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Committee approves SB 20 as amended to expand receivership petition standards for local governments
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved SB 20 with amendments that align local governments’ authority to petition for receivership with existing attorney general enforcement standards for warranty-of-habitability violations, and sent the bill to Appropriations 4–3.
The Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 20, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations after adopting two amendments that sponsors said reflect broad stakeholder conversations with tenants, landlords, local governments and the attorney general’s office.
Sponsor remarks summarized L1, the principal amendment, as a compromise on what conditions permit a city or county to petition for receivership of a property. The amendment replaces a bespoke local-ordinance reference with a standard mirroring the attorney general’s existing authority to enforce warranty-of-habitability violations where there is a “pattern or practice” of violations, while explicitly excluding violations of Section 38-12-503(5) of the Colorado Revised Statutes from that authority.
The sponsor credited numerous stakeholders for input and said the amendment bundles several requested changes from tenant groups, landlord groups and local governments. The committee adopted L2 as technical fixes identified by the Legislative Legal Services office.
Senator Gonzalez moved SB 20, as amended, to Appropriations. The roll call recorded Senator Ball (aye), Senator Carson (no), Senator Frizzell (no), Senator Roberts (no), Senator Weisman (yes), Senator Gonzales (aye), and the chair (yes). The committee announced the motion passed 4 to 3.
Sponsors said the changes keep the receivership tool available to local governments while aligning the petition standard with an enforcement pattern already used by the attorney general’s office. The committee did not adopt additional substantive amendments at this hearing.
SB 20 will proceed to the Appropriations Committee for further review and any related fiscal considerations.
