ColoradoFront Range Passenger Rail District
What it does
The act changes the boundaries of the front range passenger rail district (district) to include certain listed municipalities, any municipality whose governing body and, if necessary, electors, consent for the municipality to be included in the district, certain listed metropolitan districts, and any metropolitan district that is not within a municipality, whose governing body consents for the metropolitan district to be included in the district, and that is identified for inclusion in the district by a district board (board) resolution. The act requires that directors of the board appointed on or after July 1, 2026, reside within the district, unless that director is already serving on the board. The act allows the board to create subdistricts within the district.
More detail
The only voting members of a subdistrict board must be directors appointed by an entity that includes territory within the subdistrict and directors who reside within the subdistrict. The act requires that any action by a subdistrict to establish or increase a tax or create a multiple-fiscal year debt must be submitted to a vote of the registered electors of the subdistrict. Before submitting a tax question to the voters, the district or subdistrict must certify that it has made every reasonable effort to secure federal, state, or special purpose authority funding. Lastly, the act changes the method for determining the distribution of the costs of a district or subdistrict election. Under the new method, the costs of such an election are reimbursed in the same method and manner as state primary, coordinated, general, congressional vacancy, special legislative, or recall elections conducted after July 1, 2024. The act also requires that any constitutionally required notice for a district or subdistrict election be included in the ballot information booklet.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- May 26Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- May 18Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- May 18Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- May 18Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- May 13Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- Vote recorded REPASS. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded CONCUR. Result: pass.Upper
- May 9House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- May 8House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- May 7House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-172 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- May 7House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- May 5House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-172, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.008 (Attachment F). Result: pass.Lower
- May 1Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- May 1Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local GovernmentMinor
- Apr 30Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-172 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 30Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 27Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.001. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-172, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.002. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.003. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 20Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & EnergyIntroduced