Colorado — electrical code & licensing

RESOLVED on official sources in E-DATA-FOLLOWUP 1 (2026-10-25): the Secretary of State CCR version list for 3 CCR 710-1 shows the current official version is the Permanent Rule adopted 2026-05-27 under tracking 2026-00171, effective 2026-07-15 (Colorado Register Vol. 49, No. 12, 2026-06-25; AG opinion 2026-06-11), and the SOS eDocket for 2026-00171 states the Rule 1.5 - Incorporation by Reference - revision was made 'to adopt the current 2026 National Electrical Code (NEC)'. The earlier conflict is explained: the rule text previously read at ruleVersionId=11034 (2023 NEC; Rule 1.5 stating an August 1, 2023 effective date) is a superseded version, and the February 2026 revisions one aggregator described were the separate SB 25-165 implementation package (tracking 2025-00606, effective 2026-03-30), which revised Rules 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.9, 1.10 and 1.13 without moving the NEC edition. Still partial for one named residual: whether the amended Rule 1.5 states an internal code-application date of 2026-08-01 - the date NFPA, Mike Holt and IAEI all print, following the 2023 pattern (internal August 1, 2023 date inside a rule version effective 2023-07-30) - was not verified firsthand, because the adopted-rules DOCX and the current-version CCR PDF yielded no extractable text through the fetch route; nec_effective_date therefore records the official rule-version effective date 2026-07-15, and the 2026-08-01 tracker date is carried here labelled secondary. License class detail (Rule 1.4: licensees Master Electrician, Journeyman Electrician, Residential Wireman; registrants Registered Apprentice and Electrical Contractor) was read in the superseded version and was not re-verified against the 2026 versions in this lane. amendments_url points to the SOS CCR rule page because Colorado publishes no separate amendments document - the NEC is incorporated within Rule 1.5 of 3 CCR 710-1 itself. 2026 NEC 230.70(A)(1) emergency disconnect: disposition UNREAD for CO - the current rule text (3 CCR 710-1, Permanent Rule adopted 2026-05-27, eff. 2026-07-15) is published in a form that yielded no extractable text through the readable route, so whether CO amended (A)(1) is neither confirmed nor denied; the unread state is recorded, not inferred (per hunt-18 (files/journeyman/electrical/documents/hunt-18-230-70-a1-adoption-map.md), retrieved 2026-10-25). FOLLOWUP 4 - LIVE-BROWSER READ (2026-10-25, Builder-authorized pass; supersedes the UNREAD entry and the Rule 1.5 residual above, which remain as the earlier dated states): the current version of 3 CCR 710-1 was read firsthand in the live browser via the Secretary of State version-history route (current version 07/15/2026, Permanent Rule adopted 2026-05-27, Colorado Register 2026-06-25, eDocket 2026-00171; 35 pages; Rule 1.5 at page 2). Rule 1.5(A) states verbatim: 'The Board hereby incorporates by reference the National Fire Protection Association standard number 70, hereafter known as the National Electrical Code, 2026 Edition.' The same paragraph states verbatim: 'The effective date shall be August 1, 2026.' - an internal NEC-application date distinct from the rule version's 2026-07-15 effective date (Editor's Notes: 'Rules 1.5 A-B eff. 07/15/2026'), and states the rule 'does not include later amendments to or editions of the National Electrical Code, 2026 Edition.' This ANSWERS Followup 1's named residual: amended Rule 1.5 does state an internal application date, and it is August 1, 2026 (the tracker date is now firsthand); nec_effective_date continues to record the official rule-version effective date 2026-07-15, with the internal August 1, 2026 application date carried here. Rule 1.5 incorporates the 2026 NEC as the minimum standards with no article-level amendment list and no mention of Article 230 or 230.70(A)(1); Rule 1.5(B)-(C) cover inspection copies and EV power-transfer / Model Electric Ready and Solar Ready Code matters only. 2026 NEC 230.70(A)(1) emergency disconnect: disposition for CO is STANDS AS WRITTEN. STATUS ASSESSMENT (2026-10-25): the Rule 1.5 question - the residual Followup 1 named as the single reason for partial - is now closed, but status stays partial because one other caveat remains on this row: the license class detail in the notes above (Rule 1.4 licensees/registrants) was read in the superseded rule version and has not been re-verified against the current 2026 version. That re-verification is the row's sole remaining open item. FOLLOWUP 5 - RULE 1.4 RE-VERIFICATION (2026-10-25, live browser, Builder-authorized pass; closes the sole remaining open item named in Followup 4's status assessment above): Rule 1.4 of the CURRENT 3 CCR 710-1 was read firsthand in the live browser from the Secretary of State's official CCR PDF (ruleVersionId=12606, 35 pages); the version's currency is confirmed by its Editor's Notes/History (p.35), whose latest entries include a block of rules effective 03/30/2026 including Rule 1.4, and 'Rules 1.5 A-B eff. 07/15/2026'. PREMISE CORRECTION: in the current version Rule 1.4 is '1.4 DEFINITIONS' (promulgated under sections 12-20-204 and 12-115-107(2)(a), C.R.S.) and contains three definitions only (A-C) - no procedures, renewals, or fees; the license-class content of the rule is its Licensee/Registrant definitions. COMPARISON against this row: Rule 1.4(A) 'Licensee' - any person holding a master electrician license, journeyman electrician license, or residential wireman license (per section 12-20-102(10), C.R.S.) - MATCHES the class detail recorded in the notes above. Rule 1.4(B) 'Registrant' - any person registered as an electrical apprentice, and any person or legal entity registered with the Board as an electrical contractor or PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTALLER (per section 12-20-102(12), C.R.S.) - matches this row on apprentice and electrical contractor, and ADDS the photovoltaic installer registrant category, which this row did not carry; that category is now appended to licensing_model. Rule 1.4(C) defines 'Agent' - a person authorized to act on behalf of a photovoltaic installer, who must be a full-time employee, owner, or principal of the installer - a defined role, not a license class; recorded here for completeness. NOTHING on this row is contradicted by the current text: Rule 1.4 names no other license or registration category and states no renewal period, registration procedure, or fee. STATUS DECISION (2026-10-25): with the Rule 1.4 re-verification complete and this row's licensing detail consistent with the current text (the one addition appended, nothing contradicted), the row's sole remaining open item is closed and status is lifted partial -> verified.

Coded to schema v2 Option B at the 2026-10-27 wiring pass from the v1 row verbatim; migration settles no open facts.