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BILLS UP TODAY on our quick-look calendar.
IT’S CRAZY BUSY around this place.
FOR THE RECORD, the civil unions vote in House Judiciary was 6-5.
AS SOON AS REP. B.J. NIKKEL VOTED AYE ON THE CIVIL UNIONS LEGISLATION, Twitter and Facebook were ablaze with excitement, ColoradoPols.com reported last night. Numerous tweets called Rep. Nikkel a “hero”, a “trailblazer”, and “courageous”. Several tweets referred to a post-vote celebration at Hamburger Mary’s (a popular LGBT hangout).
MEANWHILE, NOT A GAY ICON YET: Looper says civil unions are societal threat.
WHY WASTE TIME on real issues when there’s an empire to build?
A LOSS in Legislature is a win for bill author Sen. John Morse.
DON’T YOU WISH the Senate president had pushed some of those gubernatorial appointments through EARLIER in the session?
PUSHING FOR BATH-SALTS BAN: J. Paul Brown.
SILENT VICTORY FOR BUSINESS: Senate Bill 123 lets the Secretary of State’s Office create a “Business Efficiency Suite” that’s expected to make filing corporate documents much easier.
MOVING ON: Bond sales experience ratings bill.
MOVING ON: Sales-tax holiday bill.
MOVING ON: Stoned-driving limits.
MOVING ON: Tow-truck bill.
STOPPED: Bigger brewpub bill.
FOLLOW YOUR FAVORITE LICENSE-PLATE BILL on State Bill’s “Plate Progress” report.
GOLD BOOKS: Order in the a.m., delivered to the Capitol by p.m.
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TODAY’S CALENDARS. House. Senate.
SUBSCRIBERS: Your Virtual Bill Box is here. Your Personal Calendar is here.
YESTERDAY’S BILL ROUNDUP FOR STATE BILL SUBSCRIBERS, COURTESY OUR VIRTUAL BILL BOX:
* Introduced bills
* Signed bills
* Bills acted upon
* New fiscal notes
* Bill amendments
* New bill versions
* Day’s archived audio
* Day’s archived video
* New lobbyists
* New principals
NOTHING ON HICK’S SCHEDULE TODAY
NOTHING ON THE SOCIAL CALENDAR. It’s too late in the session, apparently.
ON THE WEST STEPS TODAY: They’re setting up for Cinco de Mayo. Meanwhile, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM, Rep. Cindy Acree has an event bring in an undetermined number of people.
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