ColoradoMissing Person Training & Higher Education Reporting
What it does
The act requires a person seeking certification or recertification from the peace officers standards and training board to undergo training on various missing person alerts active within the state. The department of public safety is required to create a missing person alert training program for persons seeking certification or recertification of their peace officer status. The act requires an institution of higher education (institution) to either conduct a preliminary wellness assessment for no longer than 6 hours or immediately contact a law enforcement agency if a student is reported missing.
More detail
If the student is not found within the 6-hour period, or if there is evidence of a credible risk to the student's safety, the institution shall notify the institution's police department or the nearest law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the student's current local address on file with the institution or the student's permanent address on file with the institution if the institution does not have its own police department. An institution is required to adopt and publish a preliminary wellness assessment policy. The preliminary wellness assessment must consist of at least the following steps: A digital contact attempt, a residential verification, and an academic and social inquiry. An institution that conducts a preliminary wellness assessment is immune from civil liability if the institution acted in good faith. An institution is required to maintain contemporaneous written documentation regarding the steps the institution took to complete the preliminary wellness assessment. The records are subject to certain disclosure requirements.(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 26Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- May 5Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- May 5Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- May 4Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- Apr 27House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 24House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Mar 31House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Mar 26House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-120 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 16Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 16Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans AffairsMinor
- Mar 13Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, FloorMinor
- Mar 12Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/13/2026 - No Amendments
- Mar 10Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/12/2026 - No Amendments
- Mar 9Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/10/2026 - No Amendments
- Mar 4Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.002. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.001. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-120, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 23Introduced In Senate - Assigned to JudiciaryIntroduced