republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-54.md

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Bill	Security Deposits & Post-Closing Occupancy Agreements	Current law prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenant to submit a security deposit in an amount that exceeds 2 monthly rent payments. The act creates an exception to this prohibition for cases in which a buyer and a seller of residential real property have executed a post-closing occupancy agreement in connection with the sale. The exception takes effect January 1, 2027.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	SB 54	Colorado SB 54 (2026A)	bill	Housing	enacted	C. Richardson M. Catlin M. Snyder N. Ricks	7	14	4	2026-01-27	2026-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/8aae7f0f-b853-4e38-8ee5-a517c029d949	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-054	c3d5aeeecebd096a0b4f8d15de44e61c01e76d747057af6351f25f77a1a7aba6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 54 (2026A) — Security Deposits & Post-Closing Occupancy Agreements

Current law prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenant to submit a security deposit in an amount that exceeds 2 monthly rent payments. The act creates an exception to this prohibition for cases in which a buyer and a seller of residential real property have executed a post-closing occupancy agreement in connection with the sale. The exception takes effect January 1, 2027.(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

• BILL — pass (pass) · lower
• Refer Senate Bill 26-054, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
• Adopt amendment L.001 — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-054 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C. Richardson — primary (person)
• M. Catlin — primary (person)
• M. Snyder — primary (person)
• N. Ricks — primary (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• J. Joseph — 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
• 2026-04-01 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2026-03-31 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-03-27 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2026-03-24 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government introduction
• 2026-02-19 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2026-02-12 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2026-01-27 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8aae7f0f-b853-4e38-8ee5-a517c029d949. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).