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Senate clears consent calendar and confirms governor’s appointments; dozens of supplemental bills pass
Summary
The Colorado Senate passed a broad consent calendar of House bills (HB 11-50 through HB 11-79) covering supplemental appropriations across state departments, individually recording roll-call tallies; the chamber also confirmed a slate of governor appointments on the consent calendar.
The Colorado Senate adopted an extensive consent calendar on Feb. 20, passing a slate of House bills carrying supplemental appropriations for multiple state departments and confirming several governor appointments.
Clerk read titles for the consent calendar (House Bill 11-50 through House Bill 11-79). Majority Leader Rodriguez moved to pass all bills on third reading. Several senators asked to be recorded as a 'no' on specified bills; the requests were entered by the clerk before individual roll calls were read.
Selected outcomes recorded on the floor include:
- House Bill 11-50: Passed (vote recorded: 32 ayes, 1 no, 0 absent, 1 excused, 1 vacant). - House Bill 11-52: Passed (vote recorded: 31 ayes, 2 no, 0 absent, 1 excused, 1 vacant). - House Bill 11-53: Passed (vote recorded: 32 ayes, 1 no, 0 absent, 1 excused, 1 vacant). - House Bill 11-54: Passed (vote recorded: 32 ayes, 31 ayes, 2 noes reported in sequence; clerk announced passage with recorded tallies as read on the floor). - House Bill 11-57: Passed (tally announced on the floor). - House Bill 11-58 through 11-79: Each bill was read, put to a vote and announced by the clerk; the transcript records the floor tallies for each bill and declares each passed.
Separately, the Senate considered third-reading titles and votes on individual bills taken off the omnibus (for example HB 11-51, HB 11-55, HB 11-56, HB 11-63, HB 11-65, HB 11-66, HB 11-67) and recorded roll-call tallies for each. Several bills had individual no votes entered by name in the record.
On the appointments consent calendar, the clerk read nominations including members of the Financial Services Board and advisory committees to the property tax administrator. The Senate confirmed the listed appointments by voice/roll-call (vote recorded 33-0, 0 no, 0 absent, 1 excused, 1 vacant for the confirmation listing announced on the floor).
What happens next: Passed bills will be enrolled and transmitted according to legislative procedures; supplemental appropriations will be available to the departments identified in each bill’s title.
