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Colorado · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 59: Multiple Elected Offices Prohibited for General Assembly

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 59 is a bill introduced in the Colorado Senate on January 28, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Multiple Elected Offices Prohibited for General Assembly. Primary sponsor: Mandy Lindsay (Democratic), Lisa Cutter (Democratic), Matt Ball (Democratic). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 4, 2026): Governor Signed.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Beginning with the first regular session of the seventy-sixth general assembly, the act prohibits a member of the general assembly from holding any other elected offices while serving as a member of the general assembly, with the following exceptions:The member of the general assembly holds a special district elected office;The member of the general assembly has less than one year remaining in their term in another elected office at the time they take the oath of office of the general assembly;The member of the general assembly has less than one year remaining in their term in the general assembly at the time they take the oath of office of another elected office; orThe member of the general assembly is a senator who is in the middle of their term at the beginning of the first regular session of the seventy-sixth general assembly.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 13

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mandy LindsayPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Lisa CutterPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Matt BallPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
James ColemanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate33
Tony ExumCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Julie GonzalesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Nick HinrichsenCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Iman JodehCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate29
Cathy KippCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
William LindstedtCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate25
Kenny NguyenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse33
Katie WallaceCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate17
Mike WeissmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Governor Signed
  2. Signed by the President of the Senate
  3. Signed by the Speaker of the House
  4. Sent to the Governor
  5. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
  6. House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
  7. House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
  8. House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
  9. House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
  10. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
  11. Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs
  12. Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source