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Bill	CO Colorado Municipal Election Code Administrative Modifications	The "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965" (code) specifies procedures that municipal clerks are required to use when mailing ballots to voters who are covered by the federal "Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act" (UOCAVA). The code specifies that standard voting materials for the purposes of UOCAVA include a declaration prescribed to accompany a federal absentee write-in ballot; however, the municipal clerks are unable to use that declaration. The act repeals this requirement. The code also specifies that, to be valid, an active military or overseas voter must complete a signed affirmation required by federal law. The act specifies the language required to be included in the affirmation.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2020A	HB 20-1156	Colorado HB 20-1156 (2020A)	bill		enacted	Dennis Hisey Hugh McKean Meg Froelich Rachel Zenzinger	9	12	2	2020-01-17T07:00:00+00:00	2020-03-20T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/07995b48-0698-4d5c-b0e6-1311251f07d3	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1156	3e4d151a661dfe46293b1b60fcc7af4e7038476c9c681943a6b5c8d3fed67d38	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 20-1156 (2020A) — CO Colorado Municipal Election Code Administrative Modifications

The "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965" (code) specifies procedures that municipal clerks are required to use when mailing ballots to voters who are covered by the federal "Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act" (UOCAVA). The code specifies that standard voting materials for the purposes of UOCAVA include a declaration prescribed to accompany a federal absentee write-in ballot; however, the municipal clerks are unable to use that declaration. The act repeals this requirement. The code also specifies that, to be valid, an active military or overseas voter must complete a signed affirmation required by federal law. The act specifies the language required to be included in the affirmation.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (02/05/2020) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/13/2020) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/17/2020) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (01/31/2020) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (02/06/2020) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (02/25/2020) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (02/24/2020) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (03/20/2020) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 61–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
• Hugh McKean — primary (person)
• Meg Froelich — primary (person)
• Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-03-20T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2020-03-16T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2020-02-25T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-24T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2020-02-19T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-02-10T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2020-02-06T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-05T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2020-01-30T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-01-17T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07995b48-0698-4d5c-b0e6-1311251f07d3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).