republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1153.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Colorado Partnership For Quality Jobs And Services Act"
description: "The act creates the \"Colorado Partnership for Quality Jobs and Services Act\" to facilitate the creation of formal labor-management partnership agreements between state employees in the state personnel system and the executive branch of state government. The act specifies that certain employees in the state personnel system, due to the nature and responsibilities of their jobs, are not able to participate in partnership agreements. State employees who are allowed to participate in partnership agreements are designated covered employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1153"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1153 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Daneya Esgar", "Leroy Garcia"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 19
vote_count: 39
first_action: "2020-01-17T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-16T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30a37e8c-91a8-46db-9dd1-034b4a19a126"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1153"
source_hash: "299b6f8720c2700d22c688207d9b0b5bcf3727f703e20af37e4d23eadbce34e6"
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 20-1153 (2020A) — Colorado Partnership For Quality Jobs And Services Act

The act creates the "Colorado Partnership for Quality Jobs and Services Act" to facilitate the creation of formal labor-management partnership agreements between state employees in the state personnel system and the executive branch of state government. The act specifies that certain employees in the state personnel system, due to the nature and responsibilities of their jobs, are not able to participate in partnership agreements. State employees who are allowed to participate in partnership agreements are designated covered employees.

## 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_hb1153_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/14/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1153_en2.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1153_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/17/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1153_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1153sa_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (02/05/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1153app.pdf)
7. **PA3 (03/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1153sapp_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (02/18/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1153_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (06/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1153_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (06/01/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1153_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/16/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1153_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · upper
- BILL — **41–23** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **20–38** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **17–18** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **26–32** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **25–33** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **20–38** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **27–31** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **23–34** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **20–37** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **23–34** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **20–38** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **28–30** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **28–30** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **22–36** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **22–36** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **22–35** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **25–33** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **28–30** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **0–58** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **20–38** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · upper
- CONCUR — **41–23** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **28–30** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **26–32** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **22–35** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **20–38** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **16–19** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **27–31** (fail) · lower
- COW * — **17–18** (fail) · upper
- AMD — **20–38** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **22–36** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **19–15** (pass) · upper
- AMD — **19–39** (fail) · lower
- REPASS — **41–23** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **24–34** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **21–37** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
- Leroy Garcia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2020-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2020-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs + Appropriations `introduction`
- **2020-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **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 Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs + Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30a37e8c-91a8-46db-9dd1-034b4a19a126`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).