Colorado Bills

passed both · Colorado · Senate Feb 24, 2026

SJR 12: February 20 Colorado Future Farmers of America Day

This is a commemorative resolution, not a bill with policy changes. It designates February 20, 2026, as "Colorado FFA Day" to honor the Colorado Future Farmers of America (FFA) program. The resolution recognizes FFA's role in developing student leadership, career skills, and agricultural education across Colorado. It directly celebrates FFA members, educators, and supporters but does not create new laws or affect any legal obligations. The resolution was introduced in both chambers of the Colorado legislature in February 2026.

Rod Pelton (R) Dylan Roberts (D) Nick Hinrichsen (D) Dusty Johnson (R) Ty Winter (R) · 73 co-sponsors

in committee · Colorado · House Feb 24, 2026

HB 1122: Mandatory Coverage Hormone Replacement Therapy

The bill requires all health benefit plans in the state and the medicaid program to provide coverage for hormone replacement therapy, as prescribed by licensed physicians, for women who are experiencing menopause or perimenopause. Coverage for hormone replacement therapy will be implemented for all large employer health benefit plans issued or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 2027. Coverage for hormone replacement therapy will be implemented for all individual and small group health benefit plans issued or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 2028, as long as the state is not required to defray the cost of the coverage of the hormone replacement therapy. The state medicaid program is required to provide hormone replacement therapy beginning on July 1, 2027.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Topics ✓ Healthcare

in committee · Colorado · House Feb 24, 2026

HB 1108: Colorado Bureau of Investigation Access Federal Fingerprint Search Service

The bill authorizes the Colorado bureau of investigation to participate in the federal bureau of investigation's rap back service, which allows authorized agencies to receive notification of activity on individuals who have submitted to a fingerprint-based criminal history record check.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

in committee · Colorado · Senate Feb 24, 2026

SB 58: Modifications to Voter Registration

The bill modifies the automatic voter registration process by replacing the default registration or preregistration of a person who applies for a driver's license or identification card as an unaffiliated voter with a pending registration or preregistration status (pending status). Only a person who has affirmatively chosen to be an unaffiliated voter is registered or preregistered as such. The pending status applies to a potential voter whose intent to register or preregister or whose party affiliation is unknown or pending due to a need for further information or a failure to respond.A pending voter registration or preregistration record created through existing processes may be finalized if the person affirms their intent to register or preregister, provides their desired party affiliation or identification as unaffiliated, and self-affirms their qualifications in the form required for all registrations to be complete. If a notice seeking such information is returned as undeliverable within 20 days, the pending registration or preregistration is canceled. After 20 days, an undeliverable pending registration or preregistration is marked "inactive". If a notice is not returned at all, or a person's response is incomplete, their pending registration or preregistration is marked "inactive". If a person subsequently votes in an election, their "inactive" pending registration or preregistration becomes an active voter registration record.A county clerk and recorder may, in their discretion, provide notice of an "inactive" pending registration or preregistration record and further attempt to finalize the pending registration or preregistration.The bill also adds a requirement for county clerk and recorders to mark a voter's registration as "inactive" if they fail to vote in 2 consecutive general elections held in even-numbered years.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

in committee · Colorado · Senate Feb 24, 2026

SB 55: Registry in Colorado Department of Education for School Personnel

The bill creates a registry in the department of education for school personnel who have been found to violate the school district's conduct and discipline code or their employee contract.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

passed · Colorado · Senate Feb 24, 2026

SR 1: Morgan County Road Improvements

This Senate Resolution (SR 1) demands that the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) prioritize funding and implement road improvement projects for state highways in Morgan County. It cites a 2023 CDOT assessment showing 70% of Morgan County's non-interstate state highways (about 145 miles) have a drivability life of three years or less, likely declining to one year by 2025. The resolution urges CDOT to reevaluate its project planning to address this underserved condition, specifically addressing Morgan County's road maintenance needs. As a non-binding resolution, it does not create new law or funding but formally requests CDOT action.

