republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/sb-20-026.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' Compensation For Audible Psychological Trauma"
description: "For the purpose of determining eligibility for workers' compensation benefits for a mental impairment caused by an accidental injury that consists of a psychologically traumatic event arising out of and in the course of employment, the act establishes that a worker's audible or visual and audible exposure to the serious bodily injury or death, or the immediate aftermath of the serious bodily injury or death, of one or more people as the result of a violent event, the intentional act of another person, or an accident is a \"psychologically traumatic event\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-026"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-026 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Cooke", "Jonathan Singer", "Rhonda Fields", "Thomas Exum"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27b6555f-8bb1-486c-870e-feb6c105da9c"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-026"
source_hash: "3c9be71b5542df50b3226ae6b7ee24f6fea1fbf2ba713a20087aaaaa94ac30e0"
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 20-026 (2020A) — Workers' Compensation For Audible Psychological Trauma

For the purpose of determining eligibility for workers' compensation benefits for a mental impairment caused by an accidental injury that consists of a psychologically traumatic event arising out of and in the course of employment, the act establishes that a worker's audible or visual and audible exposure to the serious bodily injury or death, or the immediate aftermath of the serious bodily injury or death, of one or more people as the result of a violent event, the intentional act of another person, or an accident is a "psychologically traumatic event".

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_sb026_h_bus_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_026_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_026_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_026_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_026sblt_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_026_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (06/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_026_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (06/01/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_026_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_026_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **48–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Cooke — primary (person)
- Jonathan Singer — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
- Thomas Exum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-13T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 06/01/2020 - No Amendments
- **2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/30/2020 - No Amendments
- **2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
- **2020-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2020-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27b6555f-8bb1-486c-870e-feb6c105da9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).