Colorado House Passes Colorado Privacy Act

Keypoint: The bill will now return to the Senate to accept or reject the House amendments.

On the night of June 7, 2021, the Colorado House voted 57-7 to pass the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA). As we previously reported, the Colorado Senate unanimously passed the CPA on May 26. Because the House amended the Senate version of the CPA, the bill will now return to the Senate for it to accept the amendments, reject the amendments, or reject the amendments and ask for a conference committee.

While in the House, the Finance Committee adopted seven amendments and the Committee of the Whole adopted two amendments on second reading. Many of the amendments were clarifying or technical in nature. Some of the more substantive amendments are: