---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expand List of Petitioners for Protection Order"
description: "The act adds a co-responder who is part of a co-responder community response to the list of community members who may petition the court for an extreme risk protection order. Health-care facilities, behavioral health treatment facilities, school districts, the state charter school institute, K-12 charter schools, private schools, and institutions of higher education are established as institutional petitioners that may petition a court for an extreme risk protection order.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "Colorado SB 4 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts & Judicial"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Gonzales", "J. Willford", "M. Froelich", "T. Sullivan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 14
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d7a036a-1055-49af-b2e2-c42575b4198b"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-004"
source_hash: "8f7f7b0bc4cb85f77003ea6525a56b2074c3b120e2d48dc9c50fbcfdd0591726"
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 4 (2026A) — Expand List of Petitioners for Protection Order

The act adds a co-responder who is part of a co-responder community response to the list of community members who may petition the court for an extreme risk protection order. Health-care facilities, behavioral health treatment facilities, school districts, the state charter school institute, K-12 charter schools, private schools, and institutions of higher education are established as institutional petitioners that may petition a court for an extreme risk protection order.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/110642/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111125/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113718/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111164/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113560/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113494/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114181/download)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 26-004 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.008 (Attachment C). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.007 (Attachment B). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AMD (H.001) — **fail** (fail) · lower
- AMD (H.003) — **fail** (fail) · lower
- AMD (H.002) — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Refer Senate Bill 26-004, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Gonzales — primary (person)
- J. Willford — primary (person)
- M. Froelich — primary (person)
- T. Sullivan — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-04-06** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-26** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-20** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-03-05** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-03-02** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2026-02-03** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-02** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2026-01-30** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/02/2026 - No Amendments
- **2026-01-27** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d7a036a-1055-49af-b2e2-c42575b4198b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).