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Colorado Senate adopts package of bills on early childhood, mobile‑home protections and plug‑in solar; approves Denim Day resolution
Summary
On April 1, 2026, the Colorado Senate adopted several House bills and committee reports on third reading — including measures updating early childhood licensing and universal preschool funding, protections for mobile home residents’ drinking water, and rules easing plug‑in solar access — and unanimously adopted a resolution designating April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and April 29 as Denim Day.
The Colorado Senate on April 1, 2026, approved a suite of bills on third reading that the chamber said will update early childhood services, strengthen protections for mobile home residents’ drinking water and expand access to small‑scale solar devices for renters and households without rooftop panels.
Senator Marchman moved House Bill 12‑59 on third reading and requested permission to offer a substantive third‑reading amendment. "I'd ask for an aye vote," Marchman said as the amendment was introduced and later adopted unanimously. The bill, as amended, passed final passage with a recorded vote of 32 ayes and 3 noes.
Senator Cutter described House Bill 11‑45 as an effort to shore up earlier statute and better protect mobile home residents. "We hear from residents of mobile home parks that their drinking water meets regulatory standards but the water tastes and smells bad," Cutter said, urging…
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