Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 008

Wednesday, January 21, 2026·12m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Colorado Senate conducted a brief organizational session for Legislative Day 008, adopting HJR 1001 concerning officers and employees of the 75th General Assembly's second regular session and laying over HJR 1003 on National Blood Donor Month until January 26, 2026, with no contested votes or debate recorded.

Key Actions

·HJR 1001 – Officers and Employees of the 75th General AssemblyPassed

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Notable Quotes

“I wanted to introduce a number of foreign exchange students who are here with us today. We have seven exchange students, three of whom. Hey, exchange students. Would you guys stand up please? Thank you so much. Okay. Three of them are flex, which is a state funded program for students from ex USSR countries. Those are students from Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Armenia. We also have four from France, China and Italy.”
Senator Marchman — Senator Marchman introduced seven foreign exchange students visiting the Senate chamber, including three from a state-funded FLEX program serving students from former USSR countries.

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Votes

Approve the Senate journal of January 20, 2026, as corrected by the SecretaryPassed

House Joint Resolution 1003 layover until Monday, January 26, 2026Passed

House Joint Resolution 1001 [full motion text unclear from transcript]Passed

Senate recess until 11am todayPassed

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TranscriptPreview

Baisley, ball. Bridges. Excuse. Bright. Bright. Excuse. Carson. Catlin. Excuse. Cutter. Danielson. Doherty. Doherty. Excused. Exum. Exum. Excused. Frizzell. Gonzalez. Gonzalez. Excused. Henriksen. Judah. Judah. Excused. Kip. Kirkmeyer. Kirkmeyer. Excused. Kolker. Excuse. Linstead. Linstead. Excuse. Liston. Very good. Marchman, michaelson. Janay. Mullica. Excused. Pelton, b. Pelton. Rich. Roberts. Roberts. Excused. Rodriguez, simpson. Snyder. Sullivan. Wallace. Weissman. Zamora. W. Zamora. Wilson. Excused. Doherty, Judah. Right. Get it. Mr. President. Let's do this. The morning roll call is 24 present. Zero absent. 11 excused. We have a quorum. Senator Basley, would you please lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance? Members, please rise. Everyone up in the gallery, please rise. Let's say pledge Allegiance together. I pledge allegiance to the flag, 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 ball. Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the Senate journal of January 20, 2026, be approved as corrected by the Secretary. You've heard the motion. All in favor say aye. Opposed? No. Wow. The ayes have it, and that motion is adopted. Mr. Schoffler, will you please add Senators Gonzalez to the…

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