republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1178.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Increase Speed Limit On Certain Rural Highways	The act requires the department of transportation to study relevant and appropriate state highways in rural areas of the state for the purpose of identifying portions of rural state highways where the speed limit can be raised without endangering public safety. On or before March 1, 2021, the department shall complete its study. The department shall include a summary of the study in the department's next annual report to the legislative committees of reference.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2020A	HB 20-1178	Colorado HB 20-1178 (2020A)	bill		enacted	Jerry Sonnenberg Richard Holtorf	10	14	4	2020-01-29T07:00:00+00:00	2020-03-27T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ca909879-ee77-4ec6-abd7-4f30671f30b5	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1178	0db5abd1e2f3b58ac2cce36d3003f887455ed29817287c60ffad61d36138df8e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 20-1178 (2020A) — Increase Speed Limit On Certain Rural Highways

The act requires the department of transportation to study relevant and appropriate state highways in rural areas of the state for the purpose of identifying portions of rural state highways where the speed limit can be raised without endangering public safety. On or before March 1, 2021, the department shall complete its study. The department shall include a summary of the study in the department's next annual report to the legislative committees of reference.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (02/27/2020) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/17/2020) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/29/2020) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/19/2020) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (03/13/2020) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (02/28/2020) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (03/14/2020) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (03/13/2020) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (03/27/2020) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 29–1 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 58–5 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 56–1 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 52–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jerry Sonnenberg — primary (person)
• Richard Holtorf — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-03-27T06:00:00+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 - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2020-03-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2020-03-02T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy 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
• 2020-02-21T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2020-02-18T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-01-29T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation & Local Government introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca909879-ee77-4ec6-abd7-4f30671f30b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).