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Votes at a glance: key actions taken by the Colorado Senate on April 9, 2026
Summary
On April 9 the Senate adopted SJR 20, passed multiple consent-calendar bills including House Bills 1229 and 1244 and Senate Bill 153, advanced Senate Bill 72 and ordered it for third reading, adopted Senate Bill 140 on the floor, and passed House Bill 1268 with Amendment L005.
The Colorado Senate recorded several formal actions on April 9, 2026:
- Senate Joint Resolution 20 (Home Education Day): adopted by voice vote; sponsor: Senator Pelton.
- House Bill 1229 (health disparities & community grant program): passed on final passage (third reading) with a recorded vote of 30 ayes, 3 no, 0 absent, and 2 excused; several senators asked to be recorded as no votes on HB1229.
- House Bill 1244 (Nursing Home Penalty Cash Fund distributions): passed (33 ayes).
- Senate Bill 153 (school counselor academic requirements): passed (33 ayes).
- Senate Bill 72 (criminal penalties related to assaultive conduct with a motor vehicle): passed in Committee of the Whole on second reading and ordered to the calendar for third reading and final passage.
- Senate Bill 140 (exempting certain rare-disease and plasma therapies from PDAB review): adopted on the floor by voice vote; ordered engrossed and placed on the calendar for third reading and final passage.
- House Bill 1268 (renewable energy reinvestment areas) with Amendment L005: amendment adopted; bill passed on second reading and ordered revised and placed on the calendar for third reading and final passage.
Several layover motions were also adopted to move other bills (Senate Bill 134 and House Bill 1084) to Friday, April 10, 2026.
