HB26-1215 • 2026

Technical Revision Online Marketplaces Requirement

The act makes a technical revision to language from Senate Bill 25-070, enacted in 2025, to clarify an online marketplace's obligation to alert law enforcement if the online marketplace knows or shoul

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Rep. M. Carter, Rep. S. Luck, Sen. M. Catlin, Sen. T. Exum, Rep. B. Bradley, Rep. C. Espenoza, Rep. L. Garcia Sander, Sen. J. Coleman
Last action: 2026-05-05
Official status: Governor Signed
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is conditional on the referendum petition period and potential election results.

Technical Revision to Online Marketplace Reporting Rules

This law clarifies when online marketplaces must tell police if a third-party seller is selling or trying to sell stolen goods in Colorado.

What This Bill Does

Changes the wording of an existing rule from Senate Bill 25-070.
Requires online marketplaces to alert law enforcement about sellers offering stolen goods when they know or should have known it is happening.
Removes the requirement to report if police already sent notice that the same seller is suspected of selling the same stolen items.

Who It Names or Affects

Online marketplaces operating in Colorado
Third-party sellers on those platforms
Law enforcement agencies receiving reports

Terms To Know

Technical revision: A small change to fix or clarify wording without changing the main goal of a law.
Third-party seller: An individual or business that sells items on an online platform but is not owned by that platform.

Limits and Unknowns

The exact date the law starts depends on whether voters file a petition to challenge it.
If no petition is filed, the law takes effect in August 2026.
The text does not define exactly what actions count as 'should have known'.

Bill History

2026-05-05 Governor
Governor Signed
2026-05-01 Governor
Sent to the Governor
2026-05-01 Senate
Signed by the President of the Senate
2026-05-01 House
Signed by the Speaker of the House
2026-04-07 Senate
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
2026-04-06 Senate
Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/02/2026 - No Amendments
2026-04-06 Senate
Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
2026-03-31 Senate
Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
2026-03-12 Senate
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
2026-03-09 House
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
2026-03-06 House
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
2026-03-05 House
House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
2026-02-17 House
Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs

Official Summary Text

The act makes a technical revision to language from Senate Bill 25-070, enacted in 2025, to clarify an online marketplace's obligation to alert law enforcement if the online marketplace knows or should have known that a third-party seller is selling or attempting to sell stolen goods to a consumer in Colorado.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

HOUSE BILL 26-1215
BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Carter and Luck, Bradley, Espenoza,
Garcia Sander;
also SENATOR(S) Catlin and Exum, Coleman.
CONCERNING A TECHNICAL REVISION TO LANGUAGE IN SENA TE BILL 25-070
RELATED TO A REQUIREMENT FOR ONLINE MARKETPLACES WITH
RESPECT TO THIRD-PARTY SELLERS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 6-1-1402, amend
(5)(b) introductory portion as follows:
6-1-1402. Disclosure of information by online marketplaces to
inform consumers -reporting of suspicious marketplace activity.
(5) Reporting mechanism.
(b) An online marketplace shall alert a law enforcement agency if
the online marketplace knows or should have known that a third-party seller
is selling or attempting to sell stolen goods to a consumer in Colorado,
unless the online marketplace has received a notice from the law
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes
through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of
the act.
enforcement agency that the same third-party seller is suspected OF SELLING
or attempting to sell the same stolen goods on the online marketplace to a
consumer in Colorado. An online marketplace shall establish:
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August
12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026); except that, if a
referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state
constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within
such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless
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approved by the people at the general election to be held in November 2026
and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of
the vote thereon by the governor.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
Vanessa Reilly
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
James Rashad Coleman, Sr.
PRESIDENT OF
THE SENATE
Esther van Mourik
SECRETARY OF
THE SENATE
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