CO HB 1245
died on adjournmentTheft by Contractor
Colorado · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CO HB 1245 pass?
No. CO HB 1245 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-02-18): Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor
What is CO HB 1245 about?
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.)
Who sponsors CO HB 1245?
R. Pelton, R. Keltie, R. English are the primary sponsors of CO HB 1245.
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
- Latest action
- 2026-02-18 — Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- R. Peltonsponsor
- R. Keltiesponsor
- R. Englishsponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-21
House Third Reading Lost - No Amendments
2026-04-20
House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
2026-04-17
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
2026-04-15
House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
2026-03-06
House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
2026-03-04
House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
committee-passage,referral-committee
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
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