republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1297.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	Uniform Language for Misdemeanor Traffic Offense	In existing law, both 'misdemeanor traffic offense' and 'traffic misdemeanor' are used to describe the same type of traffic offense. The act amends instances of 'traffic misdemeanor' to make 'misdemeanor traffic offense' the uniform term used throughout statute.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	HB 1297	Colorado HB 1297 (2026A)	bill	Courts & Judicial	enacted	J. Rich M. Carter S. Luck T. Exum	7	12	3	2026-02-25	2026-05-05	openstates	ocd-bill/1cdd78a9-8562-4b65-b2c4-b74a497e0cd3	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1297	e5514943025b874c6d2aa1e6de3eb5859f6f9c2c156f5d38f5d426829f5ba0ae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 1297 (2026A) — Uniform Language for Misdemeanor Traffic Offense

In existing law, both 'misdemeanor traffic offense' and 'traffic misdemeanor' are used to describe the same type of traffic offense. The act amends instances of 'traffic misdemeanor' to make 'misdemeanor traffic offense' the uniform term used throughout 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

• Refer House Bill 26-1297 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer House Bill 26-1297 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• J. Rich — primary (person)
• M. Carter — primary (person)
• S. Luck — primary (person)
• T. Exum — primary (person)
• C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
• C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
• I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
• J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
• M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
• R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
• R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-05-05 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-04-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-04-28 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-28 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
• 2026-03-19 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2026-03-16 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-13 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-03-12 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1cdd78a9-8562-4b65-b2c4-b74a497e0cd3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).