republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-104.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require Key Boxes at Schools"
description: "The act requires each school district or, for an institute charter school or nonpublic school, the school, (local education provider) to install an exterior key box that contains keys and other access control devices necessary for law enforcement agencies to access each building and room located on the school grounds. A local education provider is not required to install an exterior key box at a school if:The school has a key box that does not satisfy the requirements in the act and has an alternative plan and procedures to provide emergency access for local law enforcement; orThe local education provider applied for but does not receive a disbursement from the school security disbursement program that may be used to install an exterior key box at the school. The contents of an exterior key box and the information contained therein are not a public record for the purposes of the 'Colorado Open Records Act'.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 104"
citation: "Colorado SB 104 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Clifford", "L. Liston", "M. Snyder"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 12
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24441dec-ed41-4fc1-b1a5-f34e5d45c276"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-104"
source_hash: "07350e7acf60988e43dded4a332e654f076bc692405f9cde42cefb14d70fadb0"
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 SB 104 (2026A) — Require Key Boxes at Schools

The act requires each school district or, for an institute charter school or nonpublic school, the school, (local education provider) to install an exterior key box that contains keys and other access control devices necessary for law enforcement agencies to access each building and room located on the school grounds. A local education provider is not required to install an exterior key box at a school if:The school has a key box that does not satisfy the requirements in the act and has an alternative plan and procedures to provide emergency access for local law enforcement; orThe local education provider applied for but does not receive a disbursement from the school security disbursement program that may be used to install an exterior key box at the school. The contents of an exterior key box and the information contained therein are not a public record for the purposes of the 'Colorado Open Records Act'.(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/111743/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113207/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114894/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113261/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114796/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114701/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115751/download)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 26-104 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment F) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment H) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer Senate Bill 26-104, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment I) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment G) — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Clifford — primary (person)
- L. Liston — primary (person)
- M. Snyder — primary (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-04** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-22** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-22** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-16** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-15** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-04-14** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2026-03-13** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24441dec-ed41-4fc1-b1a5-f34e5d45c276`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).