Senate Daily Reading [Day 090]

Senate will come to order. Message from the House. The House is adopted and returns here with Senate joint resolution 16. The court rules relax for everybody. Introduction to bills. House Bill 1348 by Representatives Brown and Taggart and Senators Amabile and Bridges concerning the use of money from the Broadband Infrastructure Cash Fund. Appropriations. House Bill 1349 by Representatives Brown and Sirota and Senators Amabile and Kirkmeyer concerning modifications to prevention services programs within the Department of Early Childhood and in connection therewith making and reducing appropriations. Appropriations. House Bill 1350 by Representatives Brown and Taggart and Senators Amabile and Bridges concerning appropriations related to school food programs and in connection therewith making and reducing an appropriation. Appropriations. House Bill 1351 by Representatives Brown and Sirota and Senators of Mable Lane Bridges concerning the use of state education fund money to fund the Healthy School Meals for All program. Appropriations. House Bill 1352 by Representatives Brown and Taggart and Senators of Mable Lane Bridges concerning reducing the frequency of Colorado reading to ensure academic development act, independent evaluations, and in connection therewith, reducing and appropriation. Appropriations. House Bill 1353 by Representatives Brown and Taggart and Senators of Mable Lane Bridges concerning state-administered social studies assessments and in connection therewith, reducing and appropriation. Appropriation House Bill 1354 by Representatives Sirota and Taggart and Senators Amabile and Bridges Concerning repealing a science teacher professional development program Impropriation House Bill 1355 by Representatives Sirota and Taggart and Senators Bridges and Amabile Concerning the appropriation for the out-of-school time program grant program And in connection there with reducing appropriation Oppropriation House Bill 1356 by Representatives Brown and Taggart and Senators Amabile and Kirkmeyer Concerning the repeal of the local accountability system Appropriation House Bill 1357 by Rep. Sirota and Taggart and Senators Zimabalaya and Bridges concerning phasing out teacher recruitment, education, and preparation program and in connection therewith, making and reducing an appropriation. Appropriations. House Bill 1358 by Rep. Brown and Taggart and Senators Zimabalaya and Kirkmeyer concerning reducing an appropriation for the Colorado Academic Accelerator Grant Program. Appropriations. House Bill 1359 by Representatives Sirota and Taggart and Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning accrediting to the state public school fund money received from the removal of natural resources on public school lands. Appropriations. House Bill 1360 by Representatives Brown and Taggart and Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning the Affordable Housing Financing Fund. Appropriations. House Bill 1361 by Representatives Brown and Taggart and Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning the repeal of the Pay for Success Contracts Program. Appropriations. House Bill 1362 by Representatives Sirota and Taggart and Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning the repeal of the Decarbonization Tax Credits Administration Cash Fund. Appropriations House Bill 1363 by Representatives Brown and Sirota and Senators of Mobile and Bridges concerning a temporary reduction in the general fund reserve. Appropriations House Bill 1364 by Representatives Sirota and Taggart and Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning the calculation of the Consumer Price Index for the 2025 calendar year and in connection therewith making an appropriation. Appropriations House Bill 1366 by Representatives Brown and Sirota and Senators Zimabale and Kirkmeyer concerning enhancing state-directed payments for physician services rendered by medical professionals at Denver Health and Hospital Authority and in connection therewith making an appropriation. Appropriations. House Bill 1367 by Representatives Brown and Taggart and Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning federal money payable as reimbursement of a public expenditure when the federal money exceeds 50% of the expenditure amount. Appropriations. House Bill 1368 by representatives Sirota and Taggart and Senators of Moblin and Bridges concerning eliminating and transfer from the limited gaming fund to the innovative higher education research fund Appropriations House Bill 1369 by representatives Brown and Taggart and Senators Amabile and Bridges concerning eliminating and transfer from the Limited Gaming Fund to the Innovative Higher Education Research Fund Appropriations House Bill 1369 by Representatives Brown and Taggart and Senators Amabile and Kirkmeyer concerning the repeal of a requirement to contract for use an online platform by higher education institutions for public benefits Appropriations. House Bill 1370 by Representatives Brown and Serota and Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning the transfer of money from the Limited Gaming Fund to other cash funds. Appropriations. House Bill 1371 by Representatives Brown and Taggart and Senators of Mable Lane Bridges concerning adding repeal dates for