So far, the governor has signed 29 bills. Of those, 15 are supplemental appropriations. The supplementals passed unanimously in the Senate. Only corrections, military affairs, and public safety received unanimous support in the House. Republicans in the Senate voted to keep government running. Republicans in the House, not so much.

Senate GOPers are on the same page so far, unlike last year. Nine Senate Republicans — half the caucus — voted yes on all governor-signed bills. The other nine are only down one yes vote at 27.

House Republicans range from 26 yes votes to 13 on signed bills. It’s no surprise that Reps. Justin Everett, R-Littleton, Steve Humphrey, R-Severance, and Gordon Klingenschmitt, R-Colorado Springs, have the most no votes on signed bills at 15. These representatives get the back of the hand from House Democrats on their sponsored bills, most of which are done and gone.

Humphrey specializes in gun bills — finito. Klingenschmitt ran the “motorcycle lane splitting,” aka “motorcycle lane splatting” bill. It died, leaving motorcyclists to live another day. Everett likes anti-labor legislation. His “Discrimination in Labor Union Participation” bill, sponsored with Sen. Tim Neville, R-Littleton, might yet pass the Senate but will no doubt go directly to the House kill committee.

So far 89 bills have died, many with predictable titles such as “Offenses against Unborn Children” and “Local Government Minimum Wage.” The House and Senate State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committees live up to their reputations as the rooms where bills go under the scalpel, as 43 of 89 “postponed indefinitely” bills passed away on those operating tables.

In the House, out of 28 State Affairs-killed bills, 26 had only GOP sponsors. The Senate is slightly more ruthless to the opposite party, with all 15 bills killed in Senate State Affairs sponsored by Democrats only.

Rep. Terri Carver, R-Colorado Springs, might wonder what happened to her HB-1131, “Public Education Standards and Assessments,” when it died in the House Education Committee. The Brandeberry McKenna lobbying firm supported the bill for the Colorado Department of Education and opposed the bill for the Denver Chamber of Commerce.

Certain controversial bills are still staggering through the process, including HB-1005, the “Residential Precipitation Collection” bill. Senator Jerry Sonnenberg, who had the same bill killed last year, is trying to protect farming water rights from lawn growers. He worries that too many suburbanites will go to their hardware store to buy equipment to highjack rain to water lawns. It’s unknown whether the suburbanites find his $646,298.64 in federal farm subsidies over 20 years troublesome.

The TABOR arguments are likely to generate the most heat in Part 2 of the General Assembly. Numerous provocative initiatives on fracking, minimum wage and TABOR reforms waiting for action at the secretary of state’s Title Board will bring the real fireworks.