Colorado Senate introduces bills on victims’ legal relief, school disability protections and teacher licensure

The Colorado Senate opened a floor session and the clerk read in a set of newly introduced measures that the body referred to committee for further action.

Among the bills introduced were Senate Bill 124, sponsored by Senator Wallace, concerning legal relief for individuals who are victims of acts of violence, which the clerk referred to the Judiciary Committee; Senate Bill 125, sponsored by Senators Kolker and Marchman with Representatives Bacon and Phillips, addressing disability rights protections in public schools, referred to the Education Committee; and Senate Bill 126, sponsored by Senators Marchman and Rich, concerning teacher licensure for out-of-state applicants, also referred to the Education Committee. The clerk also read bills on paid family and medical leave changes (SB127), a sales and use tax exemption related to destination management companies (SB128), mitigation and reporting around tax increment financing (SB129), and other measures. A House bill (listed as House bill 10 96) concerning access to direct primary care services for Colorado Medicaid members was transmitted for referral to Health and Human Services.

The clerk identified committee referrals immediately after each bill title, a routine step that sends each measure to the relevant committee for hearings and possible amendment. No substantive debate on the measures took place on the floor during this session; introduction and referral set those bills on the calendar for future committee consideration.

What happens next: Each bill will proceed to the committee named by the clerk for hearings, testimony, and potential amendment. The session adjourned at the end of the day and did not take final votes on these measures.