HB 25-1187 Colorado House · 2025 Regular Session

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Summary

Current law requires the restrained party to submit the results of a criminal background check with a petition to modify or terminate a civil protection order. The bill clarifies that only the court may receive the background check submitted by a restrained party and allows the court to release the documentation to the protected party only upon consent of the restrained party.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 10, 2025 Last action Mar 25, 2025

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What changed between versions

Engrossed (03/20/2025) → PA1 (03/13/2025) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to change its status from an Engrossed version to a Preamble version, indicating that the amendments shown are unofficial and have not yet been adopted on Second Reading. The substantive text regarding criminal background checks for civil protection orders remains unchanged, with only formatting and status indicators modified.

TECHNICAL

The bill's status changed from 'Engrossed' to 'Preamble', reflecting that amendments are unofficial and pending Second Reading adoption.

Senate sponsorship was removed, showing 'None' instead of a named sponsor.

Date stamps and amendment markers were updated to reflect the current legislative status rather than final adoption.

Floor votes · House Mar 25, 2025

How they voted

32–28

Passed · 5 other

Total votes 65

Mar 25, 2025

D Democratic43

31 Yea 9 Nay 3

72% Yea

R Republican22

1 Yea 19 Nay 2

86% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 25, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (32-28-5)

house

Mar 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole

lower

Feb 10, 2025

Introduced

Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors