---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cause Required for Eviction of Residential Tenant"
description: "With certain exceptions, the act prohibits a landlord from evicting a residential tenant unless the landlord has cause for eviction. Cause exists only when:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1098"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1098 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Javier Mabrey", "Julie Gonzales", "Monica Duran", "Nick Hinrichsen"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 20
vote_count: 16
first_action: "2024-01-24T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9a68104-ffdd-42b0-bfcd-44fc08a0ac06"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1098"
source_hash: "b5297e4f0361b8c6a4320b878a544c49b8b7ee96689f6f1d24fd337ecb354341"
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 HB 24-1098 (2024A) — Cause Required for Eviction of Residential Tenant

With certain exceptions, the act prohibits a landlord from evicting a residential tenant unless the landlord has cause for eviction. Cause exists only when:

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_hb1098_s_lgh_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1098_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/09/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1098_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/24/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1098_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/16/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1098_h_thl_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1098_s_lgh_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/20/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1098_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1098_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1098_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1098_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **19–15** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **43–15** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **11–42** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **19–16** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **42–15** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **44–13** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **16–17** (fail) · upper
- COW * — **15–18** (fail) · upper
- COW * — **18–15** (pass) · upper
- COW * — **13–20** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **11–42** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **38–19** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **41–16** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **50–7** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **41–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Javier Mabrey — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)
- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2024-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2024-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2024-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/25/2024 - No Amendments
- **2024-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/21/2024 - No Amendments
- **2024-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/15/2024 - No Amendments
- **2024-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing `introduction`
- **2024-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9a68104-ffdd-42b0-bfcd-44fc08a0ac06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).