ColoradoMultiple Elected Offices Prohibited for General Assembly
What it does
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.)
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- May 4Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- Apr 27Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- Apr 27Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- Apr 27Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- Apr 22House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 21House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Apr 20House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Mar 26House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Mar 23House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-059 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 3Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 3Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans AffairsMinor
- Mar 2Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - CommitteeMinor
- Feb 27Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/02/2026 - No Amendments
- Feb 24Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment C). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-059, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 28Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military AffairsIntroduced