republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1109.md

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Bill	Sign Language Consumer Protection Study	The act authorizes the communication services for people with disabilities enterprise board (board), in consultation with the division for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind (division), to enter into a contract with a third-party researcher on or before July 1, 2027, to study sign language interpretation services for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind community in the state. If the board enters into a contract with a third-party researcher, the act establishes certain interview, data-collection, and comparative research requirements for the study and requires the third-party researcher to report its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the board and the division on or before July 1, 2028.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	HB 1109	Colorado HB 1109 (2026A)	bill	Business & Economic Development Human Services	enacted	J. Danielson J. Joseph K. Stewart	7	18	11	2026-02-03	2026-06-02	openstates	ocd-bill/e2fad21a-cdfd-40be-8f6b-dac8912a8ea5	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1109	d4c3580da23fa0c7b7699f22453db0099810844a63dfc4f86f2bc7d3d52b4a0d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 1109 (2026A) — Sign Language Consumer Protection Study

The act authorizes the communication services for people with disabilities enterprise board (board), in consultation with the division for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind (division), to enter into a contract with a third-party researcher on or before July 1, 2027, to study sign language interpretation services for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind community in the state. If the board enters into a contract with a third-party researcher, the act establishes certain interview, data-collection, and comparative research requirements for the study and requires the third-party researcher to report its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the board and the division on or before July 1, 2028.(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

• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment C). — pass (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer House Bill 26-1109 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1109, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AMD (H.001) — pass (pass) · lower
• Adopt amendment L.009 (Attachment D). — pass (pass) · upper
• REPASS — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer House Bill 26-1109 to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1109 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer House Bill 26-1109, as amended, to the Committee on Finance. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• J. Danielson — primary (person)
• J. Joseph — primary (person)
• K. Stewart — primary (person)
• A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
• A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
• A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
• B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
• B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
• C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
• E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
• E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
• G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
• I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
• J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
• J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
• K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
• K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
• L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
• L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
• L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
• M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
• M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
• M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
• M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
• R. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
• S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
• S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
• S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
• T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
• T. Story — cosponsor (person)
• T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
• W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
• Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-06-02 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-06-01 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-06-01 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-06-01 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-05-07 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2026-05-05 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
• 2026-05-04 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-01 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2026-04-30 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-04-23 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-03-27 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction
• 2026-03-24 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-23 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2026-03-23 House Committee of the Whole Amendment - Change from Lost to Passed
• 2026-03-20 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Finance referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2fad21a-cdfd-40be-8f6b-dac8912a8ea5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).