Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 003 was dominated by a personal privilege statement from Senator Tom Sullivan marking the 704th Friday since his son Alex was killed at the Aurora theater shooting on July 20, 2012. Procedural items including journal approval, bill printings, and announcements for upcoming sessions were handled with minimal debate. Senate Bills 3 and 9 were noted as correctly printed and introduced, with outcomes unclear, while Senate Joint Resolutions 2 and 3 and Senate Resolution 2 were referenced under President's signings with outcomes unclear, and a House MLK Joint Resolution was noted to be heard on the House floor following a Senate recess, with its outcome also unclear. The Senate Journal of January 15th, 2026 was adopted by voice vote, with the chair declaring the ayes had it and the motion adopted.
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During the voice vote on approving the Senate journal of January 15th, 2026, one unidentified voice said 'No' after the call for ayes. The chair overruled with 'The ayes have it.' No named senator was identified as casting the 'No' vote in the transcript.
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“Today is the 704th Friday since my son Alex was murdered at the Aurora theater along with 11 others while celebrating his 27th birthday on July 20, 2012.”
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Sign in to subscribeBazley, Ball. Bridges. Bright. Carson. Catlin. Cutter. Danielson. Excuse. Dougherty, Exum. Good morning, sir. Frizzell, Gonzalez. Excuse. Henriksen, Judah. Excuse. Kip, Kirkmeyer. Kolker. Linstead. Liston, Marchman, Michelson. Genae. Mullica. Excuse. Belton, B. Belt. Nar. Rich. Roberts. Rodriguez. Simpson. Snyder. Sullivan. Wallace. Weissman, Zamora, Wilson. Mr. President. Let's do this. The morning roll call is 30 present. Zero absent, five. Excuse. We have a quorum. There is no Senator Mullica. So whoever would like to come to the prayer? Oh, Senator Pelton Bee, would you please lead us. Not prayer. Would you please lead us in the Pledge of allegiance? Thank you, Mr. President. Please follow me in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Schoffler, please add Senator Amabile to the roll. Approval of the Journal. Senator Kirkmeyer. Thank you, Mr. President. I was just following his canter. Very good. All right. Everybody awake, ready to go? It's Friday. You're going to get three days off. You know, we come to work Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Then we get Saturday, Sunday, Monday off. I don't…
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