---
type: "Bill"
title: "Align Precinct Caucus Eligibility Deadlines"
description: "The act clarifies that any elector who has preregistered to vote, is 17 years of age on the date of a precinct caucus, and will be 18 years of age on the date of the next general election may either vote at any caucus, assembly, or convention or be elected as a delegate to any assembly or convention even though the elector has been affiliated with the political party for less than 22 days."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1289"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1289 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Holbert", "Chris Kennedy", "Mike Foote"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-06T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6874567-dcbd-4c73-a671-e4bf8efb096e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1289"
source_hash: "0e14802a23eb8d1515b927c3fffc57e197f8ae0d5ca3e8c4528a7e2e10a234a6"
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 20-1289 (2020A) — Align Precinct Caucus Eligibility Deadlines

The act clarifies that any elector who has preregistered to vote, is 17 years of age on the date of a precinct caucus, and will be 18 years of age on the date of the next general election may either vote at any caucus, assembly, or convention or be elected as a delegate to any assembly or convention even though the elector has been affiliated with the political party for less than 22 days.

## 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_hb1289_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/18/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1289_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1289_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/06/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1289_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/19/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1289_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (02/28/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1289_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (02/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1289_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1289_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **42–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Holbert — primary (person)
- Chris Kennedy — primary (person)
- Mike Foote — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `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 Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2020-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06T07:00:00+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/b6874567-dcbd-4c73-a671-e4bf8efb096e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).