Colorado Indian Child Welfare Act
Summary
The act codifies the federal "Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978" into state law as the "Colorado Indian Child Welfare Act" (CO-ICWA) and provides additional protections for Indian children and children known or determined to be Indian children under state law. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 10, 2025
Signed May 31, 2025
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What changed between versions
Revised (04/25/2025)
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PA2 (04/24/2025)
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3 edits
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The bill text was updated to reflect its current status as a pre-amended version rather than a revised version. This change indicates that the bill is in an unofficial state with committee amendments that have not yet been adopted during second reading.
TECHNICAL
Header status changed from 'REVISED' to 'PREAMENDED' to indicate this is an unofficial version containing committee amendments not yet adopted on second reading.
Date changed from April 25, 2025 to April 24, 2025, reflecting the timeline of the legislative process.
Removed 'Amended 2nd Reading' label and related formatting indicating the bill was previously in a different legislative stage.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 28, 2025 · House Mar 19, 2025
How they voted
32–1
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 34
Apr 28, 2025
D
Democratic22
95% Yea
R
Republican12
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
2
May 31, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
May 1, 2025
Introduced
House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Introduced
House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
lower
Mar 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services
lower
3 primary · 55 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jessie Danielson
DDemocratic
P
Junie Joseph
DDemocratic
P
Monica Duran
DDemocratic
Co
Alex Valdez
DDemocratic
Co
Andy Boesenecker
DDemocratic
Co
Brianna Titone
DDemocratic
Co
Cathy Kipp
DDemocratic
Co
Cecelia Espenoza
DDemocratic
Co
Chad Clifford
DDemocratic
Co
Cleave Simpson
RRepublican
Co
Dafna Michaelson Jenet
DDemocratic
Co
Dylan Roberts
DDemocratic
Co
Eliza Hamrick
DDemocratic
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