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Colorado House opens, reads committee reports, assigns multiple bills and resolutions and adjourns until April 14
Summary
The Colorado House convened for a brief session dominated by committee reports and the introduction and assignment or layover of multiple bills and resolutions, including measures on scholarships, childcare licensing, wildlife fees and state constitutional amendments; the House adjourned until April 14 at 9 a.m.
The Chair called the House to order, and clerical reports opened a largely procedural session focused on committee recommendations and bill introductions.
The Clerk read multiple committee reports. The Committee on Agriculture, Water, and Natural Resources recommended that House Bill 1342 be amended and, as amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation. The Committee on Finance recommended that Senate Bill 144 be referred to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation.
Lawmakers introduced and assigned several bills. The Clerk introduced House Bill 1416 (by Representatives Wynne and Brown; Senators Amalie and Carson) concerning transfers from the Universal High School Scholarship Cash Fund; the Chair assigned HB 1416 to the Committee on Appropriations. The Clerk also introduced Senate Bill 20 (childcare provider licensing and a task force tied to the Department of Early Childhood) and assigned it to the Committee on Education. Senate Bill 80 (creating the "bridal to career" grant program) was assigned to the Committee on Education. Senate Bill 137 (changes to rule review and clarification of the attorney general's litigation discovery authority) was assigned to Business Affairs and Labor. Senate Bill 141 (an optional motor vehicle registration fee to support wildlife projects and crossings) was assigned to Finance. Senate Bill 143 (updating the name of the Colorado Youth Advisory Council Review Committee) was assigned to State, Civic, Military, and Veterans Affairs.
The Clerk introduced multiple resolutions. House Joint Resolution 1027 (Holocaust remembrance) and House Joint Resolution 1028 (commitment to pursue full and fair funding of public schools) were read and laid over one day under House rule. House Resolution 1005 proposing to rename State Highway 47 in Pueblo to Dolores Huerta Boulevard was laid over one day. The Clerk also read Senate Joint Resolution 19 (strengthening sister-state relations with Taiwan) and Senate Joint Resolution 20 (designating April 9, 2026, as Home Education Day); both were laid over one day under House rule.
Several House concurrent resolutions were introduced to submit amendments to the Colorado Constitution to registered electors, including proposals addressing a county property-tax exemption for certain owner-occupiers of single-family homes, protections described as "inalienable rights related to their children," and a proposal limiting immediate succession to a full term after an appointment to fill a vacancy. The Clerk announced committee assignments or one-day layovers for those concurrent resolutions.
Near the close of the brief session, the Chair moved that "the House stand in adjournment until Tuesday, April 14 at 9AM." The Chair then announced, "The House is adjourned until tomorrow at 9AM." No recorded roll-call votes were provided in the record of this session.
The session was procedural in nature: the day’s business consisted mainly of formal introductions, committee recommendations and committee referrals or layovers; no floor debate on the merits of the bills is recorded in this transcript.
What happens next: assigned bills and resolutions will proceed according to committee processes (hearings, committee votes, or further amendment) before returning to the floor for any required action.
