CO HB 1257

enacted

Local Regulation of Massage Facilities

Colorado · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CO HB 1257 pass?

Yes. CO HB 1257 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-05-04): Governor Signed

What is CO HB 1257 about?

Current law defines illicit massage businesses as businesses that engage in massage but also engage in human-trafficking-related offenses. The act expands the definition of 'illicit massage business' to include a massage business that engages in crimes other than human-trafficking-related offenses. Current law states that if a local government adopts a resolution or ordinance to establish business licensure requirements or to prohibit unlawful activities relating to illicit massage businesses, the resolution or ordinance must not be more restrictive than the requirements set forth in state law. The act removes this limitation. The act clarifies that a local government may adopt a resolution or ordinance for the purposes of deterring illicit massage businesses; preventing human trafficking; protecting legitimate massage therapy businesses; and safeguarding public health, safety, and welfare. The act also allows a local government to impose local licensing requirements in addition to those requirements prescribed in state law. Current law allows a local government to impose an administrative fee not to exceed $150 for issuing or renewing a license. The act removes the $150 cap on such fees. If a local government imposes an administrative fee, the amount of the fee must be reasonably related to the costs of the local government in administering the resolution or ordinance and the licensing of massage facilities. The fee must not exceed $500 unless necessary to cover the local government's costs of administering the resolution or ordinance and licensing the massage facilities in its jurisdiction. The fee may be adjusted yearly for inflation or deflation. Current law exempts businesses that held licenses before August 10, 2022, from the administrative fees. The act removes this exemption. The act allows a local government to establish additional grounds to deny, revoke, or suspend a license. The act provides that, if a local government establishes business licensure requirements for massage facilities, the resolution or ordinance adopted by the local government must prohibit ownership of massage facilities by the types of persons that are prohibited from ownership in current law. Current law states that preventing the operation of illicit massage businesses is a matter of statewide concern, and licensing and regulation of massage facilities is a matter of mixed statewide and local concern. The act states that preventing the operation of illicit massage businesses is a matter of mixed statewide and local concern. The act requires a local government that adopts a resolution or ordinance related to the local regulation of massage facilities on or after August 13, 2026, to consider the impacts of the resolution or ordinance on legitimate massage therapy businesses and conduct outreach to massage therapists and massage therapy businesses in the local government's jurisdiction and statewide organizations of massage therapists.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Who sponsors CO HB 1257?

K. Mullica, L. Liston, M. Rutinel and 1 others are the primary sponsors of CO HB 1257, joined by 19 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2026-02-18
Latest action: 2026-05-04 — Governor Signed
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2026-05-04
Governor Signed
executive-signature
2026-04-28
Signed by the Speaker of the House
passage
2026-04-28
Signed by the President of the Senate
passage
2026-04-28
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2026-04-02
House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
2026-04-01
House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
2026-03-31
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage,reading-3
2026-03-30
Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
reading-2
2026-03-30
Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
reading-2
2026-03-25
Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
committee-passage
2026-03-17
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing
introduction
2026-03-12
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage,reading-3
2026-03-11
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
2026-03-06
House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
2026-03-03
House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-02-18
Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government
introduction

Versions

Introduced — 2026-02-18Compare
Engrossed — 2026-03-11Compare
Reengrossed — 2026-03-12Compare
Revised — 2026-03-30Compare
Rerevised — 2026-03-31Compare
Final Act — 2026-04-24Compare
Signed Act — 2026-05-05Compare
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Documents

