Colorado Bills

passed · Colorado · House Apr 23, 2025

HB 25-1277: Increasing Transparency Impact of Fuel Products

The bill prohibits a retailer from selling or displaying for sale certain fuel products to consumers in the state unless the retailer provides consumers with information about the impact of consuming the fuel products by labeling the fuel products with the phrase "Combustion of this product releases greenhouse gases known by the state of Colorado to be linked to global heating and significant health impacts." following statement: "WARNING: Use of this product releases air pollutants and greenhouse gases, known by the state of Colorado to be linked to significant health impacts and global heating, respectively, pursuant to section 25-5-1603, C.R.S. Tampering with this label is a violation of section 18-4-510, C.R.S." A violation of the bill's requirements is a deceptive trade practice under the "Colorado Consumer Protection Act". A retailer has 45 days after receiving a notice of violation to cure the violation before an enforcement action may be brought against the retailer. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

in committee · Colorado · House Apr 23, 2025

HJR 25-1029: Military History Erasure Recognition

HJR 25-1029 is a joint resolution from the Colorado General Assembly that condemns the federal government's alleged removal, suppression, and erasure of United States' military history. It specifically cites examples such as the removal of lessons on the Tuskegee Airmen and informational websites about the Japanese American 442nd Infantry Regiment. The resolution demands that American military history not be removed or suppressed for current and future generations.

Topics ✓ Education ✓ Veterans

passed · Colorado · House Apr 23, 2025

HB 25-1260: Electrical Generation & Distribution Resiliency

The bill requires the public utilities commission (commission) to evaluate electrical generation and grid resilience against geomagnetic storms (evaluation) and report the findings of the evaluation to the general assembly. The bill requires each electrical utility that is subject to the jurisdiction of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation to annually submit a critical energy infrastructure information request to the federal energy regulatory commission. If the utility receives the permission, each of these electrical utilities must annually brief the general assembly on the utility's contingency action plan and any information necessary to: Evaluate the ability of and identify shortfalls to restoring electrical power operation, fuel delivery, and equipment function within specified time frames following certain types of geomagnetic storms; and Evaluate the certification of hardware and software monitoring and controlling systems for energy generation and distribution. The bill sets standards for the evaluation. Based on the evaluation, the commission shall adopt rules requiring an electrical utility to meet resiliency standards for geomagnetic storms. The rules include: Requiring the monitoring of the space weather prediction center of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration in order to isolate large power transformers and power generation from the grid; Mechanically isolating critical components if or when a coronal mass ejection is likely to cause geomagnetically induced currents; Restricting or closing fuel pipeline valves to mitigate damage in a sectional failure; Installing automatic neutral ground blocking devices in large power transformers; Ensuring that computer equipment can be mechanically isolated from the grid and sheltered from geomagnetically induced surges; Requiring all networked systems that operate electrical generation and distribution to be electronically and physically separable from the outside networks; and Requiring the cyber-certification of hardware and software that operate electrical generation and distribution. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Topics ✓ Energy

in committee · Colorado · Senate Apr 22, 2025

SR 25-010: Support of Democracy

Senate Resolution 25-010 expresses the Colorado Senate's position on election integrity and state control over elections. It asserts Colorado's right to administer its own elections and uphold the Fifteenth Amendment, which protects voting rights. The resolution condemns political violence, opposes federal executive overreach in election lawmaking, and affirms the security and accuracy of Colorado's electoral system. It also calls on federal officials to respect state authority over elections and accept certified election results.

in committee · Colorado · House Apr 22, 2025

HB 25-1264: Prohibit Surveillance Data to Set Prices and Wages

Surveillance data is data that is obtained through observation, inference, or surveillance and that is related to personal characteristics, behaviors, or biometrics. The bill prohibits surveillance-based discrimination against a consumer or worker based on surveillance data through the use of automated decision systems to inform: Individualized prices based on surveillance data regarding a consumer; or Individualized wages based on surveillance data regarding a worker. An automated decision system is defined by the bill and includes, in part, information derived from machine learning or other data processing or artificial intelligence. The bill specifies activities that are not surveillance-based price or wage discrimination. The attorney general or a district attorney may bring a civil action on behalf of the state against a person that violates the prohibition against surveillance-based discrimination to seek the imposition of civil penalties. In addition, a person aggrieved by a violation of the prohibition against surveillance-based discrimination may bring a civil action on behalf of themself or a group of similarly situated persons to restrain further violations and to recover damages, costs, and reasonable attorney fees. A violation of the prohibition against surveillance-based discrimination is a deceptive trade practice under the "Colorado Consumer Protection Act". (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Topics ✓ Labor & Employment ✓ Technology

