ColoradoRequire Key Boxes at Schools
What it does
The act requires each school district or, for an institute charter school or nonpublic school, the school, (local education provider) to install an exterior key box that contains keys and other access control devices necessary for law enforcement agencies to access each building and room located on the school grounds. A local education provider is not required to install an exterior key box at a school if:The school has a key box that does not satisfy the requirements in the act and has an alternative plan and procedures to provide emergency access for local law enforcement; orThe local education provider applied for but does not receive a disbursement from the school security disbursement program that may be used to install an exterior key box at the school. The contents of an exterior key box and the information contained therein are not a public record for the purposes of the 'Colorado Open Records Act'.(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 23Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- Apr 22Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- Apr 22Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- Apr 16House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 15House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 14House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-104 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 13Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 13Introduced In House - Assigned to JudiciaryMinor
- Mar 12Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, FloorMinor
- Mar 9Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment G). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment F). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment I). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-104, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment H). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 11Introduced In Senate - Assigned to JudiciaryIntroduced