House introduces several bills—including utilities and firearms measures—announces sponsor change and adjourns

The House convened and the chief clerk read a slate of bills and resolutions that were formally assigned to standing committees, the chamber recorded. Among the measures introduced were proposals involving the Public Utilities Commission, employer health-care supports, regulation of firearm barrel transfers, and measures to aid crime victims and survivors.

The clerk read House bill 13 26, sponsored by Representatives Duran and Wilford and Senators Rodriguez and Cutter, described as concerning the continuation of the Public Utilities Commission and implementing recommendations from a 2025 Senate report by the Department of Regulatory Agencies; the Speaker assigned the measure to the Committee on Energy and Environment. The clerk also introduced House bill 13 27 (Representative Ferre; Senator Mollica), on health care support for large employers’ workers, which the Speaker assigned to the Committee on Health and Human Services.

Senate bill 43 (Senator Sullivan; Representatives Froelich and Brown) was presented as a proposal addressing regulation of firearm barrel transfers and creating a criminal penalty for unlawful sale of a firearm barrel; the Speaker referred it to the Committee on State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs. Senate bill 95 (Senator Weisman; Representatives Follick and Wilford) was introduced as measures to support victims and survivors that do not change substantive criminal offenses and was referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

The clerk also read a pair of resolutions: House joint resolution 10 21 (Representative Martinez; Senator Marchman) supporting farmers markets in Colorado, assigned to the Committee on Agriculture, Water, and Natural Resources; and Senate joint resolution 11 (Senators Marchman and Kirk Meyer; Representative Basenacker) proposing the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 34 in memory of Sergeant John Jack Thurman, which the Speaker laid over one day under House rules.

Separately, under House Rule 27(a)(e) and by the Speaker’s authority, the Speaker announced, at the sponsor’s request, that Representative Joseph’s name would be removed from House bill 26 12 41 and that Representative Bradley will serve as co-prime sponsor in substitution. The Speaker made the announcement on the floor; no debate on the change was recorded.

Representative Joseph then rose and moved, “I move that the House stand in adjournment until Tuesday, March 10 at 9AM.” The Speaker responded, “The House is adjourned until tomorrow at 9AM,” and the chamber recessed.

The hearing record shows only introductory and procedural actions during this brief session; no committee hearings, floor debate on the merits, or roll-call votes on the introduced measures appear in the transcripts of this sitting. The listed referrals and the sponsor substitution are the principal formal actions recorded; next steps for each bill are committee consideration according to the assigned referrals.