Votes

Refer House Bill 26-1257, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
2026-03-03 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Andrew Boesenecker: yes
- Max Brooks: yes
- Jamie Jackson: yes
- Mandy Lindsay: yes
- Kenny Nguyen: yes
- Amy Paschal: yes
- Jacque Phillips: yes
- Chris Richardson: yes
- Larry Don Suckla: yes
- Elizabeth Velasco: yes
- Ron Weinberg: yes
- Rebekah Stewart: yes
- Meg Froelich: yes
Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment E)
2026-03-03 · pass · 0-0
BILL
2026-03-12 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (65)
- Bacon: yes
- Barron: yes
- Boesenecker: yes
- Bottoms: yes
- Bradfield: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Brooks: yes
- Brown: yes
- Caldwell: yes
- Camacho: excused
- Carter: yes
- Clifford: yes
- DeGraaf: yes
- Duran: yes
- English: yes
- Espenoza: yes
- Feret: yes
- Flanell: yes
- Froelich: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Garcia Sander: yes
- Gilchrist: yes
- Goldstein: yes
- Gonzalez R.: yes
- Hamrick: yes
- Hartsook: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Joseph: yes
- Keltie: yes
- Lieder: yes
- Lindsay: yes
- Luck: yes
- Lukens: yes
- Mabrey: yes
- Marshall: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Mauro: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Paschal: yes
- Phillips: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Ricks: excused
- Rutinel: yes
- Rydin: yes
- Sirota: yes
- Slaugh: yes
- Smith: yes
- Soper: yes
- Stewart K.: yes
- Stewart R.: yes
- Story: yes
- Suckla: yes
- Taggart: yes
- Titone: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Velasco: yes
- Weinberg: yes
- Willford: yes
- Winter T.: yes
- Woodrow: yes
- Woog: yes
- Zokaie: yes
- McCluskie: yes
Adopt amendment L.005
2026-03-25 · pass · 0-0
Adopt amendment L.004
2026-03-25 · pass · 0-0
Adopt amendment L.006
2026-03-25 · pass · 0-0
Refer House Bill 26-1257, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
2026-03-25 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Mark Baisley: yes
- Matt Ball: yes
- William Lindstedt: yes
- Larry Liston: yes
- Janice Rich: yes
- Marc Snyder: yes
- Tony Exum: yes
REPASS
2026-04-02 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (65)
- Bacon: yes
- Barron: yes
- Boesenecker: yes
- Bottoms: yes
- Bradfield: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Brooks: yes
- Brown: yes
- Caldwell: yes
- Camacho: yes
- Carter: yes
- Clifford: yes
- DeGraaf: yes
- Duran: yes
- English: excused
- Espenoza: yes
- Feret: yes
- Flanell: yes
- Froelich: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Garcia Sander: yes
- Gilchrist: yes
- Goldstein: yes
- Gonzalez R.: excused
- Hamrick: yes
- Hartsook: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Joseph: yes
- Keltie: yes
- Lieder: yes
- Lindsay: yes
- Luck: yes
- Lukens: yes
- Mabrey: yes
- Marshall: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Mauro: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Paschal: yes
- Phillips: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Ricks: yes
- Rutinel: yes
- Rydin: yes
- Sirota: yes
- Slaugh: yes
- Smith: yes
- Soper: yes
- Stewart K.: yes
- Stewart R.: yes
- Story: yes
- Suckla: yes
- Taggart: yes
- Titone: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Velasco: yes
- Weinberg: yes
- Willford: yes
- Winter T.: yes
- Woodrow: yes
- Woog: yes
- Zokaie: yes
- McCluskie: yes
CONCUR
2026-04-02 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (65)
- Bacon: yes
- Barron: yes
- Boesenecker: yes
- Bottoms: yes
- Bradfield: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Brooks: no
- Brown: yes
- Caldwell: yes
- Camacho: yes
- Carter: yes
- Clifford: yes
- DeGraaf: yes
- Duran: yes
- English: excused
- Espenoza: yes
- Feret: yes
- Flanell: yes
- Froelich: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Garcia Sander: yes
- Gilchrist: yes
- Goldstein: yes
- Gonzalez R.: excused
- Hamrick: yes
- Hartsook: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Joseph: yes
- Keltie: yes
- Lieder: yes
- Lindsay: yes
- Luck: no
- Lukens: yes
- Mabrey: yes
- Marshall: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Mauro: yes
- McCormick: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Paschal: yes
- Phillips: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Ricks: yes
- Rutinel: yes
- Rydin: yes
- Sirota: yes
- Slaugh: yes
- Smith: yes
- Soper: yes
- Stewart K.: yes
- Stewart R.: yes
- Story: yes
- Suckla: yes
- Taggart: yes
- Titone: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Velasco: yes
- Weinberg: yes
- Willford: yes
- Winter T.: yes
- Woodrow: no
- Woog: yes
- Zokaie: yes
- McCluskie: yes

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https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1257

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