Appropriations committee recommends long list of House bills for Committee of the Whole, many for consent calendar

The Colorado Senate received a Committee on Appropriations report recommending that a long list of House bills be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation, and that many of those bills be placed on the consent calendar.

The Clerk read the committee's recommendations aloud, citing House Bill 13 48 and continuing through a sequence of bill numbers heard in the reading (transcript references include House Bill 13 49, 13 50, 13 51, 13 52, and additional bills up through the 13‑series and into the 14‑series called in the report). Several bills were read with a qualifier that they be amended as follows and, if so amended, referred — for example, the reading includes bills announced as amended-if-amended (transcript readings cited 13 74, 13 78, 13 80, 13 97 and 13 99 among others). House Bill 1,400 and a set of bills in the 14‑00s were also included in the clerk’s list.

Chair expressed audible relief after the reading, saying, "Whoo. Thank God for consent calendar," and praised "Mister Schoffler." The clerk's reading functioned as the committee's formal report to the full Senate; the items named in the report were put forward for referral to the Committee of the Whole and, where recommended, to the consent calendar for expedited consideration.

Because the clerk read a sequence of many bills without formal debate on each, the Senate has an administrative record of the committee's favorable recommendations; individual bills named in the report retain their full text and any sponsor or amendment details in their legislative files. Members or floor managers may remove individual bills from the consent calendar later (the body later removed House Bill 13 85 from the consent calendar during announcements).