# Colorado HB26-1426: Department of Law Legislative Report Colorado HB26-1426, Department of Law Legislative Report, is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Dylan Roberts (Democratic), Sean Camacho (Democratic), Yara Zokaie (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-06-02 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1426-2026A - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Colorado HB26-1426 - State: Colorado - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Department of Law Legislative Report - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-04-28 - Last action: 2026-06-02, Governor Signed - Sponsors: Dylan Roberts (Democratic), Sean Camacho (Democratic), Yara Zokaie (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 6 - Subjects: Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 9 (335 yes, 72 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 25 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Stronger protection against biased credit decisions: benefit, medium. Covered credit providers cannot deny regulated consumer credit or impose stricter terms because of protected traits. These include disability, race, creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, and ancestry. Discrimination no longe… - Broader tools to fight consumer fraud: benefit, medium. The Attorney General and district attorneys can investigate and stop deceptive trade practices across the consumer-protection article. Their tools include subpoenas, hearings, court orders to stop conduct, and agreements to end violations. Investigations require reasonable cause; written informatio… - Breach notices must include protective steps: benefit, low. Covered organizations must give extra instructions when an investigation finds specified personal information was misused or is reasonably likely to be misused. They must direct affected people to change passwords and security questions or take other appropriate protective steps. Notice is due with… - Cancellation rights for affected gym members: benefit, low. A member or their estate can cancel when a health club permanently closes. Cancellation also applies after a sale substantially changes services, facilities, or benefits so they no longer match the contract. Membership fees pause during the club’s 30-day chance to fix the problem. - Fraud protections back age-restricted sales rules: benefit, low. Selling or offering an age-restricted product to someone below the required age is an unfair or deceptive trade practice. The amended wording no longer names electronic smoking devices separately. - Product safety violations gain fraud enforcement: benefit, low. Beginning August 12, 2026, covered bicycle, electric scooter, and personal mobility device equipment violations count as unfair or deceptive trade practices. Covered manufacturer violations involving chemicals in hair relaxers and hair pieces also count as deceptive trade practices. The hair-produc… - Required qualifications backed by fraud protections: benefit, low. Doing business or practicing a profession in Colorado without legally required qualifications is an unfair or deceptive trade practice. This covers qualifications required by state law or the Colorado Constitution. Consumers gain a basis for enforcement under the state’s consumer-protection law. - Restrictions extend to colonic irrigation services: benefit, low. Restrictions on enemas by certain unlicensed alternative health practitioners now also cover colonic irrigation. Practitioners who lack state licensing, certification, or registration must meet the applicable service conditions. These include telling clients they are not licensed physicians. - Clearer broker fees and contract warnings: benefit, low. Brokers forming transaction-broker or single-agency relationships must complete a written agreement before beginning the covered brokerage work. It must prominently state the amount or rate of their pay. If a transaction party requires its own purchase contract, the consumer’s broker must advise se… - Courts can enforce rights investigation subpoenas: benefit, low. The Attorney General can seek a court order when a government authority or its representatives disobey an investigative subpoena. This applies to investigations of patterns or practices that deprive people of protected rights. The request and court finding must establish reasonable grounds for an o… - New path to request rule reviews: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2027, the Attorney General must accept and review petitions to review rules or start rulemaking. This applies only to matters within the Attorney General’s or Department of Law’s rulemaking authority. By January 1, 2028, the Attorney General must adopt rules for responses, opin… - Hospital deal reviews consider local access: benefit, low. Covered hospital deals avoid further Attorney General review only when they do not materially change charitable purposes, missions, or services. They must also avoid moving a material amount of assets outside Colorado in a way that ends the Attorney General’s jurisdiction. In judging material chang… - New fund supports Medicaid fraud cases: benefit, low. Beginning August 12, 2026, the law creates the False Medicaid Claims Recovery Fund for fraud-unit staff and ongoing case costs. It receives recovered costs and fees, appropriations, and transfers; earnings stay in the fund and year-end balances carry forward. Fraud recoveries first repay defrauded… - Added funding source for park water: benefit, low. The Mobile Home Park Water Quality Fund gains a revenue source from money credited under the consumer-protection law. The provision sets no dollar amount and creates no direct payment to park residents. - Internet providers gain unlawful email remedies: benefit, low. Internet access providers can sue over unlawful commercial email sent, or attempted, through their networks or facilities. A winning provider can recover actual damages and $1,000 per violating message. Statutory damages are capped at $10 million against one defendant for one transaction or occurre… - Alternative care disclosures cover fewer providers: cost, low. The first-contact written disclosure duty for alternative health care now applies to individuals, not non-individual providers. It covers individuals who lack state health-professional credentials and professional-board or Division of Professions and Occupations oversight. They must also advertise… - Credential claim protections narrow and expire: cost, low. Specified deceptive-claim rules now cover only individuals making claims as part of their business, vocation, or occupation. The rules concern academic degrees, dietitian or optician status, sign-language interpreting, and firearms instruction. This narrows who is covered. These rules and the secti… - Debtors must promptly list creditor claims: cost, low. Someone making a general assignment of assets for creditors must provide a sworn inventory within four days after the assignment. It must include estimated property values and a creditor list. The list must show names, claim amounts, and known residences and mailing