All Roll Calls
Yes: 260 • No: 60
ColoradoHB26-13122026 Regular SessionHouse
Peace Officers Standards & Training Board Changes
Sponsored By: Chad Clifford (Democratic), Kyle Mullica (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
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Police certification requires age 21
Beginning on the law’s effective date, applicants must be at least 21 for basic peace officer certification in Colorado. Applicants must still pass P.O.S.T. exams and hold current First Aid and CPR certificates, or equivalents.
Colorado requires a police training update plan
The Attorney General must submit a police training update proposal to the P.O.S.T. Board by December 31, 2030. The proposal must cover basic, reserve, and refresher academies and aim to improve future graduates’ performance. If the board does not accept it, a new proposal is due within one year of that decision. Board approval of a comprehensive update triggers repeal of this proposal duty. The board chair must email the Revisor of Statutes with the approval date; repeal takes effect on that date or the date specified in the notice.
Revoked officers face board and teaching bans
Beginning on the law’s effective date, people with revoked P.O.S.T. certification cannot be appointed to Colorado’s standards board. The board also cannot approve someone as a skills instructor if it revoked that person’s certification. It cannot approve a training academy if any instructor there has had P.O.S.T. certification revoked.
Academy instructors gain classes, not direct grants
Beginning on the law’s effective date, full-time academy instructors can attend P.O.S.T. certification classes funded or hosted with grant money. They cannot receive individual grants from the P.O.S.T. Board. They can still receive individual grants from other sources.
Colorado police board shifts member seats
Colorado’s Peace Officers Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) Board grows from 24 to 28 members. Chiefs and sheriffs each drop from six seats to five. Officers ranked sergeant or below gain seats, rising from three to six. Non-law-enforcement seats drop from five to three. The board also includes one local government representative, one line-officer organization representative, and two state-agency officers below executive rank. Other seats go to two academy directors and one reserve-officer organization executive. The academy directors represent community-college-run and law-enforcement-run academies. Chief seats include urban, suburban, rural, and college or university police departments; sheriff seats represent urban, suburban, and rural counties. The governor appoints these members to three-year terms and consults statewide groups for specified chief, sheriff, and line-officer appointments. The Attorney General or a designee chairs the board, which elects a vice-chair each year and can add nonvoting experts. The law takes effect at 12:01 a.m. after 90 days following legislative adjournment—August 12, 2026, with May 13 adjournment. A referendum petition filed during those 90 days blocks that start unless voters approve the law in November 2026. After voter approval, it takes effect when the governor declares the vote.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Chad Clifford
Democratic • House
Kyle Mullica
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
Alex Valdez
Democratic • House
Jennifer Bacon
Democratic • House
Julie McCluskie
Democratic • House
Monica Duran
Democratic • House
Chris Kolker
Democratic • Senate
Jeff Bridges
Democratic • Senate
James Coleman
Democratic • Senate
Janice Marchman
Democratic • Senate
Tony Exum
Democratic • Senate
William Lindstedt
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/4/2026
Senate amendments: Repass
Yes: 47 • No: 18
House vote • 5/4/2026
Senate amendments: Concur
Yes: 65 • No: 0
House vote • 5/4/2026
Senate amendments: Repass
Yes: 46 • No: 18
Senate vote • 5/1/2026
Third reading: Bill
Yes: 29 • No: 6
Senate vote • 4/27/2026
Refer House Bill 26-1312, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
Yes: 4 • No: 2
House vote • 4/21/2026
Third reading: Bill
Yes: 54 • No: 9
House vote • 4/1/2026
Refer House Bill 26-1312, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
Yes: 11 • No: 0
House vote • 4/1/2026
Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment R).
Yes: 4 • No: 7
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
6/3/2026HouseSigned by the Speaker of the House
6/2/2026HouseSigned by the President of the Senate
6/2/2026SenateSent to the Governor
6/2/2026HouseHouse Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
5/4/2026HouseSenate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
5/1/2026SenateSenate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
4/30/2026SenateSenate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
4/27/2026SenateIntroduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
4/23/2026SenateHouse Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
4/21/2026HouseHouse Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
4/17/2026HouseHouse Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
4/16/2026HouseHouse Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
4/7/2026HouseHouse Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
4/1/2026HouseIntroduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
3/2/2026House
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