The Colorado Senate recorded a series of final actions and confirmations on March 14, 2025. Key outcomes below are drawn from the floor transcript and official roll calls recorded during the session.

Votes at a glance

- House Bill 1093 (read as "House Bill 10 93"): Passed on third and final reading with a roll-call tally of 21 ayes, 13 no, 0 absent, 0 excused and 1 vacant. The bill had a third-reading amendment (L008) adopted on the floor prior to passage; cosponsors listed in the transcript include Senators Winter, Kip and Cutter.

- House Bill 1041 (read as "House Bill 10 41"): Passed on third and final reading, vote recorded as 30 ayes, 4 no, 0 absent, 0 excused and 1 vacant. Sponsors included Representative Smith and Senators Coleman and Amabile.

- House Bill 1040 (read as "House Bill 10 40"): Passed on third and final reading, vote recorded as 29 ayes, 5 no, 0 absent, 0 excused and 1 vacant. The measure concerns inclusion of nuclear energy as a source of clean energy; sponsors included Representatives Valdez and Winter and Senators Roberts and Liston.

- House Bill 1027 (read as "House Bill 10 27"): Passed on third and final reading, vote recorded as 23 ayes, 11 no, 0 absent, 0 excused and 1 vacant. Sponsors included Representatives Gilchrist and Brown; Senator Doherty moved final passage on the floor.

- Senate Bill 143 (facial recognition in schools): Passed on third and final reading, vote recorded as 33 ayes, 1 no, 0 absent, 0 excused and 1 vacant. Sponsor: Senator Doherty. The committee report and final passage were recorded on the floor.

- Senate Bill 172 (consent calendar, second reading): Adopted on the general order second-reading consent calendar and then passed out of committee of the whole and ordered engrossed; the committee to hold report was adopted with 34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 0 excused and 1 vacant, and the bill was placed on the calendar for third reading and final passage.

- Senate Bill 160: Passed on third and final reading after floor amendments (see separate coverage). The Senate recorded final adoption by voice vote, "the ayes have it." Several floor amendments (L006, L008) were adopted and others failed.

- Senate Joint Resolution 012 (designating March 17, 2025 as Colorado FFA Day): Adopted by voice vote; the joint resolution recognizes Colorado FFA and asked that copies be sent to the governor and state agriculture officials.

Confirmations and appointments

- Members of the State Board of Real Estate Appraisers: Darius Wise (Aurora) and Clinton Taylor (Lakewood) were confirmed on the governor's appointment consent calendar. The confirmation vote was recorded as 34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 0 excused and 1 vacant.

Procedural notes

- The Senate also placed several committee reports and appointments on the consent calendar (for example, appointments to the Colorado State Fair Authority Board of Commissioners and the Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority were recommended by committee) and approved committee reports by voice or recorded roll call as noted above.

Ending

These votes complete a substantial portion of the Senates business for March 14. Items laid over or retained on the calendar were noted on the record; where roll-call totals were recorded in the transcript they are reproduced above.