Senate Business, Labor, & Technology

Thursday, April 9, 2026·54m·▶ Watch / Listen

Senators cleared a therapist-licensing fix headed for the consent calendar and advanced a first-in-the-nation 'Artist Companies' business structure to Appropriations over sharp objections from the Colorado Bar Association, while the sponsor of a paid-leave extension bill asked lawmakers to kill his own measure.

Key Actions

·Marriage & Family Therapy Clinical RequirementsPassed

+ 2 more actions

Notable Quotes

“Madam Chair, I ask that you postpone indefinitely that Senate bill.”
Jeff Bridges — The sponsor himself asked the committee to kill his paid-leave duration extension bill, ending it before any debate.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendarAction

Yes (5)John Carson, Marc Catlin, Iman Jodeh, Nick Hinrichsen, Jessie Danielson

Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction

Yes (4)John Carson, Iman Jodeh, Nick Hinrichsen, Jessie Danielson

Excused (1)Marc Catlin

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction

Yes (5)John Carson, Marc Catlin, Iman Jodeh, Nick Hinrichsen, Jessie Danielson

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TranscriptPreview

Al amendment. Al amendment. All right, folks. Thank you. Thank you. And then I'm gonna. All right, folks, welcome back. The Senate Business, labor and Technology Committee will come to order. Ms. Chapman, please call the roll. Senator Carson, President Catlin. Excused. Judah. Present. Henriksen. Here. Madam Chair. Here. All right, welcome, folks. We have three items on the agenda. The first bill is Senate Bill 127. Senator Bridges, please tell us about your bill. Thank you. Madam Chair, I ask that you postpone indefinitely that Senate bill. Any questions for the sponsor, Senator Henriksen? Madam Chair, at the request of the sponsor, I move that sample127 be postponed indefinitely. That is a proper motion. Ms. Chapman, please poll the committee. Senator Carson. Aye. Catlin. Excused. Judah at the request of the sponsor. Yes. Henriksen? Aye. Madam Chair, Yes. That vote passes unanimously. Do no reverse. Okay, you're all set. And then I'm going to turn the gavel over to Vice Chair Henriksen for the next measure. Senator Bridges and Senator Catlin, welcome to this side of the dais. Good morning. Good to be here. Morning again. Please tell us about Senate Bill 133. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair.…

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