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Colorado Senate advances consent-calendar package, passes bills on maternal health, bail-bond regulation and critical-infrastructure theft
Summary
On April 6 the Colorado Senate advanced and passed a slate of bills on the consent calendar and third reading, including House Bills 1234, 1186 and 1044, and approved additional measures (House Bills 1311, 1107 and 1101) that proponents said address small-business cash flow, dementia-care transparency and theft from construction/critical infrastructure projects.
The Colorado Senate on April 6 moved and passed a package of bills on the consent calendar and by separate third-reading actions, including measures addressing access to certain records, regulation of bail-bond agents, maternal health equity, and protections for critical infrastructure.
House Bill 1234 (access to certain records related to child abuse or neglect) was passed on the consent calendar. House Bill 1186, concerning continuation of regulation of bail-bonding agents by the Division of Insurance, passed on final reading with a recorded vote of 34 ayes, 1 no. House Bill 1044, a measure described as improving equity in maternal health, passed on final reading with a recorded vote of 30 ayes, 5 no.
Several bills were taken up out of order and adopted with relatively brief floor discussion. House Bill 1311, a targeted change allowing a bond in lieu of retainage in some construction contracts to ease small contractors' cash flow, was discussed as a modest, targeted fix to help small firms and adopted by the Senate. One sponsor characterized HB1311 as "a really small fix" intended to allow qualifying small contractors to access retainage through a surety bond so they can invest in future projects.
House Bill 1107 requires the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to create a standardized form so families placing loved ones in dementia care facilities receive consistent information across providers; the sponsor urged passage to improve family access to comparable data and the bill was adopted.
House Bill 1101 expands criminal offenses related to commodity metals to include certain components of critical infrastructure, the sponsor said, aiming to address theft and scrapping that can delay construction projects. The bill was adopted.
The Senate also handled a series of concurrence and repassage actions for Senate bills that had House amendments (including SB77, SB31, SB9, SB126, SB53, SB21 and SB14), approving most by recorded votes and sending repassed bills forward. The chamber confirmed governor appointments on the consent calendar and granted a conference committee permission to go beyond the scope of differences on House Bill 1038. The Senate recessed at noon to allow bills to be read across the desk.
Where recorded tallies were announced, they are reported here as stated on the floor; where the transcript records a voice vote only, the reporter has noted the final adoption.
