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Read. Follow. Verify.Colorado renames and reorganizes emergency management divisions, shifts homeland security duties, and exempts disaster survivor records from public disclosure
Last action · June 4, 2026: Governor SignedSponsors: Mary Bradfield and 9 others
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What This Bill Does
Colorado enacted HB 1252 to overhaul state emergency response departments, requiring the division of homeland security and emergency management to establish a state preparedness system while moving auxiliary communications, repealing the office of preparedness, and exempting disaster survivor data from public records.
Disaster survivors face newly restricted public access to their personal records, while nonprofit organizations applying for security grants experience relaxed application rules during .
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
disaster survivors
Information related to disaster survivors is exempt from public disclosure, subject to certain exceptions.
nonprofit organizations
Application requirements for the Colorado nonprofit security grant program are relaxed during exigent circumstances.
state agencies
Emergency management duties, structural offices, and reporting requirements are reorganized across multiple state departments.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
14 actions- Jun 4, 2026Office of the GovernorEnrolledGovernor Signed
- Jun 3, 2026HouseFloorSigned by the Speaker of the House
- Jun 3, 2026SenateFloorSigned by the President of the Senate
- Jun 3, 2026Office of the GovernorEnrolledSent to the Governor
- May 7, 2026HouseHouse Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- May 5, 2026HouseHouse Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
Show 8 earlier actions
- May 4, 2026SenateFloorSenate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- May 1, 2026SenateFloorSenate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- Apr 28, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
- Apr 6, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
- Mar 17, 2026HouseFloorHouse Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- Mar 16, 2026HouseHouse Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- Mar 12, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
- Feb 18, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs
Version history
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View official text →Voting Record
Refer House Bill 26-1252, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
Total
5
- Yes
- 5
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
Show 1 earlier roll call
Refer House Bill 26-1252, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
Total
11
- Yes
- 8
- No
- 3
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (11)
Lobbying Activity
No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
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Consolidation of Emergency Functions
The legislation systematically repeals the standalone office of preparedness while expanding and redistributing its duties to the office of emergency management and the division of homeland security and emergency management.
Connected Entities
Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance65How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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