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CO HB 1248

died on adjournment

Oversize Overweight Permitting

Colorado · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Beginning on July 1, 2026, the bill directs state-level permit fees and supplemental surcharges for oversize and overweight vehicles and longer vehicle combinations to the freight cash fund (fund), which is newly created in the office of freight mobility and safety (office) in the transportation development division of the department of transportation (department). The fund is appropriated for use by the office for the following main purposes:For funding freight-related projects; andTo support the office in functions related to freight projects, movement, and infrastructure, including the administrative costs of the office.In funding freight-related projects from the fund, the office is required to attempt to direct money in a manner that is proportional to the amount of freight routes and the impact of freight traffic in the affected community or region of the state.The office may also use money in the fund to create and maintain a centralized online permitting system for oversize permits, overweight permits, and other types of freight or transport permits issued by the department, the Colorado state patrol, or any local government. The centralized permitting system must allow a person to apply for and be issued all necessary state and local permits for a route in a single transaction and pay for all associated permit fees and surcharges for that route in a single transaction. By September 1, 2027, the office is required to conduct a feasibility study relating to the centralized permitting system and must report to the transportation legislation review committee during the 2027 legislative interim on the completed feasibility study and any progress toward implementing the centralized permitting system. The office is required to implement the centralized permitting system by July 1, 2029, either by creating a new online permitting system or by modifying an existing online permitting system.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Introduced
2026-02-18
Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-17 — House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Postpone Indefinitely
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • R. Peltonsponsor
  • D. Johnsonsponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-03-17

    House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Postpone Indefinitely

  2. 2026-02-18

    Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment C)

    2026-03-17 · fail · 0-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Andrew Boesenecker: no
    • Max Brooks: no
    • Jamie Jackson: excused
    • Mandy Lindsay: no
    • Kenny Nguyen: no
    • Amy Paschal: no
    • Jacque Phillips: no
    • Chris Richardson: yes
    • Larry Don Suckla: yes
    • Elizabeth Velasco: excused
    • Ron Weinberg: no
    • Rebekah Stewart: no
    • Meg Froelich: no

  • Refer House Bill 26-1248, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.

    2026-03-17 · fail · 0-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Andrew Boesenecker: no
    • Max Brooks: yes
    • Jamie Jackson: excused
    • Mandy Lindsay: no
    • Kenny Nguyen: no
    • Amy Paschal: no
    • Jacque Phillips: no
    • Chris Richardson: yes
    • Larry Don Suckla: yes
    • Elizabeth Velasco: excused
    • Ron Weinberg: yes
    • Rebekah Stewart: no
    • Meg Froelich: no

  • Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment A)

    2026-03-17 · pass · 0-0

    Member-level votes (2)
    • Jamie Jackson: excused
    • Elizabeth Velasco: excused

  • Postpone House Bill 26-1248 indefinitely using a reversal of the previous roll call. There was no objection to the use of the reverse roll call, therefore, the bill was postponed indefinitely.

    2026-03-17 · pass · 0-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Andrew Boesenecker: yes
    • Max Brooks: no
    • Jamie Jackson: excused
    • Mandy Lindsay: yes
    • Kenny Nguyen: yes
    • Amy Paschal: yes
    • Jacque Phillips: yes
    • Chris Richardson: no
    • Larry Don Suckla: no
    • Elizabeth Velasco: excused
    • Ron Weinberg: no
    • Rebekah Stewart: yes
    • Meg Froelich: yes

  • Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment B)

    2026-03-17 · pass · 0-0

    Member-level votes (2)
    • Jamie Jackson: excused
    • Elizabeth Velasco: excused

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1248

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