--- type: "Bill" title: "Military Protection Orders" description: "When a peace officer has reasonable suspicion that a crime of domestic violence has occurred, the peace officer is required to search the national crime information center database to determine whether a military protection order has been issued against one of the parties. If a military protection order has been issued against a party, the peace officer shall notify the military law enforcement agency that entered the protection order into the database. The act includes the existence of a military protection order as relevant evidence that the court shall consider when determining whether to issue a temporary civil protection order.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)" jurisdiction: "us/states/co" legislature: "Colorado General Assembly" session: "2026A" identifier: "SB 85" citation: "Colorado SB 85 (2026A)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Military & Veterans"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["A. Hartsook", "L. Frizell", "M. Ball", "M. Duran"] version_count: 7 action_count: 14 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2026-02-10" last_action: "2026-05-05" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2760acdc-bf4c-496b-847d-2f0ea2781420" source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-085" source_hash: "ea1376716ef76081d37920a5f6748d5fce2985c4fd252ae1089c54d388b3a3b5" 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 85 (2026A) — Military Protection Orders When a peace officer has reasonable suspicion that a crime of domestic violence has occurred, the peace officer is required to search the national crime information center database to determine whether a military protection order has been issued against one of the parties. If a military protection order has been issued against a party, the peace officer shall notify the military law enforcement agency that entered the protection order into the database. The act includes the existence of a military protection order as relevant evidence that the court shall consider when determining whether to issue a temporary civil 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/111690/download) 2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112493/download) 3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115232/download) 4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112535/download) 5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115014/download) 6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114856/download) 7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115903/download) ## Votes - Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment B). — **pass** (pass) · upper - BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower - Refer Senate Bill 26-085, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper - REPASS — **pass** (pass) · lower - Refer Senate Bill 26-085, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper - Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment C) — **pass** (pass) · upper - CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - A. Hartsook — primary (person) - L. Frizell — primary (person) - M. Ball — primary (person) - M. Duran — primary (person) - A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person) - B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person) - B. Marshall — cosponsor (person) - C. Clifford — cosponsor (person) - C. Kipp — cosponsor (person) - C. Kolker — cosponsor (person) - C. Simpson — cosponsor (person) - D. Roberts — cosponsor (person) - I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person) - J. Bridges — cosponsor (person) - J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person) - J. Coleman — cosponsor (person) - J. Danielson — cosponsor (person) - J. Jackson — cosponsor (person) - J. Joseph — cosponsor (person) - J. Marchman — cosponsor (person) - J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person) - J. Phillips — cosponsor (person) - K. Mullica — cosponsor (person) - K. Wallace — cosponsor (person) - L. Cutter — cosponsor (person) - M. Froelich — cosponsor (person) - M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person) - M. Snyder — cosponsor (person) - M. Weissman — cosponsor (person) - N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person) - R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person) - R. Keltie — cosponsor (person) - R. Pelton — cosponsor (person) - R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person) - S. Bright — cosponsor (person) - S. Lieder — cosponsor (person) - T. Exum — cosponsor (person) - T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person) - W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2026-05-05** Governor Signed `executive-signature` - **2026-04-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt` - **2026-04-27** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage` - **2026-04-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage` - **2026-04-23** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass - **2026-04-21** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3` - **2026-04-20** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments - **2026-04-17** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee - **2026-04-15** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2026-02-25** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction` - **2026-02-24** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3` - **2026-02-23** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2` - **2026-02-18** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage` - **2026-02-10** 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/2760acdc-bf4c-496b-847d-2f0ea2781420`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).