# Colorado HB26-1312: Peace Officers Standards & Training Board Changes Colorado HB26-1312, Peace Officers Standards & Training Board Changes, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Chad Clifford (Democratic), Kyle Mullica (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-06-03 (Governor Signed) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1312-2026A - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Colorado HB26-1312 - State: Colorado - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Peace Officers Standards & Training Board Changes - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-03-02 - Last action: 2026-06-03, Governor Signed - Sponsors: Chad Clifford (Democratic), Kyle Mullica (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 10 - Subjects: Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (260 yes, 60 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Colorado requires a police training update plan: benefit, low. 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… - Police certification requires age 21: cost, high. 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. - Revoked officers face board and teaching bans: cost, low. 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 h… - Academy instructors gain classes, not direct grants: mixed, low. 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: mixed, low. 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… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Chad Clifford (Democratic), House - Sponsor: Kyle Mullica (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Alex Valdez (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jennifer Bacon (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Julie McCluskie (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Monica Duran (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Chris Kolker (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Jeff Bridges (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: James Coleman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Janice Marchman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Tony Exum (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: William Lindstedt (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-05-04 | House | Senate amendments: Repass | pass | 47 | 18 | | | 2026-05-04 | House | Senate amendments: Concur | pass | 65 | 0 | | | 2026-05-04 | House | Senate amendments: Repass | pass | 46 | 18 | | | 2026-05-01 | Senate | Third reading: Bill | pass | 29 | 6 | | | 2026-04-27 | Senate | Refer House Bill 26-1312, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. | pass | 4 | 2 | | | 2026-04-21 | House | Third reading: Bill | pass | 54 | 9 | | | 2026-04-01 | House | Refer House Bill 26-1312, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. | pass | 11 | 0 | | | 2026-04-01 | House | Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment R). | fail | 4 | 7 | | ## Actions (15) - 2026-06-03: Governor Signed (House) - 2026-06-02: Signed by the Speaker of the House (House) - 2026-06-02: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2026-06-02: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2026-05-04: House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass (House) - 2026-05-01: Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (Senate) - 2026-04-30: Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee (Senate) - 2026-04-27: Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole (Senate) - 2026-04-23: Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary (Senate) - 2026-04-21: House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (House) - 2026-04-17: House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments (House) - 2026-04-16: House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor (House) - 2026-04-07: House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments (House) - 2026-04-01: House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole (House) - 2026-03-02: Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114761/download) - Final Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116878/download) - House Judiciary Preamend: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114170/download) - Introduced: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112773/download) - Reengrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115026/download) - Rerevised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115570/download) - Revised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115522/download) - Senate Judiciary Preamend: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115366/download) - Signed Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117070/download) ## Related bills - HB26-1298: Background Checks for Child Welfare Placements (signed) - HB26-1250: Procedures Related to Civil Asset Forfeiture (signed) - HB26-1414: Medical Record Requests (signed) - HB26-1430: Transportation Funding Adjustments (signed) - SB26-155: Increase Access Homeowner's Insurance Enterprise (signed) - HB26-1429: County Administration Public Assistance Programs (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114761/download) - [Final Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116878/download) - [House Judiciary Preamend (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114170/download) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112773/download) - [Reengrossed (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115026/download) - [Rerevised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115570/download) - [Revised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115522/download) - [Senate Judiciary Preamend (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115366/download) - [Signed Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117070/download) ## Related - [HB26-1298: Background Checks for Child Welfare Placements](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1298-2026A) - [HB26-1250: Procedures Related to Civil Asset Forfeiture](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1250-2026A) - [HB26-1414: Medical Record Requests](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1414-2026A) - [HB26-1430: Transportation Funding Adjustments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1430-2026A) - [SB26-155: Increase Access Homeowner's Insurance Enterprise](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB26-155-2026A) - [HB26-1429: County Administration Public Assistance Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1429-2026A) - [Colorado bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/colorado/bills) - [Colorado state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/colorado) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1312-2026A (as of 2026-10-19).