Staff Publications 2026 Long Bill Package Fiscal Notes This packet contains fiscal notes for bills introduced as part of the FY 2026-27 Long Bill BudgetPackage recommended by the Joint Budget Committee. These fiscal notes reflect the bills asintroduced in the House of Rep... Publishing agency: Legislative Council Staff Release date: 2026-04-13 Subjects: Fiscal Policy & Taxes General Assembly State Revenue & Budget
SB26-036 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Prison Population Management Measures LONG TITLE: Concerning increasing operational efficiency of existing prison population management measures. LAST ACTION: 04/13/2026 | Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations SUBJECTS: Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement SPONSORS: Sen. J. Gonzales Sen. M. Weissman Rep. J. Bacon Rep. Y. Zokaie
HB26-1268 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Renewable Energy Development on Disturbed Lands LONG TITLE: Concerning measures to advance renewable energy projects on previously disturbed lands through the designation of renewable energy reinvestment areas. LAST ACTION: 04/11/2026 | House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily SUBJECTS: Energy Local Government SPONSORS: Rep. K. McCormick Rep. L. Smith Sen. W. Lindstedt
SB26-066 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Regulation of Compounded Weight-Loss Medication LONG TITLE: Concerning the regulation of compounded weight-loss medications that have not been approved by the United States food and drug administration. LAST ACTION: 04/10/2026 | Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 04/17/2026 - No Amendments SUBJECTS: Civil Law Public Health SPONSORS: Sen. I. Jodeh Sen. J. Carson Rep. J. Jackson
SM26-001 Memorial | 2026 Regular Session High-Stakes Standardized Testing LONG TITLE: Memorializing Congress to end high-stakes standardized testing mandates, return to evidence-based, humane education practices, and restore local accountability in public education. LAST ACTION: 04/10/2026 | Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 04/20/2026 - No Amendments SUBJECTS: General Assembly SPONSORS: Sen. J. Marchman
HB26-1019 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Kidney Screening Mandatory Preventive Coverage LONG TITLE: Concerning mandatory health-care coverage for preventive kidney function screening services. LAST ACTION: 04/10/2026 | Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/27/2026 - No Amendments SUBJECTS: Insurance SPONSORS: Rep. S. Lieder Rep. J. Bacon Sen. D. Roberts Sen. J. Rich
SB26-002 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Energy Affordability LONG TITLE: Concerning energy affordability, and, in connection therewith, establishing a first allotment of residential electricity service program that provides income-qualified utility customers a minimum level of electricity service at a marginal co... LAST ACTION: 04/10/2026 | Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole SUBJECTS: Energy SPONSORS: Sen. C. Kipp Sen. T. Exum Rep. J. Willford
SB26-072 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Increased Penalty for Vehicular Homicide & Assault LONG TITLE: Concerning increasing criminal penalties related to assaultive conduct with a motor vehicle, and, in connection therewith, adding the conduct of causing the death of another person with a motor vehicle to the crime of criminally negligent ho... LAST ACTION: 04/10/2026 | Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments SUBJECTS: Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement SPONSORS: Sen. J. Carson Sen. M. Snyder Rep. C. Espenoza
SB26-160 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Personal Protective Equipment & Meatpackers LONG TITLE: Concerning employee protections in the workplace. LAST ACTION: 04/10/2026 | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology SUBJECTS: Labor & Employment SPONSORS: Sen. R. Rodriguez
HB26-1244 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Department of Public Health and Environment Nursing Home Penalty Fund LONG TITLE: Concerning considerations for the department of public health and environment to use as a basis for making distributions from the nursing home penalty cash fund. LAST ACTION: 04/09/2026 | Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments SUBJECTS: Public Health SPONSORS: Rep. S. Slaugh Rep. J. Joseph Sen. L. Frizell Sen. T. Exum
HB26-1229 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Supporting the Human-Animal Bond LONG TITLE: Concerning authorizing the health disparities and community grant program to consider the human-animal bond as a social determinant of health. LAST ACTION: 04/09/2026 | Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments SUBJECTS: Health Care & Health Insurance Human Services Public Health SPONSORS: Rep. R. Taggart Rep. L. Feret Sen. J. Amabile Sen. J. Rich
SB26-133 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Colorado Artist Companies LONG TITLE: Concerning the authorization to establish an artist company in the state, and, in connection therewith, enacting the "Colorado Artist Company Act". LAST ACTION: 04/09/2026 | Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Appropriations SUBJECTS: Business & Economic Development SPONSORS: Sen. J. Bridges Sen. M. Catlin Rep. M. Martinez Rep. R. Taggart
