republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1293.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Telephone Service Charges"
description: "The act amends the requirements for the imposition, collection, and uses of the emergency telephone charge imposed by local 911 governing bodies. Current law imposes a statutory cap on the amount of the emergency telephone charge that may be imposed by local governing bodies. The act allows the public utilities commission (commission) to establish the authorized threshold amount for the charge on an annual basis. A local governing body may impose the charge in an amount up to the authorized threshold. If a governing body determines it needs to impose a higher charge to fund 911 operations in its jurisdiction, it must seek the approval of the commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1293"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1293 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Coram", "Julie Gonzales", "Julie McCluskie", "Rod Pelton"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d59af941-c032-4edc-8f1f-353b29b30a1c"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1293"
source_hash: "4d116c259c0bd2304f414cb85cd47e1dfa7ebf19ac5304e3c3ded61fa8eb2515"
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 20-1293 (2020A) — Emergency Telephone Service Charges

The act amends the requirements for the imposition, collection, and uses of the emergency telephone charge imposed by local 911 governing bodies. Current law imposes a statutory cap on the amount of the emergency telephone charge that may be imposed by local governing bodies. The act allows the public utilities commission (commission) to establish the authorized threshold amount for the charge on an annual basis. A local governing body may impose the charge in an amount up to the authorized threshold. If a governing body determines it needs to impose a higher charge to fund 911 operations in its jurisdiction, it must seek the approval of the commission.

## 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_hb1293_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1293_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (07/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1293_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1293_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/05/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1293bus_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1293fin.pdf)
7. **PA3 (06/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1293app.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (06/05/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1293_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1293_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (06/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1293_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (07/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1293_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **50–14** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **23–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Don Coram — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
- Rod Pelton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-10T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-07-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2020-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor + Finance + Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d59af941-c032-4edc-8f1f-353b29b30a1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).