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type: "Bill"
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title: "Method Of Notifying People Of Amber Alerts"
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description: "Under current law, for an Amber alert, the Colorado bureau of investigation (CBI) sends notice to the federal communication's designated state emergency system broadcaster. Instead, the act requires the CBI to send the alert using technological applications that promote the largest reach of community notifications. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2020A"
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identifier: "SB 20-079"
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citation: "Colorado SB 20-079 (2020A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Hisey", "Donald Valdez", "Rhonda Fields"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-01-13T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2020-03-20T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/879ecb9d-b3b7-485c-a5cf-1dcf2d86f7af"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-079"
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source_hash: "2f3e959bda5ef6e45392a78924d4b3a9101629a20941db53e56a3d08ff1e1a18"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado SB 20-079 (2020A) — Method Of Notifying People Of Amber Alerts
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Under current law, for an Amber alert, the Colorado bureau of investigation (CBI) sends notice to the federal communication's designated state emergency system broadcaster. Instead, the act requires the CBI to send the alert using technological applications that promote the largest reach of community notifications. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_sb079_h_sa_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (01/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_079_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (03/14/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_079_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_079_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (01/31/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_079_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (03/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_079_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (03/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_079_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (03/20/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_079_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
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- Donald Valdez — primary (person)
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- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
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- **2020-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/879ecb9d-b3b7-485c-a5cf-1dcf2d86f7af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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