---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord Prohibitions Tenant Citizenship Status"
description: "The \"Immigrant Tenant Protection Act\" (Act) is created, which prohibits a landlord from engaging in certain housing practices or related activities based on the immigration or citizenship status of a tenant. A tenant who is aggrieved by a landlord's violation of the Act may bring a civil action and seek certain remedies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-224"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-224 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Gonzales", "Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/deac5631-5aee-46d0-a2e6-578403cca48c"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-224"
source_hash: "b61e079e94b64fb25ac0d98b5832ec42f3c1819fd299c8b12019ea88c8f90426"
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 20-224 (2020A) — Landlord Prohibitions Tenant Citizenship Status

The "Immigrant Tenant Protection Act" (Act) is created, which prohibits a landlord from engaging in certain housing practices or related activities based on the immigration or citizenship status of a tenant. A tenant who is aggrieved by a landlord's violation of the Act may bring a civil action and seek certain remedies.

## 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_sb224_h_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_224_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_224_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_224_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_224sa_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_224_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (06/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_224_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_224_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_224_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **20–15** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **41–23** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **20–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-23T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-06-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+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/deac5631-5aee-46d0-a2e6-578403cca48c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).