The Colorado Senate passed two bills on third reading consent calendar, advanced House Bill 1027 on BOCES executive directors and two additional bills on second reading, and laid over several bills to later dates — while a moment of personal privilege by a Republican senator drew a rebuke from the presiding officer for referencing policy outside of debate.
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Senator Baisley [UNCLEAR spelling] used a moment of personal privilege to criticize what he characterized as policies driving Palantir's relocation of its headquarters from Denver to Florida, calling it 'an enormous loss,' and further stated 'we're replacing that industry with the prostitution industry,' characterizing Colorado's direction as 'quite purposeful' and not a 'decay of neglect.' The presiding officer responded directly: 'And for all members, during announcements or moments of personal privilege, we're not referencing policy. That's currently going through the debate for policy... And we're not referencing prior policy either. And so I just ask you respectfully refrain from speaking towards policies during announcements.' Senator Baisley was not given a response opportunity in the transcript.
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“Muslims fast each day from sunrise to sunset, abstaining from food, drink and yes, including water. And other physical needs for 29 to 30 days. Nearly 2 billion people around the world and close to 100,000 Muslims here in Colorado observe Ramadan.”
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Sign in to subscribeAmabile. Paisley. Ball. Ball. Excuse. Bridges. B.r. carson. Catlin. Cutter. Danielson. Daugherty. Excuse. Exum. Good morning, sir. Frizzell. Gonzalez. Henriksen. Judah. Kip. Kirkmeyer. Kolker. Linstead. Linstead. Excuse. Liston. Marchman. Mullica. Pelton. B. Pelton. Rich. Roberts. Rodriguez. Simpson. Snyder. Sullivan. Wallace. Weissman. Zamora. Wilson. Ball. Mr. President. Let's do this. The morning roll call is 32 present, zero absent to excused and one vacant. We have a quorum. Senator Daniel. She was here. Mr. Majority Leader, would you please lead us in the pledge of allegiance or. Senator Liston? Very good. Members, would you stand gallery and please join in the pledge of allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag 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. Approval of the journal, Senator Liston. Very good, Mr. President. Members. There once was a chamber quite spry with a calendar stacked to the sky. They reviewed every line, found it was very fine, gave approval and waved it goodbye. Did you get it? So with that, Mr. President, I move the journal of February 17, 2026 be approved as corrected by the secretary. You've heard…
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