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Votes at a glance: Colorado Senate passes multiple bills, confirms appointments and lays over remainder of calendar
Summary
On Feb. 24 the Colorado Senate passed a slate of bills (SB85, SB25, SB5, SB18, SB31), concurred and repassed SB52, confirmed governor appointments on the consent calendar, and laid over the remainder of the calendar to Feb. 25.
The Colorado Senate took multiple final actions during its Feb. 24 floor session:
- Senate Bill 85 (military protection orders): Passed on the consent calendar. Vote recorded as 31 ayes, 0 noes, 3 excused, 1 vacant. The bill concerns the role of peace officers and courts in determining military protection orders and using them as relevant evidence in civil protection order decisions (title read at SEG 238–SEG 243; passage recorded at SEG 257–SEG 261).
- Senate Bill 25 (land survey monumentation): Passed on the consent calendar by the same voice/roll-call (SEG 244; passage recorded at SEG 292–SEG 293).
- Senate Bill 18 (protections for dignity of a minor and suppression of court records tied to name changes): Passed on third reading (title read at SEG 441–SEG 446; passage recorded at SEG 456–SEG 458) with a recorded vote of 20 ayes, 11 noes, 3 excused, 1 vacant.
- Senate Bill 31 (lawful use of a prescription drug product containing a Schedule I controlled substance): Passed on third reading (title read at SEG 465–SEG 467; passage recorded at SEG 476–SEG 480) with a recorded vote of 29 ayes and 2 noes.
- Senate Bill 52 (coal transition communities): The Senate concurred with House amendments and then repassed the bill (concurrence and repassage recorded at SEG 752–SEG 792) with a recorded vote of 29 ayes and 2 noes.
- Governor’s appointments on the consent calendar: A slate of appointments (including members to the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund board, Colorado Agriculture Development Authority, and Colorado Wildlife Habitat Stamp Committee) were confirmed by a vote of 31 ayes, 0 noes, 3 excused, 1 vacant (SEG 806–SEG 846).
Other floor actions included laying over the remainder of the calendar to Feb. 25 (motion adopted at SEG 694–SEG 707) and adjourning/recessing until 11 a.m. (SEG 902–SEG 907).
Provenance: Consent calendar and votes are recorded across the transcript (notable references at SEG 230–SEG 260 for consent calendar passage and individual bill title readings and passage noted at the segments listed above).
