State legislature
Official Colorado bill text, status, plain English summaries, and amendment notes tied back to the source.
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2026
This law allows people to sell more types of homemade food in Colorado, including items that need refrigeration or contain meat, while adding new safety training and sales limits.
This law requires certain Colorado counties to use independent commissions instead of current officials or advisory committees to draw new election maps for county commissioners.
This law extends the time facilities have to check on people after an emergency mental health hold from 48 hours to 72 hours (excluding weekends and holidays) and requires most behavioral health providers to show a fire safety certificate before getting licensed.
Starting July 1, 2027, this law requires certain large private employers in Colorado to include specific employee demographic data in their reports filed with the Secretary of State.
This law requires state agencies to create new pollution limits for large electric power plants that must be met by the end of 2034 if they continue operating.
This law requires criminal charges to be filed before property can be taken, creates a fund to pay for lawyers in these cases, and changes how forfeited money is shared.
This law requires state agencies to create a new preparedness system, designates an office to lead disaster recovery efforts through a new task force, and updates rules for protecting survivor data.
This law updates rules for funeral homes, creates a new associate license option, defines who can act as a broker, increases penalties for abusing human remains, adds requirements for contracts including complaint contact info, and sets physical location standards.
This law requires the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics to collect data on temperature-related worker injuries and create a model safety plan for workplaces.
This law allows state agencies to give nonprofit organizations a portion of their grant money upfront instead of waiting for reimbursement, but only if the organization is low-risk and meets specific reporting requirements.
This law changes rules for court records, allows health officials to inspect immigration detention facilities more often with specific safety requirements, mandates police training on immigration laws, creates a new fund for inspections, and requires the Attorney General to publish policies on protecting personal information.
This law extends the state's real estate regulators until September 1, 2037, removes home warranty rules from future review schedules, and updates licensing requirements for brokers.
This law gives state and county agencies the legal power to run fingerprint-based criminal background checks on people who care for children in foster homes.
This law creates a research program within the Behavioral Health Administration to study if ibogaine is safe and effective for treating mental health conditions and substance use disorders.
This law creates a new advisory board to help set safety rules for Medicaid transportation, requires video cameras in vehicles, and changes how the state manages payment and oversight.
This law changes the date by which the Colorado Agricultural Development Authority must return unused portions of its private activity bond allocation from September 15 to November 15.
This law allows state agencies to send hearing notices and decisions by electronic methods if the person agrees in writing.
This law changes how money is calculated for public colleges starting in the 2027-28 school year and stops funding certain programs at private schools during the 2026-27 school year.
This law stops new students from joining the TREP teacher training program starting in the 2027-28 school year, sets a funding limit for current participants in 2026-27, moves money from an electric bus fund to support education, and removes references to TREP students when calculating certain charter school aid.
This law temporarily lowers Colorado's required general fund reserve rate from 15% to 13% for fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27 before raising it back to 15% starting in fiscal year 2027-28.
This law ends the office of the judicial discipline ombudsman on July 1, 2027.
This law stops a yearly $10.5 million payment from the state's general fund into a transportation project fund only during the years 2026, 2027, and 2028.
This law requires the state treasurer to move specific amounts of money from many special cash funds into the general fund on set dates between June 2026 and July 2033.
Starting July 1, 2026, this law stops sending marijuana sales tax money to local governments and instead sends it to state funds for schools, general use, and emergency reserves.
This law sets new limits on dental care, behavioral health services, managed care options, and long-term support benefits for pregnant women and children who do not qualify for standard medical assistance due to immigration status.
This law allows state officials to use statistical sampling and extrapolation methods to find and recover overpaid funds from providers of nonemergency medical transportation or pediatric behavioral therapy.
This law sets a $400 maximum fee that health-care providers can charge attorneys requesting medical records larger than 664 pages, requires electronic delivery when possible, and mandates specific timelines for providing invoices and records.
This law expands the definition of who must provide exam accommodations and requires those entities to offer accessible testing options or alternative arrangements.
This law requires wind energy facility owners to get approval from the FAA, FCC, or other federal agencies before installing light-mitigating technology, and it mandates that local governments grant time extensions if these approvals are delayed.
