Files
2026-07-06 17:26:56 -04:00

7.5 KiB

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
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 Regulation of Gaming & Sports Betting Under current law, the Colorado limited gaming control commission (commission), at its discretion, may delegate only certain licensing duties described under the 'Limited Gaming Act of 1991' (gaming act) to the division of gaming (division). The act allows the commission to delegate to the division licensing duties that appear elsewhere in the gaming act. The act authorizes investigators of the division and their supervisors to inspect, examine, investigate, hold, or impound any premises in the state where an investigator or supervisor suspects that unlicensed gaming or unlicensed sports betting is conducted. Under current law, the division is required to operate a program that allows individuals to voluntarily exclude themselves from gaming activities in the state. The act expands the program to allow individuals to voluntarily exclude themselves from sports betting in the state. The act clarifies the definition of 'race meet' for purposes of the regulation of racing events. The act also adds other definitions of terms used in laws concerning gaming. The act states that a designee of the director is a peace officer while engaged in the performance of their duties whose primary authority includes the enforcement of all laws of the state. Current law prohibits a licensee from offering certain games without acquiring prior approval from the commission. The act changes this requirement so that a licensee must acquire prior approval from the division. The act clarifies the process by which the commission and the Colorado bureau of investigation conduct fingerprint-based criminal background checks of applicants for gaming licenses.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) us/states/co Colorado General Assembly 2026A SB 163 Colorado SB 163 (2026A)
bill
Gaming
Lottery
& Racing
enacted
D. Roberts
L. Smith
7 13 11 2026-04-15 2026-05-29 openstates ocd-bill/b16e19f4-4200-4f40-aee7-093a0ceb83f6 https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-163 86968e6085dc16d164b2173a76bd1260115d105e795cee67877c36d02f84ef46 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-co

Colorado SB 163 (2026A) — Regulation of Gaming & Sports Betting

Under current law, the Colorado limited gaming control commission (commission), at its discretion, may delegate only certain licensing duties described under the 'Limited Gaming Act of 1991' (gaming act) to the division of gaming (division). The act allows the commission to delegate to the division licensing duties that appear elsewhere in the gaming act. The act authorizes investigators of the division and their supervisors to inspect, examine, investigate, hold, or impound any premises in the state where an investigator or supervisor suspects that unlicensed gaming or unlicensed sports betting is conducted. Under current law, the division is required to operate a program that allows individuals to voluntarily exclude themselves from gaming activities in the state. The act expands the program to allow individuals to voluntarily exclude themselves from sports betting in the state. The act clarifies the definition of 'race meet' for purposes of the regulation of racing events. The act also adds other definitions of terms used in laws concerning gaming. The act states that a designee of the director is a peace officer while engaged in the performance of their duties whose primary authority includes the enforcement of all laws of the state. Current law prohibits a licensee from offering certain games without acquiring prior approval from the commission. The act changes this requirement so that a licensee must acquire prior approval from the division. The act clarifies the process by which the commission and the Colorado bureau of investigation conduct fingerprint-based criminal background checks of applicants for gaming licenses.(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

  • Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment D) — pass (pass) · upper
  • Refer Senate Bill 26-163, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
  • Adopt amendment L.008 (Attachment G) — pass (pass) · upper
  • REPASS — pass (pass) · lower
  • Refer Senate Bill 26-163, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
  • BILL — pass (pass) · lower
  • CONCUR — pass (pass) · lower
  • Adopt amendment L.007 (Attachment F) — pass (pass) · upper
  • Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment C) — pass (pass) · upper
  • Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment E) — pass (pass) · upper
  • Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment B) — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • D. Roberts — primary (person)
  • L. Smith — primary (person)
  • B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
  • C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
  • E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
  • J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
  • M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-05-29 Governor Signed executive-signature
  • 2026-05-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-20 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
  • 2026-05-20 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2026-05-08 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
  • 2026-05-06 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
  • 2026-05-05 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
  • 2026-05-04 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2026-04-27 Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance introduction
  • 2026-04-27 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
  • 2026-04-24 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
  • 2026-04-21 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2026-04-15 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b16e19f4-4200-4f40-aee7-093a0ceb83f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).