The state Senate made several amendments in the bill that will now go to the House.
DENVER — A two-year effort to give renters more legal protection from being evicted cleared a major hurdle on Tuesday, when the state Senate approved a House measure on a close vote.
On Monday, the measure, which requires landlords to show “cause” before evicting a tenant, went through a six-hour debate in the Senate. Republicans and moderate Democrats tried to water it down with a half-dozen amendments.
In ultimately approving the bill on a 19-15 vote, the Senate made several amendments that will now go before the House.
In 2023, a similar proposal failed to make it out of the state Senate, dying on the calendar in the last day of the session.
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