Votes at a glance: Colorado Senate advances consent-calendar and other measures on April 7, 2026
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Summary
On April 7 the Senate cleared a long consent calendar and took final action on several bills: multiple house bills and senate bills were passed (many by 34-0 tallies), several bills were laid over, and select bills (SB63) were postponed.
The Colorado Senate disposition on April 7 included a long consent calendar and multiple floor actions: many house bills on third reading were passed (Clerk read titles and the presiding officer announced passage); several items were adopted by voice vote or recorded roll call where senators requested to be recorded "no." Notable procedural outcomes recorded on the floor include the following summary for bills listed on the consent calendar and immediate actions taken during the session.
- House Bill 13-03: Passed (recorded as 34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 1 excused). - House Bill 12-97: Passed (34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 1 excused). - House Bill 12-96: Passed (34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 1 excused). - House Bill 12-95: Passed (34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 1 excused). - House Bill 12-94: Passed (34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 1 excused). - House Bill 12-93: Passed (34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 1 excused). - House Bill 12-20: Passed (34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 1 excused). - House Bill 12-19: Passed (34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 1 excused). - House Bill 12-18: Passed (34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 1 excused). - House Bill 12-17: Passed (34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 1 excused). - House Bill 12-16: Passed (34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 1 excused). - House Bill 12-15: Passed (34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 1 excused). - House Bill 11-35: Passed (24 ayes, 10 noes, 0 absent, 1 excused) — multiple senators asked to be recorded as no on this bill and those requests were reflected in the roll call. - House Bill 12-38: Passed (34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 1 excused). - House Bill 10-79: Passed (34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 1 excused).
The Senate later took up additional measures (e.g., House Bill 13-11 passed 33-2; House Bill 11-07 passed 23-12; House Bill 11-01 passed 33-2). Several bills were laid over for later consideration (Senate Bill 66 to April 8; Senate Bill 134 to April 8; House Bills 10-71 and 10-84 to later dates listed on the record). Senate Bill 63 was moved to indefinite postponement in separate floor action and Senate Bill 144 and others were advanced from committee with committee reports adopted on the floor.
This summary reflects floor announcements and recorded tallies where provided in the transcript excerpt; for bills where only a voice vote or chair announcement is recorded in the excerpt, numeric roll-call tallies were not transcribed in the provided segments.
