republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020b/sb-20b-002.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing And Direct COVID Emergency Assistance"
description: "The bill requires the state treasurer to transfer $44.5 million from the general fund to the housing development grant fund for the purpose of providing emergency housing assistance to individuals and households who have experienced financial need due to the COVID-19 pandemic or second-order effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The money must be used by June 30, 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020B"
identifier: "SB 20B-002"
citation: "Colorado SB 20B-002 (2020B)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Holbert", "Julie Gonzales", "Kerry Tipper", "Thomas Exum"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-12-07T07:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cd66efb-8a1b-4c01-8031-a43f02dec5ac"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20b-002"
source_hash: "368549935323cdc0b8c3f2e08d2cb906029e65cd7c348dfb2cc584580966fed2"
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 20B-002 (2020B) — Housing And Direct COVID Emergency Assistance

The bill requires the state treasurer to transfer $44.5 million from the general fund to the housing development grant fund for the purpose of providing emergency housing assistance to individuals and households who have experienced financial need due to the COVID-19 pandemic or second-order effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The money must be used by June 30, 2021.

## 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/2020b_sb002_h_phc_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (11/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_002_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (12/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_002_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (11/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_002_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (11/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_002sfin_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (11/30/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_002sfinapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (12/01/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_002phc_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (12/01/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_002app.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (12/01/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_002_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (12/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_002_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (12/01/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020B/bills/2020b_002_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (12/07/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020b_002_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **48–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Holbert — primary (person)
- Julie Gonzales — primary (person)
- Kerry Tipper — primary (person)
- Thomas Exum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-07T07:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-04T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-04T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-12-04T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-12-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-12-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services + Appropriations `introduction`
- **2020-12-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-11-30T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cd66efb-8a1b-4c01-8031-a43f02dec5ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).