republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1359.md

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Bill	Ballot Access Modifications Public Health Concerns	Various deadlines related to ballot access requirements for candidates are extended in 2020 due to public health concerns. Parties may amend their bylaws as needed during 2020 to allow remote participation in assemblies and conventions and to fill vacancies. Delegates to assemblies may participate remotely if allowed by the party, and parties may reduce or waive any quorum requirements to allow assemblies to proceed. Members of vacancy committees may participate in meetings remotely if allowed by the party, and parties may determine whether to allow proxies at vacancy committee meetings. The ability of the state chair to fill a vacancy is extended to situations in which the vacancy occurs because the designation was not filled by the assembly or the vacancy committee. If a party has restrictions in its rules or bylaws concerning the timing of notice requirements for meetings of the state central committee or other meetings, the timing requirements may be waived so long as at least 3 days notice is given. If a designated election official is not able to receive candidate petitions due to public health concerns, the official may extend the deadline to file the petitions or designate an alternate filing location, or both. Signatures gathered after the original deadline are not valid. The modifications are repealed effective December 31, 2020.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2020A	HB 20-1359	Colorado HB 20-1359 (2020A)	bill		enacted	Alec Garnett Chris Holbert Patrick Neville Stephen Fenberg	10	13	6	2020-03-12T06:00:00+00:00	2020-03-16T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/672a731f-e1dd-4bd3-9a72-d3ac7ea47c09	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1359	7885a38db0e291f840132f5936fdcc0ecf34b5ed93b03ac9d3d854e936b3dabc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 20-1359 (2020A) — Ballot Access Modifications Public Health Concerns

Various deadlines related to ballot access requirements for candidates are extended in 2020 due to public health concerns. Parties may amend their bylaws as needed during 2020 to allow remote participation in assemblies and conventions and to fill vacancies. Delegates to assemblies may participate remotely if allowed by the party, and parties may reduce or waive any quorum requirements to allow assemblies to proceed. Members of vacancy committees may participate in meetings remotely if allowed by the party, and parties may determine whether to allow proxies at vacancy committee meetings. The ability of the state chair to fill a vacancy is extended to situations in which the vacancy occurs because the designation was not filled by the assembly or the vacancy committee. If a party has restrictions in its rules or bylaws concerning the timing of notice requirements for meetings of the state central committee or other meetings, the timing requirements may be waived so long as at least 3 days notice is given. If a designated election official is not able to receive candidate petitions due to public health concerns, the official may extend the deadline to file the petitions or designate an alternate filing location, or both. Signatures gathered after the original deadline are not valid. The modifications are repealed effective December 31, 2020.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (03/12/2020) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/14/2020) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/12/2020) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/12/2020) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (03/13/2020) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (03/13/2020) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (03/14/2020) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (03/13/2020) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (03/16/2020) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — 55–1 (pass) · lower
• AMD — 61–1 (pass) · lower
• REPASS — 55–1 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 52–9 (pass) · lower
• PERM — 59–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alec Garnett — primary (person)
• Chris Holbert — primary (person)
• Patrick Neville — primary (person)
• Stephen Fenberg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2020-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 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
• 2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-12T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2020-03-12T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-03-12T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/672a731f-e1dd-4bd3-9a72-d3ac7ea47c09. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).