By Parker Yamasaki, Colorado Sun | Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday signed a bill that creates a new business structure designed to support artists and creatives. Senate Bill 133 creates Colorado Artist Companies, or A Corps, a new subset of limited liability corporations that guides artists through the complexities of setting up a business while ensuring they retain creative control over their work, which can include everything from songs, paintings and poems, to less obvious output, like creative coursework.
“We’re so often forging our own path in the creative sector, and it’s really exciting to see the Colorado state government really codify something that’s for artists,” said Meredith Badler, deputy director of the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, which helped shepherd the bill through the legislature. “It really recognizes their unique needs and their unique benefits.”
Colorado is the first state to enact this new business structure, though other states like California are busy crafting versions with an eye toward its legislative success in Colorado.
Yancey Strickler, the co-founder of the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter who came up with the idea of an A Corp, said there are at least six other states lining up similar bills, and Badler said she’s been fielding calls from arts advocacy groups in California, Vermont and New Jersey.
So what is an A Corp?
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Go here to read more about A Corp and to see if you might qualify:
https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/02/senate-bill-133-colorado-artist-companies/
