republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1136.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Investment Regulation Modernization"
description: "The act amends the statutes that regulate the types and amounts of investments a domestic insurer may make, including investments in bonds and other evidences of indebtedness. Section 1 of the act clarifies the types of indebtedness that may be invested in and allows the domestic insurer to invest in the debts of an issuer that is in default in the payment of interest on the debt."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1136"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1136 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Hansen", "Jack Tate", "Marc Snyder"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd93aaa1-22d5-45f7-9a37-96583e0f448a"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1136"
source_hash: "bb6125854de9c02dc20f113f0d7c605f78692496796b42a1008ade5660f7c9f3"
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 20-1136 (2020A) — Insurance Investment Regulation Modernization

The act amends the statutes that regulate the types and amounts of investments a domestic insurer may make, including investments in bonds and other evidences of indebtedness. Section 1 of the act clarifies the types of indebtedness that may be invested in and allows the domestic insurer to invest in the debts of an issuer that is in default in the payment of interest on the debt.

## 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_hb1136_s_blt_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/21/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1136_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/17/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1136_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/16/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1136_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1136bal_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1136_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/14/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1136_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1136_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/24/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1136_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **40–15** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **26–4** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **45–10** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **45–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Jack Tate — primary (person)
- Marc Snyder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2020-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16T07:00:00+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/fd93aaa1-22d5-45f7-9a37-96583e0f448a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).