republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/sb-20-096.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remote Notaries Protect Privacy"
description: "Current law requires an individual who wishes to have a document notarized to appear personally before a notary public."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-096"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-096 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Holbert", "Monica Duran", "Robert Rodriguez", "Terri Carver"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-14T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-26T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5990541f-cafc-4639-80cb-8da350940c23"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-096"
source_hash: "34e1f0f7266430b3676f9dbab9e134dcc6bd7459a638818b3de961b85d3bc9ed"
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 20-096 (2020A) — Remote Notaries Protect Privacy

Current law requires an individual who wishes to have a document notarized to appear personally before a notary public.

## 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_sb096_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_096_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/22/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_096_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/14/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_096_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_096sjud_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/06/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_096sjudsapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (06/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_096bus_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (06/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_096app.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (03/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_096_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (06/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_096_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (06/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_096_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (06/26/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_096_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Holbert — primary (person)
- Monica Duran — primary (person)
- Robert Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Terri Carver — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-26T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2020-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5990541f-cafc-4639-80cb-8da350940c23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).