---
type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic Safety Near Schools"
description: "The act defines school zones as all roadways within at least 1,000 feet of a school property boundary, except state highways unless they are designated as part of a school zone with the written approval of the Colorado department of transportation, and including school zones established before August 12, 2026, that are 200 feet or more from a school property boundary. A school zone must have appropriate signs posted indicating it is a school zone and that the penalties and surcharges within the school zone will be doubled. The act allows a local government that has jurisdiction over a school zone to reduce the size of a school zone after first holding a public hearing, but the act does not allow a school zone to be reduced to less than 200 feet from a school property boundary. Additionally, the act does not prohibit local governments from expanding school zones to beyond 1,000 feet from a school property boundary. The act limits requirements the state, a county, a city and county, or a municipality must complete regarding placing and using an automated vehicle identification system along a safe route to school. The act allows a local government to designate a portion of a roadway immediately adjacent to a school property boundary as a school street and requires the local government to post signs indicating it is a school street if the local government has jurisdiction to do so. The local government may close a school street to traffic. If there is traffic on the school street, the maximum speed limit is 10 miles per hour and vehicles must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians, bicyclists, or micromobility users. The local government may suspend additional traffic provisions on the school street that endanger pedestrians, bicyclists, or micromobility users.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1318"
citation: "Colorado HB 1318 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation & Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Nguyen", "L. Cutter", "M. Froelich"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9da62d2a-77dd-4c95-8256-72c0638ca8ea"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1318"
source_hash: "1d565098600f8a7389b5c33c46bdc805c690dd889894473031955ff72866a59d"
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 1318 (2026A) — Traffic Safety Near Schools

The act defines school zones as all roadways within at least 1,000 feet of a school property boundary, except state highways unless they are designated as part of a school zone with the written approval of the Colorado department of transportation, and including school zones established before August 12, 2026, that are 200 feet or more from a school property boundary. A school zone must have appropriate signs posted indicating it is a school zone and that the penalties and surcharges within the school zone will be doubled. The act allows a local government that has jurisdiction over a school zone to reduce the size of a school zone after first holding a public hearing, but the act does not allow a school zone to be reduced to less than 200 feet from a school property boundary. Additionally, the act does not prohibit local governments from expanding school zones to beyond 1,000 feet from a school property boundary. The act limits requirements the state, a county, a city and county, or a municipality must complete regarding placing and using an automated vehicle identification system along a safe route to school. The act allows a local government to designate a portion of a roadway immediately adjacent to a school property boundary as a school street and requires the local government to post signs indicating it is a school street if the local government has jurisdiction to do so. The local government may close a school street to traffic. If there is traffic on the school street, the maximum speed limit is 10 miles per hour and vehicles must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians, bicyclists, or micromobility users. The local government may suspend additional traffic provisions on the school street that endanger pedestrians, bicyclists, or micromobility users.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112889/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113875/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116596/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113974/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115409/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115267/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116863/download)

## Votes

- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment O) — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.006 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1318, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1318, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- K. Nguyen — primary (person)
- L. Cutter — primary (person)
- M. Froelich — primary (person)
- A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- C. Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-29** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-05-04** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2026-04-30** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2026-04-29** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-27** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2026-04-22** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-06** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2026-04-02** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-03-30** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2026-03-27** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-03-24** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** 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/9da62d2a-77dd-4c95-8256-72c0638ca8ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).