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Colorado Senate floor roundup: consent calendar, appointments and bills on final passage
Summary
At the March 16 Senate floor session, senators approved multiple consent‑calendar and third‑reading items (including SB118, HB11‑46, SB88, SB87 and SB120), confirmed gubernatorial appointments and laid over remaining business to March 17.
The Colorado Senate on March 16 handled a mix of routine and substantive business: members approved the consent calendar on third reading, confirmed several governor appointments on the consent calendar, advanced multiple house bills, adopted resolutions and adjourned to resume on March 17.
On the consent calendar and third reading the Senate moved and passed multiple items, including Senate Bill 118, House Bill 11‑46 and Senate Bill 88. Senators recorded individual no votes on certain items as noted on the floor, and the clerk announced the recorded results as the body adopted the measures.
Senate Bill 87 (authorizing legislative leave for certain General Assembly members) passed final reading in a recorded vote announced on the floor. Senate Bill 120, addressing law‑enforcement procedures related to missing persons (including a six‑hour reporting requirement for colleges), was moved and passed; Senator Marchman described families affected by missing‑person cases and urged adoption.
The body confirmed multiple gubernatorial appointments on the consent calendar, including representatives to the Medical Services Board, the Community Access Enterprise and the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission, and confirmed appointments to the Orphan Wells Mitigation Enterprise Board.
The Senate also adopted Senate Joint Resolution 17 to reappoint the state auditor. Floor announcements recognized visiting groups (students from the Colorado School of Mines and an aerospace industry delegation) and scheduled committee hearings and caucus meetings. The Senate adjourned until 9AM on March 17.
(Reporting notes: vote results and recorded no‑votes are reported as announced on the March 16 Senate transcript.)
