---
type: "Bill"
title: "Replace Columbus Day With New State Holiday"
description: "The act establishes Frances Xavier Cabrini day as a state legal holiday on the first Monday in October and repeals Columbus day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1031"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1031 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adrienne Benavidez", "Angela Williams", "Chris Hansen", "Kyle Mullica"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/399b9909-978f-48a6-aeb4-8a5ceae8348c"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1031"
source_hash: "6c9737ea870332bd57896fe8616458ae2442ecbdfd41cc2a54058ddbd5f07ee0"
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 HB 20-1031 (2020A) — Replace Columbus Day With New State Holiday

The act establishes Frances Xavier Cabrini day as a state legal holiday on the first Monday in October and repeals Columbus day.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_hb1031_s_lg_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1031_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/16/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1031_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1031_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/06/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1031sa_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/19/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1031_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1031_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1031_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/20/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1031_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- COW * — **15–18** (fail) · upper
- BILL — **37–26** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **19–15** (pass) · upper
- Roll call 1031 — **19–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adrienne Benavidez — primary (person)
- Angela Williams — primary (person)
- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Kyle Mullica — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`
- **2020-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over to 02/18/2020 - No Amendments
- **2020-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/399b9909-978f-48a6-aeb4-8a5ceae8348c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).