republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1074.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trash Collection By Special Districts"
description: "Current law allows a sanitation district, a water and sanitation district, or a metropolitan district with a population of 2,500 or less that is located in a county with a population of 25,000 or less to provide for the collection and transportation of solid waste. The act removes the population restriction, allowing a sanitation district, water and sanitation district, or metropolitan district to provide for the collection and transportation of solid waste regardless of the population in the district or the county. The act specifies that the district may provide the waste services itself or by contracting with a third-party service provider through a public bidding process. The district is prohibited from providing waste services within a municipality or county without the consent of the municipality or county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1074"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1074 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brianna Titone", "Jim Smallwood", "Kim Ransom"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9c31995-d9c2-4817-8ef4-5dfb1a045ee6"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1074"
source_hash: "4e9cce387ab2ba6c269d6a0af7f0dd5f17147046e2f005e3674757dffc21bb0c"
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 20-1074 (2020A) — Trash Collection By Special Districts

Current law allows a sanitation district, a water and sanitation district, or a metropolitan district with a population of 2,500 or less that is located in a county with a population of 25,000 or less to provide for the collection and transportation of solid waste. The act removes the population restriction, allowing a sanitation district, water and sanitation district, or metropolitan district to provide for the collection and transportation of solid waste regardless of the population in the district or the county. The act specifies that the district may provide the waste services itself or by contracting with a third-party service provider through a public bidding process. The district is prohibited from providing waste services within a municipality or county without the consent of the municipality or county.

## 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_hb1074_s_lg_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/05/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1074_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/16/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1074_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1074_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1074raa_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/06/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1074_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1074_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1074_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/20/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1074_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **57–4** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **54–8** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **30–3** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **49–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brianna Titone — primary (person)
- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
- Kim Ransom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2020-03-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`
- **2020-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-05T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2020-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Rural Affairs & Agriculture Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Rural Affairs & Agriculture `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9c31995-d9c2-4817-8ef4-5dfb1a045ee6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).