CO HB 1421

enacted

Fee Sharing with Nonlawyers in Legal Practice

Colorado · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CO HB 1421 pass?

Yes. CO HB 1421 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-21): Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary

What is CO HB 1421 about?

The act prohibits a lawyer or law firm, in connection with providing legal services concerning a legal right arising in whole or in part in Colorado (legal services), from:Providing any portion of legal fees or revenues to a nonlawyer or an organization that economically participates in the provision of legal services or shares in the profits of legal fees or revenues and is owned or controlled by one or more nonlawyers (alternative business structure);Entering into a financial or contractual arrangement with an alternative business structure, which arrangement relates to providing legal services;Forming an entity recognized under Colorado law with a nonlawyer if any of the activities of the entity consist of providing legal services;Practicing with or in the form of a professional company authorized to provide legal services if a nonlawyer owns an interest in the company or a nonlawyer has the right to direct the judgment of a lawyer; andCompensating a person that provides administrative or nonlegal business services to a lawyer or law firm unless the compensation is not contingent upon a percentage of legal fees or revenues and not determined by reference to recoveries, settlements, or other case outcomes. The act exempts certain arrangements, activities, and organizations from the prohibitions in the act. The act also creates a private right of action that allows the following persons to enforce the prohibitions in the act:A person to whom a lawyer or law firm provides legal services that are alleged to be in violation of the act; andA law firm doing substantial business in Colorado that has suffered or may suffer a loss in revenue due to a violation of the act by another law firm, which law firm doing substantial business is not eligible for recovery of economic damages. A person may seek economic damages, injunctive relief, declaratory relief, and any other relief the circumstances may require for violations of the act. If a court determines that a lawyer, law firm, or other person has violated the act, the court must order the funds received or paid in violation of the act to be disgorged and paid to the state treasurer, except to the extent that the funds are paid as economic damages to a plaintiff. The state treasurer must deposit any disgorged funds into the general fund. The act repeals on September 1, 2029.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Who sponsors CO HB 1421?

L. Daugherty, J. Mabrey, J. Caldwell and 1 others are the primary sponsors of CO HB 1421, joined by 23 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2026-04-21
Latest action: 2026-04-21 — Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Courts & Judicial

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2026-06-04
Governor Signed
executive-signature
2026-06-03
Signed by the Speaker of the House
passage
2026-06-03
Signed by the President of the Senate
passage
2026-06-03
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2026-05-12
House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
2026-05-11
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage,reading-3
2026-05-08
Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
2026-05-06
Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-05-04
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
introduction
2026-05-01
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage,reading-3
2026-04-30
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
2026-04-29
House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-04-21
Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
introduction

Versions

Introduced — 2026-04-21Compare
Engrossed — 2026-04-30Compare
Reengrossed — 2026-05-01Compare
Revised — 2026-05-08Compare
Rerevised — 2026-05-11Compare
Final Act — 2026-06-03Compare
Signed Act — 2026-06-04Compare
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Votes

Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment E).
2026-04-29 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Jennifer Bacon: yes
- Jarvis Caldwell: yes
- Chad Clifford: yes
- Cecelia Espenoza: yes
- Ava Flanell: yes
- Lorena Garcia: yes
- Rebecca Keltie: yes
- Matt Soper: no
- Yara Zokaie: yes
- Michael Carter: yes
- Javier Mabrey: yes
Refer House Bill 26-1421, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
2026-04-29 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Jennifer Bacon: yes
- Jarvis Caldwell: yes
- Chad Clifford: yes
- Cecelia Espenoza: no
- Ava Flanell: yes
- Lorena Garcia: yes
- Rebecca Keltie: no
- Matt Soper: no
- Yara Zokaie: yes
- Michael Carter: yes
- Javier Mabrey: yes
Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment F).
2026-04-29 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Jennifer Bacon: yes
- Jarvis Caldwell: yes
- Chad Clifford: yes
- Cecelia Espenoza: yes
- Ava Flanell: yes
- Lorena Garcia: yes
- Rebecca Keltie: no
- Matt Soper: no
- Yara Zokaie: yes
- Michael Carter: yes
- Javier Mabrey: yes
Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment I).
2026-04-29 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Jennifer Bacon: yes
- Jarvis Caldwell: yes
- Chad Clifford: yes
- Cecelia Espenoza: yes
- Ava Flanell: yes
- Lorena Garcia: yes
- Rebecca Keltie: no
- Matt Soper: no
- Yara Zokaie: yes
- Michael Carter: yes
- Javier Mabrey: yes
Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment J).
2026-04-29 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Jennifer Bacon: yes
- Jarvis Caldwell: yes
- Chad Clifford: yes
- Cecelia Espenoza: yes
- Ava Flanell: yes
- Lorena Garcia: yes
- Rebecca Keltie: yes
- Matt Soper: no
- Yara Zokaie: yes
- Michael Carter: yes
- Javier Mabrey: yes
Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment G).
2026-04-29 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Jennifer Bacon: yes
- Jarvis Caldwell: yes
- Chad Clifford: yes
- Cecelia Espenoza: no
- Ava Flanell: yes
- Lorena Garcia: yes
- Rebecca Keltie: yes
- Matt Soper: no
- Yara Zokaie: yes
- Michael Carter: yes
- Javier Mabrey: yes
Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment H).
2026-04-29 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Jennifer Bacon: yes
- Jarvis Caldwell: yes
- Chad Clifford: yes
- Cecelia Espenoza: no
- Ava Flanell: yes
- Lorena Garcia: yes
- Rebecca Keltie: yes
- Matt Soper: no
- Yara Zokaie: yes
- Michael Carter: yes
- Javier Mabrey: yes
BILL
2026-05-01 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (65)
- Bacon: yes
- Barron: yes
- Boesenecker: yes
- Bottoms: excused
- Bradfield: yes
- Bradley: no
- Brooks: no
- Brown: yes
- Caldwell: yes
- Camacho: excused
- Carter: yes
- Clifford: yes
- DeGraaf: no
- Duran: yes
- English: excused
- Espenoza: no
- 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: no
- 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: no
- Smith: yes
- Soper: no
- Stewart K.: yes
- Stewart R.: no
- Story: yes
- Suckla: no
- Taggart: yes
- Titone: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Velasco: yes
- Weinberg: no
- Willford: yes
- Winter T.: yes
- Woodrow: yes
- Woog: yes
- Zokaie: yes
- McCluskie: yes
Adopt amendment L.010 (Attachment B)
2026-05-06 · pass · 0-0
Adopt amendment L.009 (Attachment A)
2026-05-06 · pass · 0-0
Refer House Bill 26-1421, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
2026-05-06 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (7)
- John Carson: yes
- Lindsey Daugherty: yes
- Nick Hinrichsen: yes
- Katie Wallace: yes
- Lynda Zamora Wilson: no
- Dylan Roberts: yes
- Mike Weissman: yes
REPASS
2026-05-12 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (65)
- Bacon: yes
- Barron: yes
- Boesenecker: yes
- Bottoms: no
- Bradfield: yes
- Bradley: no
- Brooks: no
- Brown: yes
- Caldwell: yes
- Camacho: excused
- Carter: yes
- Clifford: yes
- DeGraaf: no
- Duran: yes
- English: yes
- Espenoza: no
- Feret: no
- 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: no
- 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: no
- Stewart K.: yes
- Stewart R.: yes
- Story: yes
- Suckla: no
- Taggart: yes
- Titone: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Velasco: yes
- Weinberg: no
- Willford: yes
- Winter T.: yes
- Woodrow: yes
- Woog: yes
- Zokaie: yes
- McCluskie: yes
CONCUR
2026-05-12 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (65)
- Bacon: yes
- Barron: yes
- Boesenecker: yes
- Bottoms: yes
- Bradfield: yes
- Bradley: no
- Brooks: yes
- Brown: yes
- Caldwell: yes
- Camacho: excused
- Carter: yes
- Clifford: yes
- DeGraaf: yes
- Duran: yes
- English: yes
- Espenoza: no
- 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: no
- 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: no
- Willford: yes
- Winter T.: yes
- Woodrow: yes
- Woog: yes
- Zokaie: yes
- McCluskie: yes

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https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1421

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