CO SB 120

enacted

Missing Person Training & Higher Education Reporting

Colorado · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did CO SB 120 pass?

Yes. CO SB 120 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-02-23): Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary

What is CO SB 120 about?

The act requires a person seeking certification or recertification from the peace officers standards and training board to undergo training on various missing person alerts active within the state. The department of public safety is required to create a missing person alert training program for persons seeking certification or recertification of their peace officer status. The act requires an institution of higher education (institution) to either conduct a preliminary wellness assessment for no longer than 6 hours or immediately contact a law enforcement agency if a student is reported missing. If the student is not found within the 6-hour period, or if there is evidence of a credible risk to the student's safety, the institution shall notify the institution's police department or the nearest law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the student's current local address on file with the institution or the student's permanent address on file with the institution if the institution does not have its own police department. An institution is required to adopt and publish a preliminary wellness assessment policy. The preliminary wellness assessment must consist of at least the following steps: A digital contact attempt, a residential verification, and an academic and social inquiry. An institution that conducts a preliminary wellness assessment is immune from civil liability if the institution acted in good faith. An institution is required to maintain contemporaneous written documentation regarding the steps the institution took to complete the preliminary wellness assessment. The records are subject to certain disclosure requirements.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Who sponsors CO SB 120?

J. Marchman, Y. Zokaie, B. Bradley and 1 others are the primary sponsors of CO SB 120, joined by 40 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2026-02-23
Latest action: 2026-02-23 — Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-05-26
Governor Signed
executive-signature
2026-05-05
Signed by the Speaker of the House
passage
2026-05-05
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2026-05-04
Signed by the President of the Senate
passage
2026-04-27
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage,reading-3
2026-04-24
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
2026-03-31
House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
2026-03-26
House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-03-16
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage,reading-3
2026-03-16
Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs
introduction
2026-03-13
Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
reading-2
2026-03-12
Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/13/2026 - No Amendments
2026-03-10
Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/12/2026 - No Amendments
2026-03-09
Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/10/2026 - No Amendments
2026-03-04
Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-02-23
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
introduction

Versions

Introduced — 2026-02-23Compare
Engrossed — 2026-03-13Compare
Reengrossed — 2026-03-16Compare
Revised — 2026-04-24Compare
Rerevised — 2026-04-27Compare
Final Act — 2026-04-29Compare
Signed Act — 2026-05-27Compare
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Votes

Adopt amendment L.001
2026-03-04 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (1)
- Lindsey Daugherty: excused
Adopt amendment L.002
2026-03-04 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (1)
- Lindsey Daugherty: excused
Refer Senate Bill 26-120, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
2026-03-04 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (7)
- John Carson: yes
- Lindsey Daugherty: yes
- Nick Hinrichsen: yes
- Katie Wallace: yes
- Lynda Zamora Wilson: yes
- Dylan Roberts: yes
- Mike Weissman: yes
Refer Senate Bill 26-120 to the Committee of the Whole.
2026-03-26 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Scott Bottoms: yes
- Brandi Bradley: yes
- Michael Carter: yes
- Cecelia Espenoza: yes
- Lisa Feret: yes
- Meg Froelich: excused
- Stephanie Luck: no
- Kenny Nguyen: yes
- Naquetta Ricks: yes
- Chad Clifford: yes
- Jenny Willford: yes
BILL
2026-04-27 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (65)
- Bacon: yes
- Barron: yes
- Boesenecker: yes
- Bottoms: no
- Bradfield: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Brooks: yes
- Brown: yes
- Caldwell: yes
- Camacho: yes
- Carter: yes
- Clifford: yes
- DeGraaf: no
- 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: 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: excused
- Stewart K.: yes
- Stewart R.: yes
- Story: yes
- Suckla: yes
- Taggart: yes
- Titone: yes
- Valdez: excused
- Velasco: yes
- Weinberg: yes
- Willford: yes
- Winter T.: yes
- Woodrow: yes
- Woog: yes
- Zokaie: yes
- McCluskie: yes

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Official source

https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-120

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