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Bill Traffic Safety Near Schools The act defines school zones as all roadways within at least 1,000 feet of a school property boundary, except state highways unless they are designated as part of a school zone with the written approval of the Colorado department of transportation, and including school zones established before August 12, 2026, that are 200 feet or more from a school property boundary. A school zone must have appropriate signs posted indicating it is a school zone and that the penalties and surcharges within the school zone will be doubled. The act allows a local government that has jurisdiction over a school zone to reduce the size of a school zone after first holding a public hearing, but the act does not allow a school zone to be reduced to less than 200 feet from a school property boundary. Additionally, the act does not prohibit local governments from expanding school zones to beyond 1,000 feet from a school property boundary. The act limits requirements the state, a county, a city and county, or a municipality must complete regarding placing and using an automated vehicle identification system along a safe route to school. The act allows a local government to designate a portion of a roadway immediately adjacent to a school property boundary as a school street and requires the local government to post signs indicating it is a school street if the local government has jurisdiction to do so. The local government may close a school street to traffic. If there is traffic on the school street, the maximum speed limit is 10 miles per hour and vehicles must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians, bicyclists, or micromobility users. The local government may suspend additional traffic provisions on the school street that endanger pedestrians, bicyclists, or micromobility users.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) us/states/co Colorado General Assembly 2026A HB 1318 Colorado HB 1318 (2026A)
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K. Nguyen
L. Cutter
M. Froelich
7 17 7 2026-03-04 2026-05-29 openstates ocd-bill/9da62d2a-77dd-4c95-8256-72c0638ca8ea https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1318 1d565098600f8a7389b5c33c46bdc805c690dd889894473031955ff72866a59d 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Colorado HB 1318 (2026A) — Traffic Safety Near Schools

The act defines school zones as all roadways within at least 1,000 feet of a school property boundary, except state highways unless they are designated as part of a school zone with the written approval of the Colorado department of transportation, and including school zones established before August 12, 2026, that are 200 feet or more from a school property boundary. A school zone must have appropriate signs posted indicating it is a school zone and that the penalties and surcharges within the school zone will be doubled. The act allows a local government that has jurisdiction over a school zone to reduce the size of a school zone after first holding a public hearing, but the act does not allow a school zone to be reduced to less than 200 feet from a school property boundary. Additionally, the act does not prohibit local governments from expanding school zones to beyond 1,000 feet from a school property boundary. The act limits requirements the state, a county, a city and county, or a municipality must complete regarding placing and using an automated vehicle identification system along a safe route to school. The act allows a local government to designate a portion of a roadway immediately adjacent to a school property boundary as a school street and requires the local government to post signs indicating it is a school street if the local government has jurisdiction to do so. The local government may close a school street to traffic. If there is traffic on the school street, the maximum speed limit is 10 miles per hour and vehicles must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians, bicyclists, or micromobility users. The local government may suspend additional traffic provisions on the school street that endanger pedestrians, bicyclists, or micromobility users.(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

  • REPASS — pass (pass) · upper
  • Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment O) — pass (pass) · lower
  • Adopt amendment L.006 — pass (pass) · upper
  • BILL — pass (pass) · lower
  • Refer House Bill 26-1318, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
  • Refer House Bill 26-1318, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
  • CONCUR — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • K. Nguyen — primary (person)
  • L. Cutter — primary (person)
  • M. Froelich — primary (person)
  • A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
  • A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
  • A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
  • A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
  • B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
  • B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
  • C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
  • C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
  • C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
  • C. Simpson — cosponsor (person)
  • D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
  • E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
  • G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
  • I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
  • K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
  • K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
  • K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
  • K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
  • L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
  • L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
  • L. García — cosponsor (person)
  • L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
  • L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
  • L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
  • N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
  • R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
  • R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
  • R. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
  • S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
  • S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
  • T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
  • T. Story — cosponsor (person)
  • T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
  • W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-05-29 Governor Signed executive-signature
  • 2026-05-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-22 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2026-05-22 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
  • 2026-05-04 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
  • 2026-04-30 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
  • 2026-04-29 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor passage, reading-3
  • 2026-04-28 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
  • 2026-04-27 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
  • 2026-04-22 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
  • 2026-04-06 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy introduction
  • 2026-04-02 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
  • 2026-03-31 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
  • 2026-03-30 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
  • 2026-03-27 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
  • 2026-03-24 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2026-03-04 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9da62d2a-77dd-4c95-8256-72c0638ca8ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).