republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1081.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Optimize Colorado Electric Transmission System"
description: "Section 3 of the act defines 'advanced transmission technologies' as hardware or software technologies that increase the capacity, efficiency, reliability, or resiliency of an existing or new transmission facility. Section 4 requires the Colorado public utilities commission (commission) to adopt rules requiring a regulated electric utility to consider advanced transmission technologies in the electric utility's 10-year transmission plan and to identify strategies to reduce the costs of, and obtain financing for, new transmission. The commission is directed to minimize duplication of transmission planning processes, technical studies, or analyses conducted through an applicable regional transmission organization or independent system operator. Section 5 requires the Colorado electric transmission authority (authority) to, as much as practicable, engage and coordinate with formal subregional transmission planning organizations. Under current law, the authority is required to annually submit a report of its activities, including a complete operating and financial statement covering the operations of the authority for the previous state fiscal year, to certain committees of reference of the general assembly. Section 6 requires that the annual report also include a description of the activities and accomplishments of the authority during the previous calendar year. Section 7 adds a nonvoting seat to the authority's board of directors for the director of the commission or the director's designee. Section 8 clarifies that a project that includes advanced transmission technologies and meets certain criteria is an energy sector public works project. Section 9 states that an energy sector public works project that includes advanced transmission technologies must meet applicable prevailing wage requirements and apprenticeship utilization requirements.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1081"
citation: "Colorado HB 1081 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Roberts", "M. Duran", "S. Camacho"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 15
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f46cccc-693a-4f76-89ef-ac16e73c9a00"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1081"
source_hash: "7944b0df5b5d09e147cd63fb72b1e8345d8623d2876b75d2a75ac38ca55044a2"
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 1081 (2026A) — Optimize Colorado Electric Transmission System

Section 3 of the act defines 'advanced transmission technologies' as hardware or software technologies that increase the capacity, efficiency, reliability, or resiliency of an existing or new transmission facility. Section 4 requires the Colorado public utilities commission (commission) to adopt rules requiring a regulated electric utility to consider advanced transmission technologies in the electric utility's 10-year transmission plan and to identify strategies to reduce the costs of, and obtain financing for, new transmission. The commission is directed to minimize duplication of transmission planning processes, technical studies, or analyses conducted through an applicable regional transmission organization or independent system operator. Section 5 requires the Colorado electric transmission authority (authority) to, as much as practicable, engage and coordinate with formal subregional transmission planning organizations. Under current law, the authority is required to annually submit a report of its activities, including a complete operating and financial statement covering the operations of the authority for the previous state fiscal year, to certain committees of reference of the general assembly. Section 6 requires that the annual report also include a description of the activities and accomplishments of the authority during the previous calendar year. Section 7 adds a nonvoting seat to the authority's board of directors for the director of the commission or the director's designee. Section 8 clarifies that a project that includes advanced transmission technologies and meets certain criteria is an energy sector public works project. Section 9 states that an energy sector public works project that includes advanced transmission technologies must meet applicable prevailing wage requirements and apprenticeship utilization requirements.(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/111107/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112914/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116537/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112947/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114259/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114229/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116852/download)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.008 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.001 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1081, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.009 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.003 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1081, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Roberts — primary (person)
- M. Duran — primary (person)
- S. Camacho — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Simpson — 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. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-29** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-20** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-20** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-14** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2026-04-09** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2026-04-08** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-07** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2026-04-01** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`
- **2026-03-06** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2026-03-03** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-02-26** House Committee on Energy & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Introduced In House - Assigned to Energy & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f46cccc-693a-4f76-89ef-ac16e73c9a00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).