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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase Speed Limit On Certain Rural Highways"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1178"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1178 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerry Sonnenberg", "Richard Holtorf"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-29T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-27T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca909879-ee77-4ec6-abd7-4f30671f30b5"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1178"
source_hash: "0db5abd1e2f3b58ac2cce36d3003f887455ed29817287c60ffad61d36138df8e"
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 20-1178 (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](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_hb1178_s_tra_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1178_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/17/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1178_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1178_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/19/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1178tlg_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1178stra_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/28/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1178_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/14/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1178_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1178_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (03/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1178_signed.pdf)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca909879-ee77-4ec6-abd7-4f30671f30b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).