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House hears committee reports, introduces several bills and adjourns
Summary
The Colorado House convened for routine floor business: committee reports were entered into the record, multiple bills were introduced and assigned to committees (including bills on security measures, prison management, an automated protection order notification system, and an artist company act), and the House adjourned.
The Colorado House convened and completed routine floor business on April 19, 2026, hearing committee reports, introducing several bills and adjourning after a motion by the presiding officer.
The chief clerk read committee reports and recommendations into the record, including a favorable referral of Senate Bill 137 to the Committee of the Whole and a recommendation from the Committee on Judiciary that House Bill 1250 be amended. The clerk also reported that Senate Bill 132 was referred to the Committee on Appropriations with a favorable recommendation.
House Bill 1422 was introduced by Representative Clifford, with Senators Coleman and Frizzell listed as Senate sponsors; the bill concerns security measures for certain governmental entities and was assigned to the Committee on State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs. Senate Bill 36, sponsored in the Senate by Gonzales and Weisman and in the House by Representatives Bacon and Zocai (the transcript also shows the spelling “Zokai” in one place), was introduced to increase operational efficiency in existing prison management and includes an appropriation; it was assigned to the Committee on Judiciary.
Senate Bill 124, sponsored by Senator Wallace and Representative Stewart, was introduced concerning information related to the automated protection order notification system and was assigned to the Committee on Judiciary. Senate Bill 133, by Senators Bridges and Catlin and Representatives Martinez and Taggart, was introduced to authorize establishment of a state artist company and enact the Colorado Artist Company Act; it was assigned to the Committee on Business Affairs and Labor.
The clerk noted that the printing report, messages from the Senate, and a reviser’s message will be printed in the journal. The judiciary committee reported that House Bill 1250 should be amended; the amendment text was not read during the floor announcement and is therefore not specified in the transcript.
Speaker Pro Tem moved that the House stand adjourned until Thursday, April 23 at 9 a.m. The record shows the House adjourned. The transcript contains a subsequent line with an apparent date transcription error referencing April 20; the reconvening date used by the House is recorded in the transcript as April 23 at 9 a.m., and the other line appears to be a clerical/transcription inconsistency.
No roll-call votes or recorded amendments were included in the floor text provided; committee referrals and introductory actions were announced for the record and will proceed through committee review.
