Leg team Update 3/7/2026
Today is day 53 of the Colorado Legislative Session. The numbers are: S-135/12/7/2 and H-325/40/23/6. In case you didn’t notice, there wasn’t a LegTeam Update last week as Val and I were on vacation.
As an update on previously mentioned bills:
Rep. Bradley’s bill, HB26-1079 (Concerning a requirement that a minor have written permission to obtain an instruction permit to drive a motorcycle) passed the H-THL Committee hearing last week with a unanimous vote. It’s scheduled for 2nd reading on the House floor on Monday, 3/9.
SB26-035 (Concerning an increase of traffic violation penalties) can be read at https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-035. It passed the S-T&E Committee Hearing last week and was sent to the S-APP committee. The bill increases the penalties for illegally overtaking a vehicle on the left in a no-passing zone and increases the penalties for multiple speeding violations within a one-year, 2-year, or 5-year period.
SB26-003 (Concerning expanding the scope of the "Battery Stewardship Act" to cover the end-of-life management of electric vehicle batteries) can be read at https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-003. It also passed the S-T&E Committee Hearing last week and sent to the S-APP committee. The bill expands the scope of the "Battery Stewardship Act" to cover the end-of-life management of propulsion batteries, which are batteries that are primarily used to supply power to an electric or hybrid vehicle, and establishes requirements concerning propulsion batteries that differ from the requirements for the batteries currently contemplated by the "Battery Stewardship Act".
SB26-072 (Concerning increasing criminal penalties related to assaultive conduct with a motor vehicle, and, in connection therewith, adding the conduct of causing the death of another person with a motor vehicle to the crime of criminally negligent homicide) can be read at https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-072. The bill has 2 Senate sponsors and no House sponsors. It was assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee but hasn’t been scheduled yet.
Another bill of interest is HB26-1286 (Concerning a requirement that a commercial motor vehicle have a human present when the commercial motor vehicle is being driven by an automated driving system). It can be read at https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1286. The bill prohibits using an automated driving system to drive a commercial motor vehicle unless an individual who holds a commercial driver's license is in the vehicle, monitors the vehicle's driving, and intervenes, if necessary, to avoid illegal or unsafe driving. It’s scheduled for a H-THL Committee Hearing on Wednesday, 3/18, in room LSB-A at 1:30 pm.
