CO SB 147

vetoed

Lobbyist Regulation

Colorado · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

The act requires a volunteer lobbyist to register and file a registration statement attesting they are not being compensated. The act exempts volunteer lobbyists from registration fees. The act provides that the judicial department may designate one individual for the judicial department and one individual for each independent agency in the judicial department who may lobby on behalf of the judicial department or an independent agency in the judicial department (judicial lobbyist). A person designated by a principal executive department to be responsible for lobbying a state official or employee on behalf of the department (legislative liaison), a judicial lobbyist, or an individual who lobbies on behalf of the offices of the governor or lieutenant governor as a member of the governor's cabinet or as a personal staff employee in the offices of the governor or the lieutenant governor (governor's lobbyist) must register with the secretary of state annually. In addition to annually registering with the secretary of state, a legislative liaison, judicial lobbyist, or a governor's lobbyist must file a monthly disclosure statement with the secretary of state (disclosure statement). The act provides that a legislative liaison, judicial lobbyist, or a governor's lobbyist must indicate on the disclosure statement the bill number of any legislation for which they have lobbied or will lobby a covered official and their position regarding the legislation. The legislative liaison, judicial lobbyist, or a governor's lobbyist must update their position on the disclosure statement within 72 hours of a change in position. The act prohibits a statewide elected official or member of the general assembly from being a legislative liaison or governor's lobbyist for a period of 2 years following vacation of office. $91,000 is appropriated from the department of state cash fund to the department of state.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Introduced: 2026-03-25
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-05-29 — Governor Vetoed
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

State Government

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Action timeline

2026-05-29
Governor Vetoed
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2026-05-19
Sent to the Governor
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2026-05-19
Signed by the Speaker of the House
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2026-05-19
Signed by the President of the Senate
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2026-05-06
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
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2026-05-05
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
2026-05-01
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
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2026-04-27
House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations
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2026-04-24
Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs
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2026-04-22
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
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2026-04-21
Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
2026-04-21
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
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2026-04-02
Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations
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2026-03-25
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
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Votes

Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment G).
2026-04-02 · pass · 0-0
Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment E).
2026-04-02 · pass · 0-0
Refer Senate Bill 26-147, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
2026-04-02 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Rod Pelton: yes
- Mike Weissman: yes
- Lynda Zamora Wilson: yes
- William Lindstedt: yes
- Katie Wallace: yes
Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment F).
2026-04-02 · pass · 0-0
Adopt amendment J.002
2026-04-21 · pass · 0-0
Adopt amendment L.008
2026-04-21 · pass · 0-0
Refer Senate Bill 26-147, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
2026-04-21 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Scott Bright: yes
- Julie Gonzales: yes
- Barbara Kirkmeyer: yes
- Chris Kolker: yes
- Larry Liston: yes
- Jeff Bridges: yes
- Judy Amabile: yes
Refer Senate Bill 26-147 to the Committee on Appropriations.
2026-04-27 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Scott Bottoms: yes
- Brandi Bradley: yes
- Michael Carter: yes
- Cecelia Espenoza: yes
- Lisa Feret: yes
- Meg Froelich: yes
- Stephanie Luck: yes
- Kenny Nguyen: yes
- Naquetta Ricks: yes
- Chad Clifford: yes
- Jenny Willford: yes
Refer Senate Bill 26-147 to the Committee of the Whole.
2026-05-01 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Andrew Boesenecker: yes
- Junie Joseph: yes
- Emily Sirota: yes
- Kyle Brown: yes
- Lori Garcia Sander: yes
- Karen McCormick: yes
- Matt Soper: yes
- Rick Taggart: yes
- Brianna Titone: yes
- Elizabeth Velasco: yes
- Yara Zokaie: yes
BILL
2026-05-06 · pass · 0-0
Member-level votes (65)
- Bacon: yes
- Barron: yes
- Boesenecker: yes
- Bottoms: excused
- Bradfield: yes
- Bradley: yes
- Brooks: yes
- Brown: yes
- Caldwell: yes
- Camacho: yes
- Carter: yes
- Clifford: yes
- DeGraaf: yes
- Duran: no
- 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: 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: no

Related bills

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Official source

https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-147

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