republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1326.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create Occupational Credential Portability Program"
description: "The act creates the occupational credential portability program (program) in the division of professions and occupations within the department of regulatory agencies, which permits a member of a regulated profession or occupation from another jurisdiction to obtain licensure, certification, registration, or enrollment in the profession or occupation in this state by endorsement, reciprocity, or transfer. The program is available to members of business and health care professions and occupations regulated by the division and the regulatory boards in the division for which licensure, certification, registration, or enrollment by endorsement is permitted under current law; except that the following professions and occupations are specifically excluded from the program:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1326"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1326 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Gardner", "Kevin Van Winkle", "Pete Lee", "Shannon Bird"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-25T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/733e8541-eeb9-4531-89ac-2a7dfbebda87"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1326"
source_hash: "571f447fd7dcd1e2cfee04f12a707fa4f9aeb7ccef02d294f324bcda5c99e5d1"
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 20-1326 (2020A) — Create Occupational Credential Portability Program

The act creates the occupational credential portability program (program) in the division of professions and occupations within the department of regulatory agencies, which permits a member of a regulated profession or occupation from another jurisdiction to obtain licensure, certification, registration, or enrollment in the profession or occupation in this state by endorsement, reciprocity, or transfer. The program is available to members of business and health care professions and occupations regulated by the division and the regulatory boards in the division for which licensure, certification, registration, or enrollment by endorsement is permitted under current law; except that the following professions and occupations are specifically excluded from the program:

## 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_hb1326_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/26/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1326_en2.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/16/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1326_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/25/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1326_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1326bus_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (05/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1326_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (06/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1326_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (06/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1326_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/25/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1326_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **61–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)
- Shannon Bird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2020-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25T07:00:00+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/733e8541-eeb9-4531-89ac-2a7dfbebda87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).