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MEMORANDUM
DATE: March 25, 2024
TO: Mayor and City Councilmembers
THRU: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
Tyler Marr, Deputy City Manager
FROM: Sylvia Tatman-Burruss, Senior Policy & Project Manager
CC: Ginny Sawyer, Lead Policy & Project Manager
RE: Revised bill language as of March 19, 2024 for HB24-1007
Purpose: The purpose of this memorandum is to update Councilmembers on revised bill
language as of March 19, 2024 for the Residential Occupancy Bill, HB24-1007.
Background
The bill recently passed the Senate Local Government & Housing Committee with amendments.
The House is expected to review and vote on the updated Bill soon. The bill attached includes
amendments from the Senate committee. The bill now reads (bold, italicized text is new as of
March 19, 2024):
“A local government shall not limit the number of people who may live together in a single
dwelling based on familial relationship. Local governments retain the authority to implement
residential occupancy limits based only on: (a) Demonstrated health and safety standards, such
as International Building Code standards, Fire Code regulations, or Colorado Department of
Public Health and Environment Wastewater and Water Quality standards; or (b) Local, State,
Federal, or political subdivision affordable housing program guidelines.
Staff is not adding any additional regulatory options based on this revised language but can
revise options upon discussion and feedback from the March 26th Council work session.
Attachments:
Updated bill language from March 19, 2024
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Second Regular Session
Seventy-fourth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REREVISED
This Version Includes All Amendments
Adopted in the Second House
LLS NO. 24-0633.01 Caroline Martin x5902 HOUSE BILL 24-1007
House Committees Senate Committees
Transportation, Housing & Local Government Local Government & Housing
A BILL FOR AN ACT
CONCERNING RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY LIMITS.101
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov.)
The bill prohibits local governments from enacting or enforcing
residential occupancy limits unless those limits are tied to a minimum
square footage per person requirement that is necessary to regulate safety,
health, and welfare.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
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HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Rutinel and Mabrey, Bacon, Boesenecker, deGruy Kennedy, English, Epps, Froelich,
Garcia, Hernandez, Jodeh, Kipp, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Marvin, Mauro, McCluskie,
McCormick, Ortiz, Parenti, Ricks, Sirota, Velasco, Vigil, Weissman, Willford
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Exum and Gonzales, Buckner, Coleman, Cutter, Danielson, Fields, Hinrichsen, Jaquez
Lewis, Marchman, Michaelson Jenet, Priola, Winter F.
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.
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SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 29-20-111 as1
follows:2
29-20-111. Local government residential occupancy limits -3
short title - legislative declaration - definition. (1) THE SHORT TITLE OF4
THIS SECTION IS THE "HOME (HARMONIZING OCCUPANCY MEASURES5
EQUITABLY) ACT."6
(2) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT7
OCCUPANCY LIMITS AND THE INCREASED AVAILABILITY OF HOUSING ARE8
MATTERS OF MIXED STATEWIDE AND LOCAL CONCERN.9
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(3) A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL NOT LIMIT THE NUMBER OF11
PEOPLE WHO MAY LIVE TOGETHER IN A SINGLE DWELLING BASED ON12
FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIP. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS RETAIN THE AUTHORITY13
TO IMPLEMENT RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY LIMITS BASED ONLY ON:14
(a) DEMONSTRATED HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS, SUCH AS15
INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE STANDARDS, FIRE CODE REGULATIONS, OR16
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT17
WASTEWATER AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS; OR18
(b) LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL, OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION19
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM GUIDELINES.20
(4) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "LOCAL GOVERNMENT" MEANS A21
HOME RULE OR STATUTORY CITY, HOME RULE OR STATUTORY COUNTY,22
TOWN, TERRITORIAL CHARTER CITY, OR CITY AND COUNTY.23
SECTION 2. Effective date. This act takes effect July 1, 2024.24
SECTION 3. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,25
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate26
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preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for1
the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state2
institutions.3
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