This law stops lawyers from sharing legal fees with nonlawyers or working in business structures owned by nonlawyers when providing services related to Colorado rights.
This law updates Colorado rules for companies merging by changing when they must file forms with the state, how long those files are kept, and steps taken before fines can be charged.
This law requires the state Department of Education to submit a report by November 1, 2026, regarding online schools and part-time enrichment programs.
This law requires state agencies to contract with a single county department to run a centralized service for investigating fraud in public benefit programs and sets new rules for how counties manage these benefits.
This law lowers fuel taxes and vehicle fees if voters approve a specific transportation initiative in November 2026, while also creating new funds to manage road money.
This law allows people licensed in another country, state, U.S. territory, or through the federal government to apply for professional licenses in Colorado if they meet specific criteria.
This law ends an old hospital payment program and creates a new one that gives extra money to hospitals meeting specific safety, quality, and workplace violence goals.
This law creates a grant program in Colorado's Department of Human Services that gives money to local groups to help children, youth, and families move out of poverty through education, health services, and workforce opportunities.
This law requires police officers to offer a voluntary breath alcohol test to drivers involved in crashes with death or serious injury, while also funding state parks and wildlife operations.
This law creates a government-owned business that collects fees from homeowner insurance companies to fund grants for stronger roofs and studies on wildfire risks.
This law creates a task force to study how Colorado can expand access to effective public schools and close opportunity gaps, but only if the Department of Education receives enough outside funding.
This law requires police officers to ask specific safety questions during domestic violence calls, connect high-risk victims with advocates if needed, and complete special training by July 2027.
This law stops a person accused or convicted in a case from acting as the legal representative for child or at-risk adult victims and adds new rights to help those victims.
Starting in January 2028, this law lets car owners keep their license plates when they buy a new vehicle instead of getting new ones, and it requires the state to have an emergency plan for its licensing system.
This law updates how the state calculates tax rates on unprocessed marijuana by creating separate categories based on whether plants are grown indoors or outdoors, including specific rules for fresh-frozen products.
This law requires officials to explain how certain ballot measures will affect the state's three largest program spending areas.
This law creates a new advisory board and grant program to help Colorado fight organized felony-level retail theft and gift card fraud.
This law requires certain schools and hospitals to accept a taxpayer identification number or fingerprints instead of a social security number when conducting background checks for non-job educational programs.
This law creates a statewide database to track host homes for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, sets rules on how often agencies must report data, and clarifies that these homes follow the same local building and safety laws as other houses.
This law continues the rules for barbers and cosmetologists until 2033, removes an advisory committee, updates terms, lists exemptions, and uses gender-neutral language.
This law keeps the Colorado Forest Health Council active until September 1, 2033, and changes who sits on it.
This law continues the state's fire suppression programs for another 11 years and updates rules to use gender-neutral language.
This law requires school districts to test the vision of pre-kindergarten students and updates related terms.
This law renames the state's boxing safety act to include all combative sports, extends its existence until 2037, gives voting rights to physician members on the commission with specific medical training requirements, requires new safety data collection for rule-making, adds rules about responding to complaints, and sets limits on financial conflicts of interest.
This law stops therapists from letting artificial intelligence talk to clients or make treatment plans without the therapist watching and approving everything.
This law ends a state grant program for biomass use, following a recommendation from a government review.
Starting in the 2027 tax year, this law makes it a petty offense to give false information about nonresidential property values and changes how some appeals are handled.
This law requires transportation brokers to report provider data, changes a term for noncitizens, sets rules for payment notices on therapy cuts, allows jail medication reimbursement, updates community engagement reporting, collects cost ratios from service agencies, and removes an advisory council.
This law requires the Department of Corrections to give people leaving prison at least $100 with no deductions, helps them get state identification cards before they leave, and stops charging fees for these IDs while in custody.
This law continues the state regulation of hemodialysis clinics and technicians until September 1, 2037.
This law stops employers from taking or demanding an employee's government-issued identification card and sets penalties, including criminal charges, for breaking this rule.