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| Bill | Search Warrants Provided to Covered Platforms | The act requires operators of certain websites, online services, online applications, or mobile applications (covered platforms) to ensure that each covered platform provides a streamlined process to allow Colorado law enforcement agencies to contact the covered platform at all times. The process must, at a minimum, make available a staffed hotline for Colorado law enforcement agencies for the purposes of:Receiving and responding to questions about search warrants;Acknowledging the receipt of a search warrant within 8 hours after receipt; andProviding status updates on search warrant compliance to a requesting Colorado law enforcement agency. An operator must comply with a search warrant within 72 hours after receiving the search warrant if certain conditions apply. A court may reasonably extend this time if the court makes a written finding that the operator or covered platform has shown good cause for the extension and that an extension would not cause an adverse result. The failure of an operator or a covered platform to comply with the requirements of a court-ordered search warrant supports a finding of contempt of court. The attorney general or a district attorney with jurisdiction may enforce the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) | us/states/co | Colorado General Assembly | 2026A | SB 11 | Colorado SB 11 (2026A) |
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Colorado SB 11 (2026A) — Search Warrants Provided to Covered Platforms
The act requires operators of certain websites, online services, online applications, or mobile applications (covered platforms) to ensure that each covered platform provides a streamlined process to allow Colorado law enforcement agencies to contact the covered platform at all times. The process must, at a minimum, make available a staffed hotline for Colorado law enforcement agencies for the purposes of:Receiving and responding to questions about search warrants;Acknowledging the receipt of a search warrant within 8 hours after receipt; andProviding status updates on search warrant compliance to a requesting Colorado law enforcement agency. An operator must comply with a search warrant within 72 hours after receiving the search warrant if certain conditions apply. A court may reasonably extend this time if the court makes a written finding that the operator or covered platform has shown good cause for the extension and that an extension would not cause an adverse result. The failure of an operator or a covered platform to comply with the requirements of a court-ordered search warrant supports a finding of contempt of court. The attorney general or a district attorney with jurisdiction may enforce the act.(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
- Refer Senate Bill 26-011 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-011, as amended, 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
- CONCUR — pass (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment C) — pass (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment D) — pass (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment F) — pass (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment E) — pass (pass) · upper
- REPASS — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- A. Boesenecker — primary (person)
- B. Pelton — primary (person)
- D. Roberts — primary (person)
- J. Caldwell — primary (person)
- J. Carson — primary (person)
- J. Rich — primary (person)
- L. Frizell — primary (person)
- L. Liston — primary (person)
- M. Catlin — primary (person)
- R. Pelton — primary (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- C. Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-03-30 Governor Signed
executive-signature - 2026-03-20 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-03-20 Signed by the Speaker of the House
passage - 2026-03-20 Signed by the President of the Senate
passage - 2026-03-18 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- 2026-03-16 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-13 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- 2026-03-10 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
committee-passage, referral-committee - 2026-02-18 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
introduction - 2026-02-18 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-17 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
reading-2 - 2026-02-11 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
committee-passage - 2026-01-14 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/19653dd1-758a-4237-bfc6-bdc341aa3a50. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).