---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow Home Child Care In Homeowners' Association Community"
description: "The act allows a homeowner in a community organized under the \"Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act\" to operate a licensed family child care home, as defined in state laws governing child care facilities, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the community's governing documents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-126"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-126 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dylan Roberts", "Jim Smallwood", "Kevin Van Winkle", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-08T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d5ed83c-b660-423e-816f-ef6099a79c59"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-126"
source_hash: "23230f01c4fe7cd6a25a1a207c96bf5f30ace0bb9d2d4b90b94a8b810846d377"
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 20-126 (2020A) — Allow Home Child Care In Homeowners' Association Community

The act allows a homeowner in a community organized under the "Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act" to operate a licensed family child care home, as defined in state laws governing child care facilities, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the community's governing documents.

## 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_sb126_h_phc_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/20/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_126_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_126_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_126_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/18/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_126sloc_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/21/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_126_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (06/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_126_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (06/01/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_126_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (07/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_126_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **62–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-08T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`
- **2020-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2020-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d5ed83c-b660-423e-816f-ef6099a79c59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).