Topics ✓ Transportation

in committee · Colorado · Senate Feb 24, 2026

SB 57: School Board Elections Director District Residents

Under current law, local school board members are voted on at large by the eligible electors of the school district, with exceptions.The bill requires that local school board members be voted on by the eligible electors residing within the director district and creates an exclusion of this requirement for school districts that enroll fewer than 6,500 students.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

in committee · Colorado · House Feb 24, 2026

HB 1047: Protections for Residential Tenants

The bill requires a plaintiff that files a complaint concerning the unlawful detention of real property to include certain documentation with the complaint.The bill requires that if a landlord posts a written demand or notice, the landlord must:Include in the demand or notice certain information; andRedact from the document certain personal identifying information.Under current law, when a landlord commences an action for forcible entry and detainer, any court record of the action is a suppressed court record. If the court issues an order granting the landlord possession of the premises, the record is no longer a suppressed court record unless the parties agree that the record remain suppressed. Under the bill, such a court record remains suppressed unless it concerns a substantial violation of the lease. A court may publish a judicial opinion concerning the action if the names and identifiers of the parties are anonymized.The bill requires a landlord to provide a tenant at least one rent payment option that does not require the tenant to access an online portal or pay a transaction fee.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Topics ✓ Housing

in committee · Colorado · House Feb 23, 2026

HB 1104: Credit Agency Voter Address Verification

The bill requires the secretary of state (secretary) to cause to be conducted an annual change of address search of the computerized statewide voter registration list (statewide list) using a third-party credit bureau (credit bureau) to verify voters' address information. All electors in the statewide list are included in the search, except participants in the state address confidentiality program and electors, including first responders, enrolled as confidential voters. The secretary is allowed to transmit to the credit bureau only electors' names, birth years, and residential addresses. Within 30 days of receipt, the credit bureau must compare this information to its database and identify any discrepancy in address information. Within 30 days of this comparison, the credit bureau must create and transmit to the secretary a list of all electors with a discrepancy in address information, including the address information for each elector from the credit bureau's database. The secretary must then distribute this information to the relevant county clerks and recorders for further verification and possible action, in their discretion and in accordance with existing law. Prior to transmitting any voter registration information, the secretary must retain the credit bureau in accordance with the state "Procurement Code" and enter into an agreement that:Acknowledges and complies with the technological security measures previously developed by the secretary to prevent unauthorized access to the computerized statewide voter registration list;Acknowledges and complies with the technological security requirements for the exchange or transfer of data related to voter registration between the secretary and any other agency as if the credit bureau is such an agency;Prohibits the credit bureau from selling, disclosing, or otherwise releasing the voter registration information transmitted by the secretary.The secretary may establish rules necessary to implement and administer the address verification program.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

in committee · Colorado · House Feb 19, 2026

HB 1149: Legislative Committee Testimony Required Oath

The bill requires a person testifying before a legislative committee to provide the testimony under oath.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

in committee · Colorado · House Feb 19, 2026

HB 1129: Gas Utility Service

The bill requires a gas distribution utility (utility) to exempt carbon dioxide emissions resulting from the combustion of gas by residential customers from the utility's clean heat plan filed with the public utilities commission (commission). A utility must exclude residential carbon dioxide emissions from the baseline and projected emissions calculations used in the utility's clean heat plan. If a utility has already submitted a clean heat plan to the commission prior to the effective date of the bill, the utility may submit a revised clean heat plan to the commission that excludes residential carbon dioxide emissions from the utility's baseline and projected emissions calculations. The bill requires the commission to adopt rules that allow a utility to submit a revised clean heat plan. The bill permits a utility to recover costs related to a system safety and integrity project, which is defined as a certain type of project that improves the safety or integrity of the gas distribution system. The bill repeals a prohibition on a gas utility providing incentives to customers for establishing gas service to a property.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Topics ✗ Energy ✗ Environment

in committee · Colorado · House Feb 18, 2026

HB 1087: Safeguard Minors from Sex-Altering Interventions

The bill prohibits a person, health-care provider, or mental health professional from knowingly performing surgery on, or prescribing, administering, or providing hormones or puberty blockers to, a minor for the purpose of altering the minor's biological sex characteristics, or providing mental health therapy, counseling, or referrals that promote or affirm a minor's belief that the minor was born in the wrong body or that the minor needs medical intervention to address distress related to the minor's biological sex (prohibited interventions). The bill prohibits the state from investigating or penalizing a minor's parent, or terminating the parent's rights, for refusing to consent to a prohibited intervention for the minor. A public school, health-care provider, or a governmental entity is prohibited from withholding information from a minor's parent regarding the minor's express desire to transition the minor's biological sex. The bill prohibits state or federal funding, medicaid reimbursement, and health insurance coverage from being used to pay for a prohibited intervention. A person who, as a minor, was subjected to a prohibited intervention may bring a civil action within 20 years after attaining the age of 18 years against the person, health-care provider, or mental health professional who performed or provided the prohibited intervention. The bill requires a regulator to revoke a health-care provider's or mental health professional's license for performing or providing a prohibited intervention. A person who knowingly performs or provides a prohibited intervention commits a class 5 felony, and the court is required to sentence the person to the maximum term of imprisonment and impose the maximum fine.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Topics ✗ Healthcare

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