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SB 104STATE · ColoradoIntroduced

Require Key Boxes at Schools

The act requires each school district or, for an institute charter school or nonpublic school, the school, (local education provider) to install an exterior key box that contains keys and other access control devices necessary for law enforcement agencies to access each building and room located on the school grounds. A local education provider is not required to install an exterior key box at a school if:The school has a key box that does not satisfy the requirements in the act and has an alternative plan and procedures to provide emergency access for local law enforcement; orThe local education provider applied for but does not receive a disbursement from the school security disbursement program that may be used to install an exterior key box at the school.     The contents of an exterior key box and the information contained therein are not a public record for the purposes of the 'Colorado Open Records Act'.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Voted: 5/4/2026Source

How representatives voted

49 yea·20 nay·3 other

Action history

  • 4/23/2026Sent to the Governor
  • 4/22/2026Signed by the Speaker of the House
  • 4/22/2026Signed by the President of the Senate
  • 4/16/2026House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
  • 4/15/2026House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
  • 4/14/2026House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
  • 3/13/2026Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
  • 3/13/2026Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
  • 3/12/2026Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
  • 3/9/2026Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole