republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-117.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permissible Methods of Selling Lottery Tickets"
description: "The act prohibits the Colorado lottery or any licensed lottery retailer from selling lottery tickets or instant scratch game tickets produced by the lottery for sale to the public on a credit basis.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 117"
citation: "Colorado SB 117 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gaming", "Lottery", "& Racing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Kipp", "C. Kolker", "E. Velasco", "I. Jodeh", "J. Amabile", "J. Bacon", "J. Bridges", "J. Gonzales", "J. Mabrey", "J. Marchman", "J. Willford", "K. Brown", "K. Nguyen", "L. Cutter", "L. García", "L. Goldstein", "M. Ball", "M. Bradfield", "M. Froelich", "M. Martinez", "M. Soper", "M. Weissman", "T. Exum", "W. Lindstedt", "Y. Zokaie"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 15
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-02-19"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77ed3a6b-a747-4bb1-bbe2-09f6d0d9087f"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-117"
source_hash: "58e0f73d6665f7ae68e23cf27d9fe260d943d78e996f2c09c4f41127c78d83bc"
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 117 (2026A) — Permissible Methods of Selling Lottery Tickets

The act prohibits the Colorado lottery or any licensed lottery retailer from selling lottery tickets or instant scratch game tickets produced by the lottery for sale to the public on a credit basis.(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/112255/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115085/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116558/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115133/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116281/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116217/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116824/download)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 26-117 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer Senate Bill 26-117, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.005 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-117 to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-117, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment B) — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Kipp — primary (person)
- C. Kolker — primary (person)
- E. Velasco — primary (person)
- I. Jodeh — primary (person)
- J. Amabile — primary (person)
- J. Bacon — primary (person)
- J. Bridges — primary (person)
- J. Gonzales — primary (person)
- J. Mabrey — primary (person)
- J. Marchman — primary (person)
- J. Willford — primary (person)
- K. Brown — primary (person)
- K. Nguyen — primary (person)
- L. Cutter — primary (person)
- L. García — primary (person)
- L. Goldstein — primary (person)
- M. Ball — primary (person)
- M. Bradfield — primary (person)
- M. Froelich — primary (person)
- M. Martinez — primary (person)
- M. Soper — primary (person)
- M. Weissman — primary (person)
- T. Exum — primary (person)
- W. Lindstedt — primary (person)
- Y. Zokaie — primary (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — 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 Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-05-20** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-11** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-09** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-05-08** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-05-08** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-07** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-23** Introduced In House - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2026-04-23** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-22** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2026-04-21** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Introduced In Senate - 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/77ed3a6b-a747-4bb1-bbe2-09f6d0d9087f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).