CO HB 1039

enacted

Adding Municipal Jails to County Jail Oversight Requirements

Colorado · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CO HB 1039 pass?

Yes. CO HB 1039 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-27): Governor Signed

What is CO HB 1039 about?

Beginning July 1, 2027, the act requires municipal jails to comply with existing jail data collection requirements, standards, and oversight. The act requires a keeper of a municipal jail to release a pregnant person charged with a violation of a municipal ordinance from custody if jail staff have a reasonable belief the person is in labor unless remaining in custody is necessary for the health or welfare of the person. If the pregnant person in labor is not released, the use of restraints is prohibited during the labor, delivery, and postpartum recovery, and the jail staff shall make a written record that the labor, delivery, and postpartum recovery occurred at the jail and record the reason the pregnant person was not released from custody. The act requires council members of a city that has a city jail to examine the jail's management and sufficiency at least once a year and allows the attorney general to conduct assessments of municipal jails to identify gaps and deficiencies based on the jail standards. The act adds a nonvoting member who represents a municipality to the jail standards advisory committee.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Who sponsors CO HB 1039?

C. Richardson, M. Weissman, I. Jodeh and 2 others are the primary sponsors of CO HB 1039, joined by 19 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2026-01-14
Latest action: 2026-04-27 — Governor Signed
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2026-04-27
Governor Signed
executive-signature
2026-04-16
Signed by the Speaker of the House
passage
2026-04-16
Signed by the President of the Senate
passage
2026-04-16
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2026-03-24
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage,reading-3
2026-03-23
Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
reading-2
2026-03-18
Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-03-10
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
introduction
2026-03-03
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage,reading-3
2026-03-02
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
2026-02-27
House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
2026-02-24
House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-02-04
House Committee on Judiciary Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
2026-01-14
Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
introduction

Versions

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Engrossed — 2026-03-02Compare
Reengrossed — 2026-03-03Compare
Revised — 2026-03-23Compare
Rerevised — 2026-03-24Compare
Final Act — 2026-04-02Compare
Signed Act — 2026-04-27Compare
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Documents

Votes

Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment C).
2026-02-24 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (2)
- Jennifer Bacon: excused
- Scott Slaugh: excused
Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment B).
2026-02-24 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (2)
- Jennifer Bacon: excused
- Scott Slaugh: excused
Refer House Bill 26-1039, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
2026-02-24 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Lorena Garcia: yes
- Scott Slaugh: yes
- Yara Zokaie: yes
- Jennifer Bacon: yes
- Chad Clifford: yes
- Cecelia Espenoza: yes
- Ava Flanell: no
- Javier Mabrey: yes
- Michael Carter: yes
- Rebecca Keltie: no
- Matt Soper: yes
Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment A).
2026-02-24 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (2)
- Jennifer Bacon: excused
- Scott Slaugh: excused
Refer House Bill 26-1039 to the Committee of the Whole.
2026-03-18 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Adrienne Benavidez: yes
- John Carson: no
- Nick Hinrichsen: yes
- Katie Wallace: yes
- Lynda Zamora Wilson: no
- Dylan Roberts: yes
- Mike Weissman: yes
BILL
2026-03-24 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (36)
- Amabile: yes
- Baisley: no
- Ball: yes
- Benavidez: yes
- Bridges: yes
- Bright: no
- Carson: no
- Catlin: no
- Cutter: yes
- Danielson: excused
- Daugherty: yes
- Exum: yes
- Frizell: no
- Gonzales J.: yes
- Hinrichsen: yes
- Jodeh: yes
- Kipp: yes
- Kirkmeyer: no
- Kolker: yes
- Lindstedt: yes
- Liston: no
- Marchman: yes
- Mullica: yes
- Pelton B.: no
- Pelton R.: no
- Rich: no
- Roberts: yes
- Rodriguez: yes
- Simpson: yes
- Snyder: yes
- Sullivan: yes
- Wallace: yes
- Weissman: yes
- Zamora Wilson: no
- Coleman: yes
- President: yes

Related bills

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Official source

https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1039

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