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ColoradoHB26-11472026 Regular SessionHouse

Host Home for People with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

Sponsored By: Andrew Boesenecker (Democratic), Kyle Brown (Democratic), Lisa Cutter (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Health Care & Health InsuranceHousing

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Equal local rules for disability homes

Covered homes provide residential services and supports to no more than three people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Local governments must treat these homes like other residential properties, without extra zoning, building, fire safety, or sanitation rules. These settings do not need a state public health department license. Separate community residential homes require joint licensing and certification by Colorado's public health and health care financing departments. The law preserves residents' rights to informed choice of a home under federal home- and community-based services rules.

Public information and oversight for host homes

Colorado's health care financing department must maintain a statewide database of covered, unlicensed homes serving three or fewer people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It includes home names, addresses, contact details, and provider agency contacts, including agencies contracted with during the prior five years. Agencies must submit information quarterly beginning July 1, 2026; database updates start August 1, 2026, occur quarterly, and follow submissions within one month. The public, providers, agencies, and public health department can access the database, subject to privacy laws and state rules on public sharing. Agencies can also share information with appropriate parties when considering placements. The financing department must offer an online complaint form and track each complaint's status and records. It sets risk criteria that the public health department uses to select agencies for surveys and prioritize higher-risk agencies. State-approved agencies oversee caregivers' health, safety, and quality standards, and the financing department can adopt rules to carry out these requirements.

State funding for host home oversight

Colorado provides $20,000 from its General Fund for state fiscal year 2026-27 to implement the law. The money supports professional services and special projects in the health care financing department's executive director's office. The law anticipates another $60,000 in federal funds for that office but does not appropriate that money. This funding is not a direct payment to households.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Andrew Boesenecker

    Democratic • House

  • Kyle Brown

    Democratic • House

  • Lisa Cutter

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Bob Marshall

    Democratic • House

  • Brianna Titone

    Democratic • House

  • Chad Clifford

    Democratic • House

  • Eliza Hamrick

    Democratic • House

  • Emily Sirota

    Democratic • House

  • Jennifer Bacon

    Democratic • House

  • Jamie Jackson

    Democratic • House

  • Julie McCluskie

    Democratic • House

  • Karen McCormick

    Democratic • House

  • Kenny Nguyen

    Democratic • House

  • Lesley Smith

    Democratic • House

  • Monica Duran

    Democratic • House

  • Meg Froelich

    Democratic • House

  • Mandy Lindsay

    Democratic • House

  • Meghan Lukens

    Democratic • House

  • Manny Rutinel

    Democratic • House

  • Naquetta Ricks

    Democratic • House

  • Regina English

    Democratic • House

  • Rebekah Stewart

    Democratic • House

  • Sean Camacho

    Democratic • House

  • Sheila Lieder

    Democratic • House

  • Yara Zokaie

    Democratic • House

  • Cathy Kipp

    Democratic • Senate

  • Iman Jodeh

    Democratic • Senate

  • Julie Gonzales

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 240 • No: 59

House vote • 5/12/2026

Senate amendments: Repass

Yes: 44 • No: 20

House vote • 5/12/2026

Senate amendments: Concur

Yes: 60 • No: 4

Senate vote • 5/11/2026

Third reading: Amend (l.005)

Yes: 35 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/11/2026

Third reading: Bill

Yes: 28 • No: 7

Senate vote • 5/8/2026

Refer House Bill 26-1147 to the Committee of the Whole.

Yes: 6 • No: 1

Senate vote • 5/7/2026

Refer House Bill 26-1147 to the Committee on Appropriations.

Yes: 7 • No: 0

House vote • 4/30/2026

Third reading: Bill

Yes: 44 • No: 19

House vote • 4/28/2026

Refer House Bill 26-1147, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.

Yes: 8 • No: 3

House vote • 3/4/2026

Refer House Bill 26-1147, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.

Yes: 8 • No: 5

Actions Timeline

  1. Governor Signed

    6/3/2026House

  2. Signed by the Speaker of the House

    6/2/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

    6/2/2026Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor

    6/2/2026House

  5. House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass

    5/12/2026House

  6. Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor

    5/11/2026Senate

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

    5/8/2026Senate

  8. Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments

    5/8/2026Senate

  9. Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations

    5/7/2026Senate

  10. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services

    5/1/2026Senate

  11. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

    4/30/2026House

  12. House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee

    4/29/2026House

  13. House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole

    4/28/2026House

  14. House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations

    3/4/2026House

  15. Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services

    2/4/2026House

Bill Text

  • Engrossed

    PDF

  • Final Act

    PDF

  • House Appropriations Preamend

    PDF

  • House Health & Human Services Preamend

    PDF

  • Introduced

    PDF

  • Reengrossed

    PDF

  • Rerevised

    PDF

  • Revised

    PDF

  • Signed Act

    PDF

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