republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-175.md

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Bill	Adjust Experience Modification Factor in Workers' Compensation	The act creates a process for employers and licensed insurance producers to update an employer's experience modification factor when:An open claim is reported by an insurance carrier to the rating bureau with a higher open claim amount than the amount after the claim was closed; andThe lower claim amount would reduce an employer's experience modification factor at least .05 compared to the previously released experience modification factor or from above 1.0 to 1.0 or below. The employer must notify the insurance carrier between the time the claim is reported to a rating bureau and 31 days after the employer's rating effective date. The insurance carrier is required to credit the employer for a premium change resulting from the revised experience modification factor.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	SB 175	Colorado SB 175 (2026A)	bill	Insurance Labor & Employment	enacted	C. Richardson M. Catlin M. Snyder T. Mauro	7	13	3	2026-04-21	2026-06-02	openstates	ocd-bill/e2100de2-104d-4ba4-a134-9f640d6bd889	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-175	1f90b5f8846fef70e772c233c5fd43985c81db9d7eb1e376e81f65c9d3b7d401	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 175 (2026A) — Adjust Experience Modification Factor in Workers' Compensation

The act creates a process for employers and licensed insurance producers to update an employer's experience modification factor when:An open claim is reported by an insurance carrier to the rating bureau with a higher open claim amount than the amount after the claim was closed; andThe lower claim amount would reduce an employer's experience modification factor at least .05 compared to the previously released experience modification factor or from above 1.0 to 1.0 or below. The employer must notify the insurance carrier between the time the claim is reported to a rating bureau and 31 days after the employer's rating effective date. The insurance carrier is required to credit the employer for a premium change resulting from the revised experience modification factor.(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

• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer Senate Bill 26-175 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-175 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C. Richardson — primary (person)
• M. Catlin — primary (person)
• M. Snyder — primary (person)
• T. Mauro — primary (person)
• A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
• A. Flanell — cosponsor (person)
• C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
• R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
• R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
• R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
• R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
• T. Exum — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-06-02 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-05-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-21 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-05-21 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-05-09 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-08 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2026-05-07 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-05-06 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-05-04 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor introduction
• 2026-05-04 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-01 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-04-30 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2026-04-21 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2100de2-104d-4ba4-a134-9f640d6bd889. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).