All Roll Calls
Yes: 137 • No: 50
ColoradoSB26-1092026 Regular SessionSenate
Building Code Accessibility
Sponsored By: Junie Joseph (Democratic), Lisa Cutter (Democratic), Naquetta Ricks (Democratic), Tony Exum (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
HousingLocal GovernmentState Government
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Accessible homes required throughout housing projects
Covered projects with 50 or more units must make at least 2% accessible and include at least one specified accessible-unit type. Smaller covered projects can use any mix of accessible unit types to meet required accessibility points. Developers and builders must submit a plan listing accessible-unit numbers, types, and completion order for timely, evenly phased delivery. The enforcing agency must approve the plan before issuing a building permit. Plans cannot allow more than 30% of the project to be completed without some required accessible units. Exceptions require demonstrated undue hardship or other guarantees the jurisdiction accepts as sufficient.
Broader accessibility rules for permanent housing
Covered permanent housing must meet Colorado’s housing accessibility standards, whether built with state, local, or private money. The law removes earlier limits based on when construction plans began or construction occurred. This broadens the stated coverage of these protections for people with disabilities.
Updated accessible features in covered homes
The updated dwelling-unit definition includes shared-facility housing and extended-stay living facilities, but excludes hotel and motel guest rooms. Type A and Type B rules use the 2017 ICC/ANSI A117.1 standard or an adopted successor. Multistory units need at least one accessible story connected by an accessible route to an accessible entrance. That story must contain living, sleeping, cooking, bathing, and toilet facilities, plus laundry facilities when present. A basement does not count if its finished floor is more than four feet below outside finished grade, measured along the unit’s exposed perimeter. Type B visitable units need an accessible entrance, at least 70 square feet of accessible space, and an accessible toilet. The law also adds a Type C visitable-ground-floor category with an assigned accessibility point value.
New appeals for housing accessibility decisions
Each jurisdiction enforcing the housing accessibility rules must designate an appeals board or another review process. That process must hear and resolve challenges to agency orders, decisions, or determinations about applying or interpreting those rules.
Fewer accessibility protections in exempt housing
Privately funded projects to build detached homes or residences are exempt from these housing accessibility rules. Other residential properties with fewer than seven units are also exempt. The law removes specified accessibility requirements for alterations to covered buildings under construction before July 1, 1976. It also removes the rule treating additions to those older buildings as new construction for accessibility enforcement. These changes reduce the stated protections for people with disabilities in the affected housing.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Junie Joseph
Democratic • House
Lisa Cutter
Democratic • Senate
Naquetta Ricks
Democratic • House
Tony Exum
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
Brianna Titone
Democratic • House
Cathy Kipp
Democratic • Senate
Iman Jodeh
Democratic • Senate
Judy Amabile
Democratic • Senate
James Coleman
Democratic • Senate
Julie Gonzales
Democratic • Senate
Katie Wallace
Democratic • Senate
Mike Weissman
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/23/2026
House amendments: Repass
Yes: 25 • No: 10
Senate vote • 4/23/2026
House amendments: Concur
Yes: 35 • No: 0
House vote • 4/21/2026
Third reading: Bill
Yes: 41 • No: 22
House vote • 4/14/2026
Refer Senate Bill 26-109, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
Yes: 8 • No: 4
Senate vote • 3/11/2026
Third reading: Bill
Yes: 24 • No: 11
Senate vote • 3/5/2026
Refer Senate Bill 26-109, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
Yes: 4 • No: 3
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
5/5/2026HouseSigned by the President of the Senate
4/27/2026SenateSigned by the Speaker of the House
4/27/2026HouseSent to the Governor
4/27/2026HouseSenate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
4/23/2026SenateHouse Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
4/21/2026HouseHouse Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
4/16/2026HouseHouse Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
4/15/2026HouseHouse Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
4/14/2026HouseSenate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
3/11/2026SenateIntroduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government
3/11/2026HouseSenate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
3/10/2026SenateSenate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
3/5/2026SenateIntroduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing
2/11/2026Senate
Bill Text
Engrossed
Final Act
House Transportation, Housing & Local Government Preamend
Introduced
Reengrossed
Rerevised
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Senate Local Government & Housing Preamend
Signed Act
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