The Colorado Senate on March 4 recorded final passage and committee actions on multiple measures and confirmed several governor appointments. Key outcomes from the day’s floor session are summarized below.

- Senate Bill 170: Final passage recorded (33 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 1 excused, 1 vacant). Sponsors listed on the floor: Amabile, Kirkmeyer and House cosponsors Byrd and Serota were listed at title reading.

- Senate Bill 180: Final passage recorded (33 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 1 excused, 1 vacant).

- House Bill 1077: Passed on third-reading consent calendar (33 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 1 excused, 1 vacant). See separate coverage for substantive floor remarks by Senator Pelton B.

- Senate Bill 58: Passed on third reading with a recorded vote of 32 ayes, 1 no (Senator Weisman), 0 absent, 1 excused, 1 vacant. The bill concerns a model act to provide a framework allowing insurers to give rebates that meet specified criteria while maintaining consumer protections.

- Senate Bill 78: Adopted on second reading (committee report adopted and bill ordered engrossed); committee recommended it pass second reading and be placed on the calendar for third reading and final passage.

- Senate Bill 85: Health and Human Services committee report adopted; the bill (requiring adoption options for healthy dogs and cats used in research, with exceptions and narrower reporting) was ordered engrossed for third reading after committee action.

- Appointments confirmed (consent calendar): Members appointed to the Colorado Tourism Office Board of Directors — Bruce Dalton (Aurora), Vinay Patadar (Denver), and Jennifer Shea (Steamboat Springs) — confirmed by a vote of 33 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 1 excused and 1 vacant.

Several other bills were laid over by motion for later consideration (for example, SB141 and HB1029 were laid over to March 5; SB128 was laid over to March 6). The Senate also reported committee activity and moved multiple measures through the second-reading calendar.