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CO HB 1245

in committee

Theft by Contractor

Colorado · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

The bill specifies that a person commits theft when the person knowingly uses an advance payment for a construction project for an unrelated purpose that results in the delay, end, abandonment, or material nonperformance of the construction project.The bill requires that before a contractor can take an advance payment from a customer, a contractor shall provide the customer with a written disclosure identifying the intended use of the advance payment, the anticipated timing of expenses identified in the disclosure, and the project's anticipated start date.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Introduced
2026-02-18
Status date
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Latest action
2026-04-21 — House Third Reading Lost - No Amendments
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • R. Peltonsponsor
  • R. Keltiesponsor
  • R. Englishsponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-21

    House Third Reading Lost - No Amendments

  2. 2026-04-20

    House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

  3. 2026-04-17

    House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor

  4. 2026-04-15

    House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

  5. 2026-03-06

    House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

  6. 2026-03-04

    House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole

    committee-passage,referral-committee

  7. 2026-02-18

    Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Refer House Bill 26-1245 to the Committee of the Whole.

    2026-03-04 · pass · 0-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Max Brooks: yes
    • Regina English: yes
    • Lisa Feret: yes
    • Ryan Gonzalez: yes
    • Rebecca Keltie: yes
    • Sheila Lieder: no
    • Bob Marshall: yes
    • Tisha Mauro: no
    • Chris Richardson: yes
    • Gretchen Rydin: yes
    • Larry Don Suckla: yes
    • Sean Camacho: no
    • Naquetta Ricks: yes

  • AMD (H.001)

    2026-04-17 · fail · 0-0

    Member-level votes (65)
    • Bacon: no
    • Barron: no
    • Boesenecker: yes
    • Bottoms: no
    • Bradfield: no
    • Bradley: no
    • Brooks: no
    • Brown: yes
    • Caldwell: no
    • Camacho: yes
    • Carter: yes
    • Clifford: excused
    • DeGraaf: excused
    • Duran: no
    • English: no
    • Espenoza: yes
    • Feret: yes
    • Flanell: no
    • Froelich: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Garcia Sander: no
    • Gilchrist: yes
    • Goldstein: yes
    • Gonzalez R.: excused
    • Hamrick: yes
    • Hartsook: no
    • Jackson: no
    • Johnson: excused
    • Joseph: no
    • Keltie: no
    • Lieder: no
    • Lindsay: yes
    • Luck: yes
    • Lukens: yes
    • Mabrey: yes
    • Marshall: no
    • Martinez: no
    • Mauro: yes
    • McCormick: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Paschal: yes
    • Phillips: yes
    • Richardson: no
    • Ricks: no
    • Rutinel: yes
    • Rydin: no
    • Sirota: yes
    • Slaugh: no
    • Smith: yes
    • Soper: no
    • Stewart K.: yes
    • Stewart R.: yes
    • Story: yes
    • Suckla: no
    • Taggart: no
    • Titone: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Velasco: yes
    • Weinberg: no
    • Willford: yes
    • Winter T.: no
    • Woodrow: yes
    • Woog: no
    • Zokaie: yes
    • McCluskie: excused

  • BILL

    2026-04-21 · fail · 0-0

    Member-level votes (65)
    • Bacon: yes
    • Barron: yes
    • Boesenecker: no
    • Bottoms: no
    • Bradfield: yes
    • Bradley: yes
    • Brooks: yes
    • Brown: no
    • Caldwell: yes
    • Camacho: no
    • Carter: no
    • Clifford: no
    • DeGraaf: yes
    • Duran: yes
    • English: yes
    • Espenoza: no
    • Feret: no
    • Flanell: yes
    • Froelich: no
    • Garcia: no
    • Garcia Sander: yes
    • Gilchrist: no
    • Goldstein: no
    • Gonzalez R.: yes
    • Hamrick: no
    • Hartsook: yes
    • Jackson: no
    • Johnson: yes
    • Joseph: yes
    • Keltie: yes
    • Lieder: yes
    • Lindsay: no
    • Luck: no
    • Lukens: yes
    • Mabrey: no
    • Marshall: yes
    • Martinez: no
    • Mauro: no
    • McCormick: no
    • Nguyen: no
    • Paschal: no
    • Phillips: no
    • Richardson: yes
    • Ricks: yes
    • Rutinel: no
    • Rydin: yes
    • Sirota: no
    • Slaugh: yes
    • Smith: no
    • Soper: no
    • Stewart K.: no
    • Stewart R.: no
    • Story: no
    • Suckla: yes
    • Taggart: no
    • Titone: no
    • Valdez: excused
    • Velasco: no
    • Weinberg: yes
    • Willford: no
    • Winter T.: yes
    • Woodrow: no
    • Woog: yes
    • Zokaie: no
    • McCluskie: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1245

Attribution

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