---
type: "Bill"
title: "Yield To Bicycles In Bicycle Lanes"
description: "The act creates a new traffic offense for failing to yield to a bicyclist or other authorized user in a bicycle lane. The offense is a class A traffic offense unless it is the proximate cause of a crash or if it causes bodily injury, then it is careless driving and is punished under the careless driving offense. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-061"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-061 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KC Becker", "Mike Foote"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
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/0e79aa83-c0e4-4ba1-ac5c-f59df7f94e8d"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-061"
source_hash: "cb2cf2314164351e97e8d89529c4582ba676084151456c44aa00b882555389f4"
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 20-061 (2020A) — Yield To Bicycles In Bicycle Lanes

The act creates a new traffic offense for failing to yield to a bicyclist or other authorized user in a bicycle lane. The offense is a class A traffic offense unless it is the proximate cause of a crash or if it causes bodily injury, then it is careless driving and is punished under the careless driving offense. (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. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_sb061_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/05/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_061_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/14/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_061_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_061_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_061sjud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/06/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_061_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_061_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (02/28/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_061_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/20/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_061_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **24–9** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **41–20** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **26–7** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **22–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KC Becker — primary (person)
- Mike Foote — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2020-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2020-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2020-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** 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/0e79aa83-c0e4-4ba1-ac5c-f59df7f94e8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).