Colorado Senate reports: committees recommend amendments and postpone several measures

The clerk read a series of committee reports to the Colorado Senate on May 6, 2026, detailing recommendations on several pending measures.

The Committee on Local Government and Housing recommended that Senate Concurrent Resolution 1 be postponed indefinitely. The Committee on Judiciary reported that House Bill 1421 should be amended as described and, as amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation; the Judiciary committee also recommended that Senate Bill 71 be postponed indefinitely. The Committee on Health and Human Services recommended that House Bill 1195 be amended and, as amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation. The clerk subsequently read an additional Judiciary recommendation that House Bill 1236 be amended and, as amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation.

These were read as formal committee recommendations on the floor; the clerk prefaced several items with the phrase “after consideration on the merits, the committee recommends.” The transcript includes the committee actions but does not include the detailed amendment language; it notes only the committee outcome and the referral to the Committee of the Whole.

The committee reports moved several measures closer to floor consideration (amend-and-refer actions) while recommending indefinite postponement for at least two measures. No floor roll-call votes on the bills themselves were recorded in the transcript; the entries reflect committee actions reported to the Senate at this session.

The Senate proceeded to other orders of business after the committee reports.