HJR 25-1030 Colorado House · 2025 Regular Session

Products with Forced Labor Components

House Joint Resolution 25-1030 expresses the State of Colorado's strong opposition to the use of forced labor in the production of goods. The resolution states that Colorado will use its purchasing power to support businesses that ethically source or manufacture products without forced labor. It also encourages state and local economic development offices to attract businesses that avoid these labor practices. This joint resolution aims to influence state and local government purchasing decisions and promote ethical business standards.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Governor

Introduced Apr 7, 2025 Last action May 6, 2025

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What changed between versions

Signed Act (05/06/2025) → Revised (05/01/2025) · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill underwent significant formatting and structural reorganization between the 'Signed Act' and 'Revised' versions, with the primary substantive content remaining largely unchanged. The revision adds official session identifiers, committee designations, and amendment notation instructions while removing redundant sponsor lists and page headers. No substantive policy changes were made to the forced labor procurement provisions.

TECHNICAL

Added official session identifiers (First Regular Session, Seventy-fifth General Assembly) and revision date stamps that were missing from the signed version

Reorganized sponsor lists from inline text to separate House and Senate committee sections with proper formatting

Added amendment notation instructions explaining how to identify house and senate changes

Reordered WHEREAS clauses and adjusted line numbering to match legislative markup conventions

Removed redundant page headers and footer signatures from the signed version

Floor votes · Senate May 1, 2025 · House Apr 21, 2025

How they voted

31–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 34

May 1, 2025

D Democratic22

20 Yea 2

90% Yea

R Republican12

11 Yea 1

91% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

May 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

upper

Apr 30, 2025

Introduced

Introduced In Senate - Assigned to

upper

Apr 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

lower

Apr 7, 2025

Introduced

Introduced In House - Assigned to

lower

4 primary · 86 co-sponsors