Colorado Bills

signed · Colorado · House Mar 28, 2025

HB 25-1041: Student Athlete Name Image or Likeness

Under current law, there are requirements of an athletic association, an institution of higher education, and a student athlete regarding a student athlete's compensation for their name, image, or likeness. The act extends these requirements to an individual who is eligible to engage in an intercollegiate sport. The act allows an institution of higher education or athletic association to compensate a student athlete for the use of the student athlete's name, image, or likeness. Under current law, a student athlete is prohibited from entering into a contract if it conflicts with a team contract. The act repeals this prohibition and related provisions. The act requires each institution of higher education to submit to the department of higher education a copy of its annual report to the organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics, including information concerning gender- and sport-based spending. Under the "Colorado Open Records Act", the act exempts from the public right of inspection personally identifiable information that is contained within an agreement or contract concerning a student athlete's or prospective student athlete's name, image, or likeness, or any communication or material related to an agreement or a contract concerning a student athlete's or prospective student athlete's name, image, or likeness. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

signed · Colorado · House Mar 28, 2025

HB 25-1077: Backflow Prevention Devices Requirements

Backflow is the reverse flow of water, fluid, or gas caused by back pressure or back siphonage. Under current law, individuals who are engaged in the business of installing, removing, inspecting, testing, or repairing backflow prevention devices are subject to the licensure requirements for plumbers, except when the individuals are installing or testing a stand-alone fire suppression sprinkler system. The act exempts individuals engaged in the business of inspecting, testing, or repairing backflow prevention devices from licensure requirements but retains the licensure requirements for individuals engaged in the installation or removal of the devices; except that individuals who install or replace a backflow prevention device on a stand-alone fire suppression system remain exempted from the licensure requirements. The act requires that, on and after July 1, 2025, a licensed plumber who installs, tests, inspects, repairs, or reinstalls a backflow prevention device and a certified cross-connection control technician or a licensed plumber with a cross-connection control technician certification who tests or repairs a backflow prevention device must affix a tag on the backflow prevention device that contains certain information about the licensed plumber, the certified cross-connection control technician, or the licensed plumber with a cross-connection control technician certification, as applicable, and the service that was provided. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

signed · Colorado · Senate Mar 28, 2025

SB 25-039: Agricultural Buildings Exempt from Energy Use Requirements

Under current law, owners of certain large buildings (covered buildings) are required to annually collect and report each covered building's energy use to the Colorado energy office. The act clarifies that agricultural buildings are not covered buildings, and therefore, owners of agricultural buildings are exempt from the energy use collecting and reporting requirements. The act defines an agricultural building as a building or structure used to house agricultural implements, hay, unprocessed grain, poultry, livestock, or other agricultural products or inputs primarily for the purpose of maintaining or operating an agricultural process. Agricultural implements include certain agricultural equipment and do not include implements that are primarily for rent or sale. The act permits an owner of an agricultural building to submit for an affirmative exemption from any requirement to report benchmarking data and for an exemption to remain valid until there is a change in ownership or a change that renders the building no longer an agricultural building. For the duration of an exemption, the owner of an agricultural building is required to certify, upon request, the exemption status of an exempt building. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Topics ✗ Environment

