republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1216.md

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Bill	Correcting Defects in Statutes Administered by Department of Revenue	The act corrects technical defects and incorrect cross-references in certain statutes administered by the department of revenue as follows:Section 1 of the act amends the list of conditions a taxpayer must meet to claim a refundable income tax credit for certain businesses located in the state so that the list of conditions terminates correctly and conforms with standard drafting practices;Sections 2 and 4 correct outdated cross-references in the statute governing the collection of tax on gasoline and special fuels and the statute governing the road usage fee and bridge and tunnel impact fee;Section 3 clarifies the amount that can be claimed for a property tax or rent assistance grant and a heat or fuel expenses assistance grant based on the year the claim was made; andSection 5 removes the definitions for 'battery electric motor vehicle' and 'plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle' from the statute that creates the high-performance transportation enterprise, as those defined terms do not otherwise appear in the statute.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	HB 1216	Colorado HB 1216 (2026A)	bill	Business & Economic Development Energy State Government State Revenue & Budget Transportation & Motor Vehicles	enacted	B. Bradley C. Espenoza J. Rich M. Carter S. Luck T. Exum	7	13	3	2026-02-17	2026-05-05	openstates	ocd-bill/cd2d6fb6-6393-450a-9fbb-699c20d1d4bc	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1216	cf54da62276bc62079fe206c14c9e30bf058fb2cde7f2e27044a174f252313c1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 1216 (2026A) — Correcting Defects in Statutes Administered by Department of Revenue

The act corrects technical defects and incorrect cross-references in certain statutes administered by the department of revenue as follows:Section 1 of the act amends the list of conditions a taxpayer must meet to claim a refundable income tax credit for certain businesses located in the state so that the list of conditions terminates correctly and conforms with standard drafting practices;Sections 2 and 4 correct outdated cross-references in the statute governing the collection of tax on gasoline and special fuels and the statute governing the road usage fee and bridge and tunnel impact fee;Section 3 clarifies the amount that can be claimed for a property tax or rent assistance grant and a heat or fuel expenses assistance grant based on the year the claim was made; andSection 5 removes the definitions for 'battery electric motor vehicle' and 'plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle' from the statute that creates the high-performance transportation enterprise, as those defined terms do not otherwise appear in the statute.(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 26-1216 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1216 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• B. Bradley — primary (person)
• C. Espenoza — primary (person)
• J. Rich — primary (person)
• M. Carter — primary (person)
• S. Luck — primary (person)
• T. Exum — primary (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-05-05 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/02/2026 - No Amendments
• 2026-05-01 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-01 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-05-01 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-07 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-06 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2026-03-31 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2026-03-12 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2026-03-09 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-06 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-03-05 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-02-17 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd2d6fb6-6393-450a-9fbb-699c20d1d4bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).