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Bill Armed Services Member Motor Vehicle Taxes & Fees Colorado law exempts the owner of a motor vehicle who is a member of the United States armed forces (member) from motor vehicle registration fees and sets the specific ownership tax at $1 while the member is serving outside the United States. This applies to personal motor vehicles and intrastate trucks, truck tractors, trailers, and semitrailers used to transport property. To qualify, the member must show the military order or evidence acceptable to the department of revenue (department) demonstrating that the member served outside the United States. The act repeals a requirement that the member sign an affidavit to qualify for the $1 specific ownership fee or to be exempt from the motor vehicle fee. Colorado law exempts members from paying late fees for failing to renew a registration for a vehicle if the member was serving outside the state when the registration period expired. The act sets the requirement to qualify for a late fee exception by requiring the member to show the military order or evidence acceptable to the department demonstrating that the member served outside of the state. The department will notify the member that the vehicle or motor vehicle must not be driven during deployment.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) us/states/co Colorado General Assembly 2026A HB 1200 Colorado HB 1200 (2026A)
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Transportation & Motor Vehicles
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B. Pelton
L. Garcia Sander
M. Martinez
7 13 3 2026-02-11 2026-04-20 openstates ocd-bill/9b0ae4e1-ec28-4b0e-ba91-356920723b58 https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1200 e31d0826fcb13e470a61990e083a2fc5b0c7dfd5c98ebc68fec10f38574e6d3c 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Colorado HB 1200 (2026A) — Armed Services Member Motor Vehicle Taxes & Fees

Colorado law exempts the owner of a motor vehicle who is a member of the United States armed forces (member) from motor vehicle registration fees and sets the specific ownership tax at $1 while the member is serving outside the United States. This applies to personal motor vehicles and intrastate trucks, truck tractors, trailers, and semitrailers used to transport property. To qualify, the member must show the military order or evidence acceptable to the department of revenue (department) demonstrating that the member served outside the United States. The act repeals a requirement that the member sign an affidavit to qualify for the $1 specific ownership fee or to be exempt from the motor vehicle fee. Colorado law exempts members from paying late fees for failing to renew a registration for a vehicle if the member was serving outside the state when the registration period expired. The act sets the requirement to qualify for a late fee exception by requiring the member to show the military order or evidence acceptable to the department demonstrating that the member served outside of the state. The department will notify the member that the vehicle or motor vehicle must not be driven during deployment.(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
  • Refer House Bill 26-1200 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
  • Refer House Bill 26-1200 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • B. Pelton — primary (person)
  • L. Garcia Sander — primary (person)
  • M. Martinez — primary (person)
  • A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
  • B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
  • B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
  • B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
  • C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
  • C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
  • C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
  • C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
  • C. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
  • C. Simpson — cosponsor (person)
  • D. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
  • D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
  • D. Woog — cosponsor (person)
  • E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
  • G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
  • I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Rich — cosponsor (person)
  • K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
  • K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
  • L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
  • L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
  • L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
  • L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
  • L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
  • L. Zamora Wilson — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Baisley — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Soper — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
  • N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
  • R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
  • R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
  • R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
  • R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
  • S. Bottoms — cosponsor (person)
  • S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
  • T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
  • T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
  • T. Story — cosponsor (person)
  • T. Winter — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-04-20 Governor Signed executive-signature
  • 2026-04-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-16 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2026-04-16 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
  • 2026-03-30 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
  • 2026-03-27 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
  • 2026-03-24 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2026-03-17 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance introduction
  • 2026-03-12 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
  • 2026-03-11 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
  • 2026-03-10 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
  • 2026-03-05 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2026-02-11 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9b0ae4e1-ec28-4b0e-ba91-356920723b58. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).