Colorado House reads committee reports, assigns several health-related Senate bills to HHS and lays over a resolution

The Colorado House convened, received a series of committee reports and formal referrals, and adjourned after setting future scheduling.

Speaker 2 read committee recommendations that the Committee on Business Affairs and Labor had approved an amendment to House Bill 1,300 and recommended that, as amended, it be referred to the Committee of the Whole. Speaker 2 also announced that the Committee on Education recommended Senate Bills 63 and 143 be referred to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation. The Committee on Judiciary recommended that House Bills 1031 (as amended), 1294 (as amended), 1301 and Senate Bill 171 be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation.

Several Senate measures were introduced and assigned to committees. Speaker 2 stated: "Senate Bill 71 will be assigned to the Committee on Health and Human Services," describing the measure as concerning "certain practices by persons participating in the supply chain of drugs purchased under the federal 340B drug pricing program." Speaker 2 also announced that "Senate Bill 124 by Senators Kirkmeyer and Gonzales, also representatives Brown and Garcia Sander, concerning outpatient drugs that are sold at a discount to nonprofit hospitals through the Federal 340B drug pricing program" will be assigned to the Committee on Health and Human Services. Senate Bill 178 (sponsors referenced) concerning a Colorado K–5 social and emotional health pilot program was read as introduced.

The Transportation, Housing and Local Government committee report included a recommendation that Senate Bill 141 be postponed indefinitely. The House also was told that the printing report and notices of delivery of bills to the governor would be printed in the journal and that messages from the Senate and the Reviser would be printed in the journal.

Speaker 1 announced that House Resolution 1004, by Representatives Espinosa and Garcia Huerta, "will be laid over until Monday, March 31, under House Rules." Near the end of the reading, the majority leader moved that "the House stand in adjournment until Thursday, March 27 at 9AM," and the Speaker announced the House adjourned. The last line of the transcript contains inconsistent date language (reference to "tomorrow, March 20 seventh") that appears garbled and was recorded as read.

No floor debate, roll-call votes, or amendments beyond the referral and layover instructions were recorded in the provided transcript.

Next steps: referred bills will proceed through their assigned committees (including the Committee on Health and Human Services for the 340B-related measures); House Resolution 1004 remains laid over under House Rules pending further action.