republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1041.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic Vehicle Records"
description: "The act repeals the existing requirement that a paper certificate of title be used for specific vehicle transactions, thereby allowing the use of a certificate of title in an electronic format in all circumstances. Any party to a vehicle transaction may request either a paper or electronic version of a certificate of title.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1041"
citation: "Colorado HB 1041 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation & Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Boesenecker", "A. Paschal", "B. Pelton", "J. Carson", "J. Jackson", "L. Cutter", "M. Froelich", "M. Lindsay", "R. Stewart", "T. Exum", "T. Sullivan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d64eb56e-6217-4d9f-b5cf-f4464706129a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1041"
source_hash: "f1d9b1ea536dd9c5d39afdc2b34160a00f46ce92faebf63028ed698e717ab6f1"
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 1041 (2026A) — Electronic Vehicle Records

The act repeals the existing requirement that a paper certificate of title be used for specific vehicle transactions, thereby allowing the use of a certificate of title in an electronic format in all circumstances. Any party to a vehicle transaction may request either a paper or electronic version of a certificate of title.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/110787/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111356/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113378/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111430/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113101/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113024/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113778/download)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 26-1041 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1041, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment C) — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Boesenecker — primary (person)
- A. Paschal — primary (person)
- B. Pelton — primary (person)
- J. Carson — primary (person)
- J. Jackson — primary (person)
- L. Cutter — primary (person)
- M. Froelich — primary (person)
- M. Lindsay — primary (person)
- R. Stewart — primary (person)
- T. Exum — primary (person)
- T. Sullivan — primary (person)
- A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rich — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
- S. Woodrow — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-26** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2026-02-06** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-05** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2026-02-03** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** 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/d64eb56e-6217-4d9f-b5cf-f4464706129a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).