republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-193.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Ordinances & State Employees"
description: "Existing law authorizes the general assembly to set compensation levels for employees of the state. Accordingly, the act clarifies that, for the purposes of laws concerning local minimum wages, the term 'employer' means a corporation, a proprietorship, a partnership, a joint venture, a limited liability company, a trust, an association, a political subdivision of the state, an individual, or any other entity that employs an employee. However, 'employer' does not include the state of Colorado to the extent that a state employer has a collective bargaining agreement as to employee wages. Current law states that the governing bodies of municipalities have the power to license, regulate, and tax any lawful occupation, business place, amusement, or place of amusements (occupation or business place) and to fix the amount, terms, and manner of issuing and revoking licenses issued to an occupation or business place. The act clarifies that the state of Colorado is not an occupation or business place subject to such tax. The act requires the office of state planning and budgeting to submit to the joint budget committee, on or before January 4, 2027, a supplemental budget request concerning compensation of state employees during the 2026-27 state fiscal year.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 193"
citation: "Colorado SB 193 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor & Employment", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Kirkmeyer", "E. Sirota", "J. Amabile", "J. Bridges", "K. Brown", "R. Taggart"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-05-06"
last_action: "2026-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fce65c9a-1640-4083-b635-4f44a4db4d9c"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-193"
source_hash: "d5dfcd6dbdf7f47646fdd44d1e4e44453fd53f1a8d229a92189853c50bd2dc7b"
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 193 (2026A) — Local Ordinances & State Employees

Existing law authorizes the general assembly to set compensation levels for employees of the state. Accordingly, the act clarifies that, for the purposes of laws concerning local minimum wages, the term 'employer' means a corporation, a proprietorship, a partnership, a joint venture, a limited liability company, a trust, an association, a political subdivision of the state, an individual, or any other entity that employs an employee. However, 'employer' does not include the state of Colorado to the extent that a state employer has a collective bargaining agreement as to employee wages. Current law states that the governing bodies of municipalities have the power to license, regulate, and tax any lawful occupation, business place, amusement, or place of amusements (occupation or business place) and to fix the amount, terms, and manner of issuing and revoking licenses issued to an occupation or business place. The act clarifies that the state of Colorado is not an occupation or business place subject to such tax. The act requires the office of state planning and budgeting to submit to the joint budget committee, on or before January 4, 2027, a supplemental budget request concerning compensation of state employees during the 2026-27 state fiscal year.(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/115945/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116030/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116623/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116137/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116290/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116255/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116962/download)

## Votes

- ADOPT — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt the first report of the first conference committee on SB 26-193. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- BYD SCP — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer Senate Bill 26-193, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer Senate Bill 26-193 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.001 — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- E. Sirota — primary (person)
- J. Amabile — primary (person)
- J. Bridges — primary (person)
- K. Brown — primary (person)
- R. Taggart — primary (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- M. Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
- T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-02** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-09** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-26** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-05-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-13** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2026-05-13** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- **2026-05-13** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- **2026-05-11** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-09** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2026-05-09** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-08** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2026-05-08** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-07** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-05-07** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-06** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fce65c9a-1640-4083-b635-4f44a4db4d9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).