republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-59.md

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Bill	Multiple Elected Offices Prohibited for General Assembly	Beginning with the first regular session of the seventy-sixth general assembly, the act prohibits a member of the general assembly from holding any other elected offices while serving as a member of the general assembly, with the following exceptions:The member of the general assembly holds a special district elected office;The member of the general assembly has less than one year remaining in their term in another elected office at the time they take the oath of office of the general assembly;The member of the general assembly has less than one year remaining in their term in the general assembly at the time they take the oath of office of another elected office; orThe member of the general assembly is a senator who is in the middle of their term at the beginning of the first regular session of the seventy-sixth general assembly.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	SB 59	Colorado SB 59 (2026A)	bill	Elections & Redistricting General Assembly State Government	enacted	L. Cutter M. Ball M. Lindsay	7	15	4	2026-01-28	2026-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/2780c49b-948e-4103-beee-33b8b409cd21	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-059	94e2e0090a163f860640809c48128b89e23d99366bd7e0ab0892380e1af7cd97	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 59 (2026A) — Multiple Elected Offices Prohibited for General Assembly

Beginning with the first regular session of the seventy-sixth general assembly, the act prohibits a member of the general assembly from holding any other elected offices while serving as a member of the general assembly, with the following exceptions:The member of the general assembly holds a special district elected office;The member of the general assembly has less than one year remaining in their term in another elected office at the time they take the oath of office of the general assembly;The member of the general assembly has less than one year remaining in their term in the general assembly at the time they take the oath of office of another elected office; orThe member of the general assembly is a senator who is in the middle of their term at the beginning of the first regular session of the seventy-sixth general assembly.(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

• Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment C). — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-059, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-059 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
• BILL — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• L. Cutter — primary (person)
• M. Ball — primary (person)
• M. Lindsay — primary (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
• K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
• M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
• N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
• T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
• W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-05-04 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2026-04-27 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-04-27 Signed by the Speaker of the House passage
• 2026-04-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-04-22 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-04-21 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2026-04-20 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2026-03-26 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2026-03-23 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2026-03-03 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction
• 2026-03-03 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-02 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2026-02-27 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/02/2026 - No Amendments
• 2026-02-24 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2026-01-28 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2780c49b-948e-4103-beee-33b8b409cd21. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).