---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transparent State Web Portal Search Rules"
description: "The act creates an online transparency task force. Interested legislators and the following individuals, or their designees, may participate in the task force:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1039"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1039 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack Tate", "James Coleman", "Mark Baisley", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb5a2ecf-10da-41b4-8911-dfc5d76d9828"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1039"
source_hash: "03ef8425c2b5f8a4ff7adcb52d40880b34645303ca5483d730b592ade52a6a0a"
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 20-1039 (2020A) — Transparent State Web Portal Search Rules

The act creates an online transparency task force. Interested legislators and the following individuals, or their designees, may participate in the task force:

## 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_hb1039_s_blt_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1039_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/17/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1039_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1039_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/20/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1039bus_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/28/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1039_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/14/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1039_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1039_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/24/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1039_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jack Tate — primary (person)
- James Coleman — primary (person)
- Mark Baisley — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2020-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor + Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb5a2ecf-10da-41b4-8911-dfc5d76d9828`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).