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Read. Follow. Verify.Colorado creates residential services database and requires local zoning parity for host homes
Last action · June 3, 2026: Governor SignedSponsors: Andy Boesenecker and 27 others
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What This Bill Does
Colorado law requires the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to create a statewide database for residential support settings and provider agencies, while prohibiting local governments from imposing extra regulations on these homes beyond standard residential rules.
Service provider agencies must submit data quarterly starting July 1, 2026, and local governments are barred from applying unique zoning or safety codes to host homes that differ from typical residential properties.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Service provider agencies
Service provider agencies must submit required data to the state department beginning July 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter.
Local governing authorities
Local authorities are prohibited from imposing additional regulations on individual residential services and supports settings that do not apply to other residential properties.
Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
The department must establish and update the statewide database and receive $20,000 in general funds and anticipated federal funds for implementation.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
When do service provider agencies have to start submitting information to the state database?
Can local governments enforce special zoning or safety rules on host homes that do not apply to regular houses?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
15 actions- Jun 3, 2026Office of the GovernorEnrolledGovernor Signed
- Jun 2, 2026HouseFloorSigned by the Speaker of the House
- Jun 2, 2026SenateFloorSigned by the President of the Senate
- Jun 2, 2026Office of the GovernorEnrolledSent to the Governor
- May 12, 2026HouseHouse Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- May 11, 2026SenateFloorSenate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor
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- May 8, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
- May 8, 2026SenateSenate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- May 7, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations
- May 1, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
- Apr 30, 2026HouseFloorHouse Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 29, 2026HouseHouse Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- Apr 28, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
- Mar 4, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
- Feb 4, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services
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Refer House Bill 26-1147 to the Committee of the Whole.
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- Present
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Refer House Bill 26-1147 to the Committee on Appropriations.
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- Yes
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- No
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- Present
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- Not voting
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Refer House Bill 26-1147, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
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- Yes
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- No
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- Present
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- Not voting
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Refer House Bill 26-1147, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.
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7
- Yes
- 3
- No
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- Present
- 0
- Not voting
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- Abstain
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Lobbying Activity
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