This is a summary of firearms bills introduced in the 2026 Colorado General Assembly. The list will be continually updated through this year’s session. Colorado Ceasefire’s position on each bill is indicated. You may find the email address of the prime sponsors of each bill by clicking on their name.
SB26-004 Expand List of Petitioners for ERPO – Support (Sen. Tom Sullivan / Rep. Meg Froelich). Passed Senate State Affairs 1/27 on 3-2 party-line vote.
Adds health-care facilities that employ a health-care or mental health professional, and co-responders, to the list of community members who may petition for an ERPO, and health-care facilities, behavioral health treatment facilities, K-12 schools, and institutions of higher learning as institutional petitioners that may petition for an ERPO.
SB26-011 Social Media Search Warrants – Support (Sens. Lisa Frizell and Dylan Roberts / Rep. Andew Boesenecker). Assigned to Senate Judiciary.
Requires websites, online services, online applications, and mobile applications to streamline processes for Colorado law enforcement to contact the platform at all times. The process must include a staffed hotline for receiving and responding to search warrants, acknowledging search warrants within 8 hours, provide status updates on search warrants, and generally comply with search warrants within 72 hours. A court may extend the time if deemed justified.
SB26-043 Record Keeping and Regulations of Firearm Barrels – (Sen. Tom Sullivan / Reps. Meg Froelich and Kyle Brown). Assigned to House State Affairs.
Requires that all firearm barrels must be transferred through an FFL, who is required to keep a record of transfers for 5 years. Transferees must be 18 years of age and legally allowed to purchase a firearm. Unlawful sale of a firearm barrel or possession of a barrel with intent to sell are subject to a misdemeanor.
HB26-1021 Second Amendment Protection Act – Strongly Oppose (Reps. Brandi Bradley and Max Brooks). Assigned to House Judiciary.
Repeals almost every gun violence prevention law enacted in Colorado from 2013 to 2025, as well as concealed carry prohibitions from 2003. The list of repealed laws is extensive and includes background checks on private sales, safe storage, ammunition regulations, gun show regulations, gun dealer regulations, and gun dealer permitting as well as many other laws. It repeals the office of gun violence prevention and requires the return of monies collected under several programs to the persons who provided the monies.
HB26-1144 Prohibit Three-Dimensional Printing Firearms & Components – (Reps. Lindsay Gilchrist and Andrew Boesenecker, Sens. Tom Sullivan and Katie Wallace). Introduced 2/5.
Prohibits manufacturing or producing a firearm, unfinished frame or receiver, large-capacity magazine, or rapid-fire device (firearm or firearm component) by 3-dimensional printing. The prohibition does not apply to a federally licensed firearm manufacturer.
Prohibits possessing, in circumstances that indicate intent to manufacture a firearm or firearm component in violation of state law or intent to distribute, digital instructions that may be used to program a 3-dimensional printer or a computer numerical control (CNC) milling machine to manufacture or produce a firearm or firearm component. The prohibition does not apply to a federally licensed firearm manufacturer who possesses digital instructions in circumstances that indicate intent to manufacture a firearm or firearm component.
Prohibits distributing digital instructions that may be used to program a 3-dimensional printer or CNC milling machine to manufacture or produce a firearm or firearm component.