signed · Colorado · Senate Apr 22, 2025

SB 25-085: Health-Related Research Test Subjects

The act requires a facility that uses animals for health-related research (health-related research facility) to offer a dog or cat to an animal shelter or a pet animal rescue for the purpose of adoption before euthanizing the animal. If the health-related research facility has an internal adoption program, the facility may first offer the dog or cat for adoption through the internal adoption program before offering the dog or cat to an animal shelter or a pet animal rescue. A health-related research facility that acts in good faith to transfer or adopt out a dog or cat to an animal shelter or a pet animal rescue is immune from civil liability for acts or circumstances related to or resulting from the transfer or internal adoption of the dog or cat. A health-related research facility must submit an annual report to the department of agriculture that includes the following information for the previous year: The total number of dogs and cats that the health-related research facility transferred to an animal shelter or a pet animal rescue for the purpose of adoption; The total number of dogs and cats that the health-related research facility adopted out through an internal adoption program; and The name and address of each animal shelter or pet animal rescue to which the health-related research facility transferred a dog or cat for the purpose of adoption.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

in committee · Colorado · House Apr 21, 2025

HB 25-1214: Appropriate Use of Prison Beds

Before an individual is sentenced to the department of corrections (department) for a class 5 or 6 felony, the bill requires the court to review certain available information and to make additional findings. The bill directs the executive director of the department (executive director) to notify the sentencing court that a person sentenced to prison for certain lower-class felonies is either past or within 90 days or less of the person's parole eligibility date. The bill adds certified recovery residences to the lists of possible treatment or recovery options for a parolee. The bill eliminates the requirement that a parolee who tests positive for drugs or alcohol must pay for any treatment program ordered as a new condition of parole. The bill repeals provisions that require approval by a majority of the members of the state board of parole (state board) for a denial of parole to certain low- or very low-risk inmates. The bill replaces these provisions by creating a presumption that certain low- or very low-risk inmates who have reached their parole eligibility dates will be granted parole. The bill also requires the state board to provide a monthly report to the department on the status of hearings for these low- and very low-risk inmates. If an offender is otherwise eligible for parole or placement in a community corrections program but has an outstanding warrant or detainer, the parole board or the executive director shall notify the public defender liaison, who shall determine if the warrant or detainer may be resolved and notify the executive director of the outcome. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Topics ✓ Criminal Justice

in committee · Colorado · House Apr 21, 2025

HCR 25-1003: Person's Rights Related to Their Children

The concurrent resolution submits a constitutional amendment to the voters of the state at the 2026 general election that will, if approved, add to the nonexclusive list of inalienable rights of all persons the right to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children.(Note: This summary applies to this concurrent resolution as introduced.)

