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type: "Bill"
title: "Update Workers' Compensation Statutes Allow Electronic Filing"
description: "The act makes various updates to language in the 'Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado' to align with technology changes in the division of workers' compensation in the department of labor and employment. These updates include changing current statutory language requiring mailing of documents to allow for electronic mailing or filing of the documents. The act also changes the fund into which an employer or employer's insurance carrier makes payments to the state for a compensable injury resulting in death of a minor without surviving parents from the subsequent injury fund to the Colorado uninsured employer fund.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 186"
citation: "Colorado SB 186 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor & Employment", "Telecommunications & Information Technology"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Paschal", "B. Titone", "J. Marchman", "M. Baisley", "R. Keltie", "R. Rodriguez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-05-01"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fafbd8ba-e2db-43fa-981c-056cd52bb60a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-186"
source_hash: "3a091dba6ebd8629b11ac201c92e2773103ef0138be23b9b5cbe7ef0a648bd53"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---
# Colorado SB 186 (2026A) — Update Workers' Compensation Statutes Allow Electronic Filing
The act makes various updates to language in the 'Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado' to align with technology changes in the division of workers' compensation in the department of labor and employment. These updates include changing current statutory language requiring mailing of documents to allow for electronic mailing or filing of the documents. The act also changes the fund into which an employer or employer's insurance carrier makes payments to the state for a compensable injury resulting in death of a minor without surviving parents from the subsequent injury fund to the Colorado uninsured employer fund.(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](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115627/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115908/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116560/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116005/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116425/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116355/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116956/download)
## Votes
- Refer Senate Bill 26-186 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-186 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- A. Paschal — primary (person)
- B. Titone — primary (person)
- J. Marchman — primary (person)
- M. Baisley — primary (person)
- R. Keltie — primary (person)
- R. Rodriguez — primary (person)
- A. Flanell — cosponsor (person)
- B. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — 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`
- **2026-05-12** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-11** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-05-09** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-07** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2026-05-07** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-06** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-05-05** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-05-01** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fafbd8ba-e2db-43fa-981c-056cd52bb60a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).