SB26-127 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Family Medical Leave Insurance Duration Extensions LONG TITLE: Concerning changes to paid family and medical leave duration extensions. LAST ACTION: 04/09/2026 | Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Postpone Indefinitely SUBJECTS: Labor & Employment SPONSORS: Sen. J. Bridges Rep. Y. Zokaie
HB26-1280 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Sunset Regulation of Hemodialysis Treatment LONG TITLE: Concerning the continuation of the regulation of hemodialysis treatment by the department of public health and environment, and, in connection therewith, implementing the recommendation contained in the 2025 sunset report by the department o... LAST ACTION: 04/09/2026 | Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations SUBJECTS: Health Care & Health Insurance Professions & Occupations Public Health SPONSORS: Rep. S. Lieder Rep. E. Hamrick Sen. I. Jodeh Sen. K. Mullica
SB26-136 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Reporting of Lost or Stolen Livestock LONG TITLE: Concerning the reporting of missing livestock to the department of agriculture. LAST ACTION: 04/09/2026 | Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources SUBJECTS: Agriculture Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement SPONSORS: Sen. R. Pelton Sen. J. Coleman Rep. R. English Rep. L. Suckla
HB26-1415 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Optional Residential Construction Contractor Certification LONG TITLE: Concerning a program for the permissive certification of residential construction contractors. LAST ACTION: 04/09/2026 | Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor SUBJECTS: Labor & Employment SPONSORS: Rep. N. Ricks
HB26-1414 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Medical Record Requests LONG TITLE: Concerning the provision of medical records in the custody of certain health-care entities. LAST ACTION: 04/09/2026 | Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance SUBJECTS: Courts & Judicial Health Care & Health Insurance SPONSORS: Rep. J. McCluskie Rep. S. Camacho Sen. D. Roberts Sen. C. Kipp
SB26-153 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Licensed School Counselor Credit Hour Requirements LONG TITLE: Concerning graduate academic requirements for a licensed school counselor, and, in connection therewith, establishing a minimum number of credit hours required for special services licensure with a school counselor endorsement. LAST ACTION: 04/09/2026 | Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments SUBJECTS: Education & School Finance (Pre & K 12) SPONSORS: Sen. C. Kolker Sen. C. Simpson Rep. J. Bacon Rep. M. Martinez
HB26-1262 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Patient Access to Compounded Medical Items LONG TITLE: Concerning preserving patient access to compounded medical items. LAST ACTION: 04/09/2026 | Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole SUBJECTS: Health Care & Health Insurance Professions & Occupations SPONSORS: Rep. K. Stewart Rep. R. Stewart Sen. M. Ball Sen. D. Roberts
HB26-1113 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Modifications to Elections LONG TITLE: Concerning modifications to laws regarding elections. LAST ACTION: 04/09/2026 | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations SUBJECTS: Elections & Redistricting SPONSORS: Rep. E. Sirota Rep. J. Willford Sen. K. Wallace Sen. M. Weissman
SB26-103 Bill | 2026 Regular Session At-Risk Public School Program & Public School Accountability LONG TITLE: Concerning public schools, and, in connection therewith, creating a specialized school policy for at-risk students. LAST ACTION: 04/09/2026 | Introduced In House - Assigned to Education SUBJECTS: Education & School Finance (Pre & K 12) SPONSORS: Sen. C. Kolker Sen. J. Marchman Rep. J. Bacon Rep. M. Lukens
Staff Publications School Finance Handbook (2026) The purpose of this publication is to help readers understand how Colorado finances its publicelementary and secondary schools. Its major focus is an explanation of the funding formula included inthe Public School Fin... Publishing agency: Legislative Council Staff Release date: 2026-04-09 Subjects: Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
HB26-1081 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Optimize Colorado Electric Transmission System LONG TITLE: Concerning measures to optimize Colorado's electric transmission system. LAST ACTION: 04/09/2026 | House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily SUBJECTS: Energy SPONSORS: Rep. S. Camacho Rep. M. Duran Sen. D. Roberts
HB26-1239 Bill | 2026 Regular Session County Enforcement Authority LONG TITLE: Concerning modifications to a county's enforcement authority in connection with property in the county. LAST ACTION: 04/09/2026 | House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily SUBJECTS: Local Government SPONSORS: Rep. L. Goldstein Rep. C. Richardson Sen. K. Mullica
HB26-1194 Bill | 2026 Regular Session Sunset Combative Sports Office & Commission LONG TITLE: Concerning the continuation of the office of combative sports, and, in connection therewith, implementing the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies in the department's 2025 sunset report. LAST ACTION: 04/09/2026 | Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations SUBJECTS: Business & Economic Development Professions & Occupations SPONSORS: Rep. R. English Rep. C. Barron Sen. N. Hinrichsen
