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Bill	Publication Counties Without Legal Newspapers	Current law requires a legal notice or advertisement (notice) to be published in a newspaper within the county in which the notice is required to be published that satisfies certain requirements, including a publication period requirement and a periodicals license with paid distribution (legal newspaper). If a legal newspaper does not exist in a county, the notice may be published using certain alternatives. The act clarifies the order of priority of the type of newspaper in which the notice should be published. First, the notice should be published in a newspaper in the county that satisfies the requirements for publication and that has been published for at least one year. Second, the notice should be published in a newspaper in the county that would otherwise satisfy the requirements for publication but for the fact that it lacks a periodicals license, and that has been published for at least one year. Third, the notice should be published in a newspaper in the county even if it does not have a periodicals license or has not been published for at least one year. If there is no newspaper in the county or an adjoining county, notice may be published in a newspaper that satisfies the requirements for a legal newspaper chosen with primary consideration for geographic proximity. Additionally, the act gives municipalities and special districts with territory in two counties permission to publish notice in a newspaper in either county, so long as the newspaper meets the legal requirements for publication.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2026A	SB 61	Colorado SB 61 (2026A)	bill	Local Government State Government	enacted	C. Richardson D. Roberts J. Rich M. Lukens	7	14	5	2026-01-28	2026-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/d0df20d1-a24f-44e3-89da-65e91e2d24f4	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-061	4a1d6c173381b8bf4b60cb6f7235cb38ce8a90a8a211a74ebc79fd20985e7cc1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 61 (2026A) — Publication Counties Without Legal Newspapers

Current law requires a legal notice or advertisement (notice) to be published in a newspaper within the county in which the notice is required to be published that satisfies certain requirements, including a publication period requirement and a periodicals license with paid distribution (legal newspaper). If a legal newspaper does not exist in a county, the notice may be published using certain alternatives. The act clarifies the order of priority of the type of newspaper in which the notice should be published. First, the notice should be published in a newspaper in the county that satisfies the requirements for publication and that has been published for at least one year. Second, the notice should be published in a newspaper in the county that would otherwise satisfy the requirements for publication but for the fact that it lacks a periodicals license, and that has been published for at least one year. Third, the notice should be published in a newspaper in the county even if it does not have a periodicals license or has not been published for at least one year. If there is no newspaper in the county or an adjoining county, notice may be published in a newspaper that satisfies the requirements for a legal newspaper chosen with primary consideration for geographic proximity. Additionally, the act gives municipalities and special districts with territory in two counties permission to publish notice in a newspaper in either county, so long as the newspaper meets the legal requirements for publication.(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.002 — pass (pass) · upper
• Refer Senate Bill 26-061, 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 26-061 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · upper
• BILL — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• C. Richardson — primary (person)
• D. Roberts — primary (person)
• J. Rich — primary (person)
• M. Lukens — primary (person)
• C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
• J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
• J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
• J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
• J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
• L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
• M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
• R. Pelton — 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
• 2026-03-03 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government 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
• 2026-02-25 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2026-01-28 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d0df20d1-a24f-44e3-89da-65e91e2d24f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).