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type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Firefighter Safety Act Petition Elections"
description: "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.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 47"
citation: "Colorado SB 47 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections & Redistricting", "Labor & Employment", "Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Danielson", "J. Marchman", "J. Phillips", "M. Duran", "S. Camacho"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 13
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cae46c9-cd04-4880-9cda-ab439d63a83a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-047"
source_hash: "9e6321298d60189a7e3e1c739d5118aad70fb88be3dcee0aec6a192659cb427b"
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 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](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/110975/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113111/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114169/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113143/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113969/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113876/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114958/download)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cae46c9-cd04-4880-9cda-ab439d63a83a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).