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Bill Missing Person Training & Higher Education Reporting The act requires a person seeking certification or recertification from the peace officers standards and training board to undergo training on various missing person alerts active within the state. The department of public safety is required to create a missing person alert training program for persons seeking certification or recertification of their peace officer status. The act requires an institution of higher education (institution) to either conduct a preliminary wellness assessment for no longer than 6 hours or immediately contact a law enforcement agency if a student is reported missing. If the student is not found within the 6-hour period, or if there is evidence of a credible risk to the student's safety, the institution shall notify the institution's police department or the nearest law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the student's current local address on file with the institution or the student's permanent address on file with the institution if the institution does not have its own police department. An institution is required to adopt and publish a preliminary wellness assessment policy. The preliminary wellness assessment must consist of at least the following steps: A digital contact attempt, a residential verification, and an academic and social inquiry. An institution that conducts a preliminary wellness assessment is immune from civil liability if the institution acted in good faith. An institution is required to maintain contemporaneous written documentation regarding the steps the institution took to complete the preliminary wellness assessment. The records are subject to certain disclosure requirements.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) us/states/co Colorado General Assembly 2026A SB 120 Colorado SB 120 (2026A)
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Colorado SB 120 (2026A) — Missing Person Training & Higher Education Reporting

The act requires a person seeking certification or recertification from the peace officers standards and training board to undergo training on various missing person alerts active within the state. The department of public safety is required to create a missing person alert training program for persons seeking certification or recertification of their peace officer status. The act requires an institution of higher education (institution) to either conduct a preliminary wellness assessment for no longer than 6 hours or immediately contact a law enforcement agency if a student is reported missing. If the student is not found within the 6-hour period, or if there is evidence of a credible risk to the student's safety, the institution shall notify the institution's police department or the nearest law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the student's current local address on file with the institution or the student's permanent address on file with the institution if the institution does not have its own police department. An institution is required to adopt and publish a preliminary wellness assessment policy. The preliminary wellness assessment must consist of at least the following steps: A digital contact attempt, a residential verification, and an academic and social inquiry. An institution that conducts a preliminary wellness assessment is immune from civil liability if the institution acted in good faith. An institution is required to maintain contemporaneous written documentation regarding the steps the institution took to complete the preliminary wellness assessment. The records are subject to certain disclosure requirements.(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 Senate Bill 26-120, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
  • Adopt amendment L.002 — pass (pass) · upper
  • Refer Senate Bill 26-120 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
  • Adopt amendment L.001 — pass (pass) · upper
  • BILL — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • B. Bradley — primary (person)
  • J. Marchman — primary (person)
  • K. Wallace — primary (person)
  • Y. Zokaie — primary (person)
  • A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
  • B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
  • C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
  • C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
  • C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
  • C. Simpson — cosponsor (person)
  • D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
  • I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
  • K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
  • K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
  • K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
  • L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
  • L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
  • L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
  • N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
  • R. English — cosponsor (person)
  • R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
  • R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
  • R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
  • S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
  • S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
  • T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
  • T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
  • W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-05-26 Governor Signed executive-signature
  • 2026-05-05 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-05 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
  • 2026-05-04 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2026-04-27 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
  • 2026-04-24 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
  • 2026-03-31 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
  • 2026-03-26 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2026-03-16 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction
  • 2026-03-16 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
  • 2026-03-13 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
  • 2026-03-12 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/13/2026 - No Amendments
  • 2026-03-10 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/12/2026 - No Amendments
  • 2026-03-09 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/10/2026 - No Amendments
  • 2026-03-04 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2026-02-23 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/98e50b68-9100-48d9-a540-470a4ef379dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).