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Colorado bills · 2026 Regular Session

Colorado HB 1312

Peace Officers Standards & Training Board Changes

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the Colorado legislature· summary

The act requires the attorney general to submit to the peace officers standards and training board (P.O.S.T. board) a proposal by December 31, 2030, to update current basic, reserve, and refresher law enforcement training academy programs and improve the peace officer performance of future academy graduates.     The act changes the makeup of the P.O.S.T. board by reducing the number of law enforcement head officials, reducing the number of non-law-enforcement persons, increasing the number of line officers, and adding representatives from law enforcement training academies and reserve officers. A person who has had their P.O.S.T. certification revoked is not eligible to serve on the P.O.S.T. board.     The P.O.S.T. board is prohibited from approving skill instructors whose P.O.S.T. certification has been revoked for training academies and from approving training academies with an instructor whose P.O.S.T. certification has been revoked after September 1, 2026.     The act requires that a person be at least 21 years old in order to be a certified peace officer.     The act makes a peace officer academy full-time instructor eligible to attend P.O.S.T. certification classes funded with grant money, but the instructor is not eligible to receive individual grant funding from the P.O.S.T. board.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:06 AM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
May 4, 2026
Senate		REPASSpassSet your home in Colorado to see
May 4, 2026
Senate		CONCURpassSet your home in Colorado to see
Apr 27, 2026
Senate		Adopt amendment L.010 (Attachment D)passSet your home in Colorado to see
Apr 27, 2026
Senate		Refer House Bill 26-1312, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.passSet your home in Colorado to see
Apr 21, 2026
House		BILLpassSet your home in Colorado to see
Apr 1, 2026
House		Adopt amendment L.007 (Attachment P).passSet your home in Colorado to see
Apr 1, 2026
House		Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment R).failSet your home in Colorado to see
Apr 1, 2026
House		Refer House Bill 26-1312, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.passSet your home in Colorado to see
Apr 1, 2026
House		Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment Q).passSet your home in Colorado to see
Apr 1, 2026
House		Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment O).passSet your home in Colorado to see
Apr 1, 2026
House		Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment N).passSet your home in Colorado to see

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