republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1266.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government Utility Relocation in Right-of-Way"
description: "The act establishes a process by which local governments and investor-owned utility companies with more than 250,000 customers may coordinate on utility relocation work that is necessitated by a road improvement project. A road improvement project does not include a project in a roadway under the control of the Colorado department of transportation (CDOT) unless the construction is performed by or under the direction of the local government pursuant to an agreement with CDOT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1266"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1266 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eliza Hamrick", "Lisa Frizell", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98c4ee04-38f8-4a63-8a13-524bb8490f65"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1266"
source_hash: "4b0c071c8521e6c0f1e363495e70a1fe1a30a630b80fd0273f9a54e871d73592"
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 HB 24-1266 (2024A) — Local Government Utility Relocation in Right-of-Way

The act establishes a process by which local governments and investor-owned utility companies with more than 250,000 customers may coordinate on utility relocation work that is necessitated by a road improvement project. A road improvement project does not include a project in a roadway under the control of the Colorado department of transportation (CDOT) unless the construction is performed by or under the direction of the local government pursuant to an agreement with CDOT.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_hb1266_s_lgh_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1266_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1266_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/13/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1266_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1266_h_thl_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/17/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1266_s_lgh_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (03/18/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1266_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (04/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1266_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1266_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1266_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **60–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eliza Hamrick — primary (person)
- Lisa Frizell — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2024-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2024-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing `introduction`
- **2024-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98c4ee04-38f8-4a63-8a13-524bb8490f65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).