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type: "Bill"
title: "Military Protection Orders"
description: "When a peace officer has reasonable suspicion that a crime of domestic violence has occurred, the peace officer is required to search the national crime information center database to determine whether a military protection order has been issued against one of the parties. If a military protection order has been issued against a party, the peace officer shall notify the military law enforcement agency that entered the protection order into the database. The act includes the existence of a military protection order as relevant evidence that the court shall consider when determining whether to issue a temporary civil protection order.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 85"
citation: "Colorado SB 85 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military & Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Hartsook", "L. Frizell", "M. Ball", "M. Duran"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 14
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-02-10"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2760acdc-bf4c-496b-847d-2f0ea2781420"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-085"
source_hash: "ea1376716ef76081d37920a5f6748d5fce2985c4fd252ae1089c54d388b3a3b5"
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 85 (2026A) — Military Protection Orders
When a peace officer has reasonable suspicion that a crime of domestic violence has occurred, the peace officer is required to search the national crime information center database to determine whether a military protection order has been issued against one of the parties. If a military protection order has been issued against a party, the peace officer shall notify the military law enforcement agency that entered the protection order into the database. The act includes the existence of a military protection order as relevant evidence that the court shall consider when determining whether to issue a temporary civil protection order.(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/111690/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112493/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115232/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112535/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115014/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114856/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115903/download)
## Votes
- Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment B). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer Senate Bill 26-085, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer Senate Bill 26-085, 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 (Attachment C) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- A. Hartsook — primary (person)
- L. Frizell — primary (person)
- M. Ball — primary (person)
- M. Duran — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- C. Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-05-05** 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`
- **2026-04-23** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2026-04-21** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-20** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-17** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2026-04-15** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2026-02-24** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2760acdc-bf4c-496b-847d-2f0ea2781420`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).