---
type: "Bill"
title: "Security Deposits & Post-Closing Occupancy Agreements"
description: "Current law prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenant to submit a security deposit in an amount that exceeds 2 monthly rent payments. The act creates an exception to this prohibition for cases in which a buyer and a seller of residential real property have executed a post-closing occupancy agreement in connection with the sale. The exception takes effect January 1, 2027.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "Colorado SB 54 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Richardson", "M. Catlin", "M. Snyder", "N. Ricks"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8aae7f0f-b853-4e38-8ee5-a517c029d949"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-054"
source_hash: "c3d5aeeecebd096a0b4f8d15de44e61c01e76d747057af6351f25f77a1a7aba6"
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 54 (2026A) — Security Deposits & Post-Closing Occupancy Agreements

Current law prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenant to submit a security deposit in an amount that exceeds 2 monthly rent payments. The act creates an exception to this prohibition for cases in which a buyer and a seller of residential real property have executed a post-closing occupancy agreement in connection with the sale. The exception takes effect January 1, 2027.(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/110993/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112126/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114163/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112247/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113980/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113901/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114953/download)

## Votes

- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer Senate Bill 26-054, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.001 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-054 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Richardson — primary (person)
- M. Catlin — primary (person)
- M. Snyder — primary (person)
- N. Ricks — primary (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — 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
- **2026-03-27** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-03-24** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-27** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8aae7f0f-b853-4e38-8ee5-a517c029d949`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).