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ColoradoSB26-1692026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

Revisor's Bill

Sponsored By: Dylan Roberts (Democratic), John Carson (Republican), Sean Camacho (Democratic), Stephanie Luck (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

12 provisions identified: 6 benefits, 1 costs, 5 mixed.

Covered income does not end assistance

Income applied under section 25.5-4-209(1) does not disqualify covered recipients from specified medical, public-assistance, or child care benefits. This protection applies to recipients defined in section 26-2-103(8). It does not protect all income or cover every assistance program.

Eligible public retirees keep benefits while working

Eligible Colorado PERA service retirees can earn a salary without a reduction in retirement benefits. They must not have worked for any employer during the month their retirement took effect. A special school-employer rule covers certain small rural or rural school districts and boards of cooperative services. It also covers charter schools located within a qualifying district.

At-risk school rules stay in place

Colorado’s at-risk school measure rules remain in effect. The law removes their scheduled July 1, 2025, repeal. This preserves the rules used for public school districts and students counted in the measure.

Funeral help allowed for covered members

The state department can pay funeral and final disposition expenses when a covered member dies. Payments follow department rules and the same process used for public-assistance recipients. The law sets no payment amount and does not guarantee payment in every case.

Acute treatment units lose fee requirement

Acute treatment units no longer owe the fee assessment required by the removed provision in section 25-3-105(1)(c). The supplied text does not state the fee amount. It also does not establish any reduction in patients’ bills.

Student work-learning pilot gets revised timeline

The department must convene the work-based learning group after the section takes effect, subject to receiving enough funds. The group meets for three years after that effective date. The pilot’s outside platform must support real-world learning built into courses with faculty involvement.

Some record-sealing filers lose fee waiver

The law removes the automatic $65 processing-fee waiver for motions to seal records under section 24-72-706(1)(f.5). People filing these motions owe the fee unless another fee-waiver ground applies. The charge is $65 per affected filing.

Updated tax-sale rules for affected landowners

Beginning July 1, 2024, covered tax-sale and tax-deed proceedings must follow article 11.5 of title 39. This covers drainage districts, their assignees, certificate holders, and county treasurers. Drainage-district land awards, certificates, and deeds are barred to the extent they conflict with that process. Land cannot be awarded to counties or irrigation districts under the older rules, and treasurers cannot issue certificates or deeds under article 11.

Notice deadline no longer triggers repeal

The law removes an automatic repeal tied to a notice deadline for part 44. The old rule ended part 44 on June 30, 2026, without the required notice by June 29, 2026. Part 44 no longer ends for that reason. The supplied text does not explain what part 44 covers.

Highway money shifts from local governments

Beginning August 12, 2026, specified revenues go to the state highway fund for Colorado Department of Transportation spending. The law removes the former split: 50% to counties and 50% to cities and incorporated towns. Covered money comes from transfers under sections 24-75-219 and 39-26-123(4)(a), or appropriations under House Bill 02-1389. A referendum petition delays effectiveness until voter approval in November 2026 and the governor’s official declaration.

Fuel distributor bond adjustment authority ends

The revenue director can require fuel distributors to report and pay tax on nonmonthly or additional schedules for tax administration. Beginning August 12, 2026, the director loses this provision’s authority to adjust bonds proportionately when those schedules change. This applies to gasoline and special-fuel distributors. A referendum petition delays effectiveness until voter approval in November 2026 and the governor’s official declaration.

Mineral tax revenue allocation wording changes

Beginning August 12, 2026, mineral and mineral-fuel severance tax receipts follow subsection (1)’s allocation rule without the stated subsection (3) exception. The law removes the express reference to that exception. The supplied text gives no resulting amounts for recipients. A referendum petition delays effectiveness until voter approval in November 2026 and the governor’s official declaration.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Dylan Roberts

    Democratic • Senate

  • John Carson

    Republican • Senate

  • Sean Camacho

    Democratic • House

  • Stephanie Luck

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Carlos Barron

    Republican • House

  • Jennifer Bacon

    Democratic • House

  • Jarvis Caldwell

    Republican • House

  • Ken DeGraaf

    Republican • House

  • Kenny Nguyen

    Democratic • House

  • Lori Goldstein

    Democratic • House

  • Naquetta Ricks

    Democratic • House

  • Ron Weinberg

    Republican • House

  • Barbara Kirkmeyer

    Republican • Senate

  • Jeff Bridges

    Democratic • Senate

  • James Coleman

    Democratic • Senate

  • Marc Catlin

    Republican • Senate

  • Scott Bright

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 184 • No: 1

Senate vote • 5/13/2026

House amendments: Concur

Yes: 34 • No: 1

House vote • 5/13/2026

Third reading: Bill

Yes: 65 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/13/2026

House amendments: Repass

Yes: 35 • No: 0

House vote • 5/5/2026

Refer Senate Bill 26-169, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.

Yes: 9 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/27/2026

Third reading: Bill

Yes: 34 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/22/2026

Refer Senate Bill 26-169 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.

Yes: 7 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Governor Signed

    6/2/2026House

  2. Signed by the Speaker of the House

    5/22/2026House

  3. Sent to the Governor

    5/22/2026House

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate

    5/22/2026Senate

  5. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

    5/13/2026House

  6. Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass

    5/13/2026Senate

  7. House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee

    5/12/2026House

  8. House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

    5/7/2026House

  9. House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole

    5/5/2026House

  10. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

    4/27/2026Senate

  11. Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary

    4/27/2026House

  12. Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments

    4/24/2026Senate

  13. Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole

    4/22/2026Senate

  14. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary

    4/17/2026Senate

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