HB 20-1291 Colorado House · 2020 Regular Session

Uniform Collaborative Law Act

Summary
The bill enacts the "Uniform Collaborative Law Act" (act). The bill authorizes a collaborative law process whereby disputes are resolved without intervention by a court or other tribunal. It specifies: Requirements for a collaborative law participation agreement including that both sides be represented and advised by collaborative law lawyers; and That communications made during the collaborative law process are confidential and may not be used in later proceedings except in specified situations.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
May 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 11, 2020 Last action May 26, 2020
Floor votes · House Mar 9, 2020

How they voted

63–1
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 65
Mar 9, 2020
D Democratic42
41 Yea 1
97% Yea
R Republican23
22 Yea 1 Nay
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
3
Committee
2
May 26, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
upper
Mar 10, 2020
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
upper
Mar 9, 2020
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (63-1-1)
house
Mar 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
Feb 11, 2020
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors