republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1137.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Broadband Grant Certification Of Unserved Area Requirement"
description: "The broadband deployment board (board) awards grants for the provision of broadband service in unserved areas of the state, which are areas deemed to have insufficient broadband service. The act authorizes but does not require an applicant seeking grant money from the board to submit to the board a written certification from the local entity with jurisdiction over the area that the applicant proposes to serve, certifying that the area is an unserved area. A local entity that is requested to provide written certification may not do so without first holding a hearing on the matter after providing notice of the hearing, including notice to any incumbent provider. The board is required to give substantial weight to a local entity's written certification that an area is an unserved area."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1137"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1137 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie McCluskie", "Kerry Donovan", "Matt Soper"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1117c91f-4236-4d47-9ed8-35ea772123a4"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1137"
source_hash: "fe568c00f2dc17f6285dedd5029d9804d7384f4d42f1f8431945855e50909ba7"
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 20-1137 (2020A) — Broadband Grant Certification Of Unserved Area Requirement

The broadband deployment board (board) awards grants for the provision of broadband service in unserved areas of the state, which are areas deemed to have insufficient broadband service. The act authorizes but does not require an applicant seeking grant money from the board to submit to the board a written certification from the local entity with jurisdiction over the area that the applicant proposes to serve, certifying that the area is an unserved area. A local entity that is requested to provide written certification may not do so without first holding a hearing on the matter after providing notice of the hearing, including notice to any incumbent provider. The board is required to give substantial weight to a local entity's written certification that an area is an unserved area.

## 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_hb1137_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1137_en2.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1137_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/16/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1137_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1137bus_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (02/21/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1137app.pdf)
7. **PA3 (06/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1137sapp_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (02/28/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1137_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (06/05/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1137_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (06/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1137_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (07/06/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1137_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **53–8** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **52–11** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **61–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-06T06:00:00+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 President of the Senate
- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **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 Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-09T06:00:00+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`
- **2020-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations `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/1117c91f-4236-4d47-9ed8-35ea772123a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).