republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-160.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	Personal Protective Equipment & Meatpackers	The act prohibits employers from making deductions from the wages or compensation of an employee for personal protective equipment. The act also requires an employer with 500 or more employees who are engaged in the slaughter of livestock or the rendering or packaging of meat to provide its employees reasonable access to restrooms. The division of labor standards and statistics in the department of labor and employment may fine an employer who fails to provide restroom access.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	SB 160	Colorado SB 160 (2026A)	bill	Labor & Employment	enacted	J. Gonzales M. Duran M. Martinez R. Rodriguez	7	13	6	2026-04-10	2026-06-03	openstates	ocd-bill/a730cdcf-5a8d-4d3d-8652-a829fb66bd2e	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-160	d0567a52275b23a79f95a94d2713d0ea24ff837a1d6a769ea93a5cdfdb4b8d46	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 160 (2026A) — Personal Protective Equipment & Meatpackers

The act prohibits employers from making deductions from the wages or compensation of an employee for personal protective equipment. The act also requires an employer with 500 or more employees who are engaged in the slaughter of livestock or the rendering or packaging of meat to provide its employees reasonable access to restrooms. The division of labor standards and statistics in the department of labor and employment may fine an employer who fails to provide restroom access.(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 26-160, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — pass (pass) · lower
• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• Adopt amendment L.001 — pass (pass) · upper
• REPASS — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer Senate Bill 26-160 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• J. Gonzales — primary (person)
• M. Duran — primary (person)
• M. Martinez — primary (person)
• R. Rodriguez — primary (person)
• A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
• A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
• B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
• C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
• C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
• D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
• E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
• E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
• E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
• G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
• I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
• J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
• J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
• J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
• J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
• K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
• K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
• K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
• K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
• L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
• L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
• L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
• M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
• M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
• M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
• M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
• N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
• N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
• S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
• S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
• T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
• T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
• T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
• W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
• Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-06-03 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-05-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-26 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-05-26 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-05-06 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2026-05-05 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-04 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2026-04-30 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-04-27 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor introduction
• 2026-04-27 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-24 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2026-04-21 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2026-04-10 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a730cdcf-5a8d-4d3d-8652-a829fb66bd2e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).