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Read. Follow. Verify.Colorado Extends Vessel Registration Program to 2036 and Increases Livery Record Retention to Three Years
Last action · May 29, 2026: Governor SignedSponsors: Tisha Mauro and 14 others
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What This Bill Does
Colorado extends the state vessel registration program until September 1, 2036, lengthens the mandatory record-retention period for vessel liveries from 30 days to 3 years, and updates terminology regarding motorboat operator fines.
Boat owners and commercial rental operators face extended registration timelines and significantly longer record-keeping requirements, while enforcement language for motorboat age violations expands to include all persons.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Vessel owners
Boat owners must continue registering their vessels under the extended state registration program through 2036.
Vessel livery operators
Commercial boat rental businesses are required to store and maintain hired vessel records for three years instead of thirty days.
Motorboat operators
Operators are subject to revised statutory language regarding minimum age violations and associated fines.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
14 actions- May 29, 2026Office of the GovernorEnrolledGovernor Signed
- May 28, 2026HouseFloorSigned by the Speaker of the House
- May 28, 2026SenateFloorSigned by the President of the Senate
- May 28, 2026Office of the GovernorEnrolledSent to the Governor
- Apr 22, 2026SenateFloorSenate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 21, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
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- Apr 21, 2026SenateSenate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 2, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations
- Mar 27, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced In Senate - Assigned to Agriculture & Natural Resources
- Mar 25, 2026HouseFloorHouse Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- Mar 24, 2026HouseHouse Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- Mar 20, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
- Mar 5, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Amended to Appropriations
- Feb 11, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced In House - Assigned to Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources
Version history
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Full breakdown
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Sponsors
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Discoveries
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Extended Regulatory Oversight and Record Retention
The state has both prolonged the vessel registration program by a decade and significantly increased the compliance burden for boat liveries by expanding record retention from 30 days to 3 years.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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