republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-36.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	Prison Population Management Measures	When the prison bed vacancy rate in correctional facilities and state-funded private contract prisons falls below 3% for 30 consecutive days, current law requires the department of corrections (department) to notify certain individuals and entities (notification) and implement prison population management measures. The act increases the threshold prison bed vacancy rate to 4% before the prison population management measures to go into effect. The act includes additional individuals and entities that are required to receive the notification and requires the notification to occur within 48 hours of the vacancy rate falling below 4% for 30 consecutive days. The act requires the individuals and entities that receive the notification to acknowledge receipt of the notification and confirm compliance with the prison population management measures. The act requires additional prison population management measures, including requiring the department to request expanding community corrections capacity and make referrals to the parole board, and requiring notified individuals and entities to consider alternatives to prison sentences for certain offenders. The act appropriates $303,812 to the department to implement the act. The act decreases the appropriation for the 2026-27 state fiscal year to the department for inmate daily rate payments to local jails by $478,778.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	SB 36	Colorado SB 36 (2026A)	bill	Crimes Corrections & Enforcement	enacted	J. Bacon J. Gonzales M. Weissman Y. Zokaie	7	15	14	2026-01-26	2026-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/50d951d1-5ba3-4b88-b002-1f3b73c123d0	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-036	18ecac5d54a93f26bb1ff76b5f9d806854656e1361251814b4889d4fed6e994b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 36 (2026A) — Prison Population Management Measures

When the prison bed vacancy rate in correctional facilities and state-funded private contract prisons falls below 3% for 30 consecutive days, current law requires the department of corrections (department) to notify certain individuals and entities (notification) and implement prison population management measures. The act increases the threshold prison bed vacancy rate to 4% before the prison population management measures to go into effect. The act includes additional individuals and entities that are required to receive the notification and requires the notification to occur within 48 hours of the vacancy rate falling below 4% for 30 consecutive days. The act requires the individuals and entities that receive the notification to acknowledge receipt of the notification and confirm compliance with the prison population management measures. The act requires additional prison population management measures, including requiring the department to request expanding community corrections capacity and make referrals to the parole board, and requiring notified individuals and entities to consider alternatives to prison sentences for certain offenders. The act appropriates $303,812 to the department to implement the act. The act decreases the appropriation for the 2026-27 state fiscal year to the department for inmate daily rate payments to local jails by $478,778.(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 26-036, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment J.003 — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment J.002 — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-036, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment B) — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment D) — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.004 — pass (pass) · upper
• REPASS — pass (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — pass (pass) · lower
• AMEND (L.009) — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer Senate Bill 26-036 to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-036, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment C) — pass (pass) · upper
• BILL — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• J. Bacon — primary (person)
• J. Gonzales — primary (person)
• M. Weissman — primary (person)
• Y. Zokaie — primary (person)
• A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
• A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
• C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
• I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
• J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
• J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
• L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
• L. García — cosponsor (person)
• M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
• N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
• R. English — cosponsor (person)
• R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
• S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
• T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
• T. Story — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-06-01 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-05-22 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-22 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-05-22 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-05-08 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2026-05-07 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-05-06 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2026-05-06 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-04-28 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-04-22 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction
• 2026-04-22 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-21 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2026-04-21 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-04-13 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/50d951d1-5ba3-4b88-b002-1f3b73c123d0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).