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Votes at a glance: key committee outcomes from the Appropriations meeting

May 07, 2026 | 2026 Legislature CO, Colorado


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Votes at a glance: key committee outcomes from the Appropriations meeting
The Senate Appropriations Committee recorded the following outcomes during the session:

- Senate Bill 148 — Loan from UPTF to Clean Energy Fund: failed in committee, 5–2 (ayes: Senator Gonzales, Chair; noes: Senators Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Liston, Pelton, Vice Chair).
- Senate Bill 185 — JTC/OIT audit process/TRPR funding: passed unanimously and recommended for the consent calendar.
- House Bill 1004 — child care tax credit discussion: passed unanimously in committee; vice chair recommended consent calendar but one member later objected to consent placement.
- House Bill 1014 — job growth tax credit extension: passed unanimously.
- (Pesticide disposal enterprise bill) — adopted in committee, 5–2 (sponsor created a small enterprise within Department of Agriculture to coordinate discounted pesticide disposal events).
- House Bill 1206 — housing authorities/GENTAX amendment: passed 4–3.
- House Bill 1287 — sunset: passed unanimously and placed on the consent calendar.
- House Bill 1428 — online provider data collection (amendment L1001): passed unanimously; includes a one‑year $125,000 State Education Fund appropriation for data collection stand‑up.
- Senate Bill 178 — reinsurance/Omni Salud (as amended by L14 and L15): passed 4–3 after adoption of amendments that require a JBC presentation and delay bond issuance until at least January 2027.
- Senate Bill 193 — clarifying state treatment of local minimum wages: passed unanimously after administrative testimony and union testimony in opposition and support.

Several amendments were adopted on the floor for specific bills: L14 (technical) and L15 (policy) were adopted for SB178; one J‑amendment (J4) that reduced an appropriation was adopted on another bill and passed 4–3. Some bills were placed on the consent calendar; others had objections noted.

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