SB 104 CO
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Summary
This Colorado law requires school districts and schools to install exterior key boxes containing keys and other access control devices that allow law enforcement agencies to quickly enter school buildings and rooms during emergencies. Schools are not required to install a key box if they already have an alternative plan and procedures to provide law enforcement with emergency access, or if they did not receive funding from the state's school security disbursement program. The contents of the key boxes and related information are designated as confidential and are not subject to disclosure under Colorado's open records laws.
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Official abstract
The act requires each school district or, for an institute charter school or nonpublic school, the school, (local education provider) to install an exterior key box that contains keys and other access control devices necessary for law enforcement agencies to access each building and room located on the school grounds. A local education provider is not required to install an exterior key box at a school if:The school has a key box that does not satisfy the requirements in the act and has an alternative plan and procedures to provide emergency access for local law enforcement; orThe local education provider applied for but does not receive a disbursement from the school security disbursement program that may be used to install an exterior key box at the school. The contents of an exterior key box and the information contained therein are not a public record for the purposes of the 'Colorado Open Records Act'.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Sponsors (3)
- L. Liston Republican · sponsor
- M. Snyder Democratic · sponsor
- C. Clifford Democratic · sponsor
14 coauthors / cosponsors
- M. Ball Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Carson Republican · cosponsor
- J. Coleman Democratic · cosponsor
- L. Cutter Democratic · cosponsor
- L. Frizell Republican · cosponsor
- B. Kirkmeyer Republican · cosponsor
- K. Wallace Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Carter Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Duran Democratic · cosponsor
- L. Goldstein Democratic · cosponsor
- E. Hamrick Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Lindsay Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Nguyen Democratic · cosponsor
- L. Smith Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (12)
- May 4, 2026 Governor Signed · executive
- Apr 23, 2026 Sent to the Governor · executive
- Apr 22, 2026 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
- Apr 22, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
- Apr 16, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
- Apr 15, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · lower
- Apr 14, 2026 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
- Mar 13, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary · lower
- Mar 13, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
- Mar 12, 2026 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · upper
- Mar 9, 2026 Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
- Feb 11, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary · upper
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