House adopts behavioral-health contracting updates and a school food-waste bill; two measures laid over
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Summary
The Colorado House of Representatives adopted House Bill 11-24, updating contracting requirements for behavioral-health safety-net services, and House Bill 10-59, directing steps to reduce food waste in schools. Lawmakers also laid over House Bill 10-43 and postponed the balance of the third-reading calendar.
The Colorado House of Representatives adopted two bills on third reading and final passage and laid over other calendar items during a floor session that included roll call votes and procedural motions.
House Bill 11-24, sponsored in the House by Representative Wright and in the Senate by Senator Michelson Janae, was adopted on third reading. The House recorded 41 yes votes, 22 no votes and 2 members excused. The bill was described on the floor as concerning updates to the universal contracting provision requirements for the delivery of behavioral health safety-net services. The motion for final passage was made from the floor by the majority leader.
House Bill 10-59, sponsored in the House by Representatives Weinberg and Ferre and in the Senate by Senators Rich and Marchman, was adopted on third reading. The House recorded 60 yes votes, 3 no votes and 2 members excused. The bill was introduced on the floor as concerning reducing food waste in schools, and the majority leader moved its final passage.
Members also laid over House Bill 10-43: the majority leader requested the bill be held until the end of the third-reading calendar and later moved to lay over the balance of the calendar until Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. The clerk closed the session for recess following those actions.
Votes at a glance
- House Bill 11-24 (Wright; Sen. Michelson Janae) — Subject: updates to universal contracting provision requirements for delivery of behavioral health safety-net services. Final action: adopted on third reading. Tally: 41 yes, 22 no, 2 excused.
- House Bill 10-59 (Weinberg, Ferre; Sens. Rich, Marchman) — Subject: reducing food waste in schools. Final action: adopted on third reading. Tally: 60 yes, 3 no, 2 excused.
Other calendar actions and procedural notes
- House Bill 10-43 was laid over to the end of the third-reading calendar and then laid over until tomorrow at the request of the majority leader; the balance of the calendar was laid over to Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025.
- Individual floor votes recorded in the transcript include Representative Luck voting no and Representative Lindsey voting yes during the roll-call sequence for at least one of the bills. The clerk recorded the combined tallies listed above as the official results on the floor.
Why it matters
HB 11-24 addresses contracting rules for behavioral-health safety-net service delivery, which affects how the state and its providers procure and administer certain mental-health and substance-use services. HB 10-59 targets school operations and food-service practices by directing actions to reduce food waste in educational settings.
What the floor record shows
The transcript contains only the bills' introductions on third reading, the majority leader's motions for final passage, roll-call voting and the clerk's announced tallies. The record does not include floor debate on the merits of either bill in this session. Where the transcript records specific member votes (for example, Representative Luck voting no and Representative Lindsey voting yes), those are noted above; the full roll-call tallies as announced by the clerk are the authoritative floor outcomes.