SB 59 CO
Multiple Elected Offices Prohibited for General Assembly
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Summary
Beginning with the 76th Colorado General Assembly, members of the General Assembly are prohibited from holding any other elected offices while serving in the General Assembly. The law includes exceptions for special district offices, situations where less than one year remains in either the other office or the General Assembly term when taking the oath of office, and for sitting senators who are in the middle of their term at the start of the 76th General Assembly.
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Official abstract
Beginning with the first regular session of the seventy-sixth general assembly, the act prohibits a member of the general assembly from holding any other elected offices while serving as a member of the general assembly, with the following exceptions:The member of the general assembly holds a special district elected office;The member of the general assembly has less than one year remaining in their term in another elected office at the time they take the oath of office of the general assembly;The member of the general assembly has less than one year remaining in their term in the general assembly at the time they take the oath of office of another elected office; orThe member of the general assembly is a senator who is in the middle of their term at the beginning of the first regular session of the seventy-sixth general assembly.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Sponsors (3)
- M. Ball Democratic · sponsor
- L. Cutter Democratic · sponsor
- M. Lindsay Democratic · sponsor
10 coauthors / cosponsors
- J. Coleman Democratic · cosponsor
- T. Exum Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Gonzales Democratic · cosponsor
- N. Hinrichsen Democratic · cosponsor
- I. Jodeh Democratic · cosponsor
- C. Kipp Democratic · cosponsor
- W. Lindstedt Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Wallace Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Weissman Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Nguyen Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (15)
- May 4, 2026 Governor Signed · executive
- Apr 27, 2026 Sent to the Governor · executive
- Apr 27, 2026 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
- Apr 27, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
- Apr 22, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
- Apr 21, 2026 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
- Apr 20, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · lower
- Mar 26, 2026 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
- Mar 23, 2026 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
- Mar 3, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs · lower
- Mar 3, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
- Mar 2, 2026 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee · upper
- Feb 27, 2026 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/02/2026 - No Amendments · upper
- Feb 24, 2026 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
- Jan 28, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs · upper
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