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Senate Appropriations cleared three consent-calendar bills without drama, but Senate Bill 149's mental-health placement pathways drew a sharp fight over its fiscal note — with members complaining they got a 38-page amendment near midnight — and passed on a 6-1 vote.
Key Actions
·Small Business Recovery ModificationsPassed
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Notable Quotes
“So I will continue to fight this on the floor and I'll be looking to try and do amendments to get the fiscal note down. And they better be looking for ways to get the fiscal note down as well, because this is outrageous.”
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Votes
Referred to Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendarAction
Yes (7)Julie Gonzales, Chris Kolker, Larry Liston, Byron Pelton, Jeff Bridges, Judy Amabile, Barbara Kirkmeyer
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, Larry Liston, Byron Pelton, Jeff Bridges, Judy Amabile
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, Larry Liston, Byron Pelton, Jeff Bridges, Judy Amabile
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (6)Julie Gonzales, Barbara Kirkmeyer, Byron Pelton, Jeff Bridges, Judy Amabile, Chris Kolker
No (1)Larry Liston
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The Senate Committee on Appropriations will come to order. Mr. McClure, please call the roll. Senators Gonzalez. Present. Kirkmeyer. Here. Kolker. Here. Liston. Here. Pelton. Present. Mr. Vice Chair. Yep. Madam Chair. Here. Okay. We are going to start with Senate Bill 149 and Senator Simpson is here and me. And so I don't know. Mr. Vice Chair, do you want to. Sure. Take over? We'll see how that goes. We'll see how that goes. Senator Mobile I move. Senate Bill 149, Amendment L48 and Amendment J0012. L48. Any questions? Senator Kirkmeyer. Oh, sorry, I forgot. Senator Kirkmeyer. All right. L48. I mean, we just got this. So I mean, I kind of looked at it at, I don't know, must have been midnight last night or whatever time, 11 o' clock something. So L48 is just for the general fun and the renovation of the Colorado Mental Health Hospital. It's. It's not everything else. Right. It's just that. Senator MOBILE. Yes. This is just, just the Capitol outlays. Okay. And we're only voting. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Go ahead and dialogue. Thank you so much. And we're only voting on 48 right now. Yes. Okay, fine. Any further discussion…
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