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type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicle Regulation Administration"
description: "Effective January 1, 2028, the act repeals a requirement that requires motor-vehicle license plates to be retired and reissued in certain circumstances and authorizes the owner to transfer the plates to a new motor vehicle. The act requires the department of revenue (department) to develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive contingency plan to ensure continuity of operations and the protection of critical services in the event of a disruption in vehicle licensing operations. Standards are set for the contingency plan. The governor's office of information technology must provide the appropriate network and equipment support to the department. To implement this act, $18,170 is appropriated to the department from the Colorado DRIVES vehicle services account in the highway users tax fund.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1053"
citation: "Colorado HB 1053 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government", "State Government", "Transportation & Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Pelton", "K. Wallace", "T. Mauro"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c43999e4-ff19-4577-8957-06e2b6bfb12e"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1053"
source_hash: "eb7e6a5e12bcab6597d6c299fd5bae4fd831e6f4cf7a84b62a3ebd5cbc0da825"
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 1053 (2026A) — Motor Vehicle Regulation Administration
Effective January 1, 2028, the act repeals a requirement that requires motor-vehicle license plates to be retired and reissued in certain circumstances and authorizes the owner to transfer the plates to a new motor vehicle. The act requires the department of revenue (department) to develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive contingency plan to ensure continuity of operations and the protection of critical services in the event of a disruption in vehicle licensing operations. Standards are set for the contingency plan. The governor's office of information technology must provide the appropriate network and equipment support to the department. To implement this act, $18,170 is appropriated to the department from the Colorado DRIVES vehicle services account in the highway users tax fund.(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/110826/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113287/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116864/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113343/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115284/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115168/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117054/download)
## Votes
- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1053 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1053, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1053, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment A) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment J.001 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1053, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.001 — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- B. Pelton — primary (person)
- K. Wallace — primary (person)
- T. Mauro — primary (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- L. Garcia Sander — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
- T. Winter — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-06-03** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-02** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-06-02** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-05-04** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2026-04-28** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2026-04-27** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-24** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2026-04-24** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-07** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-19** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2026-03-16** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2026-03-13** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c43999e4-ff19-4577-8957-06e2b6bfb12e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).