DENVER — The Colorado Senate handled multiple consent calendar items, confirmations and committee reports on Feb. 18. Below are the floor outcomes recorded in the transcript excerpt provided.
- Senate Bill 42 (behavioral health crisis response): Passed on third reading (vote recorded as 31 ayes, 3 no, 0 absent, 0 excused, 1 vacant). Senators recorded as no votes on SB42 included Senator Rich, Senator Bazely and Senator Pelton R. (floor listing of no votes appears in transcript).
- Senate Bill 28 (PERA risk reduction measures): Passed on third reading by voice/roll; recorded as 34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 0 excused, 1 vacant.
- Senate Bill 36 (Colorado State Patrol bond posting exemption): Passed on third reading; recorded as 34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 0 excused, 1 vacant.
- Senate Bill 67 (prosecution fellowship changes): Passed on third reading; recorded as 34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 0 excused, 1 vacant.
- House Bill 1058 (modifications to affirmative defense of not guilty by reason of insanity): Passed on final reading (recorded as 23 ayes, 11 no, 0 absent, 0 excused, 1 vacant).
- Confirmations: The Senate confirmed multiple gubernatorial appointments on the consent calendar, including reappointments to the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (Megan Classen; Dahlia Vircher) and Cecil Gutierrez to the Transportation Commission. The Senate then confirmed Todd Masters to the Transportation Commission with a recorded roll call of 23 ayes, 11 no, 0 absent, 0 excused, 1 vacant.
- Committee reports and general orders: The Committee of the Whole report on second reading consent calendar was adopted (vote recorded as 34 ayes, 0 no, 0 absent, 0 excused, 1 vacant).
All vote tallies and recorded cosponsor additions are captured in the Senate floor transcript. Specific bill texts, fiscal notes and enacted versions should be consulted in the legislative journal and the official Colorado General Assembly web records for precise statutory language and effective dates.