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Votes at a glance: SJR 20 adopted; consent calendar and key bills pass April 9 Senate session
Summary
The Senate adopted SJR 20 (Home Education Day), passed several consent-calendar bills (House Bill 12-29, House Bill 12-44, Senate Bill 153), advanced Senate Bill 72 on second reading, passed SB 140 and HB 12-68 as amended, and laid over other bills to April 10.
Key floor actions from the Colorado Senate on April 9 include:
- Senate Joint Resolution 20 (Home Education Day): Adopted. Clerk recorded a roll of 30 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent and 5 excused when the chair announced adoption.
- Consent calendar (third reading): House Bill 12-29 was passed with the clerk recording 30 ayes, 3 no (Senators Pelton R, Zamora Wilson and Bazely recorded no votes), 0 absent, and 2 excused. House Bill 12-44 and Senate Bill 153 were passed and cosponsors were recorded.
- Senate Bill 72: Passed on second reading in the Committee of the Whole and ordered engrossed for third reading and final passage.
- Senate Bill 140: Adopted on the floor after debate (transcript records adoption; a numeric final roll is not recorded at the moment of the floor announcement).
- House Bill 12-68: Amendment L5 adopted by voice vote; bill adopted as amended.
- House Bill 10-84 and Senate Bill 134: Laid over to Friday, April 10, retaining their place on the calendar for final action.
These floor actions were taken by voice votes or roll calls where recorded; for some final-adoption moments the transcript records a floor announcement of passage without a numeric tally at that exact line.
