Protecting the Freedom to Marry

Added header information including session details, bill number, and sponsor lists for both Senate and House in the Rerevised version.

Included reading dates and committee assignments for both Senate and House in the Rerevised version.

Added a bill summary section explaining the bill's purpose and context regarding Obergefell v. Hodges.

Added page headers and footer information with page numbers and bill identifiers.

Removed the note about Governor's signature status and legislative history references from the Final Act version.

Reorganized the document structure to include reading dates and committee information in a more formal legislative format.

Added signature lines and official approval language for the Governor and legislative officers to indicate the bill has been formally signed into law.

Removed draft formatting notes and placeholder text that were present in earlier versions of the document.

Removed the requirement that marriage be 'only between one man and one woman' from the formalities section governing valid marriages.

Added language recognizing that marriages between same-sex couples are valid in Colorado if licensed, solemnized, and registered according to state law.

Modified the definition of marriage in the Civil Union Act to clarify that civil unions do not create marriages while maintaining the recognition of same-sex marriages.

Updated the legislative declaration to reflect that the public policy now recognizes the union of one man and one woman as marriage while also protecting same-sex couples from discrimination.

The bill status was changed from 'Engrossed' to 'Reengrossed' to indicate that all amendments from the House of Introduction have been incorporated.

Ten new Senate co-sponsors were added to the bill's sponsorship list.

A note was added stating that a bill summary for the reengrossed version will be available after the third reading in the House of Introduction.

Title page status changed from 'Introduced' to 'Engrossed' with added note that the version includes all amendments adopted on second reading in the House of Introduction.

Page header formatting was standardized by removing redundant 'SB25-014' suffixes from page numbers.

Added notation indicating the bill was unamended during Senate 2nd Reading on February 4, 2025.