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Key votes and procedural outcomes from the morning and floor session:

- Senate Bill 204 (consent calendar): Passed on third reading; presiding officers recorded the measure as passed with the roll shown on the record.

- House Bill 11-85 (court proceedings when child conceived as result of sexual assault): Passed on third reading after a motion for passage on the consent calendar and later reconsideration and final passage; recorded vote on final passage showed 35 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent.

- House Bill 11-72 (psychiatric residential treatment facility perimeter fences): Passed on third reading; several senators requested to be recorded as a no vote (Sen. Bazely and others); the measure passed on the consent calendar.

- House Bill 11-82 (tools to assess risk for underwriting property insurance): Passed on third reading; one recorded no vote (Sen. Carson) during consent calendar action; final tally recorded on the floor was 33 ayes, 1 no, 0 absent when excused.

- House Bill 12-34 (consumer protection for utility customers): Passed on final passage with a recorded vote of 23 ayes, 11 no, 0 absent, 1 excused.

- House Bill 10-10 (prohibition on price gouging): Passed on third reading, final passage recorded at 23 ayes, 11 no, 0 absent, 1 excused.

- Multiple other House bills passed on third reading with recorded tallies listed on the floor record including, among others: HB 11-65, HB 11-47, HB 11-68, HB 11-48, HB 11-52, HB 11-35, HB 12-47, HB 12-80, HB 11-32, HB 11-13, HB 10-60, HB 10-87, HB 10-06 and HB 12-24. Where a roll call was read into the record, the floor transcript records the ayes and nos for each bill.

- Senate Bill 200 (education screening and dyslexia measures): Adopted on second reading in the Committee of the Whole and ordered engrossed for third reading (see separate coverage).

- Concurrence and repassage actions: The Senate concurred with House amendments and repassed several Senate bills, including SB 85 (animal adoption of research subjects), SB 86 (social media protections), SB 87 (academic adjustments for students with disabilities), and SB 143 (limited facial recognition use by schools). The concurrence motions were adopted by recorded votes or voice votes as noted on the floor.

- Governor appointments: The Senate confirmed appointments on the consent calendar, including members to the State Historical Society Board of Directors (Richard Benson; Paul Weismann; Claudia Moran; Jackie Malay), the Colorado Banking Board (Douglas Price), the Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission (Kevin Hyland; Ahilya George; Phil Workman) and the Colorado Civil Rights Commission (Eric Artis). The confirmations were adopted by voice vote with a recorded tally of 35 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 0 excused.

- Layovers and calendar actions: Several bills were laid over to later dates (for example SB 127 and SB 196 to April 7; SB 201 to April 10; multiple bills including SB 205, HB 10-11 and HB 12-40 were laid over to April 7) and retain their places on the calendar as announced by the majority leader.

Votes recorded on the transcript: Where the floor transcript recorded named no votes or exact tallies, those names and counts are reflected above. If a named senator asked to be recorded as a no vote on a specific bill, that notation appears in the transcript and is included in the record above.

What to watch next: Bills ordered to third reading will return for final passage; bills laid over will appear on the April 7 or April 10 calendars; committees and the Department of Education will need to prepare guidance and implementation details for measures that create administrative duties (for example, SB 200).","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Colorado Senate 2025 Legislative Day 087 (2025-04-04)","oneSentenceSummary","On April 4 the Colorado Senate passed multiple House and Senate bills on third reading, concurred with House amendments on several Senate bills, and confirmed multiple governor appointments. Many votes were unanimous or had recorded no votes; a handful of bills were laid over for later consideration.","taxTitle","Senate, Committees, Legislative, Colorado","taxId",15007,"location","Colorado","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6089011,"Senate adopts screening framework to identify dyslexia in early grades",1690,4027000,5717000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2878243-e52ec24e8c82aadd9192a3a758135bd9&start=4027&end=5717","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2878243-e52ec24e8c82aadd9192a3a758135bd9/thumbnail_4027000.jpg","/articles/6089011/Colorado/Senate-adopts-screening-framework-to-identify-dyslexia-in-early-grades","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6089011-84f6a7acaac9f9df7246df5808cc5c21/orig.mp4?Expires=1770845687&Signature=m3z58Z2R~gIuWh62FjjGto5psvYu2djmN9U71azwsR-MiyLKRdvSy1TahMuprkhqtnDSRgqGU0bV5ggrDNU-P2MvBpk5E9tis3ktd~3Vqm41CBmXOtO0-s9tJY4xl4ljZ82Tr-Vih7fQwWM~VXpfxSoX9LGx7U4ClHGwum-j5ZDBe8FBCk9XfFWgJU5JOdOSBTQgWh0yME9tfUVFoIU9C6BCkxebqSqbJuDASRsEHJUtW~srhzFmnbRYqlzTI1Oa4lXFsBdSurTxCUZizdnk-WQkknbIohcR~kCOV892eqXiIWEwh80Hq-bterCmyIQ7DXrHneA0vECnaNdFCYZ91Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Colorado Senate adopted Senate Bill 200 on second reading on April 4, directing schools to implement targeted screening to identify students at risk of dyslexia and to expand early reading interventions.

The bill, sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Kolker and Sen. Malika and originating from representatives Hamrick and Soper in the House, establishes a statewide framework for screening, interim assessments and follow-up interventions aimed at supporting early elementary students who show signs of reading difficulties. Senators who spoke in favor described personal family experiences and research linking early intervention to better long-term outcomes.

“Screening is what this bill is about. That’s the meat and potatoes of this bill — to make sure that we are addressing the needs,” Sen. Kolker said during committee debate, noting studies from other states showing high rates of dyslexia among incarcerated populations and arguing screening would remove mischaracterizations of dyslexia and connect students to help.

Sen. Mullica described his daughter’s progress after targeted interventions and said, “We were able to get interventions. We were able to get that help in the classroom. We were able to get her into small groups. Now, yesterday, nothing did dyslexia screening, to have her be my guinea pig to show me how this works.” Sen. Marchman, who chaired the bill in committee, called dyslexia “a crisis” when undiagnosed and said early identification and correct tutoring can reduce later mental-health and justice-system harms.

Supporters repeatedly emphasized that general reading interventions do not reliably help students with dyslexia and that the bill provides a first step to standardize screening and the pathway to specialized interventions. “If we can catch these kiddos early, we can get them the correct tutoring because we know general reading tutoring doesn’t work in the schools,” Marchman said. Several senators urged that the new screener be added without replacing or diminishing other readiness or reading assessments already used statewide.

Opposition statements in the transcript were limited and largely procedural; the bill’s proponents secured adoption on second reading and ordered it engrossed for placement on the third-reading calendar. The committee report accompanying the bill removed permissive kindergarten-readiness language and made technical cleanups before the floor vote, according to the education committee’s summary.

The bill’s backers framed the measure as a systemic, early-intervention tool intended to connect students and families to appropriate resources and to reduce long-term social, educational and economic costs. Implementation will require school districts and the Department of Education to adopt procedures for screening and follow-up; supporters emphasized the need for adequate funding and teacher support to make the screening meaningful.

Senate Bill 200 passed the Committee of the Whole on second reading and was ordered engrossed for third-reading consideration.

The legislation now proceeds through the Senate calendar for final passage steps and will be available to districts after any further enactment steps and the usual rulemaking or guidance processes specified by the Department of Education.","The Colorado Senate adopted Senate Bill 200 on second reading after extended debate featuring personal accounts from senators and advocates. The bill requires screening to identify students at risk of dyslexia and creates a framework for intervention and assessment in early elementary grades.","actionData","errors"]

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Senate adopts screening framework to identify dyslexia in early grades