republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1029.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow County Officers To Accept Lower Salary"
description: "The annual salary of an elected county officer (officer) is currently specified in statute. The act allows an officer in certain counties classified under specific salary categories to make an election to receive 50% of the amount specified in law. The officer may subsequently elect to increase or decrease his or her salary annually as long as it does not exceed the amount allowed in statute."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1029"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1029 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Hisey", "Rod Pelton"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 17
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b0d8180-83c6-4b3c-8ae5-c84aa3935cd2"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1029"
source_hash: "90a108d732385c234a90e6829a28b780f4f3bb5dc72ba45b5f91a98812adbfdd"
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 HB 20-1029 (2020A) — Allow County Officers To Accept Lower Salary

The annual salary of an elected county officer (officer) is currently specified in statute. The act allows an officer in certain counties classified under specific salary categories to make an election to receive 50% of the amount specified in law. The officer may subsequently elect to increase or decrease his or her salary annually as long as it does not exceed the amount allowed in statute.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_hb1029_s_lg_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1029_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1029_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1029_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/05/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1029tlg_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/06/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1029sloc_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1029_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1029_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1029_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (07/07/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1029_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPT — **56–7** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **56–7** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **55–4** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- NOTCNCR — **60–2** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- ADOPT CCR — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
- Rod Pelton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
- **2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2020-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`
- **2020-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b0d8180-83c6-4b3c-8ae5-c84aa3935cd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).