republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/sb-20-217.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enhance Law Enforcement Integrity"
description: "Beginning July 1, 2023, the act requires all local law enforcement agencies and the Colorado state patrol to issue body-worn cameras to their officers, except for those working in jails, working as administrative or civilian staff, the executive detail of the state patrol, and those working in court rooms. A peace officer shall wear and activate a body-worn camera when responding to a call for service or during any interaction with the public initiated by the peace officer when enforcing the law or investigating possible violations of the law. A peace officer may turn off a body-worn camera to avoid recording personal information that is not case related; when working on an unrelated assignment; when there is a long break in the incident or contact that is not related to the initial incident; and during administrative, tactical, and management discussions. A peace officer does not need to wear or activate a body-worn camera if the peace officer is working undercover. The act creates inferences, presumptions, and sanctions for failing to activate or tampering with a body-worn camera. The act requires all recordings of an incident be released to the public within 21 days after the local law enforcement agency or Colorado state patrol receives a complaint of misconduct. The act allows for redaction or nonrelease of the recording to the public if there is a specified privacy interest at stake."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-217"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-217 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leroy Garcia", "Leslie Herod", "Rhonda Fields", "Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62fcda8c-1103-4c71-ba52-3ebc691b6b33"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-217"
source_hash: "f5183867c0b9345dbb5c310dc684f11235d4654a35189d5fa07e63b339828c11"
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 20-217 (2020A) — Enhance Law Enforcement Integrity

Beginning July 1, 2023, the act requires all local law enforcement agencies and the Colorado state patrol to issue body-worn cameras to their officers, except for those working in jails, working as administrative or civilian staff, the executive detail of the state patrol, and those working in court rooms. A peace officer shall wear and activate a body-worn camera when responding to a call for service or during any interaction with the public initiated by the peace officer when enforcing the law or investigating possible violations of the law. A peace officer may turn off a body-worn camera to avoid recording personal information that is not case related; when working on an unrelated assignment; when there is a long break in the incident or contact that is not related to the initial incident; and during administrative, tactical, and management discussions. A peace officer does not need to wear or activate a body-worn camera if the peace officer is working undercover. The act creates inferences, presumptions, and sanctions for failing to activate or tampering with a body-worn camera. The act requires all recordings of an incident be released to the public within 21 days after the local law enforcement agency or Colorado state patrol receives a complaint of misconduct. The act allows for redaction or nonrelease of the recording to the public if there is a specified privacy interest at stake.

## 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_sb217_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_217_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/19/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_217_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (06/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_217_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (06/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_217ssta_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_217fin_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_217app.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (06/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_217_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (06/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_217_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_217_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/19/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_217_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD — **21–43** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **52–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leroy Garcia — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-18T06:00:00+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 Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance + Appropriations `introduction`
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2020-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/62fcda8c-1103-4c71-ba52-3ebc691b6b33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).