Votes at a glance: Senate passes several bills on consent calendar, confirms appointments, reads resignation
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Summary
On Feb. 17 the Senate passed multiple bills (SB74, SB16, SB34) on final passage, confirmed four governor’s appointments, and had the resignation of Sen. Daphna Michaelson Janae read into the record.
The Colorado Senate on Feb. 17 carried a series of procedural and legislative actions on the consent and third‑reading calendars and confirmed several governor’s appointments.
On the consent calendar, Senate Bill 74 (clarifying penalties in public construction performance bond disputes) was advanced on third reading and passed on a roll call of 30 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused, 1 vacant.
Senate Bill 16 (prohibiting the discharge of certain preproduction plastic materials) and Senate Bill 34 (expanding participation in Auraria Board advisory committees) were each moved on third reading and passed by roll-call votes of 19 ayes, 11 no, 0 absent, 4 excused, 1 vacant.
In the Committee of the Whole, the body adopted a committee report that included Senate Bill 11 (as amended) and Senate Bill 76 to be placed on the calendar for third reading and final passage; at the sponsor’s request Senate Bill 84 was removed from the consent calendar and placed on general order for a later date.
The Senate confirmed several governor’s appointments on the consent calendar to the advisory committee on governmental accounting — Anne Penny of Erie, David Reynolds of Dillon, Jane Frederick of Longmont, and Bill Riedell of Denver — by a voice/roll vote (30 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 4 excused, 1 vacant).
The secretary read a letter of resignation from Daphna Michaelson Janae resigning from Senate District 21 effective Feb. 13, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. The resignation was acknowledged on the floor.
Next steps: Bills moved through the calendar as recorded; SB11 and SB76 are ordered for third‑reading consideration. Resignation procedures and any special‑appointment process for the now‑vacant seat were not addressed in this transcript.
