Colorado HB 1312 — Peace Officers Standards & Training Board Changes

Colorado, 2026A. HB 1312: Peace Officers Standards & Training Board Changes

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Latest action

June 3, 2026 — Governor Signed

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     The P.O.S.T. board is prohibited from approving skill instructors whose P.O.S.T. certification has been revoked for training academies and from approving training academies with an instructor whose P.O.S.T. certification has been revoked after September 1, 2026.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.)

Sponsors

• C. Clifford — primary sponsor
• K. Mullica — primary sponsor
• J. Bacon
• M. Duran
• J. McCluskie
• A. Valdez
• J. Bridges
• J. Coleman
• T. Exum
• C. Kolker
• W. Lindstedt
• J. Marchman

Bill text

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Recorded votes

Legislative history

1. March 2, 2026Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
2. April 1, 2026House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
3. April 7, 2026House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
4. April 16, 2026House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
5. April 17, 2026House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
6. April 21, 2026House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
7. April 23, 2026Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
8. April 27, 2026Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
9. April 30, 2026Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
10. May 1, 2026Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
11. May 4, 2026House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
12. June 2, 2026Signed by the Speaker of the House
13. June 2, 2026Signed by the President of the Senate
14. June 2, 2026Sent to the Governor
15. June 3, 2026Governor Signed

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