---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recodify Statutes Concerning Department Of Law"
description: "The act recodifies statutory provisions governing the department of law (department), especially by replacing outmoded language with updated terms and usage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-063"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-063 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hugh McKean", "Michael Weissman", "Pete Lee"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd5237cc-25a4-4b68-a634-44cc6363d459"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-063"
source_hash: "29df39201555e12325ee601305188f9bc39ad93c6bdd90228ce90980978ac659"
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 20-063 (2020A) — Recodify Statutes Concerning Department Of Law

The act recodifies statutory provisions governing the department of law (department), especially by replacing outmoded language with updated terms and usage.

## 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_sb063_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_063_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_063_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_063_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/23/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_063sjud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (01/28/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_063_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (02/19/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_063_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (02/18/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_063_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_063_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- COW * — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hugh McKean — primary (person)
- Michael Weissman — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **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 - No Amendments
- **2020-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2020-01-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2020-01-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **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/dd5237cc-25a4-4b68-a634-44cc6363d459`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).