---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modification of Recording Fees"
description: "The act modifies the fees collected by county clerk and recorders to be a flat $40 fee instead of a fee per page, unless otherwise specified. No fee is allowed for the filing or recording of a certificate of death, a verification of death document, or a certified copy thereof, which are public records if recorded into the real estate records of a county clerk and recorder. The act also extends filing surcharge fees collected by county clerk and recorders by 3 years to 2029."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1269"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1269 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Byron Pelton", "Chris Kolker", "Lisa Frizell", "Tisha Mauro"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b366c26-bf4e-4c75-ab2a-c02e9204a8db"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1269"
source_hash: "0e0d1fa05e98d24a850a13b10702725e0b7c16685833e4a52b74f42e005fca77"
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 24-1269 (2024A) — Modification of Recording Fees

The act modifies the fees collected by county clerk and recorders to be a flat $40 fee instead of a fee per page, unless otherwise specified. No fee is allowed for the filing or recording of a certificate of death, a verification of death document, or a certified copy thereof, which are public records if recorded into the real estate records of a county clerk and recorder. The act also extends filing surcharge fees collected by county clerk and recorders by 3 years to 2029.

## 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_hb1269_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1269_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1269_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/13/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1269_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1269_h_thl_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1269_s_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1269_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/24/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1269_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1269_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1269_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- PERM — **57–4** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **59–2** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **60–1** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **56–6** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **55–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Byron Pelton — primary (person)
- Chris Kolker — primary (person)
- Lisa Frizell — primary (person)
- Tisha Mauro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-23T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2024-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T07:00:00+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/9b366c26-bf4e-4c75-ab2a-c02e9204a8db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).