The pace is picking up at the Colorado Capitol, with stacked calendars of committee hearings and floor votes. The legislature has nine days to go — including this coming weekend — before the end of the 2024 session, which must adjourn by the end of the day on May 8. This story will be updated throughout the day. Updated at 10:30 a.m.: Colorado school employees must now call students by their preferred, gender-affirming names, under to a new law signed Monday by Gov.