republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1116.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Procurement Technical Assistance Program Extension"
description: "The office of economic development (office) currently contracts with a nonprofit entity that was designated by the federal defense logistics agency to provide procurement technical assistance statewide (nonprofit entity). The nonprofit entity helps small businesses in the state obtain and perform government contracts at the local, state, and federal level. This includes small businesses owned by women, minorities, and veterans. The current 6-year contract between the office and the nonprofit entity will expire in September 2020. The act authorizes the office to renew the contract for up to 5 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1116"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1116 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Daneya Esgar", "Nancy Todd", "Tom Sullivan"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-15T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a32f9963-32cd-4f46-898b-5ccfae08f965"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1116"
source_hash: "88588cd942c98cdbf89cf9a7854bc0c15537e063c7876c393031aba12a88319f"
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 20-1116 (2020A) — Procurement Technical Assistance Program Extension

The office of economic development (office) currently contracts with a nonprofit entity that was designated by the federal defense logistics agency to provide procurement technical assistance statewide (nonprofit entity). The nonprofit entity helps small businesses in the state obtain and perform government contracts at the local, state, and federal level. This includes small businesses owned by women, minorities, and veterans. The current 6-year contract between the office and the nonprofit entity will expire in September 2020. The act authorizes the office to renew the contract for up to 5 years.

## 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_hb1116_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/28/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1116_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/26/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1116_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/15/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1116_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (06/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1116sapp_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1116_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (06/05/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1116_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (06/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1116_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1116_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **54–7** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **46–15** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **49–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
- Nancy Todd — primary (person)
- Tom Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2020-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2020-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2020-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a32f9963-32cd-4f46-898b-5ccfae08f965`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).