Colorado rental housing laws
What Colorado has enacted on rental housing, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Colorado is one of 42 states that enacted a rental housing law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
- Bills in scope
- 21bills in scope
- Past committee
- 14past committee
- Most recent action
- 3 June 2026most recent action
Rental housing laws enacted in Colorado
12 rental housing laws enacted in the Colorado Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.
Eviction procedure, Fees, screening and rent pricing
Rent caps and stabilization
Habitability and repairs
Security deposits
Habitability and repairs
What it requires: Landlords must not enforce rental agreement clauses requiring liquidated damages, accelerated rent beyond the end of the month or ten business days after vacating (whichever is later), refunds of concessions or move-in discounts, or other fees or penalties when a tenant dies and the agreement terminates. Landlords may take possession without eviction after thirty days if rent remains unpaid or substantially all tenant property is removed, or immediately upon notice of surrender from the personal representative.
Eviction procedure, Security deposits
Fees, screening and rent pricing
What it requires: Landlords must limit security deposits to one monthly rent payment and permit tenants to pay in installments over at least six months. Landlords must return deposits within thirty days, provide written statements listing exact reasons for any retention, deliver relevant documentation, and conduct walk-through inspections upon tenant request. Landlords cannot retain deposits for normal wear and tear or preexisting damage.
Security deposits
What it requires: Landlords must comply with federal notice requirements under 15 U.S.C. Section 9058(c) before initiating eviction proceedings for nonpayment of rent. Landlords must make reasonable efforts to timely respond to rental assistance application requests and cooperate with tenants applying for rental assistance in good faith.
Eviction procedure, Fees, screening and rent pricing
What it requires: The Attorney General, counties, and municipalities may independently initiate civil actions to enforce Colorado landlord-tenant laws. District courts may appoint receivers to operate multifamily residential properties upon finding a pattern of neglect threatening tenant health, safety, or security. Receivers must remediate violations and submit compliance reports every thirty days.
Eviction procedure, Habitability and repairs
What it requires: Landlords must not evict tenants or terminate leases solely because the tenant is a victim-survivor of unlawful sexual behavior, stalking, domestic violence, or domestic abuse. Landlords must offer victim-survivors a repayment plan for unpaid rent within three business days, structured at the tenant's discretion over up to nine months with minimum monthly payments of twenty-five dollars.
Eviction procedure
What it requires: Persons offering, displaying, or advertising goods, services, or property must clearly and conspicuously disclose the total price as a single number more prominently than other pricing information. Landlords must not charge tenants fees that violate pricing disclosure requirements or exceed specified limits for utilities, payment processing, property taxes, or maintenance of common areas.
Rental housing in Colorado, by topic
Eviction procedure
11 bills, 5 enacted. Enacted in 28 states.
Fees, screening and rent pricing
6 bills, 3 enacted. Enacted in 15 states.
Habitability and repairs
6 bills, 3 enacted. Enacted in 17 states.
Security deposits
3 bills, 3 enacted. Enacted in 12 states.
Rent caps and stabilization
2 bills, 1 enacted. Enacted in 11 states.
Rental housing bills in Colorado
The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.
12Enacted
1Cleared both chambers
1Past committee
7Introduced or inactive
21 bills in scope
Cleared both chambers
1
Past committee
1
What it would do: Affords plaintiffs and defendants the right to trial by jury in unlawful detainer actions, except for public housing tenants. Requires personal service documentation, sets trial dates seven to ten days after answer unless jury demanded, permits remote video appearances at jury trials, and requires security bonds for trial delays exceeding fourteen days.
Introduced or inactive
7
What it would do: Establishes eviction protections including daily caps on forcible entry cases starting January 1, 2027, prohibits naming minor tenants as defendants, allows courts to relieve defendants from judgment for specified hardships, extends trial dates for qualifying reasons, and prohibits writ execution during inclement weather or by minors' parents.
What it would do: Establishes requirements for landlords and associations billing tenants for utility services, including mandatory submeters for newly constructed residential premises applying for water service on or after January 1, 2027, and standards for ratio utility billing systems, rental agreement disclosures, and tenant remedies for violations.
What it would do: Requires landlords to provide lease copies and rent ledgers with eviction notices, redact personal identifying information, and offer at least one free nonelectronic rent payment option. Suppresses eviction court records except for substantial lease violations and allows tenants to deny eviction records exist during rental applications.
What it would do: Requires the Department of Public Health and Environment to establish a website page by July 1, 2026 with mold health information and best practices. Mandates mold remediation follow ANSI/IICRC S520 standards and requires sellers and landlords to disclose mold assessments and remediation to buyers and tenants.
What it would do: Restricts construction defect negligence claims to cases causing actual property damage, bodily injury, or imminent safety risks. Expands tenant habitability rights, requires landlord repairs within 24-96 hours, allows rent deduction for repairs, and mandates energy code cost-effectiveness analysis.
What it would do: Prohibits landlords from removing tenants, initiating eviction proceedings, or terminating tenancies solely because tenants fail to pay late fees. Requires eviction demand notices be written in English or the tenant's primary language if requested, and clarifies service procedures.
What it would do: Allows landlords to evict tenants for refusing to sign new lease agreements with reasonable rent increases based on fair market rent of comparable properties, with 90 days notice. Establishes that rent increases aligned with fair market rent are not discriminatory or retaliatory.
Bill titles link to the Colorado Legislature's own page.
What counts as rental housing legislation
In scope: Rent caps and stabilization; eviction procedure; fees, screening and rent pricing; security deposits; habitability and repairs; and short-term rentals.
Questions
Does Colorado have a rental housing law?
Yes. Colorado enacted 12 rental housing laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them HB 1196, HB 1224 and HB 1145. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.
Which rental housing bills are moving in Colorado?
2 bills not yet law have passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along HB 25-1004 (vetoed) and HB 25-1235 (passed chamber).
What does Colorado legislate on most in rental housing?
Eviction procedure (11 bills), Fees, screening and rent pricing (6 bills) and Habitability and repairs (6 bills).
Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?
No. Which bills count as Rental housing bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
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Rental housing legislation in other jurisdictions
51 more currently hold bills in this tracker
- New Jersey209
- New York197
- Connecticut99
- Massachusetts86
- Virginia72
- Texas64
- Arizona59
- Maryland59
- Montana59
- Rhode Island54
- Illinois52
- California44
- Hawaii39
- Michigan38
- Florida36
- Oregon32
- Pennsylvania31
- Congress30
- Georgia28
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- Indiana27
- Washington26
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- Missouri25
- Iowa24
- Minnesota22
- Vermont22
- South Carolina19
- Kansas17
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- New Hampshire17
- Oklahoma16
- Delaware15
- New Mexico15
- Tennessee15
- North Carolina14
- West Virginia14
- Nevada12
- Utah12
- Ohio11
- Idaho10
- Mississippi10
- District of Columbia9
- Louisiana9
- North Dakota8
- Arkansas5
- Alaska3
- South Dakota3
- Puerto Rico2
- Wyoming1
Know when Colorado's rental housing law changes
An alert when a bill moves, and one report a month on what changed in every state and Congress.