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Senate lays over International Women’s Day resolution and refers dozens of House bills to committees
Summary
On March 9, the Colorado Senate laid over House Joint Resolution 10-20 (International Women’s Day) to 03/11/2026 after a voice vote, then the clerk read and referred a series of House bills to standing committees across policy areas including behavioral health, energy, finance, judiciary, transportation, and local government.
The Colorado Senate laid over House Joint Resolution 10-20, which would designate March 8, 2026, as International Women’s Day in Colorado, after a motion to lay the resolution over until Wednesday, March 11, 2026. The motion was made from the floor and carried by voice vote; the clerk announced “the ayes have it.”
Following that procedural action, the Reading Clerk read a long series of House bills and their committee referrals. Notable introductions and referrals included:
- Senate Bill 136 (sponsors: Senators Belknar and Coleman) concerning reporting of missing livestock to the Department of Agriculture, referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources;
- House Bill 1002 (Representatives Brown and Gilchrist; Senators Ball and Pelton B.) addressing access to behavioral health providers, provider participation in networks, reimbursement for pre-licensed providers under supervision, and reduced clinical hour requirements for licensed clinical social workers, referred to Health and Human Services;
- House Bill 1007 (Representative Smith; Senator Kipp) on distributed energy resources, referred to Transportation and Energy;
- House Bill 1026 on expanding Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA) plan options, referred to Finance; and
- Several other bills on municipal jail requirements, post-crash reporting, municipal court parity, water quality at mobile home parks, community property disposition at death, Good Neighbor Authority alignment, and continuation of a Kidney Disease Prevention and Education Task Force, each referred to the committee noted by the clerk.
The session did not record floor debate on the bills’ merits; the clerk’s readings established referral for committee consideration. Later in the day, the majority leader moved to adjourn the Senate until 9 a.m. on Wednesday, March 11, 2026; the motion carried by voice vote and the Senate adjourned.
