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SB26-124 • 2026

Colorado Survivor Justice Act

Current law requires that the automated protection order notification system (notification system) include information about whether a restrained person completed and submitted a firearm purchase or t

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Enacted

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

Sponsor
Sen. K. Wallace, Rep. R. Stewart, Sen. A. Benavidez, Sen. J. Coleman, Sen. T. Exum, Sen. J. Gonzales, Sen. I. Jodeh, Sen. C. Kipp, Sen. C. Kolker, Sen. J. Marchman, Sen. M. Snyder, Sen. M. Weissman, Rep. A. Boesenecker, Rep. M. Duran, Rep. L. García, Rep. J. Jackson, Rep. M. Lindsay, Rep. J. Mabrey, Rep. K. Nguyen
Last action
2026-05-21
Official status
Governor Signed
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Colorado Survivor Justice Act

Current law requires that the automated protection order notification system (notification system) include information about whether a restrained person completed and submitted a firearm purchase or transfer application that indicated the restrained person was ineligible to possess a firearm pursuant to state or federal law.

What This Bill Does

  • Current law requires that the automated protection order notification system (notification system) include information about whether a restrained person completed and submitted a firearm purchase or transfer application that indicated the restrained person was ineligible to possess a firearm pursuant to state or federal law.
  • The act repeals this provision.
  • Current law requires the Colorado bureau of investigation to make the information in the notification system available to the division of criminal justice (division) for the purpose of providing the information to a protected person.
  • The act requires the Colorado integrated criminal justice information system program to also make the information available to the division.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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L.001

SEN Judiciary

Passed [*]

Plain English: SB124_L.001 SENATE COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE AMENDMENT Committee on Judiciary.

  • SB124_L.001 SENATE COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE AMENDMENT Committee on Judiciary.
  • SB26-124 be amended as follows: 1 Amend printed bill, strike everything below the enacting clause and 2 substitute: 3 "SECTION 1.
  • In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-33.5-539, amend 4 (4) as follows: 5 24-33.5-539.
  • Automated protection order notification system 6 - definitions.
L.002

Second Reading

Passed [**]

Plain English: SB124_L.002 Amendment No.

  • SB124_L.002 Amendment No.
  • ___________ SB26-124 SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT Second Reading BY SENATOR Wallace 1 Amend the Judiciary Committee Report, dated March 18, 2026, page 1, 2 strike lines 3 through 13 and substitute: 3 ""SECTION 1.
  • In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-33.5-539, 4 amend (3)(d), (3)(e), and (4); and repeal (3)(f) as follows: 5 24-33.5-539.
  • Automated protection order notification system 6 - definitions.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-21 Governor

    Governor Signed

  2. 2026-05-05 Governor

    Sent to the Governor

  3. 2026-05-05 House

    Signed by the Speaker of the House

  4. 2026-05-04 Senate

    Signed by the President of the Senate

  5. 2026-05-01 House

    House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  6. 2026-04-30 House

    House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments

  7. 2026-04-29 House

    House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole

  8. 2026-04-22 House

    Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary

  9. 2026-04-22 Senate

    Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  10. 2026-04-21 Senate

    Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor

  11. 2026-04-17 Senate

    Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole

  12. 2026-03-18 Senate

    Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations

  13. 2026-02-25 Senate

    Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary

Official Summary Text

Current law requires that the automated protection order notification system (notification system) include information about whether a restrained person completed and submitted a firearm purchase or transfer application that indicated the restrained person was ineligible to possess a firearm pursuant to state or federal law. The act repeals this provision.
Current law requires the Colorado bureau of investigation to make the information in the notification system available to the division of criminal justice (division) for the purpose of providing the information to a protected person. The act requires the Colorado integrated criminal justice information system program to also make the information available to the division.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
SENATE BILL 26-124
BY SENATOR(S) Wallace, Benavidez, Exum, Gonzales J., Jodeh, Kipp,
Kolker, Marchman, Snyder, Weissman, Coleman;
also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Stewart R., Boesenecker, Duran, Garcia,
Jackson,Lindsay,Mabrey,Nguyen.
CONCERNING INFORMATION RELATED TO THE AUTOMATED PROTECTION
ORDER NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-33.5-539, amend
(3)(d), (3)(e), and (4); and repeal (3)(t) as follows:
24-33.5-539. Automated protection order notification system -
definitions.
(3) The automated protection order notification system must include,
but is not limited to, the following information, if available:
( d) Whether an extreme risk protection order was issued against the
restrained person pursuant to article 14.5 of title 13, and if so, the date the
extreme risk protection order was served or was attempted to be served;
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.
AND
( e) Whether the restrained person applied for and was denied the
purchase or transfer of a firearm as the result of a background check. and
( f) Vlhether the I est1 ained pet son eotnpleted and submitted a fit eat m
pm ehase 01 t1 ansfet application that indicated the I est1 ained pet son was
ineligible to possess a firea1m pmsuant to state 01 federnl law.
( 4) The Colorado bureau of investigation in the division
DEPARTMENT AND THE COLORADO INTEGRATED CRIMINAL JUSTICE
INFORMATION SYSTEM PROGRAM CREATED IN SECTION 16-20.5-103 shall
make the information described in subsection (3) of this section available
to the division for the purpose of providing the information to a protected
person, the protected person's immediate family, or other interested persons
pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.
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.
James Rashad Coleman, Sr.
PRESIDENT OF
THE SENATE
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SECRETARY OF
THE SENATE
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES
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CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
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