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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Repeal The Death Penalty"
+description: "The act repeals the death penalty in Colorado for offenses charged on or after July 1, 2020. The act states that any death sentence in effect on July 1, 2020, is valid."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2020A"
+identifier: "SB 20-100"
+citation: "Colorado SB 20-100 (2020A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Adrienne Benavidez", "Jack Tate", "Jeni James Arndt", "Julie Gonzales"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 13
+first_action: "2020-01-14T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-03-23T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc369622-384b-4006-89e4-f394947d96ad"
+source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-100"
+source_hash: "2dbdfb2f2ebcc439d5b3ca1cb683c9f2dab5d5f475f8b8080079d18882b4a76c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
+---
+
+# Colorado SB 20-100 (2020A) — Repeal The Death Penalty
+
+The act repeals the death penalty in Colorado for offenses charged on or after July 1, 2020. The act states that any death sentence in effect on July 1, 2020, is valid.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment L.001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/6fed13211aa5c718872584fc007151c0__hearing_summary/20SenateJud0127AttachD.pdf)
+2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_sb100_h_jud_001.pdf)
+3. **Engrossed (01/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_100_eng.pdf)
+4. **Final Act (03/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_100_enr.pdf)
+5. **Introduced (01/14/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_100_01.pdf)
+6. **Reengrossed (01/31/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_100_ren.pdf)
+7. **Rerevised (02/26/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_100_rer.pdf)
+8. **Revised (02/25/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_100_rev.pdf)
+9. **Signed Act (03/23/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_100_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AMD — **24–40** (fail) · lower
+- AMD — **27–37** (fail) · lower
+- COW * — **17–17** (fail) · upper
+- AMD — **23–41** (fail) · lower
+- COW * — **21–13** (pass) · upper
+- COW * — **17–17** (fail) · upper
+- PERM — **29–36** (fail) · lower
+- BILL — **19–13** (pass) · upper
+- AMD — **23–41** (fail) · lower
+- AMD — **23–41** (fail) · lower
+- BILL — **38–27** (pass) · lower
+- COW * — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- COW * — **17–17** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Adrienne Benavidez — primary (person)
+- Jack Tate — primary (person)
+- Jeni James Arndt — primary (person)
+- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2020-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2020-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+- **2020-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-14T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc369622-384b-4006-89e4-f394947d96ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+