---
type: "Bill"
title: "Surplus Military Vehicles Highway Use If Firefighting"
description: "For the issuance of vehicle titles and for the registration of recreational off-highway vehicles, a surplus military vehicle is not an \"off-highway vehicle\" if it is owned or leased by a municipality, county, or fire protection district for the purpose of assisting with firefighting efforts, including mitigating the risk of wildfires."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-056"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-056 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Larry Crowder", "Perry Will"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-13T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b3a9a2d-33e5-4392-8140-d1bc0235a8d6"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-056"
source_hash: "ad9ab6e48bc4c205daeb8f41b5814a4e15a73879976a6567f0bac88301072c43"
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 20-056 (2020A) — Surplus Military Vehicles Highway Use If Firefighting

For the issuance of vehicle titles and for the registration of recreational off-highway vehicles, a surplus military vehicle is not an "off-highway vehicle" if it is owned or leased by a municipality, county, or fire protection district for the purpose of assisting with firefighting efforts, including mitigating the risk of wildfires.

## 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_sb056_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_056_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/19/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_056_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_056_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_056tr_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (06/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_056tlg_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_056_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_056_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_056_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (07/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_056_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **62–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Larry Crowder — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-13T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2020-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 12/31/2020 - No Amendments
- **2020-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 05/28/2020 - No Amendments
- **2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/30/2020 - No Amendments
- **2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government `introduction`
- **2020-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2020-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** 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/7b3a9a2d-33e5-4392-8140-d1bc0235a8d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).