republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1026.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Expanding Plan Options for PERA	Under current law, a member of the public employees' retirement association (PERA) earns service credit for each year worked during which the member makes contributions to PERA. A member may purchase additional years of service credit for any previous period of public or private employment during which the member was not making contributions to PERA, subject to certain conditions. The act allows a member of PERA to also purchase service credit for previous periods of unemployment during which the member was 21 years old or older, subject to certain conditions. The act requires PERA's voluntary investment program to include options for an employee to make tax-deferred voluntary contributions and Roth voluntary contributions. The act requires PERA employers to affiliate with PERA's deferred compensation plan and requires PERA employers to offer the deferred compensation plan to employees. The deferred compensation plan must include options for an employee to make pre-tax voluntary contributions and Roth voluntary contributions.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	HB 1026	Colorado HB 1026 (2026A)	bill	State Government	enacted	B. Marshall C. Kolker E. Hamrick	7	17	8	2026-01-14	2026-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/0763fe84-0c45-4240-a936-8c521b76126a	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1026	17663db83afb31cc8451c2a8a842ffe1a7afc656ee59fc72c18fa38d586ffffd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 1026 (2026A) — Expanding Plan Options for PERA

Under current law, a member of the public employees' retirement association (PERA) earns service credit for each year worked during which the member makes contributions to PERA. A member may purchase additional years of service credit for any previous period of public or private employment during which the member was not making contributions to PERA, subject to certain conditions. The act allows a member of PERA to also purchase service credit for previous periods of unemployment during which the member was 21 years old or older, subject to certain conditions. The act requires PERA's voluntary investment program to include options for an employee to make tax-deferred voluntary contributions and Roth voluntary contributions. The act requires PERA employers to affiliate with PERA's deferred compensation plan and requires PERA employers to offer the deferred compensation plan to employees. The deferred compensation plan must include options for an employee to make pre-tax voluntary contributions and Roth voluntary contributions.(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
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (committee substitute) — source
4. Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
6. Revised (committee substitute) — source
7. Signed Act (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer House Bill 26-1026 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1026 to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1026, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• REPASS — pass (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — pass (pass) · upper
• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment B) — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer House Bill 26-1026 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B. Marshall — primary (person)
• C. Kolker — primary (person)
• E. Hamrick — primary (person)
• A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
• B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
• C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
• J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
• J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
• J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
• L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
• M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
• M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
• M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
• R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
• S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
• S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
• T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-06-01 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-05-19 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-19 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-05-19 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-05-04 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2026-04-24 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2026-04-23 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-22 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2026-04-22 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2026-03-24 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-03-10 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance introduction
• 2026-03-05 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-04 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2026-03-03 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-02-27 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-02-09 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0763fe84-0c45-4240-a936-8c521b76126a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).