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Colorado replaced its AI statute in May 2026 with SB 26-189, whose automated decision-making duties start on 1 January 2027. ERPStack is remote-first: we build Denver ERP systems whose decision logs, home-rule tax tables and DCAA-ready cost pools are PostgreSQL structures, deployed through us-west-2-den-1a.
Quick Answer
In short: custom ERP development in Denver answers to Colorado's automated-decision (ADMT) duties under SB 26-189, to home-rule city sales tax instead of one state rate, and to DCAA-auditable cost accounting for aerospace contractors. ERPStack builds it remote-first in the AWS us-west-2-den-1a Local Zone with NIST SP 800-171 controls.
Regional Compliance
- Colorado Privacy Act Rules (4 CCR 904-3)
- Universal opt-out via Global Privacy Control
- Automated decision-making duties (SB 26-189)
- Biometric notice and consent (HB 24-1130)
- DFARS 252.204-7012 and NIST SP 800-171
Security & Compliance Architecture
Colorado’s high-risk AI statute was repealed and replaced in May 2026, so a Denver ERP or CRM that scores, ranks or recommends people is now governed by different text than last year’s.
SB 26-189 replaced the Colorado AI Act
SB 24-205 was signed 17 May 2024 and pushed to 30 June 2026 by SB 25B-004; SB 26-189, signed 14 May 2026, repealed and replaced it. Duties for developers and deployers of automated decision-making technology commence 1 January 2027, with attorney general rules due the same day, so Denver ERP roadmaps carry it now.Global Privacy Control is not optional
Colorado publishes a list of recognised universal opt-out mechanisms and Global Privacy Control is its only entry: since 1 July 2024 a Denver controller must honour that browser signal, which the Denver ERP stores as a consent event with an immutable audit trail. The Colorado Privacy Act rules, 4 CCR 904-3, also force data protection assessments before high-risk processing.Employee biometrics need written policy
HB 24-1130 took effect 1 July 2025: notice and consent before collecting a biometric identifier, limits on what a Denver employer may require consent for, and a written retention schedule with deletion dates. RBAC alone does not satisfy it — the schedule has to execute.
Engineering Blueprint
Denver has no in-state cloud region, and pretending otherwise is how latency budgets get missed. The topology that works: the us-west-2-den-1a Local Zone in Colorado for in-metro work, parented to AWS us-west-2 in Oregon, because Microsoft Azure’s nearest region, West Central US in Wyoming, has no availability zones. Denver ERP builds — Next.js and TypeScript over multi-tenant PostgreSQL — keep the primary in us-west-2.
Every consequential decision is a row
SB 26-189 gives a Denver consumer a plain-language explanation within 30 days of an adverse decision, correction of the data behind it, and human review, with records kept 3 years. That is an append-only decision log in PostgreSQL under Drizzle ORM, not a model card.
// Drizzle ORM: one row per automated decision, kept 3 years
export const decision = pgTable('decision', {
subjectId: uuid('subject_id').notNull(),
outcome: text('outcome').notNull(), // adverse | favourable
inputs: jsonb('inputs').notNull(), // corrigible facts
reviewedBy: uuid('reviewed_by'), // human review
});Home rule makes tax a per-address problem
Colorado charges 2.9% at state level, but C.R.S. 29-2-106 lets home-rule municipalities collect their own sales tax, and one outside the state SUTS system cannot collect from retailers with no physical presence. So the Denver ERP resolves jurisdiction per delivery address in PostgreSQL, and every invoice carries the retail delivery fee as one separate line, exempt below $500,000 of annual sales.
Cost accounting a DCAA auditor accepts
Denver aerospace and defence work runs on FAR 52.216-7: a final indirect cost rate proposal within 6 months of fiscal year end, with G&A and overhead pools and a payroll reconciliation to IRS Form 941. Certified timesheet tracking and DFARS 252.204-7012 reporting inside 72 hours are ERP features, feeding a SOC 2 evidence pipeline too.
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Because collection is not centralised. Colorado charges 2.9% at state level, but C.R.S. 29-2-106 lets home-rule municipalities administer and collect their own sales tax on their own base, and one outside the state SUTS system cannot collect from retailers without physical presence. A Denver ERP resolves jurisdiction per delivery address in PostgreSQL.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 is reasonable when your Denver contracts are commercial and finance wants a packaged close. A custom ERP wins once FAR 52.216-7 indirect rate pools, certified timesheet tracking and DFARS 252.204-7012 evidence reconcile in one PostgreSQL model — no NetSuite, Odoo or Epicor localisation ships DCAA-shaped cost accounting.
The state ledger wins. Colorado's Marijuana Enforcement Division runs track-and-trace on Metrc, which exposes an open API, so a Denver ERP mirrors every plant and package tag in PostgreSQL and reconciles continuously. Inventory disagreeing with Metrc is a licensing problem, so the sync needs idempotency in API design and an immutable audit trail.
In the us-west-2-den-1a Local Zone, physically in Colorado and parented to AWS us-west-2 in Oregon. Latency-bound Denver reads sit there while the PostgreSQL primary stays in us-west-2. Microsoft Azure's nearest region, West Central US in Wyoming, has no availability zones, so a Denver ERP rarely makes it the primary.
No. SB 24-205, signed 17 May 2024, was delayed to 30 June 2026 by SB 25B-004, then repealed and replaced by SB 26-189, signed 14 May 2026. Its automated decision-making duties commence 1 January 2027, and Colorado's HB 26-1263 governs conversational AI services from 12 August 2026, so a Denver ERP roadmap tracks both.
Enough to explain and reverse the decision. SB 26-189 requires notice at the point of interaction, a plain-language explanation within 30 days of an adverse consequential decision, correction of inaccurate data, and human review, with records retained at least 3 years. In a Denver ERP that is an append-only PostgreSQL decision log.
Yes. Colorado publishes a state list of recognised universal opt-out mechanisms and Global Privacy Control is its only entry, so from 1 July 2024 controllers must treat that browser signal as an opt-out of sale and targeted advertising. A Denver ERP records it as a consent event; 4 CCR 904-3 adds data protection assessments.
HB 24-1130 took effect 1 July 2025. A Denver employer needs notice and consent before collecting a biometric identifier, may require consent only for narrow purposes, and must publish a written policy with a retention schedule and deletion dates. In the Denver ERP that schedule runs as a job, with RBAC over who pauses it.