republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-120.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Missing Person Training & Higher Education Reporting"
description: "The act requires a person seeking certification or recertification from the peace officers standards and training board to undergo training on various missing person alerts active within the state. The department of public safety is required to create a missing person alert training program for persons seeking certification or recertification of their peace officer status. The act requires an institution of higher education (institution) to either conduct a preliminary wellness assessment for no longer than 6 hours or immediately contact a law enforcement agency if a student is reported missing. If the student is not found within the 6-hour period, or if there is evidence of a credible risk to the student's safety, the institution shall notify the institution's police department or the nearest law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the student's current local address on file with the institution or the student's permanent address on file with the institution if the institution does not have its own police department. An institution is required to adopt and publish a preliminary wellness assessment policy. The preliminary wellness assessment must consist of at least the following steps: A digital contact attempt, a residential verification, and an academic and social inquiry. An institution that conducts a preliminary wellness assessment is immune from civil liability if the institution acted in good faith. An institution is required to maintain contemporaneous written documentation regarding the steps the institution took to complete the preliminary wellness assessment. The records are subject to certain disclosure requirements.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 120"
citation: "Colorado SB 120 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Higher Education", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Bradley", "J. Marchman", "K. Wallace", "Y. Zokaie"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-23"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98e50b68-9100-48d9-a540-470a4ef379dc"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-120"
source_hash: "7fa388a21cdadc0f00345cc8c1cdbe4b644e62247ee4ba0ad94fd4f1bdebde99"
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 120 (2026A) — Missing Person Training & Higher Education Reporting

The act requires a person seeking certification or recertification from the peace officers standards and training board to undergo training on various missing person alerts active within the state. The department of public safety is required to create a missing person alert training program for persons seeking certification or recertification of their peace officer status. The act requires an institution of higher education (institution) to either conduct a preliminary wellness assessment for no longer than 6 hours or immediately contact a law enforcement agency if a student is reported missing. If the student is not found within the 6-hour period, or if there is evidence of a credible risk to the student's safety, the institution shall notify the institution's police department or the nearest law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the student's current local address on file with the institution or the student's permanent address on file with the institution if the institution does not have its own police department. An institution is required to adopt and publish a preliminary wellness assessment policy. The preliminary wellness assessment must consist of at least the following steps: A digital contact attempt, a residential verification, and an academic and social inquiry. An institution that conducts a preliminary wellness assessment is immune from civil liability if the institution acted in good faith. An institution is required to maintain contemporaneous written documentation regarding the steps the institution took to complete the preliminary wellness assessment. The records are subject to certain disclosure 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/112512/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113286/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115466/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113329/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115291/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115243/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116715/download)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 26-120, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.002 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-120 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.001 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Bradley — primary (person)
- J. Marchman — primary (person)
- K. Wallace — primary (person)
- Y. Zokaie — primary (person)
- A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- C. Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-26** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-05-04** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-27** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-24** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-03-31** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-03-26** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2026-03-16** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/13/2026 - No Amendments
- **2026-03-10** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/12/2026 - No Amendments
- **2026-03-09** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/10/2026 - No Amendments
- **2026-03-04** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** 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/98e50b68-9100-48d9-a540-470a4ef379dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).