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Bill	Colorado Firefighter Safety Act Petition Elections	Existing law allows voters to circulate a petition for a ballot question requiring a local government to engage in collective bargaining with the fire department for the local government and extend coverage of the 'Colorado Firefighter Safety Act' to firefighters employed by the local government (question). The question may be added to the ballot for any general election, as defined in the 'Colorado Firefighter Safety Act'. The act changes the definition of a general election for the purpose of determining when a question may be added to the ballot to include a coordinated election as defined in the 'Uniform Election Code of 1992'. The act also changes the definition of a general election to refer to a regular municipal election rather than a general municipal election to align the language with other municipal elections law.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	SB 47	Colorado SB 47 (2026A)	bill	Elections & Redistricting Labor & Employment Local Government	enacted	J. Danielson J. Marchman J. Phillips M. Duran S. Camacho	7	13	5	2026-01-27	2026-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/7cae46c9-cd04-4880-9cda-ab439d63a83a	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-047	9e6321298d60189a7e3e1c739d5118aad70fb88be3dcee0aec6a192659cb427b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 47 (2026A) — Colorado Firefighter Safety Act Petition Elections

Existing law allows voters to circulate a petition for a ballot question requiring a local government to engage in collective bargaining with the fire department for the local government and extend coverage of the 'Colorado Firefighter Safety Act' to firefighters employed by the local government (question). The question may be added to the ballot for any general election, as defined in the 'Colorado Firefighter Safety Act'. The act changes the definition of a general election for the purpose of determining when a question may be added to the ballot to include a coordinated election as defined in the 'Uniform Election Code of 1992'. The act also changes the definition of a general election to refer to a regular municipal election rather than a general municipal election to align the language with other municipal elections law.(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 26-047 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment C). — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment D). — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-047, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• J. Danielson — primary (person)
• J. Marchman — primary (person)
• J. Phillips — primary (person)
• M. Duran — primary (person)
• S. Camacho — primary (person)
• A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
• A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
• C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
• C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
• D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
• E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
• E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
• I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
• J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
• J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
• J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
• J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
• K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
• K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
• K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
• K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
• L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
• L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
• L. García — cosponsor (person)
• L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
• L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
• M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
• M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
• M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
• M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
• M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
• M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
• M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
• N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
• S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
• T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
• T. Story — cosponsor (person)
• T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
• W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-04-20 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-04-08 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-04-07 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-07 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-02 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-31 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2026-03-30 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-03-26 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-03-11 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction
• 2026-03-11 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-10 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2026-03-05 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-01-27 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7cae46c9-cd04-4880-9cda-ab439d63a83a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).