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House Daily Reading - Day 079

April 2, 2026 · 2,991 words · 3 speakers · 4 segments

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Thank you. Thank you. The House will come back to order. Mr. Schiebel, reports of committees of reference. Committee on Judiciary, after consideration of the merits, the committee recommends the following. House Bill 1100 be amended as follows. Not so amended, be referred to the Committee on Finance. House Bills 1288 as amended and 1312 as amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole. House Bills 1309 as amended and 1315 as amended, be referred to the Committee on Appropriations. With favorable recommendation, House Bill 1329 be postponed indefinitely. Printing report. The Chief Clerk reports the following. The printing report will be printed in the journal. Message from the Senate. Madam Speaker of the Senate. Message from the Senate will be printed in the journal. Message from the revisor. We hear with transmit without comment. Message from the revisor will be printed in the journal. Introduction of bills. House Bill 1348 by Representatives Brown and Tigard, also Senators Amabile and Bridges, concerning the use of money from the broadband infrastructure cash fund. House Bill 1348 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1349 by Representatives Brown and Sirota, also Senators Amabile and Kirkmeyer, concerning modifications to prevention services programs within the Department of Early Childhood and in connection therewith making and reducing appropriations. House Bill 1349 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1350 by Representatives Brown and Tigard, also Senators Maubelay and Bridges, concerning appropriations related to school food programs and in connection therewith making and reducing appropriations. House Bill 1350 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1351 by Representatives Brown and Sirota, also Senators Maubelay and Bridges, concerning the use of state education fund money to fund the Healthy School Meals for All program. House Bill 1351 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1352 by Representatives Brown and Taggart, also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer, concerning reducing the frequency of Colorado reading to ensure Academic Development Act, independent evaluations, and in connection there with reducing appropriation. House Bill 1352 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1353 by Representatives Brown and Taggart, also Senators Maubel and Bridges, concerning state-administered social studies assessments and in connection therewith reducing an appropriation. House Bill 1353 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1354 by Representatives Sirota and Tigard, also Senators Mobiley and Bridges, concerning repealing a science teacher professional development program and in connection therewith reducing an appropriation. House Bill 1354 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1355 by Representatives Sirota and Tigard, also Senators Bridges and Mobiley, concerning the appropriation for the out-of-school time program grant program in connection there with the reducing and appropriation. House Bill 1355 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1356 by Representatives Brown and Tigard, also Senators Moblin and Kirkmeyer, concerning the repeal of the local accountability system. House Bill 1356 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1357 by Representatives Sarota and Tigard, also Senators Moblin and Bridges, concerning phasing out the teacher recruitment, education, and preparation program. House Bill 1357 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1358 by Representatives Brown and Tigard, also Senators Mobile and Kirkmeyer, concerning reducing an appropriation for the Colorado Academic Accelerator Grant Program. House Bill 1358 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1359 by Representatives Rodan Tigard also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning crediting to the state public school fund money received from the removal of natural resources on public school lanes House Bill 1359 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations Senate Bill 1360 by Representatives Brown and Tigard, also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer, concerning the Affordable Housing Financing Fund. House Bill 1360 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1361 by Representatives Brown and Tigard, also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer, concerning the repeal of the Pay for Success Contracts Program. House Bill 1361 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1362 by Representatives Sirota and Tigard, also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer, concerning the repeal of the Decarbonization Tax Credit's Administration Cash Fund. House Bill 1362 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1363 by Representatives Brown and Sirota, also Senators Maubelay and Bridges, concerning a temporary reduction in the General Fund Reserve. House Bill 1363 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1364 by Representatives Roden-Tigert, also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer, concerning the calculation of the Consumer Price Index for the 2025 calendar year. House Bill 1364 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1365 by Representatives Brown and Serota, also Senators Amabile and Kirkmeyer, concerning repealing Medicaid reimbursement for therapy using equine movement and a connection therewith reducing appropriation. House Bill 1365 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1366 by Representatives Brown and Sirota, also Senators Maubelay and Kirkmeyer, concerning enhancing state-directed payments for physician services rendered by medical professionals at Denver Health and the hospital authority in a connection therewith making appropriations. House Bill 1366 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1367 by Representatives Brown and Tigard, also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer, concerning federal money payable as reimbursement of a public expenditure when the federal money exceeds 50% of the expenditure amount. House Bill 1367 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1368 by Representatives Throat and Tigard, also Senators Amabalayan Bridges, concerning eliminating a transfer from the Limited Gaming Fund to the Innovative Higher Education Research Fund. House Bill 1368 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1369 by Representatives Brown and Tigard, also Senators Amabalayan Kirkmeyer, concerning the repeal of requirement to contract for use of an online platform for higher education institutions for public benefits. House Bill 1369 