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Colorado House receives committee reports, assigns bills on property tax, workplace protections and gambling regulation
Summary
During a brief floor session the Colorado House of Representatives received committee reports and assigned several newly introduced Senate bills — including measures on property-tax changes, employee protections and gambling regulation — to committee consideration; a joint resolution seeking an investigation under the Colorado False Claims Act was also referred to committee.
The Colorado House of Representatives convened for a short floor session in which clerks read committee reports and introduced a slate of Senate bills now set for committee review.
The clerk read a Finance Committee report recommending that Senate Bill 42 be amended and referred with a favorable recommendation; the clerk’s first reading said referral to the Committee of the Whole but, in a subsequent reading, stated the bill "as amended" should be referred to the Committee on Appropriations. The clerk announced the difference in routing on the floor; the transcript contains both statements and the referral destination is recorded inconsistently.
Clerk (reading bills): "Senate Bill 116 by Sen. Weisman, also Rep. Zocai, concerning the taxation of property and in connection therewith modifying the qualified senior primary residence benefit, modifying the taxation of business or personal property." The chair then assigned Senate Bill 116 to the Committee on Finance. That bill would make changes to property taxation and to the senior primary residence benefit, as described in the clerk’s introduction.
The clerk introduced several other measures and the presiding officer announced committee assignments: Senate Bill 160 (sponsors: Sens. Rodriguez and Gonzales; Reps. Duran and Martinez), concerning employee protections in the workplace, was assigned to the Business Affairs and Labor Committee; Senate Bill 163 (sponsors: Sen. Roberts and Rep. Smith), addressing regulation of gambling activities and changes to the Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission and the Division of Gaming, was assigned to the Committee on Finance; and Senate Bill 169 (sponsors: Sens. Roberts and Carson; Reps. Locke and Camacho), a non‑substantive cleanup of the Colorado Revised Statutes, was assigned to the Committee on Judiciary.
The clerk also introduced House Joint Resolution 1029 (sponsor: Rep. Bottoms), described as seeking an investigation of alleged violations of the Colorado False Claims Act; the chair assigned that resolution to the Committee on State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs.
When the House reached motions near the end of the short session, the majority leader moved to adjourn. The chair said, "I move that the house stand in adjournment until Tuesday, April 28 at 9AM." The clerk then announced on the record: "The house is adjourned until tomorrow, April 20 eighth at 9AM," creating a discrepancy in the transcript about the stated adjournment date.
No floor debate, recorded votes or amendments were taken on the bills during this session; the measures now proceed to the committees named by the presiding officer and clerk for further consideration.