addresses. This duty applies to… - Limits on guests’ lost property claims: cost, low. Hotels and covered public establishments have property-loss limits, including $5,000 for property in custody and $200 for room property. A written agreement can raise those limits; declared values and custody rules also affect recovery. Property kept free after a stay has a $50 limit. Safe-deposit… - Some consumer fraud claims get narrower: cost, low. A false claim about the standard, quality, or grade of goods, food, services, or property requires knowledge. The seller must know, or reasonably should know, that the claim is wrong. The law also removes several listed statutory violations, including telemarketing and radon-testing references, fro… - Uncooperative prosecution starters can owe costs: cost, low. A person or business that starts or causes a prosecution under the specified lodging law must cooperate fully. Without reasonable cause for failing to cooperate, a court can make them pay the county’s prosecution costs. Costs can include a reasonable amount for the prosecutor’s time, whether or not… - Medicaid fraud violators pay case costs: cost, low. Beginning August 12, 2026, Medicaid False Claims Act violators owe the full reasonable expenses of covered civil recovery cases. These include investigation and litigation costs, attorney fees, court costs, witness fees, and deposition costs. Recovered costs and fees go to the False Medicaid Claims… - State litigation gains flexibility, loses openness: mixed, low. The Department of Law can buy outside legal services and litigation-related support without following specified state procurement rules. The Attorney General or a designee can also request private Joint Budget Committee discussions about current or potential litigation’s budget effects. The committ… - Debt advice council starts, councils expire: mixed, low. The Department of Law has a new three-member Advisory Council for Debt Collection. Attorney General appointees represent debt collectors, consumer advocates focused on debt collection or lending, and the public. The council meets at least twice yearly and can address issues assigned by the Attorney… - Medical debt interest guidance gets deadline: mixed, low. The designated state administrator must clarify how the statutory interest rule applies to consumer credit transactions for medical debt. Rules or guidance are due by December 31, 2026. This requirement does not itself set a new interest rate or payment amount. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Dylan Roberts (Democratic), Senate - Sponsor: Sean Camacho (Democratic), House - Sponsor: Yara Zokaie (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Chad Clifford (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jennifer Bacon (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Julie McCluskie (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mandy Lindsay (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: James Coleman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Katie Wallace (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-05-13 | Senate | Third reading: Amend (l.014) | pass | 33 | 2 | | | 2026-05-13 | House | Senate amendments: Repass | pass | 46 | 19 | | | 2026-05-13 | House | Senate amendments: Concur | pass | 48 | 17 | | | 2026-05-13 | Senate | Third reading: Bill | pass | 25 | 10 | | | 2026-05-11 | Senate | Refer House Bill 26-1426 to the Committee of the Whole. | pass | 5 | 2 | | | 2026-05-09 | House | Third reading: Bill | pass | 45 | 18 | | | 2026-05-09 | House | Third reading: Amd (l.011) | pass | 63 | 0 | | | 2026-05-09 | House | Third reading: Perm | pass | 62 | 1 | | | 2026-05-05 | House | Refer House Bill 26-1426, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. | pass | 8 | 3 | | ## Actions (15) - 2026-06-02: Governor Signed (House) - 2026-05-28: Signed by the Speaker of the House (House) - 2026-05-28: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2026-05-28: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2026-05-13: Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor (Senate) - 2026-05-13: House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass (House) - 2026-05-12: Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments (Senate) - 2026-05-11: Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary (Senate) - 2026-05-11: Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole (Senate) - 2026-05-11: Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments (Senate) - 2026-05-09: House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor (House) - 2026-05-08: House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments (House) - 2026-05-07: House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor (House) - 2026-05-05: House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole (House) - 2026-04-28: Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116085/download) - Final Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117240/download) - House Judiciary Preamend: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115885/download) - Introduced: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115397/download) - Reengrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116234/download) - Rerevised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116467/download) - Revised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116391/download) - Signed Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117013/download) ## Related bills - HB26-1250: Procedures Related to Civil Asset Forfeiture (signed) - HB26-1298: Background Checks for Child Welfare Placements (signed) - HB26-1414: Medical Record Requests (signed) - SB26-155: Increase Access Homeowner's Insurance Enterprise (signed) - HB26-1429: County Administration Public Assistance Programs (signed) - HB26-1430: Transportation Funding Adjustments (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116085/download) - [Final Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117240/download) - [House Judiciary Preamend (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115885/download) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115397/download) - [Reengrossed (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116234/download) - [Rerevised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116467/download) - [Revised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116391/download) - [Signed Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117013/download) ## Related - [HB26-1250: Procedures Related to Civil Asset Forfeiture](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1250-2026A) - [HB26-1298: Background Checks for Child Welfare Placements](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1298-2026A) - [HB26-1414: Medical Record Requests](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1414-2026A) - [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) - [HB26-1430: Transportation Funding Adjustments](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB26-1430-2026A) - [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-HB26-1426-2026A (as of 2026-10-16).