---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protection Of Individuals Subject To A Fiduciary"
description: "If a court appoints as an emergency guardian or special conservator a professional person or public administrator, the act requires the court to also appoint a court visitor to interview the respondent and others and report to the court on the supported decision-making surrounding the respondent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-129"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-129 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Holbert", "Joann Ginal", "Kim Ransom", "Meg Froelich"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-27T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36caa8e8-9038-4bf7-80e1-d31afbb3980c"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-129"
source_hash: "f8d2ac9f6edd2981e203f9b23b4aecdb30cf5d40fc02795cee84514df1209559"
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 20-129 (2020A) — Protection Of Individuals Subject To A Fiduciary

If a court appoints as an emergency guardian or special conservator a professional person or public administrator, the act requires the court to also appoint a court visitor to interview the respondent and others and report to the court on the supported decision-making surrounding the respondent.

## 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_sb129_h_jud_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/24/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_129_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/19/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_129_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_129_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/20/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_129sjud_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/25/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_129_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (06/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_129_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (06/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_129_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (07/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_129_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **63–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Holbert — primary (person)
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Kim Ransom — primary (person)
- Meg Froelich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-10T06:00:00+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
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **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 - No Amendments
- **2020-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 06/01/2020 - No Amendments
- **2020-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2020-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-27T07:00:00+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/36caa8e8-9038-4bf7-80e1-d31afbb3980c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).