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type: "Bill"
title: "Modification of Bond Hearing Officer Process"
description: "The act requires that the state court administrator create a process for evaluating bond hearing officers. An evaluation must include input from the district attorney and regional public defender and allow the opportunity for input from court staff and other interested parties within each judicial district in which a bond hearing officer presides.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "Colorado SB 37 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts & Judicial"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Espenoza", "D. Roberts", "J. Rich", "M. Soper"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-26"
last_action: "2026-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d714938a-6bac-4cc5-910a-47d581419371"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-037"
source_hash: "b17ad68581f41163769d2b68a8d0b7884e821cdd1b296f9626af185d5539a729"
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 37 (2026A) — Modification of Bond Hearing Officer Process
The act requires that the state court administrator create a process for evaluating bond hearing officers. An evaluation must include input from the district attorney and regional public defender and allow the opportunity for input from court staff and other interested parties within each judicial district in which a bond hearing officer presides.(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/110942/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112586/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113549/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112645/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113398/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113361/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114117/download)
## Votes
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer Senate Bill 26-037 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-037, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment G) — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- C. Espenoza — primary (person)
- D. Roberts — primary (person)
- J. Rich — primary (person)
- M. Soper — primary (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-04-02** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-26** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-17** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-16** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-03-11** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2026-02-26** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/25/2026 - No Amendments
- **2026-02-18** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/23/2026 - No Amendments
- **2026-02-17** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/18/2026 - No Amendments
- **2026-02-11** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d714938a-6bac-4cc5-910a-47d581419371`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).