Colorado Senate introduces a package of bills including office to coordinate clean-energy permitting

The Colorado Senate on Jan. 13 read a slate of bills spanning health, energy, education and corrections, including a measure to establish a new office to coordinate clean-energy permitting.

Unidentified Speaker 2, reading the list of introductions, presented Senate Bill 33 as "concerning clean energy permitting processes and in connection therewith creating the Colorado Clean Energy Permitting Coordination Office." The reading also included Senate Bill 32, "concerning the promotion of immunization access," and measures on higher education, traffic penalties and prison population management.

Why it matters: several of the bills create new administrative structures or change enforcement: SB33 would create a coordination office intended to streamline permitting for clean-energy projects, while SB36 would aim to increase operational efficiency of prison population management. Committee referrals were announced after each reading so those measures will be considered in the respective committees.

Details and process: Sponsors were read aloud for each bill; for example, SB32 was identified by name and sponsors as "Senators Dougherty and Mullica and Representatives Perre and Brown." Committee placements noted in the reading include Health and Human Services for SB32, Education for SB34, Judiciary for SB36 and SB37, and Local Government and Housing for SB38.

No debate or votes on the substantive measures occurred during the reading; the session moved on to additional business and gubernatorial messages. The Senate clerk completed the introductions and referred each bill to committee, which is the next formal step in the legislative process.

The meeting adjourned after announcements and will reconvene at 9 a.m. on Jan. 27, 2026.