certain higher education programs with limited purpose fee for service contracts. Appropriations. House Bill 1372 by Representatives Brown and Taggart and Senators of Mable Lane Bridges concerning requirements for spending appropriations for the Araria Higher Education Center. Appropriations. House Bill 1373 by Representatives Brown and Sorota and Senators of Mable Lane Kirkmeyer concerning reducing monthly subsidy reimbursements, percentages for held welfare services provider contracts and in connection therewith, reducing appropriations. Appropriations. House Bill 1374 by Representatives Sirota and Taggart and Senators Zimabale and Bridges concerning kinship care funding provisions. Appropriations. House Bill 1375 by Representatives Sirota and Taggart and Senators Zimabale and Kirkmeyer concerning repealing county administration of assistance programs funding model and in connection therewith reducing and appropriation. Appropriations. House Bill 1376 by Representatives Brown and Sirota and Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning updating permissible uses of money in the excess federal Title IV-E reimbursements cash fund. Appropriations. House Bill 1377 by Rep. Sirota, Integrate, and Senators of Mobillet and Kirkmeyer concerning a clarification regarding the treatment of funds that are transferred from the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to the Colorado Department of Human Services that pass through a regional accountability entity. Appropriations. House Bill 1378 by Rep. Sirota, Integrate, and Senators of Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning the repeal of certain behavioral health resources administered by the Behavioral Health Administration and in connection therewith, reducing appropriation. Appropriations. House Bill 1379 by Representatives Brown and Taggart and Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning a correction to the citation for bond forfeiture money deposited in the Judicial Stabilization Cash Fund. Appropriations. House Bill 1380 by Representatives Brown and Taggart and Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning the repeal of the Office of the Judicial Discipline Ombudsman. Appropriations. House Bill 1381 by Representatives Brown and Sirota and Senators of Mobile 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. Appropriations. House Bill 1382 by Representatives Brown and Sirota and Senators of Mobile Lane Bridges, concerning the support of Coloradans with disabilities and in connection therewith, creating the Colorado Disability Funding Authority and making and reducing appropriations. Appropriations. House Bill 1383 by Representatives Brown and Sirota and Senators of Mobile Lane Bridges, concerning repealing the Employment Support and Job Retention Services Program and in connection therewith, reducing and appropriations. Appropriations. House Bill 1384 by Representatives Brown and Taggart and 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. Appropriations. House Bill 1385 by Representatives Brown and Sirota and Senators Mabalayan 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. Appropriations. House Bill 1386 by Representatives Brown and Taggart and Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning changing the funding mechanism for the Colorado National Guard tuition waiver program. Appropriation. House Bill 1387 by Representatives Brown and Taggart and 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, establishing an annual transfer from the severance tax operational fund to the general fund and reducing an appropriation. Appropriation. House Bill 1388 by Rep. Sirota and Taggart and Senators of Mobile and 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 Appropriations House Bill 1389 by Rep Brown and Sirota and Senators of Mobile and Kirkmeyer concerning eliminating the annual appropriation requirement for the Comprehensive Human Sexuality Education Grant Program and in connection therewith, reducing an appropriation. Appropriations. House Bill 1390 by Representatives Brown and Sirota and Senators of Mobile and Kirkmeyer concerning the Evaluation Agent for the Health Disparities and Community Grant Program. Appropriations. House Bill 1391 by Representatives Brown and Sirota and Senators of Mobile and Kirkmeyer concerning clean drinking water and prices 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 testing of drinking water and making an appropriation. House Bill 1392 by Representatives Serota and Taggart, 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. Appropriations. House Bill 1393 by Representatives Brown and Taggart and Senators of Mobile and Kirkmeyer concerning subjecting specified cash funds to a three-year maximum reserve limitation instead of the annual maximum reserve limitation and in connection therewith subjecting the public school construction and inspection cash fund and the health facility construction and inspection cash fund to the three-year limitation. Appropriations. House Bill 1394 by Representatives Brown and Taggart and Senators of Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning the conversion of the motorcycle operator safety training fund to a cash fund such as annual appropriation by the general assembly and in connection therewith making an