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Senate routine business: committee report, veterans resolutions adopted and appointments announced
Summary
The Senate adopted the committee-of-the-whole report (30-0 recorded), approved a set of ceremonial veterans resolutions, and received gubernatorial board and commission appointments; floor members also highlighted the Family Affordability Tax Credit and upcoming committee meetings.
On Feb. 9 the Colorado Senate completed a range of routine but formal actions. The committee of the whole reported that a set of bills, including SB9 and SB14, passed second reading and were ordered engrossed; the committee report was adopted on a recorded vote the floor cited as 30 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, and 5 excused.
The chamber then read and unanimously adopted multiple ceremonial resolutions (HJR and HR 26 series) recognizing military veterans and their service, with senators routinely asking to add the current roll call as cosponsors. Governor Jared Poliss appointments and reappointments to boards and commissions, including members of the Geologic Storage Stewardship Enterprise Board and the Water Quality Control Commission, were announced and entered on the floor record.
Floor announcements included a procedural notice from Senator Amabile about Joint Budget Committee meetings and a personal-privilege statement from Senator Coleman praising the Family Affordability Tax Credits first-year reach and its contribution to a stated 37% reduction in childhood poverty. The Senate adjourned until 9 a.m. on Feb. 10.
