Committee reports read during a Colorado Senate session recommended confirmation of several gubernatorial appointments to state boards and commissions, proposed amendments to multiple bills for referral, and recorded House and Senate measures sent to the reviser of statutes.

The matters were presented to the chamber after the morning roll call recorded 32 present, 0 absent and 3 excused. A Senate staff member read committee findings and recommendations, saying the Committee on State Veterans and Military Affairs, after hearings, recommended that a group of appointments to the State Historical Society Board of Directors be placed on the consent calendar and confirmed. The names recorded were Richard Benison (reappointed) of Aspen to represent financial expertise, Paul Wiseman of Boulder, Kelly Breaux of Denver, Claudia Moran of Lakewood and Jackie Millett of Lone Tree; all listed with terms expiring 07/01/2027.

The Committee on Finance reported hearings and recommended appointments for several other positions be placed on the consent calendar and confirmed. Those listed included Douglas Price of Ridgeway to the Colorado Banking Board (term effective 08/01/2024, expiring 07/01/2028) as a representative of state banks west of the Continental Divide; Ahilia George of Lone Tree to the Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission for a term expiring 07/01/2025 to represent the Fourth Congressional District and business management expertise; Kevin Hyland of Arvada to the Limited Gaming Control Commission for a term expiring 07/01/2027 as a certified public accountant with corporate finance experience; and Bill Workman of Denver to the Limited Gaming Control Commission for a term expiring 07/01/2028 as a registered elector representing the First Congressional District.

Committee reports from Business, Labor and Technology and Finance recommended substantive amendments to multiple bills and referral to the committee of the whole with favorable recommendation. The transcript lists the committee actions as recommending that Senate Bill 205 and Senate Bill 167 (as amended) be referred to the committee of the whole or to appropriations with favorable recommendation, and that House Bill 1224 and House bills listed in the transcript be amended and referred with favorable recommendation. Specific amendment language was not specified in the floor reading.

The Senate clerk reported messages from the House that several House bills and Senate bills had passed third reading and were transmitted to the reviser of statutes, including House Bill 1207 (as amended in the House Journal, 03/31/2025) and House Bill 1225 (as amended in the House Journal, 03/28/2025). The clerk also noted that Senate Joint Resolution 14 had been signed by the president.

Procedural motions recorded during the same period included a motion by Senator Doherty to approve the Senate Journal of 04/01/2025, which the presiding officer put to the body and the ayes were declared to have it. Majority Leader Rodriguez moved to lay over consideration of resolutions until later in the day; that motion passed. Later, Rodriguez moved that the Senate recess until 11 a.m.; the motion carried and the Senate recessed.

Why it matters: The committee recommendations, if adopted on the consent calendar, will confirm the named appointees to boards and commissions that oversee historical preservation, banking representation and gaming regulation in Colorado. Amendments and referrals to committee of the whole or appropriations mark the next procedural steps for the listed bills; transmission to the reviser of statutes is the clerical step following third-reading passage in the other chamber.

No formal floor votes on the appointments were recorded in the transcript excerpt beyond the committees' recommendation that they be placed on the consent calendar. Specific amendment texts for the bills mentioned were not read on the floor in the provided transcript excerpts and are therefore not reproduced here.

The Senate returned later in the day to take up the resolution that had been laid over and proceeded to second reading items and special orders, according to the majority leader's remarks before the recess.