April 13, 2026
1. The Legislative Committee has reviewed 449 CO Senate and CO House Bills to date to determine appropriateness.
2. There are currently six (6) Bills being tracked.
CURRENT BILLS
SB26-061 Publication in Counties Without Legal Newspapers
https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-061
Concerning: Concerning a change to legal notice publication requirements for a county without a requisite legal newspaper.
Bill Summary: Current law requires a county to publish a legal notice to be published in a legal newspaper within the county in which the notice is required. If a legal newspaper does not exist in a county, the Notice may be published using certain alternatives. The bill removes the publication period requirement for a newspaper to be considered a legal newspaper. The bill also expands and clarifies the alternatives for a county to publish a notice when the county does not have a legal newspaper. If there is no newspaper in the county or an adjoining county, notice may be published in a newspaper that satisfies the requirements for a legal newspaper chosen with primary consideration for geographic proximity.
Additionally, the bill gives municipalities and special districts with territory in two counties permission to publish notice in a newspaper in either county, so long as the newspaper meets the legal requirements for publication.
LAST ACTION: 04/08/2026 | Sent to the Governor
HB26-1037 Ban Government Purchase of Personal Data from Third Party
https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1037
Concerning: prohibiting a government entity from obtaining certain personal data from a third party for use by a government entity in exchange for anything of value.
Bill Summary: The bill prohibits law enforcement and other government entities from purchasing, or otherwise obtaining for anything of value, certain personal data from third parties. Law enforcement agencies and other government entities are also prohibited from sharing individuals' personal data between themselves.
Exceptions are created for obtaining personal data, including after obtaining a judicial warrant, subpoena, or court order, when an individual consents to sharing their data and, in the case of an emergency, involving a threat to a person's life or physical safety.
The bill creates a private cause of action for an individual who has their personal data obtained or shared in violation of the prohibitions in the bill. Personal data obtained or shared is excluded from trial and other court proceedings, subject to certain exceptions.
LAST ACTION: 02/25/2026 | House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
HB26-1095 Digital Publication for Legal Notice
https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1095
Concerning: Concerning unpaid online access to public notices published in legal newspapers.
Bill Summary: Current law requires a county or municipality to publish legal notices in a physical print newspaper. The bill gives a county or municipality discretion to publish legal notices online on the newspaper's website instead. Legal notices published online must be free to access and cannot be kept behind a paywall or subscription.
LAST ACTION: 04/01/2026 | House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily (means to postpone to ensure all have time to review changes)
HB26-1274 State Agency Payments to Grants Recipients
https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1274
Concerning: Concerning authorization for a state agency to award a percentage of the total value of a contract to a nonprofit grantee of a grant program of the agency upon the execution or renewal of the contract.
Bill Summary: Currently, when a state agency awards a grant to a nonprofit organization (grantee), the grantee is generally required to access the grant award by applying for the reimbursement of costs incurred in completing the activity for which the state agency awarded the grant.
The bill allows a state agency, in contracting with any grantee, to dispense up to 25% of the total value of the payments under the contract to the grantee immediately upon executing or renewing the contract. A grantee may only expend money from such a payment on expenses that the grantee incurs in connection with the relevant contract.
The bill does not prevent a state agency, in contracting with a grantee, from:
· Using a waiver process available through state or federal rules to dispense a percentage of the total value of the payments under a contract to a grantee immediately upon the execution or renewal of the contact; or
· For a state agency that, as of the effective date of the bill, already dispenses a percentage of the total value of the payments under a contract to a grantee immediately upon executing or renewing the contract, continuing to dispense the payments as it did before the effective date of the bill.
LAST ACTION: 03/19/2026 | House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations
HB26-1364 2025 Consumer Price Index Calculation
https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1364
Concerning: Concerning the calculation of the consumer price index for the 2025 calendar year, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
Bill Summary: Joint Budget Committee. The United States bureau of labor statistics (BLS) determines the consumer price index (CPI) for each month. At the end of a year, the BLS determines the CPI for that year by averaging the CPI for each month in the year. However, as of March 2026, the BLS did not determine the CPI for the month of October and then determined inflation for 2025 by averaging the CPI for every month besides October in 2025. The BLS's approach to determining the CPI for 2025 overweighted the CPI of the first half of 2025 relative to the second half of 2025, since the BLS included each month from the first half of 2025 and only 5 of the 6 months in the second half of 2025, in determining the CPI for 2025.
The bill, for 2025 only, determines the CPI for 2025 by averaging the 2 semi-annual BLS CPI determinations for 2025. This approach gives equal weight to the CPI from the first and second halves of 2025.
LAST ACTION: 04/11/2026 | House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
HB26-1409 Marijuana Tax Cash Fund Distributions
https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1409
Concerning: Concerning the distribution of money collected from the retail marijuana sales tax.
Bill Summary: Current law requires 3.5% of the gross retail marijuana sales tax revenue to be distributed to local governments. The bill eliminates the distribution to local governments and allocates the gross retail marijuana sales tax revenue as follows:
· 73.17% to the marijuana tax cash fund (fund);
· 11.33% to the state public school fund;
· 1.5% to the marijuana cash fund; and
· 14% to the general fund.
The bill also directs the state treasurer to transfer from the fund to the state public school fund at the end of each fiscal year, an amount equal to the difference between the balance of the fund and:
· 15% of the amount that the general assembly appropriated from the fund in that fiscal year; and
· Any amount of the fund designated to be part of the emergency reserve for that fiscal year.
LAST ACTION: 04/11/2026 | House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
POSTPONED INDEFINITELY
SB26-029 Health Savings Account Tax Credit (https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-029)
SB26-107 Modify the "Colorado Open Records Act" (https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-107)
SB26-055 Registry in CO Dept of Ed for School Personnel (https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-055)
SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR:
SB26-074 Clarify Excessive Public Construction Bond Claim Penalty
https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-074
Concerning: Concerning clarification of the penalty for claiming an excessive amount in a public construction performance bond dispute.
Bill Summary: Currently, a contractor on a private construction project has a statutory right to secure payment with a general mechanic's lien. However, if the contractor knowingly files on the lien for an excessive amount, the contractor forfeits all rights only to the lien and is liable to the person against whom the lien was filed for costs and attorney fees. A contractor on a public construction project has a similar right to secure payment by filing a verified statement of claim (VSOC), which requires the project owner to withhold funds sufficient to pay the claim, usually in the form of a bond. The bill clarifies that a public construction contractor who knowingly files a VSOC or asserts a bond claim for an excessive amount forfeits all rights only pursuant to the laws for public construction project bonds and liens to recover the amount claimed.
LAST ACTION: 04/06/2026 | Governor Signed