republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-59.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Multiple Elected Offices Prohibited for General Assembly"
description: "Beginning with the first regular session of the seventy-sixth general assembly, the act prohibits a member of the general assembly from holding any other elected offices while serving as a member of the general assembly, with the following exceptions:The member of the general assembly holds a special district elected office;The member of the general assembly has less than one year remaining in their term in another elected office at the time they take the oath of office of the general assembly;The member of the general assembly has less than one year remaining in their term in the general assembly at the time they take the oath of office of another elected office; orThe member of the general assembly is a senator who is in the middle of their term at the beginning of the first regular session of the seventy-sixth general assembly.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "Colorado SB 59 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections & Redistricting", "General Assembly", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Cutter", "M. Ball", "M. Lindsay"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2780c49b-948e-4103-beee-33b8b409cd21"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-059"
source_hash: "94e2e0090a163f860640809c48128b89e23d99366bd7e0ab0892380e1af7cd97"
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 59 (2026A) — Multiple Elected Offices Prohibited for General Assembly

Beginning with the first regular session of the seventy-sixth general assembly, the act prohibits a member of the general assembly from holding any other elected offices while serving as a member of the general assembly, with the following exceptions:The member of the general assembly holds a special district elected office;The member of the general assembly has less than one year remaining in their term in another elected office at the time they take the oath of office of the general assembly;The member of the general assembly has less than one year remaining in their term in the general assembly at the time they take the oath of office of another elected office; orThe member of the general assembly is a senator who is in the middle of their term at the beginning of the first regular session of the seventy-sixth general assembly.(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/111055/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112746/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115229/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112794/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115074/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114920/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115749/download)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment C). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-059, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-059 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- L. Cutter — primary (person)
- M. Ball — primary (person)
- M. Lindsay — primary (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-04** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-27** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-22** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-21** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-20** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-03-26** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-03-23** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2026-03-03** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-02** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2026-02-27** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/02/2026 - No Amendments
- **2026-02-24** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-28** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2780c49b-948e-4103-beee-33b8b409cd21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).