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Votes at a glance: Senate approves consent‑calendar bills, confirms appointments and passes SB40
Summary
The Colorado Senate on March 31 approved multiple consent‑calendar House bills and Senate Bill 40 (affordable homeownership program), confirmed a slate of gubernatorial appointments, and laid over other calendar items; vote tallies included 35‑0 on several consent items and a 33‑2 vote on SB40.
The Colorado Senate on March 31 advanced a batch of bills on the consent calendar and approved a series of actions in brief floor sessions.
On the consent calendar, the Senate passed several House bills on third reading including House Bill 12‑57 (local regulation of massage facilities), House Bill 10‑95 (access to public notices in legal newspapers), House Bill 10‑89 (uniform mortgage modification act enactment), House Bill 12‑77 (continuation of the Kidney Disease Prevention and Education Task Force), and House Bill 11‑98 (measures to increase access to veterinary care). The clerk announced these consent‑calendar items passed largely by unanimous voice tallies (reported as 35 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent/excused in the transcript where recorded).
Senate Bill 40, concerning an affordable homeownership program (sponsored by Senator Simpson and Amabile and Representative Smith), was moved on third reading by the minority leader and passed by recorded voice announcement of 33 ayes and 2 noes.
House Bill 11‑34 (measures to ensure municipal court defendants are subject to conditions similar to state court defendants) was passed on third reading with a recorded vote of 24 ayes and 11 noes.
The Senate also took up House Bill 10‑58 (see separate article) and adopted the Judiciary Committee's report on that bill; a technical amendment added in committee to clarify the bill's industry scope was reported by the sponsor on the floor.
The chamber confirmed a slate of gubernatorial appointments on the governor's appointment consent calendar by voice (clerk recorded 35 ayes, 0 no): appointees included Manat Singh, Ryan Westrom, Ryan Thornton, Rain Henry, Hillary Jorgensen to the Colorado Health Care Affordability and Sustainability Enterprise; Lorraine Francis Bonds and Jody Martin Witt to the State Board of Stock Inspection Commissioners; Timothy Hoppin, Darren Everett, Patrick Myers, Dominique Acevedo, and Carl Cobo to the Middle Income Housing Authority; and Jillian Laycock, Jared Biggs, and Jeffrey Schroll to the Energy Impact Assistance Advisory Committee.
Finally, the Majority Leader moved to lay over the balance of the calendar (including House Bill 12‑59) until Wednesday, April 1; the motion carried by voice vote and the Senate recessed later until noon.
Votes (selected, as reported on the floor): - Consent calendar (group of House bills listed above): reported 35 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent/excused. - Senate Bill 40 (affordable homeownership program): recorded as 33 ayes, 2 noes. - House Bill 11‑34 (municipal court defendant conditions): recorded as 24 ayes, 11 noes. - House Bill 10‑50 (optional individualized readiness plans for certain students): recorded as 34 ayes, 1 no. - House Bill 11‑27 (post‑crash reporting after fatal motor vehicle crashes): recorded as 33 ayes, 2 noes.
The Senate took several routine procedural steps (committee of the whole, committee reports, confirmations) and then recessed until 12:00 p.m. for reading bills across the desk.
