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type: "Bill"
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title: "Overtime Threshold for Agricultural Employees"
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description: "Beginning January 1, 2027, the act requires an agricultural employer to pay certain agricultural employees overtime pay for time worked in excess of 56 hours in a workweek. The act also increases penalties for an agricultural employer who commits wage theft and repeals the authority of the director of the division of labor standards and statistics to adopt rules concerning overtime pay for agricultural employees.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2026A"
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identifier: "SB 121"
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citation: "Colorado SB 121 (2026A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Agriculture", "Labor & Employment"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["B. Pelton", "C. Simpson", "M. Martinez", "R. Rodriguez", "T. Winter"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2026-02-24"
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last_action: "2026-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5a922fb-27b4-43c5-878a-dbc6a8fd9e6d"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-121"
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source_hash: "64ddbc6480a83a2b7ce430f4427660e31d13df05686a24fdaf3cb4516e2b9c57"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado SB 121 (2026A) — Overtime Threshold for Agricultural Employees
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Beginning January 1, 2027, the act requires an agricultural employer to pay certain agricultural employees overtime pay for time worked in excess of 56 hours in a workweek. The act also increases penalties for an agricultural employer who commits wage theft and repeals the authority of the director of the division of labor standards and statistics to adopt rules concerning overtime pay for agricultural employees.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112564/download)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113656/download)
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3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115105/download)
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4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113705/download)
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5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114797/download)
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6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114703/download)
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7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115752/download)
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## Votes
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- Adopt amendment L.002 — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Adopt amendment L.003 — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Refer Senate Bill 26-121 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- COW * (S.003) — **fail** (fail) · lower
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- COW * (S.001) — **fail** (fail) · lower
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- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Refer Senate Bill 26-121, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- B. Pelton — primary (person)
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- C. Simpson — primary (person)
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- M. Martinez — primary (person)
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- R. Rodriguez — primary (person)
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- T. Winter — primary (person)
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- A. Hartsook — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Woog — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
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- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Rich — cosponsor (person)
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- K. DeGraaf — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Garcia Sander — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Suckla — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Bradfield — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Brooks — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Soper — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Taggart — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Bottoms — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Slaugh — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-05-04** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-27** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2026-04-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-04-17** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Pass
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- **2026-04-17** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Reconsider
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- **2026-04-17** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2026-04-16** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-04-15** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
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- **2026-04-09** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2026-04-06** House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-25** Introduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources `introduction`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-24** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5a922fb-27b4-43c5-878a-dbc6a8fd9e6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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