republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/sb-20-100.md

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Bill	Repeal The Death Penalty	The act repeals the death penalty in Colorado for offenses charged on or after July 1, 2020. The act states that any death sentence in effect on July 1, 2020, is valid.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2020A	SB 20-100	Colorado SB 20-100 (2020A)	bill		enacted	Adrienne Benavidez Jack Tate Jeni James Arndt Julie Gonzales	9	12	13	2020-01-14T07:00:00+00:00	2020-03-23T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/fc369622-384b-4006-89e4-f394947d96ad	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-100	2dbdfb2f2ebcc439d5b3ca1cb683c9f2dab5d5f475f8b8080079d18882b4a76c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 20-100 (2020A) — Repeal The Death Penalty

The act repeals the death penalty in Colorado for offenses charged on or after July 1, 2020. The act states that any death sentence in effect on July 1, 2020, is valid.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.001 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (01/30/2020) (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Act (03/13/2020) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced (01/14/2020) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (01/31/2020) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (02/26/2020) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (02/25/2020) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (03/23/2020) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• AMD — 24–40 (fail) · lower
• AMD — 27–37 (fail) · lower
• COW * — 17–17 (fail) · upper
• AMD — 23–41 (fail) · lower
• COW * — 21–13 (pass) · upper
• COW * — 17–17 (fail) · upper
• PERM — 29–36 (fail) · lower
• BILL — 19–13 (pass) · upper
• AMD — 23–41 (fail) · lower
• AMD — 23–41 (fail) · lower
• BILL — 38–27 (pass) · lower
• COW * — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• COW * — 17–17 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Adrienne Benavidez — primary (person)
• Jack Tate — primary (person)
• Jeni James Arndt — primary (person)
• Julie Gonzales — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-03-23T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2020-03-10T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-02-26T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-25T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2020-02-18T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-02-04T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2020-01-31T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-01-30T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-2
• 2020-01-27T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-01-14T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fc369622-384b-4006-89e4-f394947d96ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).