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| Bill | Transportation Safety Modifications | The act makes the following changes to transportation- and traffic-related statutes:Clarifies tire, chain, and alternate traction device requirements for use on a state highway by removing references to four-wheel and all-wheel drive; Prohibits an individual from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle in the portion of a roadway designated as a bike lane, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or an official traffic control device;Clarifies that specified officers and authorized employees may move an attended or unattended motor vehicle, vehicle, cargo, or debris that is on a highway right-of-way and that obstructs or impedes traffic or highway maintenance or operations; andUpdates statutory references relating to vehicle or traffic collisions or collisions involving other transportation devices to use the term 'crash' or 'incident' in addition to or in place of the term 'accident' and defines 'crash' to include events involving motor vehicles, vulnerable road users, or other transportation devices.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) | us/states/co | Colorado General Assembly | 2026A | HB 1237 | Colorado HB 1237 (2026A) |
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Colorado HB 1237 (2026A) — Transportation Safety Modifications
The act makes the following changes to transportation- and traffic-related statutes:Clarifies tire, chain, and alternate traction device requirements for use on a state highway by removing references to four-wheel and all-wheel drive; Prohibits an individual from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle in the portion of a roadway designated as a bike lane, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or an official traffic control device;Clarifies that specified officers and authorized employees may move an attended or unattended motor vehicle, vehicle, cargo, or debris that is on a highway right-of-way and that obstructs or impedes traffic or highway maintenance or operations; andUpdates statutory references relating to vehicle or traffic collisions or collisions involving other transportation devices to use the term 'crash' or 'incident' in addition to or in place of the term 'accident' and defines 'crash' to include events involving motor vehicles, vulnerable road users, or other transportation devices.(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.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Final Act (committee substitute) — source
- Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
- Revised (committee substitute) — source
- Signed Act (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- BILL — pass (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1237, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A) — pass (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1237 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- L. Smith — primary (person)
- R. Taggart — primary (person)
- W. Lindstedt — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-05-05 Governor Signed
executive-signature - 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 - 2026-04-08 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2026-04-07 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
reading-2 - 2026-04-01 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
committee-passage - 2026-03-17 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy
introduction - 2026-03-12 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-11 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- 2026-03-10 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
committee-passage, referral-committee - 2026-02-18 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government
introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f9cbd361-42ed-476d-a044-4b6e949c4657. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).