---
type: "Bill"
title: "Weight for Vehicles with Child Restraint System"
description: "The act increases the gross vehicle weight rating limit from less than 10,000 pounds to less than 16,000 pounds for a passenger vehicle for which the use of a child restraint system is required.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 26"
citation: "Colorado SB 26 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation & Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Mullica", "M. Catlin", "S. Lieder", "T. Winter"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90ba58b1-c9eb-41f7-a2cc-8555e3ac79b0"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-026"
source_hash: "5fdaaffd0f1587c523e2591d544bab9fb2b8ad8cd19f0169bb2d8798bd79cda7"
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 26 (2026A) — Weight for Vehicles with Child Restraint System

The act increases the gross vehicle weight rating limit from less than 10,000 pounds to less than 16,000 pounds for a passenger vehicle for which the use of a child restraint system is required.(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/110730/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112741/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114172/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112799/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113982/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113902/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114961/download)

## Votes

- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer Senate Bill 26-026 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-026 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- K. Mullica — primary (person)
- M. Catlin — primary (person)
- S. Lieder — primary (person)
- T. Winter — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- B. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
- D. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- R. Taggart — cosponsor (person)
- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-20** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-07** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-02** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-01** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-03-31** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-03-30** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-03-25** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`
- **2026-03-03** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-02** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90ba58b1-c9eb-41f7-a2cc-8555e3ac79b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).