Colorado business groups that opposed a 2012 bill in the state Legislature to limit companies’ use of credit reporting in hiring and promotion decisions went neutral on a similar bill offered this year, leading the heavily amended effort to get approval from its first state Senate committee Monday. Senate Bill 18, sponsored by Sen. Jessie Ulibarri, D-Commerce City, limits the instances that businesses can consider an applicant or employee’s credit record. Ulibarri said the bill is necessary…