appropriation. Appropriations. House Bill 1395 by Representatives Sirota and Taggart and Senators of Bombolier and Bridges concerning the repeal of the Wildfire Resilient Homes Grant Program administered by the Department of Public Safety and in connection therewith transferring the balance of the Wildfire Resilient Homes Grant Program cash fund to the general fund. Appropriations. House Bill 1396 by Representatives Brown and Taggart and Senators of Bombolier and Kirkmeyer concerning modifications of the disaster emergency fund. Appropriations. House Bill 1397 by Representatives Sirota and Taggart and Senators Zimobole 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 in connection therewith reducing an appropriation. Appropriations. House Bill 1398 by Representatives Brown and Sirota and Senators Zimobole and Kirkmeyer concerning the allocation of retail delivery fee revenue credit to the Multimodal Transportation and Mitigation Options Fund. Appropriations. House Bill 1399 by Representatives Brown and Taggart and Senators Immobile and Kirkmeyer concerning the elimination of the annual transfer from the general fund to the multimodal transportation and mitigation options fund and in connection therewith, reducing and appropriation. Appropriations. House Bill 1400 by Representatives Sirota and Taggart and Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning adjustments to the public employees' retirement associations' allocation of money to trust funds. Appropriations. House Bill 1401 by Representatives Sirota and Taggart and Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning transfers of money from the unclaimed property trust fund and in connection therewith, transferring money from the unclaimed property trust fund to the housing development grant fund and the general fund in state fiscal year 2025-2026, 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. Appropriations. House Bill 1402 by Representatives Sirota and Taggart and Senators Zimabale and Bridges concerning the transfer of money to the capital construction fund. Appropriations. House Bill 1403 by Representatives Brown and Sirota and Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning the prevention of the transfer of unexpended information technology annual depreciation lease equivalent payments to the general fund. Appropriation. House Bill 1404 by Representatives Sirota and Taggart and Senators Zimabale and Bridges concerning transferring money from the Tobacco Education Programs Fund to the Preschool Programs Cash Fund and in connection therewith making and reducing an appropriation. Appropriation. House Bill 1405 by Representatives Brown and Sirota and Senators Zimabale and Kirkmeyer concerning transfers of money from certain cash funds to the general fund. Appropriation. House Bill 1406 by Rep. Sirota and Taggart and Senators of Maubile and Kirkmeyer concerning the repeal of certain provisions regarding the funding of capital construction and in connection therewith reducing appropriation Appropriation House Bill 1407 by Rep Brown and Taggart and Senators of Mobile and Kirkmeyer concerning state money that was used to refinance money received from the Federal Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund and in connection therewith transferring unspent state money to the general fund extending a deadline for the use of state money and reducing appropriations. Appropriations. House Bill 1408 by representatives Brown and Taggart and Senators of Mobile and Bridges concerning the establishment of processes for the determination of budget requests for the upcoming state fiscal year. Appropriations. Appropriations. House Bill 1409 by Representatives Brown and Sirota and Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning the distribution of money collected from the retail marijuana sales tax. Appropriations. House Bill 1410 by Representatives Sirota and Senators Bridges concerning the provision for payment of the expenses of the executive legislative and judicial departments of the state of Colorado and of its agencies and institutions for and during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, except as otherwise noted. You guessed it. Appropriations. House Bill 1411 by Representatives Brown and Sirota and Senators Zimabale and Kirkmeyer concerning changes to health insurance benefits for certain low-income individuals who are not eligible for medical assistance due to their immigration status and in connection therewith, making and reducing an appropriation. Appropriations. House Bill 1412 by Representatives Sirota and Taggart and Senators Bridges and Kirkmeyer concerning authorizing the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to use statistical sampling and extrapolation to recover overpayments to providers for certain Medicaid services and in connection therewith, making and reducing an appropriation. Appropriations. House Bill 1413 by representatives Seroita and Brown and Senators of Mobillane Bridges concerning leave time allowed to certain public servants. Appropriations, Senatorial 5.

Mr. Majority Leader, announcements. Mr. Majority Leader.

Do you approve the motion? All those in favor say aye.

Opposed?

The aye has it. And the Senate will adjourn until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. .