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On the floor: quick roundup of bills the House adopted March 23, 2026
Summary
The House adopted a series of bills on third reading and in Committee of the Whole including measures on pension benefits, construction retainage, behavioral health inpatient access, child‑abuse record access, childcare disclosures, and other statutory sunsets and technical fixes.
On March 23 the Colorado House approved a package of bills and Committee of the Whole recommendations. Major items recorded on the floor included:
- Senate Bill 39: Adopted on third reading concerning administration of disability and survivor benefits by the Fire and Police Pension Association (record: “Senate bill 39 is adopted” on the transcript).
- House Bill 13‑11: Adopted concerning bonds in lieu of retainage for construction contracts (transcript reports the bill was adopted).
- House Bill 11‑84: Adopted continuing the Colorado Forest Health Council and implementing parts of a DORA sunset report.
- House Bill 13‑05: Adopted aligning state and federal statutes to enhance inpatient behavioral‑health access.
- House Bill 12‑34: Adopted concerning access to child abuse/neglect records.
- Senate Bill 50 and Senate Bill 84: Both adopted; SB50 concerns certain childcare center disclosure requirements and SB84 concerns preservation of privileges in audits tied to the state’s fraud hotline.
- Several sunset and continuation bills (e.g., House Bill 11‑86, House Bill 11‑81, House Bill 11‑83) were adopted as amended where noted by sponsors.
Many of these items were read by title, moved for third reading, and passed by voice or recorded machine votes; the Committee of the Whole report listing bills advanced on second reading was also adopted and the House laid over the balance of the calendar and recessed for the day.
Vote tallies: The transcript records some vote counts on the floor (examples: “With 63 yes, 1 no and 1 excused, Senate bill 39 is adopted”; “With 64 yes, 0 no, and 1 excused, House bill 13‑05 is adopted”). Where precise tallies were spoken on the floor those counts are recorded in the actions below; for other bills the transcript reports passage without a detailed numeric tally in the excerpt.
Next steps: Bills that passed will be enrolled and transmitted as required; where the transcript reported a bill as “laid over” the remaining calendar items will be considered on subsequent floor days.