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1370 by Representatives Brown and Sirota, also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer, concerning the transfer of money from the limited gaming fund to other cash funds. House Bill 1370 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1371 by Representatives Brown and Tigard, also Senators Amabile and Bridges, concerning adding repeal dates for certain higher education programs with limited purpose fee-for-service contracts. House Bill 1371 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1372 by Representatives Brown and Taggart, also Senators Amabaline-Bridges, concerning requirements for spending appropriations for the Auraria Higher Education Center. House Bill 1372 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1373 by Representatives Brown and Sirota, also Senators Amabaline-Kirkmeyer, concerning reducing monthly subsidy reimbursement percentages for child welfare services provider contracts and in connection therewith, reducing an appropriation. House Bill 1373 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1374 by Representatives Roden-Taggart, also Senators Immobile and Bridges, concerning kinship care funding provisions. House Bill 1374 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1375 by Representatives Roden-Taggart, also Senators Immobile and Kirkmeyer, concerning repealing the County Administration of Assistance Program's funding model and connection therewith, reducing inappropriation. House Bill 1375 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1376 by Representatives Brown and Sirota, also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer, concerning updating permissible uses of money in the excess federal Title IV-E reimbursement cash fund. House Bill 1376 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1377 by Representatives Sirota and Tigard, also Senators Moblin and Kirkmeyer, concerning the clarification regarding the treatment of funds that are transferred from the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing through the Colorado Department of Human Services that pass through a regional accountability entity. House Bill 1377 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1378 by Representatives Theron and Tigard, also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer, concerning the repeal of certain behavioral health resources administered by the Behavioral Health Administration and connection therewith reducing an appropriation. House Bill 1378 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1379 by Representatives Brown and Tigard, also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer, concerning a correction to a citation for bond forfeiture money deposited in the Judicial Stabilization Cash Fund. House Bill 1379 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1380 by Representatives Brown and Tigard, also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer, concerning the repeal of the Office of the Judicial Discipline Ombudsman. House Bill 1380 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations House Bill 1381 by Representatives Brown and Sirota also Senators Mabley and Bridges concerning eliminating the requirement that the Commission on Judicial Discipline Special Cash Fund begin each state fiscal year with a balance of at least $400,000. House Bill 1381 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1382 by Representatives Brown and Sirota, also Senators Mabley and Bridges, concerning the support of Coloradans with disabilities and in connection therewith, creating the Colorado Disability Funding Authority and making and reducing appropriations. House Bill 1382 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1383 by Representatives Brown and Sirota, also Senators Amabile and Bridges, concerning repealing the Employment Support and Job Retention Services Program and a connection therewith, reducing an appropriation. House Bill 1383 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1384 by Representatives Brown and Tigard, also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer, concerning the classification of School-to-Work Alliance Program cost payments to the Department of Labor and Employment from the Department of Education. House Bill 1384 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1385 by Representatives Brown and Sirota, also Senators Maubelaine-Bridges, concerning directing 100% of the funding for the Public Defender and Prosecutor Behavioral Health Support Program for State Fiscal Year 2026-27 to the Office of the State Public Defender. House Bill 1385 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1386 by Representatives Brown and Tigard, also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer, concerning changing the funding mechanism for the Colorado National Guard Tuition Waiver Program. House Bill 1386 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1387 by Representatives Brown and Tigard, also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer, concerning the expenditure of money from the Severance Tax Trust Fund and in connection therewith, allowing the State Treasurer to transfer money from the Severance Tax Perpetual Base Fund to the Species Conservation Trust Fund and establishing an annual transfer from the Severance Tax Operation Fund to the General Fund. House Bill 1387 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1388 by Representatives Sirot and Tigard, also Senators Mobland Bridges, concerning the repeal of the bond assistance program administered by the Department of Personnel and in connection therewith, transferring the balance of the Bond Assistance Program Cash Fund to the General Fund. House Bill 1388 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1389 by Representatives Brown and Sirota, also Senators Maubelaine-Kirkmaier, concerning eliminating the annual appropriation requirement for the Comprehensive Human Sexuality Education Grant Program. House Bill 1389 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1390 by Representatives Brown and Sirota, also Senators Maubelaine-Kirkmaier, concerning the evaluation agent for the Health Disparities and Community Grant Program. House Bill 1390 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1391 by Representatives Brown and Sirota, also Senators Mabalane Kirkmeyer, concerning clean drinking water in places where children are present and in connection therewith, extending the School and Child Care Clean Drinking Water Fund through the 2028-29 state fiscal year, adding high schools to the scope of potential recipients of grants from the School and Child Care Clean Drinking Water Fund, prohibiting the Department of Public Health and Environment from issuing a license to a child care center unless the child care center is in compliance with laws concerning the testing of drinking water and