republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-15.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial Sexual Activity with a Child Offenses"
description: "The act changes terminology related to child prostitution to commercial sexual activity with a child in the crimes of soliciting for child prostitution, pandering of a child, keeping a place of child prostitution, pimping a child, inducement of child prostitution, and patronizing a prostituted child, including changing the name of the offenses for soliciting for child prostitution, keeping a place of child prostitution, inducement of child prostitution, and patronizing a prostituted child. A court is required to sentence an offender convicted of one of the listed offenses, other than soliciting for commercial sexual activity with a child, to at least the minimum of the presumptive range for the level of offense associated with the crime. For an offense of soliciting for commercial sexual activity with a child, if the court sentences the person to probation, the court shall order as a condition of probation that the person serve 364 days in the county jail. In the crime of soliciting for commercial sexual activity with a child, the act adds knowingly soliciting a child for commercial sexual activity as a means of committing the offense and requires that when arranging or offering to arrange a meeting, the offender must know that meeting will facilitate commercial sexual activity with a child. The act removes the spousal exception from the crime of engaging in commercial sexual activity with a child. The act makes the penalty for internet luring of a child a class 3 felony when the offense is committed with the intent to meet for the purpose of engaging in commercial sexual activity. In this circumstance, a court is required to sentence the offender to at least the minimum of the presumptive range for the class 3 felony.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "Colorado SB 15 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Corrections", "& Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Pelton", "D. Roberts", "J. Caldwell", "M. Duran"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56089464-a93f-4b77-bf53-6477c7270e02"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-015"
source_hash: "c095ba4f6a253650c62a74e130edf94bd668b7813960d47ad6ed9aedc523a238"
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 15 (2026A) — Commercial Sexual Activity with a Child Offenses

The act changes terminology related to child prostitution to commercial sexual activity with a child in the crimes of soliciting for child prostitution, pandering of a child, keeping a place of child prostitution, pimping a child, inducement of child prostitution, and patronizing a prostituted child, including changing the name of the offenses for soliciting for child prostitution, keeping a place of child prostitution, inducement of child prostitution, and patronizing a prostituted child. A court is required to sentence an offender convicted of one of the listed offenses, other than soliciting for commercial sexual activity with a child, to at least the minimum of the presumptive range for the level of offense associated with the crime. For an offense of soliciting for commercial sexual activity with a child, if the court sentences the person to probation, the court shall order as a condition of probation that the person serve 364 days in the county jail. In the crime of soliciting for commercial sexual activity with a child, the act adds knowingly soliciting a child for commercial sexual activity as a means of committing the offense and requires that when arranging or offering to arrange a meeting, the offender must know that meeting will facilitate commercial sexual activity with a child. The act removes the spousal exception from the crime of engaging in commercial sexual activity with a child. The act makes the penalty for internet luring of a child a class 3 felony when the offense is committed with the intent to meet for the purpose of engaging in commercial sexual activity. In this circumstance, a court is required to sentence the offender to at least the minimum of the presumptive range for the class 3 felony.(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/110712/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114827/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116628/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114907/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116278/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116256/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117076/download)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 26-015, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment B) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-015, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.006 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.007 (Attachment A). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-015, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Pelton — primary (person)
- D. Roberts — primary (person)
- J. Caldwell — primary (person)
- M. Duran — primary (person)
- A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Flanell — cosponsor (person)
- A. Hartsook — cosponsor (person)
- B. Kirkmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- C. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- C. Simpson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Woog — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Rich — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
- L. Zamora Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- M. Baisley — cosponsor (person)
- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Keltie — cosponsor (person)
- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bright — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- T. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-03** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-13** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2026-05-11** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-09** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2026-05-04** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-29** House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-20** Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`
- **2026-04-20** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-17** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2026-04-17** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Senate Committee on Judiciary Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
- **2026-01-14** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56089464-a93f-4b77-bf53-6477c7270e02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).