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type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic Process in Competency & Administrative Hearings"
description: "The act permits an administrative agency that is conducting an adjudicatory hearing (agency) to serve a person entitled to notice of that hearing using electronic means. The agency's use of electronic service requires a documented request by or the documented consent of the person to be notified. The act similarly authorizes electronic service with respect to an agency's final decision or the initial decision by an administrative law judge or hearing officer.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1343"
citation: "Colorado HB 1343 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts & Judicial", "Human Services", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Clifford", "J. Marchman", "T. Mauro"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 15
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-03-27"
last_action: "2026-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be7b7262-e4f4-4364-acce-bcf2fcf0e5fb"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1343"
source_hash: "3b47049f9f1720fd70d1c2064ca9adb4d010d2ebecdc0c7e589e18afd1e68461"
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 1343 (2026A) — Electronic Process in Competency & Administrative Hearings
The act permits an administrative agency that is conducting an adjudicatory hearing (agency) to serve a person entitled to notice of that hearing using electronic means. The agency's use of electronic service requires a documented request by or the documented consent of the person to be notified. The act similarly authorizes electronic service with respect to an agency's final decision or the initial decision by an administrative law judge or hearing officer.(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/113813/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114985/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116920/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115079/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115679/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115585/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117149/download)
## Votes
- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1343 to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment B) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1343, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment J.001 — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1343, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- C. Clifford — primary (person)
- J. Marchman — primary (person)
- T. Mauro — primary (person)
- B. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-06-04** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-03** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-06-03** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-05-07** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2026-05-05** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2026-05-04** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-01** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2026-04-29** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-27** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2026-04-22** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-21** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2026-04-21** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-07** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be7b7262-e4f4-4364-acce-bcf2fcf0e5fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).