At the beginning of this week's special session, word under the Golden Dome of the state Capitol was that the debate over artificial intelligence would be the biggest story, or headache, of the session.

It's living up to its billing.

While the House on Saturday worked on final votes on six of the last seven House bills on their calendar, with four Senate bills awaiting preliminary debates, the Senate is now 26 hours into doing little else but waiting.

What they're waiting on: what happens to Senate Bill 4, the artificial intelligence measure offered by Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez, D-Denver.

After approval, and amendments, from the Senate Business Affairs and Labor Committee Thursday, SB 4 was sent to Senate Appropriations, where it has sat ever since.

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