ColoradoColorado directs CBI to set firearm background check hours
The signed law lets Colorado’s investigation bureau set firearm background check hours around its needs, while requiring daily submissions except on two holidays and yearly reports to lawmakers.
What it does
CBI sets hours for its firearm background check unit based on the bureau’s needs and reviews workload statistics continuously. The hours must support timely checks.
CBI places firearm background check requests in its queue immediately and allows submissions every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas, including during certain system outages.
CBI reports each year on background check processing times, significant hour changes, disruptions that prevent submissions, and steps to improve access and efficiency.
Argument forReviewing workload and setting hours around demand could help the bureau staff checks more efficiently while still sending requests in a timely way.
Argument againstChanging hours to match bureau needs could make it harder for some dealers and buyers to reach staff when they want help, even though checks must remain timely.
More detail
The law directs CBI to set operating hours for its firearm background check unit based on the bureau’s needs and to review workload statistics continuously. This direction applies to CBI’s unit that handles background checks for firearm transfers. The hours must allow CBI to send background check requests to the national system and search other databases in a timely way. The director or a designee must continuously review workload statistics and determine the unit’s hours.
The law directs CBI to place firearm background check requests in its processing queue immediately and to allow submissions on most days. This applies to background check requests under the cited statute for firearm transfers. CBI must allow submissions every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas, even during unforeseen and unavoidable background check system outages. The three-day waiting period to deliver a firearm begins when a licensed dealer initiates the buyer’s background check. The three-day waiting period to deliver a firearm begins when a licensed dealer initiates the buyer’s background check.
The law directs CBI to report each year to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees about check times, operating hours, disruptions, and steps to improve access and efficiency. The report goes to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees or their successor committees. CBI must submit the report on or before January 15 each year.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 3Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- Jun 2Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- Jun 2Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- Jun 2Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- Apr 14Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 13Senate Second Reading Passed - No AmendmentsMinor
- Apr 10Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/13/2026 - No Amendments
- Apr 7Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1302 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 2House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 2Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military AffairsMinor
- Mar 30House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Mar 27House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- Vote recorded AMD (H.002). Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded AMD (H.001). Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded AMD (H.003). Result: fail.Lower
- Mar 26House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Mar 23House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment A). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1302, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 26Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans AffairsIntroduced
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