on firearms, jury service, data centers and grid modernization, housing tax authority for vacant properties, tenant protections, and a MyColoradoCard pilot for students, among others.
Many of the bills were read by an unidentified chamber reader; the presiding officer directed introductions and made committee referrals. Notable items included a bill "concerning measures to protect Second Amendment rights" sponsored by Representatives Bradley and Brooks, a bill by Representative Baron proposing an opt-out from jury service for people age 72 or older, and a multipart bill to facilitate data center development while addressing utility resources, workforce, clean energy, grid modernization and consumer and environmental protections sponsored by Representatives Valdez and Duran and Senator Mollica. The House assigned HB 1021 to Judiciary, HB 1022 to the Committee on State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs, and HB 1030 to Energy and Environment, among other referrals.
Other bills read included proposals to create a fallen firefighter special license plate, expand the Colorado cottage foods law, permit retiree employment in boards of cooperative services without loss of retirement benefits, and establish a local housing tax authority and new vacant-property tax classification. The transcript also records HB 1055, a proposal to create a MyColoradoCard pilot program to give students in grades 6–12 access to cultural and recreational facilities statewide, which was referred to the Committee on Education.
Several readings contained brief or fragmentary language in the transcript (for example, HB 1024's age language regarding voluntary relinquishment appears in the transcript as "from 72 old to 30 old or younger"). The House laid over two resolutions — House Joint Resolution 1001 and House Resolution 1001 — for one day under House rules. The session adjourned with the presiding officer setting the House to reconvene the next day at 9 a.m. No motions, amendments, or floor votes are recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
The session was procedural in nature: the transcript documents bill introductions and committee assignments rather than debate, amendment, or final actions. Follow-up for any individual bill should reference committee agendas and future hearings for details on testimony, fiscal notes, amendments, and votes.
