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Second Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REVISED
This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted
on Second Reading in the Second House
LLS NO. 26-0608.01 Renee Leone x2695 HOUSE BILL 26-1071
House Committees Senate Committees
Transportation, Housing & Local Government Local Government & Housing
A BILL FOR AN ACT
CONCERNING ALLOWING A LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO LOCATE AN101
AUTOMATED VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM ON AN102
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY.103
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov.)
Current law allows the state to locate an automated vehicle
identification system (AVIS) on a highway that is part of the federal
interstate highway system but prohibits a county, c ity and c ounty, or
municipality (local government) from doing so. The bill authorizes a local
government to locate an AVIS on a highway that is part of the federal
SENATE
Amended 2nd Reading
April 20, 2026
HOUSE
3rd Reading Unamended
February 23, 2026
HOUSE
Amended 2nd Reading
February 19, 2026
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Mauro and Duran, Froelich, Woodrow
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Cutter,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.
interstate highway system.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly2
finds and declares that:3
(a) Municipalities have primary response authority for traffic4
enforcement on portions of federal interstates located in their jurisdiction5
pursuant to section 43-2-135 (1)(g), Colorado Revised Statutes;6
(b) It is dangerous to conduct in-person traffic enforcement on7
interstate highways, and municipalities expend significant resources8
responding to traffic incidents on federal interstates;9
(c) Automated vehicle identification systems, referred to in this10
section as "AVIS", are a safe and effective way to conduct traffic11
enforcement that municipalities have been utilizing for at least 30 years;12
(d) In 1997, the general assembly adopted the first state law13
regarding utilization of AVIS throughout Colorado. The law has been14
amended from time to time but has remained in effect since that time.15
(e) Federal prohibitions on masking convictions for traffic control16
violations by commercial driver's license holders pursuant to 49 CFR17
384.226 have never been implicated by the use of AVIS in the United18
States;19
(f) Federal masking is not implicated by AVIS because AVIS20
violations result in administrative citations and penalties imposed on the21
vehicle owner, not traffic control convictions, as that term is used in 4922
CFR 384.226, imposed on the driver;23
(g) Federal masking is only implicated where the identity of the24
driver is know n, a conviction is obtained, and a deliberate decision is25
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made not to place the conviction on the driving record;1
(h) AVIS are separate and distinct from automated license plate2
readers in that AVIS do not continuously capture data for every passing3
vehicle and instead only activate and capture data when certain traffic4
violations occur;5
(i) Under section 42-4-110.5 (7)(b), Colorado Revised Statutes,6
photographs or videos collected by AVIS are confidential and exempt7
from disclosure and inspection under the "Colorado Open Records Act";8
and9
(j) Under section 24-74-103, Colorado Revised Statutes, state and10
political subdivision employees are prohibited from disclosing personal11
identifying information, which includes data from AVIS, for the purpose12
of investigating for, participating in, cooperating with, or assisting in13
federal immigration enforcement.14
(2) Therefore, the general assembly expressly declares that AVIS15
are a safe, effective, and highly regulated tool that has been successfully16
used solely for traffic enforcement in Colorado for decades and extending17
such use by local governments to interstate highways will further the18
traffic safety goals of this state.19
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 42-4-110.5, amend20
(2) introductory portion, (2)(g)(I), and (2)(g)(V) as follows:21
42-4-110.5. Automated vehicle identification systems - school22
buses - exceptions to liability - penalty - contracting - limits on use of23
photographs and video - rules - legislative declaration - definitions.24
(2) A county, city and county, or municipality may adopt an25
ordinance authorizing the use of an automated vehicle identification26
system to detect violations A VIOLATION of A traffic regulations27
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REGULATION adopted by the county, city and county, or municipality, or1
the state OR a county, a city and county, or a municipality may utilize an2
automated vehicle identification system to detect A traffic violations3
VIOLATION under state law, subject to the following conditions and4
limitations and, as applicable, the requirements for state highways set5
forth in and any rules adopted by the department of transportation6
pursuant to subsection (2.5) of this section:7
(g) (I) The state OR a county, a city and county, or a municipality8
shall not issue a notice of violation or civil penalty assessment notice for9
a violation detected using an automated vehicle identification system10
unless the violation occurred within a school zone, as defined in section11
42-4-615; within a residential neighborhood; within a maintenance,12
construction, or repair zone designated pursuant to section 42-4-614;13
along a street that borders a municipal park; or along a street OR STATE14
HIGHWAY or A portion of a street OR STATE HIGHWAY that a county, city15
and county, or municipality, by ordinance or by a resolution of its16
governing body, designates as an automated vehicle identification17
corridor, on which designated corridor the county, city and county, or18
municipality may locate an automated vehicle identification system to19
detect violations A VIOLATION of a TRAFFIC REGULATION ADOPTED BY THE20
STATE OR A county, city and county, or municipal traffic regulation or a21
traffic violation under state law MUNICIPALITY.22
(V) (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2)(g)(I) of23
this section, The state, A CITY AND COUNTY, OR A MUNICIPALITY may24
locate an automated vehicle identification system on a STATE highway25
that is a part of the federal interstate highway system and may issue a26
notice of violation or a civil penalty assessment notice for a traffic27
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violation under state law VIOLATION OF A TRAFFIC REGULATION ADOPTED1
BY THE STATE, A CITY AND COUNTY, OR A MUNICIPALITY detected using2
the automated vehicle identification system.3
(B) A county, a city and county, or a municipality shall not locate4
an automated vehicle identification system or create an automated vehicle5
identification corridor on any highway that is a part of the federal6
interstate highway system; EXCEPT THAT A COUNTY MAY LOCATE AN7
AUTOMATED VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM ON A PORTION OF SUCH A8
HIGHWAY THAT HAS A PEAK PERIOD SHOULDER LANE , AS DEFINED IN9
SECTION 43-4-806 (11)(a), AND A COUNTY MAY ISSUE A NOTICE OF10
VIOLATION OR A CIVIL PENALTY FOR A VIOLATION OF A TRAFFIC11
REGULATION ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY DETECTED BY THAT AUTOMATED12
VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM.13
SECTION 3. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act14
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the15
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August16
12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026); except that, if a17
referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the18
state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act19
within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect20
unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in21
November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the22
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.23
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