Senate Appropriations

Friday, May 8, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

Senate Appropriations moved a stack of fiscal bills toward the floor, clearing routine child-welfare and revenue measures unanimously while splitting on a Colorado School of Mines construction package, a worker-safety bill, and a host-home database mandate. A data-gathering bill on workers in extreme heat and cold was laid over after sponsors withdrew their motions rather than risk a vote.

Key Actions

·Continuation of Open Educational Resources ProgramPassed

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Notable Quotes

“Just for the record, for the committee's reference, if you all remember, with the appointment of a certain past president of the Senate to the Board of Trustees at Carter School Mines, I said from the floor that the roof of Guggenheim would probably collapse. So it ended up not being the roof. But it's no coincidence that we're seeking funding to make repairs at Guggenheim and Hall.”
Cleave Simpson — Simpson's wry aside linking the repair request to a former Senate president's appointment to the Mines board captured the room's levity on an otherwise technical financing vote.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (6)Julie Gonzales, Barbara Kirkmeyer, Cleave Simpson, Judy Amabile, Jeff Bridges, Byron Pelton

No (1)Chris Kolker

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (4)Julie Gonzales, Chris Kolker, Jeff Bridges, Judy Amabile

No (3)Barbara Kirkmeyer, Byron Pelton, Cleave Simpson

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

Yes (7)Julie Gonzales, Barbara Kirkmeyer, Chris Kolker, Byron Pelton, Cleave Simpson, Jeff Bridges, Judy Amabile

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

Yes (7)Barbara Kirkmeyer, Chris Kolker, Byron Pelton, Cleave Simpson, Jeff Bridges, Judy Amabile, Julie Gonzales

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (6)Julie Gonzales, Barbara Kirkmeyer, Chris Kolker, Byron Pelton, Jeff Bridges, Judy Amabile

No (1)Cleave Simpson

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (6)Julie Gonzales, Barbara Kirkmeyer, Chris Kolker, Cleave Simpson, Jeff Bridges, Judy Amabile

No (1)Byron Pelton

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

Yes (7)Chris Kolker, Julie Gonzales, Barbara Kirkmeyer, Byron Pelton, Cleave Simpson, Jeff Bridges, Judy Amabile

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (7)Judy Amabile, Chris Kolker, Cleave Simpson, Jeff Bridges, Julie Gonzales, Barbara Kirkmeyer, Byron Pelton

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction

Yes (6)Julie Gonzales, Barbara Kirkmeyer, Cleave Simpson, Jeff Bridges, Judy Amabile, Byron Pelton

No (1)Chris Kolker

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TranscriptPreview

It's. The Committee on Appropriations will come to order. Okay. Okay. 1324. Lay over. Laid over. Okay. First up, we have Senate Bill 20. Oh, yeah. I skipped a big piece. Ms. Conor, garage, please call the roll. Senators Gonzalez, good morning. Kirk. Meyer, I. Coker. Morning. Helton. Present. Simpson. Present. Mr. Vice Chair. Yep. Madam Chair, here you did switch out. Listed. Okay. First up today we have Senate Bill 183. Senator Kirkmeyer. Thank you, Madam Chair. I move. Senate Bill 26183 and J001. Committee members. Senator Kolker, thank you. This year it doesn't have general fund, but next year it says 780. So that 780 that's in the general fund, that could go back into the general fund. That. That is still part of our budget. How do we explain this? Sure. Thank Madam Chair. Senator Kirkmeyer. Thank you, Madam Chair. Sure. This is just like the same as with those sunset bills. These are funds that have already been appropriated. What has happened is when we did a cop back in 2024, which was funded by federal mineral lease dollars, backed up by federal mineral lease dollars, we have, after we went through and did all those…

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