making an appropriation. House Bill 1391 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1392 by Rep. Sorota and Tigard, also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer, concerning the transfer of money from the Public Safety Communications Revolving Fund to the Public Safety Communications Trust Fund to support the digital trunked radio system. House Bill 1392 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1393 by Representatives Brown and Tigard, also Senators Mabaline Kirkmeyer, concerning subjecting specified cash funds to a three-year maximum reserve limitation instead of the annual maximum reserve limitation and connection there was, subjecting the public school construction and inspection cash fund and the health facility construction and inspection cash fund to the three-year limitation. House Bill 1393 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1394 by Representatives Brown and Tigard, also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer, concerning the conversion of the Motorcycle Operator Safety Training Fund to a cash fund subject to annual appropriation by the General Assembly and a connection therewith making appropriation. House Bill 1394 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1395 by Representatives Rod and Tigard, also Senators Amabile and Bridges, concerning the repeal of the Wildfire Resilient Homes Grant Program administered by the Department of Public Safety and a connection therewith, transferring the balance of the Wildfire Resilient Homes Grant Program cash fund to the General Fund. House Bill 1395 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1396 by Representatives Brown and Taggart, also Senators Mobley and Kirkmeyer, concerning modifications to the Disaster Emergency Fund. House Bill 1396 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1397 by Representatives Sirota and Taggart also Senators Mobley and Bridges concerning the use of general fund money to support benefits provided to certain public safety personnel through a multiple employer health trust and a connection there with reducing appropriation House Bill 1397 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations House Bill 1398 by Representatives Brown and Sirota also Senators Amabaline concerning the allocation of retail delivery fee revenue credited to the Multimodal Transportation and Mitigation Options Fund House Bill 1398 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1399 by Representatives Brown and Tigard, also Senators Amabaline-Kirkmaier, concerning the elimination of the annual transfer from the General Fund to the Multimodal Transportation and Mitigation Options Fund and in connection there with reducing appropriation. appropriation. House bill 1399 will be assigned to the committee on appropriations. House bill 1400 by representatives Rota and Tigard also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning adjustments to the public employees Retirement Association's allocation of money to trust funds. House bill 1400 will be assigned to the committee on appropriations. House bill 1401 by representatives Rota and Tigard also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning transfers of money from the unclaimed property trust fund and in connection there with transferring money from the unclaimed property trust fund to the housing development grant fund and the general fund in state fiscal year 2025 Terminating future transfers from the unclaimed property trust fund to the housing development grant fund and the adult dental fund and making and reducing appropriations. House Bill 1401 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1402 by Representatives Roden Tigard, also Senators Amabalai and Bridges, concerning the transfer of money to the Capital Construction Fund. House Bill 1402 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1403 by Representatives Brown and Sirota, also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer, concerning the prevention of the transfer of unexpended information technology annual depreciation lease equivalent payments to the general fund. House Bill 1403 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1404 by Representative Sirota and Tigard, also Senators Amabaline-Bridge, concerning transferring money from the Tobacco Education Programs Fund to the Preschool Programs Cash Fund and in connection therewith making and reducing appropriation. House Bill 1404 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1405 by Representatives Brown and Sirota, also Senators Amabaline-Kirkmaier, concerning transfers of money from certain cash funds to the general fund. House Bill 1405 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1406 by Rep. Sorot and Taggart, also Senators Mobley and Kirkmeyer, concerning the repeal of certain provisions regarding the funding of capital construction and connection therewith, reducing an appropriation. House Bill 1406 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1407 by Rep. Brown and Taggart, also Senators Mobley and Kirkmeyer, concerning state money that was used to refinance money received from the Federal Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund any connection therewith, transferring unspent state money to the general fund, extending a deadline for the use of state money and reducing appropriation. House Bill 1407 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1408 by Representatives Brown and Tigard, also Senators Amable and Bridges, concerning the establishment of processes for the determination of budget requests for the upcoming state fiscal year. House Bill 1408 will be assigned to the Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1409 by Representatives Brown and Cerroda, also Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer, concerning the distribution of money collected from the retail marijuana sales tax. House Bill 1409 will be assigned, you guessed it, to the Committee on Appropriations. Mr. Schiebel, introduction of resolution. House Joint Resolution 1026 by Representatives Valdez and Duran, also Senator Rodriguez, concerning recognizing the service of former Governor Roy Romer and in connection therewith, acknowledging the dedication of a portion of I-25 as the Governor Roy Romer Memorial Highway. House Joint Resolution 1026 will be laid over one day under House rule.

Senator Rodriguezsenator

Mr. Schiebel, thank you for that excellent rundown. Brilliantly done. Madam Majority Leader.

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Thank you, Madam Speaker. I move that the House stand in adjournment until Monday, April 6th at 10 a.m.

Senator Rodriguezsenator

because we will be closed tomorrow, which is Friday, April 3rd. Well done. The House is adjourned until Monday, April 6th at 10 a.m. Thank you. Thank you.

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