Ken DeGraaf (R) · 21 co-sponsors

signed · Colorado · House Apr 21, 2025

HB 25-1090: Protections Against Deceptive Pricing Practices

The act: Prohibits a person from offering, displaying, or advertising pricing information for a good, service, or property unless the person clearly and conspicuously discloses the maximum total (total price) of all amounts that a person may pay for the good, service, or property, not including a government charge or shipping charge unless voluntarily included (total price disclosure requirement); Prohibits a person from misrepresenting the nature and purpose of pricing information for a good, service, or property; Requires a person to clearly and conspicuously disclose the nature and purpose of pricing information for a good, service, or property that is not part of the total price; and Prohibits a landlord from requiring a tenant to pay certain fees, charges, or amounts or including in a written rental agreement a provision that requires the tenant to pay a fee, charge, or amount that is prohibited by the act. A person complies with the disclosure requirements if the person does not use deceptive, unfair, and unconscionable acts or practices related to the pricing of goods, services, or property and if the person: Is a food and beverage service establishment that includes a disclosure in the total price for a good or service the amount of any mandatory service charge and how the mandatory service charge is distributed; Can demonstrate that the total price of services the person offers is indeterminate at the time of the offer and clearly and conspicuously discloses the factors that determine the total price, any mandatory fees associated with the transaction, and that the total price may vary; Can demonstrate that the person is governed by and compliant with applicable federal law, rule, or regulation regarding pricing transparency for the particular transaction at issue; Can demonstrate that any fees, costs, or amounts in addition to the total price are associated with real estate settlement services and are not broker commissions or fees; Can demonstrate that the person is providing broadband internet access service or is a cable operator or broadcast satellite provider and is compliant with specified federal law; or Is a delivery network company that clearly and conspicuously discloses that an additional flat fee, variable fee, or percentage fee is charged, any mandatory fees associated with the transaction, and that the total price for the services may vary and complies with other requirements related to disclosure of the additional fee. A landlord or landlord's agent is not required to include, in the required disclosure, the actual amount charged for utility services provided to a tenant's dwelling unit. Additionally, a person is exempt from the act if the person is governed by federal law that preempts state law. A violation of the act constitutes a deceptive, unfair, and unconscionable act or practice and is subject to penalties under the "Colorado Consumer Protection Act". In addition to any other remedies available by law or in equity, in a dispute regarding property, a person aggrieved by a violation may send a written demand to the alleged violator: For reimbursement of any fee, charge, or amount unlawfully imposed and for any actual damages suffered; or To notify the alleged violator of their refusal to pay a prohibited fee, charge, or amount unlawfully imposed. If an alleged violator declines to make full legal tender of all fees, charges, amounts, or damages demanded or refuses to cease charging the aggrieved person within 14 days after receiving the written demand, the person is liable for actual damages plus 18% interest, compounded annually. The attorney general may adopt rules to implement the act. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

signed · Colorado · House Apr 18, 2025

HB 25-1018: Vocational Rehabilitation Services

The act makes the following changes to current law regarding individuals to whom the department of labor and employment (department) provides vocational rehabilitation services (services): Eliminates the requirement that an individual with a disability requires financial assistance to participate; Allows the department to consider financial need before providing services during a period of cost containment to prevent or manage a wait list for services due to insufficient financial resources; Eliminates the requirement that an individual with a disability, or the individual's legally and financially responsible relative, must contribute toward the cost of their services to the extent that they are financially able; and To align Colorado law with federal law, eliminates the requirement that the department provide services only to individuals who are present in the state at the time of filing an application for the services and can satisfactorily achieve rehabilitation.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

signed · Colorado · House Apr 18, 2025

HB 25-1201: Model Money Transmission Modernization Act

The act repeals the current "Money Transmitters Act" and replaces it with the model "Money Transmission Modernization Act" (MTMA). The act adopts the MTMA in part. The act updates outdated or inconsistent regulations relating to money transmitters and money transmission services, including: Clarifying the definition of "control" of a licensee and introducing a rebuttable presumption of control; Enabling Colorado's participation in multistate licensing initiatives; Codifying the agent-to-payee exemption to licensure; Revising prudential standards required for licensing and ongoing monitoring, such as tangible net worth and permissible investment calculations; Establishing an irrevocable, standby letter of credit as a permissible investment; and Expanding the enforcement actions available in case of nonperformance by a money transmitter.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

signed · Colorado · House Apr 18, 2025

HB 25-1133: Requirements for Sale of Firearms Ammunition

The act requires that ammunition sold at retail must be accessible to a purchaser or transferee only with the assistance of the vendor, and the act prohibits the retail sale of ammunition to a person who is younger than 21 years of age. The act includes exceptions for in-person sales to persons who are 18-20 years of age at shooting ranges, who are members of the military and veterans, who have a hunter education certification, who are protected by a protection order, or who were born on or before January 28, 2007; sales to on-duty peace officers; and sales of rimfire ammunition. Unlawful sale of ammunition by violating either requirement is a civil infraction; except that a second or subsequent violation is a class 1 misdemeanor. The act requires a retail ammunition vendor who is shipping ammunition to use a delivery service that verifies that the person receiving the ammunition is 21 years of age. The act requires a retail ammunition deliverer to comply with federal law regarding the labeling and packaging of ammunition. When delivering a package containing ammunition sold at retail, the act requires a retail ammunition deliverer to verify that the person receiving the delivery is 21 years of age or older and obtain written acknowledgment of receipt from the recipient. Notwithstanding the age verification requirement, a retail ammunition deliverer may verify and deliver ammunition to a person who was born on or before January 28, 2007. The age verification and written notification requirements do not apply to a retail ammunition deliverer who does not know that the package contains ammunition because the sender failed to notify the deliverer that the package contains ammunition. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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