republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/sb-20-055.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Incentivize Development Recycling End Markets"
description: "Section 1 of the act directs the department of public health and environment (department) to convene stakeholders to inform the department regarding a structure and governing guidance for a recycling market development center to support the development of end-market businesses within the state. Section 1 also directs the department to conduct a literature review of what industry and other states are doing around the country regarding producer responsibility and to create policy and legislative recommendations regarding the feasibility of requiring producers to design, manage, and finance programs for end-of-life management of their products and packaging as a condition of sale."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-055"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-055 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeni James Arndt", "Kevin Priola", "Lisa Cutter", "Tammy Story"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-13T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72605446-b281-4529-b9e1-34186d8775a4"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-055"
source_hash: "65e5a37526919491222af8bd04d073a4cc807c022edfcf6493c96cd99c922e84"
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 SB 20-055 (2020A) — Incentivize Development Recycling End Markets

Section 1 of the act directs the department of public health and environment (department) to convene stakeholders to inform the department regarding a structure and governing guidance for a recycling market development center to support the development of end-market businesses within the state. Section 1 also directs the department to conduct a literature review of what industry and other states are doing around the country regarding producer responsibility and to create policy and legislative recommendations regarding the feasibility of requiring producers to design, manage, and finance programs for end-of-life management of their products and packaging as a condition of sale.

## 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_sb055_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/05/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_055_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_055_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_055_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/14/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_055sapp_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_055app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (06/06/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_055_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_055_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_055_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (07/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_055_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **42–23** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **21–12** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **22–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeni James Arndt — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Tammy Story — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-13T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-23T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-06-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment + Appropriations `introduction`
- **2020-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2020-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72605446-b281-4529-b9e1-34186d8775a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).