SB 25-063 Colorado Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Library Resource Decision Standards for Public Schools

Summary
Each school district, board of cooperative services that operates a school, district charter school, and institute charter school (local education provider) is required to establish written policies for the acquisition, retention, display, and use of library resources and for the reconsideration of a library resource (policies). A local education provider is required to comply with specified standards in establishing the policies and is required to establish the policies by September 1, 2025. If a local education provider has already established policies that comply with the requirements of the act, the local education provider is not required to establish new policies. A public school library may remove a library resource from its permanent collection only if the library resource has been reviewed in accordance with an established policy for the reconsideration of library resources that complies with the standards established in the act. These requirements do not apply to routine collection maintenance and deaccession in accordance with a public school library's established collection development and maintenance policy. Before a local education provider reconsiders a library resource, the local education provider is required to make its policies available to the public. After reviewing a library resource that is the subject of a request for reconsideration and making a final determination regarding the library resource, the local education provider is required to make the determination available to the public. A written request for reconsideration of a library resource in a public school library is an open record under the "Colorado Open Records Act". A public school library staff member is not subject to termination, demotion, discipline, or retaliation for refusing to remove a library resource before it has been reviewed in accordance with the local education provider's policy for the reconsideration of library resources or for making decisions that the public school library staff member believes, in good faith, are in accordance with the policies of the local education provider. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Signed May 1, 2025
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What changed between versions

Revised (04/03/2025) PA1 (02/11/2025) · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended to change its status from 'Revised' to 'Preamended', indicating it is an unofficial version containing committee amendments not yet adopted. The substantive content of the bill remains unchanged, with no modifications to the actual policy provisions regarding public school library standards.
TECHNICAL

Removed 'Revised' status header and replaced with 'Preamended' status, indicating this is an unofficial version with unadopted committee amendments

Removed Senate and House sponsorship lists for some committee members

Removed 'Amended 2nd Reading' dates and related formatting elements

Added 'PREAMENDED' header indicating unofficial version with committee amendments not yet adopted on second reading

Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2025 · House Apr 14, 2025

How they voted

2112
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 19, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican12
12 Nay
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Amendments
1
May 1, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
Apr 16, 2025
Introduced
Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Education
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education
upper
4 primary · 39 co-sponsors

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