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ColoradoSB26-0042026 Regular SessionSenate

Expand List of Petitioners for Protection Order

Sponsored By: Jenny Willford (Democratic), Julie Gonzales (Democratic), Meg Froelich (Democratic), Tom Sullivan (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Courts & Judicial

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.

Good‑faith protections and no duty to file

The law does not force families, community members, institutions, or police to file for a protection order. People and entities who act in good faith to get a temporary or final order are not liable for civil, administrative, or criminal claims. Peace officers who lawfully enforce an order are also protected, except where another law says otherwise.

More schools and responders can seek orders

The law lets more people and institutions ask a court for an extreme risk protection order. Community co‑responders and crisis team members can file if they do on‑site crisis work and had contact with the person or the person’s child within the past six months. This path does not include the police officer who answered the behavioral‑health call. A new “institutional petitioner” group includes school districts, private and charter schools, colleges, hospitals, and behavioral health and crisis facilities. These institutions can seek a temporary order without notice by filing a sworn affidavit with facts, and they can ask to renew an order within 63 days before it ends.

Minors can be named in orders

A person under 18 can be named as the respondent in an extreme risk protection order case. This can place a child and family into a court process with related safety rules.

Health records sharing in protection orders

Health‑care and mental‑health professionals, and authorized petitioners, may share a person’s protected health information for an extreme risk protection order case. They must share only the minimum needed. The court can order records for good cause and seals them for use only in the case. People who reasonably act in good faith to share or not share are protected from civil, administrative, or criminal liability.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Jenny Willford

    Democratic • House

  • Julie Gonzales

    Democratic • Senate

  • Meg Froelich

    Democratic • House

  • Tom Sullivan

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Andrew Boesenecker

    Democratic • House

  • Amy Paschal

    Democratic • House

  • Brianna Titone

    Democratic • House

  • Cecelia Espenoza

    Democratic • House

  • Eliza Hamrick

    Democratic • House

  • Emily Sirota

    Democratic • House

  • Gretchen Rydin

    Democratic • House

  • Jennifer Bacon

    Democratic • House

  • Jamie Jackson

    Democratic • House

  • Junie Joseph

    Democratic • House

  • Julie McCluskie

    Democratic • House

  • Kyle Brown

    Democratic • House

  • Karen McCormick

    Democratic • House

  • Kenny Nguyen

    Democratic • House

  • Lorena Garcia

    Democratic • House

  • Lindsay Gilchrist

    Democratic • House

  • Lesley Smith

    Democratic • House

  • Monica Duran

    Democratic • House

  • Mandy Lindsay

    Democratic • House

  • Manny Rutinel

    Democratic • House

  • Rebekah Stewart

    Democratic • House

  • Sean Camacho

    Democratic • House

  • Steven Woodrow

    Democratic • House

  • Tammy Story

    Democratic • House

  • Yara Zokaie

    Democratic • House

  • Cathy Kipp

    Democratic • Senate

  • Chris Kolker

    Democratic • Senate

  • Sen. D. Michaelson Jenet

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Iman Jodeh

    Democratic • Senate

  • Judy Amabile

    Democratic • Senate

  • James Coleman

    Democratic • Senate

  • Jessie Danielson

    Democratic • Senate

  • Katie Wallace

    Democratic • Senate

  • Lisa Cutter

    Democratic • Senate

  • Matt Ball

    Democratic • Senate

  • Mike Weissman

    Democratic • Senate

  • Robert Rodriguez

    Democratic • Senate

  • Tony Exum

    Democratic • Senate

  • William Lindstedt

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

Actions Timeline

  1. Governor Signed

    4/6/2026House

  2. Sent to the Governor

    3/27/2026House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

    3/26/2026Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker of the House

    3/26/2026House

  5. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

    3/20/2026House

  6. House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments

    3/19/2026House

  7. House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

    3/5/2026House

  8. House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole

    3/2/2026House

  9. Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs

    2/4/2026House

  10. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

    2/3/2026Senate

  11. Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor

    2/2/2026Senate

  12. Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/02/2026 - No Amendments

    1/30/2026Senate

  13. Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole

    1/27/2026Senate

  14. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs

    1/14/2026Senate

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