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Votes at a glance: key measures the Colorado House approved April 21, 2026
Summary
The House adopted a package of measures including SJR 20 (Home Education Day), HB 10-28 (bilingual diploma endorsements), HB 11-43 (background checks for nonemployment educational programs), HB 12-26 (emissions limits for certain generating units), HB 12-83 (ID protections), HB 13-42 (bear-luring law) and several others on third reading; many committee reports and technical amendments were also adopted.
The Colorado House recorded final actions on numerous bills and resolutions on April 21. Key outcomes included:
- Senate Joint Resolution 20 — Recognizing 04/09/2026 as Home Education Day; adopted (recorded machine vote reported as 60 yes, 2 no, 3 excused in the transcript).
- House Bill 10-28 — Second-language diploma endorsements; passed (voice vote after committee reports).
- House Bill 11-43 — Background-check information for nonemployment educational opportunities; passed after floor debate and amendment displays (see detailed article).
- House Bill 12-83 — Protections relating to identifying documents; passed with multiple committee amendments and floor changes (amendments on notice language and equitable remedies were adopted).
- House Bill 12-26 — Emissions limits for certain electric generating units; passed after extended debate about costs, reliability and federal orders (see detailed article).
- House Bill 13-42 — Human-bear interaction enforcement; passed after debate and amendment votes (see detailed article).
- House Bill 10-52 — Victim Rights Act updates; passed with committee fixes to notification processes and defendants’ evidentiary rights.
- Multiple other measures were advanced or adopted on third reading (tax-lien sale changes, accessibility standards for publicly supported housing, child welfare funding, AI operator requirements, and more). Several bills were granted third-reading amendment permissions before adoption.
Votes recorded in the transcript cover divisions and recorded machine votes for several contested amendments and conference committee actions. Where recorded machine tallies were read aloud in the transcript, those numbers are reported in the timeline and actions above.
What happens next: Passed measures proceed per the legislative calendar—either to the Senate (if originating in the House) for concurrence, to conference committees where chambers disagreed, or to enrollment and signature if both chambers have adopted the same text.
