Colorado bill to void mandatory golf-club covenants — and open club books — died 8-5
Colorado bill to void mandatory golf-club covenants — and open club books — died 8-5
2026-09-10 · Colorado · Legislation · Did not pass
A Colorado bill that would have voided future covenants requiring homeowners to join a private club, and suspended dues at any club that refused to open its books, was postponed indefinitely on March 24, 2026 after the committee worked through six amendments. HB26-1316 was killed 8–5 in the House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government, having failed a referral vote 5–8 minutes earlier. Its status is Lost.1
One thing to get right before anything else: this was not an HOA bill. It exempted unit owners' associations and metropolitan districts by name, and it sat in Title 38, Article 30 — general conveyancing — rather than in CCIOA. The target was the privately owned country club whose dues ride along with the deed.
The ban, and who was carved out
The bill would have added C.R.S. 38-30-170.5. Its operative sentence was prospective only: “a covenant or declaration for a residential property that is recorded on or after January 1, 2027, and that requires the owner of the residential property to join a private membership club is void and unenforceable.” Existing mandatory-membership covenants would have been untouched by the ban.2
A “private membership club” was an entity that “admits members and requires members to pay monetary dues, assessments, or fees in exchange for access to club facilities, programs, or services” and “is privately owned or operated” — expressly including a country club, a sports and recreation club, a golf club, a tennis club and an equestrian club.
And expressly excluding:
“(A) a unit owners' association organized pursuant to section 38-33.3-301; (B) a metropolitan district, as defined by section 32-1-103 (10); or (C) a recreational club, amenity, or facility that is owned or operated by a metropolitan district, a unit owners' association, or other common interest community, as defined by section 38-33.3-103 (8).”
HOA dues were never in scope. Neither were metro-district-owned pools and clubhouses.
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