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type: "Bill"
title: "Remote Participation Policies for Joint Committees"
description: "The executive committee of the legislative council (executive committee) is authorized to adopt policies regarding the ability of members of the general assembly to remotely participate in interim committee meetings and in legislative proceedings during a disaster emergency. The act expands the executive committee's authority to adopt policies to allow remote participation in meetings of any joint committees comprised of members from both chambers that are held at any time of the year.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1068"
citation: "Colorado HB 1068 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General Assembly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Caldwell", "J. Coleman", "J. McCluskie", "M. Duran", "R. Rodriguez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29eee9bb-74ab-4a06-b272-e1abfec1b8ac"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1068"
source_hash: "390f6583c21cf2d0fc5a4c9d51c98eae5dcee87fbc6311d66f3b0464412e760a"
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 1068 (2026A) — Remote Participation Policies for Joint Committees
The executive committee of the legislative council (executive committee) is authorized to adopt policies regarding the ability of members of the general assembly to remotely participate in interim committee meetings and in legislative proceedings during a disaster emergency. The act expands the executive committee's authority to adopt policies to allow remote participation in meetings of any joint committees comprised of members from both chambers that are held at any time of the year.(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/110900/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111118/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113252/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/111245/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113020/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112943/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113781/download)
## Votes
- Refer House Bill 26-1068 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1068 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- J. Caldwell — primary (person)
- J. Coleman — primary (person)
- J. McCluskie — primary (person)
- M. Duran — primary (person)
- R. Rodriguez — primary (person)
- A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
- B. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Soper — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-03-26** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-17** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2026-02-04** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-03** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-02-02** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-01-29** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29eee9bb-74ab-4a06-b272-e1abfec1b8ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).