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type: "Bill"
title: "Freeze Member Per Diem Amount"
description: "Currently, members of the general assembly who reside in the Denver metropolitan area are entitled to receive up to $45 per legislative day for expenses incurred during the sessions of the general assembly. In lieu of this amount, members who do not reside in the Denver metropolitan area are entitled to an amount equal to 85% of the federal per diem rate for the city and county of Denver, which is $219 for the 2019-2020 fiscal year. The act freezes the amount to be paid to members who do not reside in the Denver metropolitan area to this current amount for the 2020-2021 fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-220"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-220 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Hisey", "Leroy Garcia", "Mary Young", "Matt Soper"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8606f6a8-14a8-4f63-9cd9-270ddb25fdf4"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-220"
source_hash: "510aa2bd694a390eb8bdabe5aa8cd54309de0efa362092949db95a2ef61033d9"
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 20-220 (2020A) — Freeze Member Per Diem Amount
Currently, members of the general assembly who reside in the Denver metropolitan area are entitled to receive up to $45 per legislative day for expenses incurred during the sessions of the general assembly. In lieu of this amount, members who do not reside in the Denver metropolitan area are entitled to an amount equal to 85% of the federal per diem rate for the city and county of Denver, which is $219 for the 2019-2020 fiscal year. The act freezes the amount to be paid to members who do not reside in the Denver metropolitan area to this current amount for the 2020-2021 fiscal year.
## 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_sb220_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_220_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/19/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_220_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (06/06/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_220_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (06/09/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_220sapp_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (06/10/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_220_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (06/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_220_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_220_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_220_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL — **340** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **650** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
- Leroy Garcia — primary (person)
- Mary Young — primary (person)
- Matt Soper — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-06-30T06:00:00+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
- **2020-06-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2020-06-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8606f6a8-14a8-4f63-9cd9-270ddb25fdf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).