republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1412.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "COVID-19 Utility Bill Payment-related Assistance"
description: "From money given to the state pursuant to the federal \"Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act\", commonly referred to as the \"CARES Act\", the bill allocates $10 million from the care subfund in the general fund to the energy outreach Colorado low-income energy assistance fund administered by the Colorado energy office for use by energy outreach Colorado on or before December 30, 2020, to provide direct utility bill payment assistance to households facing economic hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1412"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1412 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kennedy", "Lisa Cutter", "Rachel Zenzinger", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-22T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32f625d5-1e6f-41ce-819f-9dd657d67aa9"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1412"
source_hash: "de92f7f19a64943c21aa46361638db73af12d3c4cc1bbf87b8586fd13c1af1d0"
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 20-1412 (2020A) — COVID-19 Utility Bill Payment-related Assistance

From money given to the state pursuant to the federal "Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act", commonly referred to as the "CARES Act", the bill allocates $10 million from the care subfund in the general fund to the energy outreach Colorado low-income energy assistance fund administered by the Colorado energy office for use by energy outreach Colorado on or before December 30, 2020, to provide direct utility bill payment assistance to households facing economic hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## 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_hb1412_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1412_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/19/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1412_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (06/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1412_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1412sapp_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (06/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1412_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1412_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1412_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/22/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1412_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMEND — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **48–13** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **42–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **40–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Kennedy — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32f625d5-1e6f-41ce-819f-9dd657d67aa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).