in committee · Colorado · Senate Mar 27, 2025

SB 25-148: Modifications to Campaign Finance Requirements

The bill modifies campaign finance requirements contained in the "Fair Campaign Practices Act" that are related to prohibitions on lobbyist contributions and reporting and disclosure requirements for independent expenditures, electioneering communications, federal committees, and nonprofit entities. Prohibition on lobbyist contributions ( section 2 of the bill). A lobbyist is prohibited from soliciting, making, or promising to make a contribution to an elected official or candidate for the following state offices: members of the general assembly, the governor or lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, the state treasurer, or the attorney general. Current law applies this prohibition only when the general assembly is in regular session or when any measure adopted by the general assembly in a regular session is pending before the governor for approval or disapproval. The bill changes current law so that the prohibition on lobbyist contributions applies throughout the year, regardless of whether the general assembly is in session, and also extends this prohibition to cover any individual who has been a professional lobbyist within the preceding 6 months. Reporting and disclosure requirements for independent expenditures, electioneering communications, federal committees, and nonprofit entities. The state constitution defines an "electioneering communication" to mean certain communication that unambiguously refers to a candidate and that is disseminated to the public within 30 days before a primary election or within 60 days before a general election. Senate Bill 19-086, enacted in 2019, expanded the definition of this term for purposes of campaign finance disclosures to include any communication that satisfies all other requirements specified in the state constitution but that is disseminated between the primary election and the general election. The bill further expands this definition for purposes of campaign finance disclosures to include any communication that satisfies all other requirements specified in the state constitution but that is disseminated within 90 days prior to a primary election ( sections 1 , 4 , and 7 ). The state constitution defines an "independent expenditure" to mean any purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, or gift of money by any person for the purpose of expressly advocating the election or defeat of a candidate or supporting or opposing a ballot issue or ballot question and that is not controlled by or coordinated with a candidate or agent of a candidate. Under existing law, any person making an independent expenditure in excess of $1,000 within 30 days before a primary, general, or regular biennial school election is required to file a report within 48 hours after obligating money for the independent expenditure. The bill expands this requirement to cover the 90 days before a primary, general, or regular biennial school election and the period between the primary and general elections and shortens the time for the filing of this report to within 24 hours after obligating money for the independent expenditure ( section 3 ). Existing law requires a disclosure on any communication that constitutes an expenditure in excess of $1,000. This disclosure must include the name of the person paying for the communication and, if the person paying for the communication is not a natural person, must identify a natural person who is the registered agent of the nonnatural person. The bill requires that this disclosure statement also identify the names of the 3 persons that have contributed the most money to the person identified as paying for the communication for the purpose of making the communication ( section 3 ). The bill also requires a written affirmation from any committee registered with the federal election commission (federal committee) that contributes, donates, or transfers $1,000 or more to any committee that is required to report or register under the "Fair Campaign Practices Act" ( section 6 ). The bill prohibits any committee from accepting such a contribution, donation, or transfer unless the federal committee provides a written affirmation that includes, as applicable: The name, address, and identification number of the federal committee; The name and address of the treasurer of the federal committee; The amount and recipient of the contribution, donation, or transfer; and A list of any person that transferred $1,000 or more to the federal committee, which includes the person's name and address and, if the person is a natural person, the person's occupation and employer. In addition, the bill requires a written affirmation from any nonprofit entity that contributes, donates, or transfers $1,000 or more to an issue committee, independent expenditure committee, or political organization ( section 5 ). The bill prohibits any such committee or organization from accepting a contribution, donation, or transfer from a nonprofit entity unless the nonprofit entity provides a written affirmation that includes, as applicable: The name and address of the nonprofit entity; The name and address of the registered agent of the nonprofit entity; The amount and recipient of the contribution, donation, or transfer; and A list of any person that is not a natural person and that donated $1,000 or more to the nonprofit entity, which includes the person's name and address.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

in committee · Colorado · House Mar 27, 2025

HB 25-1286: Protecting Workers from Extreme Temperatures

The bill requires employers to implement protections for workers who are exposed to extreme hot and cold temperatures at the worksite, including temperature mitigation measures, rest breaks, and temperature-related injury and illness prevention plans. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Topics ✓ Labor & Employment

signed · Colorado · Senate Mar 26, 2025

SB 25-016: Updating Escrow Disbursement Practices

The act modifies the types of funds that are available for immediate withdrawal as a matter of right in real estate transactions by: Limiting wire transfer funds to only those funds that are wired through a funds-transfer system operated by the federal reserve or the Clearing House Payments Company; and Adding a real-time or an instant payment made through a funds-transfer service operated by the federal reserve or the Clearing House Payments Company's real-time payments system.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

signed · Colorado · Senate Mar 26, 2025

SB 25-028: Public Employees' Retirement Association Risk-Reduction Measures

The public employees' retirement association (PERA) board (board) conducts or causes to be conducted an actuarial experience study of PERA and a periodic actuarial audit of PERA. Both the actuarial experience study and the periodic actuarial audit, neither of which were referenced in law prior to passage of the act, are conducted approximately once every 5 years, but the timing of the actuarial experience study and the periodic actuarial audit is not aligned. The act requires the board to conduct or cause to be conducted the actuarial experience study every 4 years, beginning with the actuarial experience study that the board conducted in the 2024 calendar year, rather than every 5 years. In addition, the act requires the board to conduct or cause to be conducted the periodic actuarial audit of PERA in the 2026 calendar year and every 4 years thereafter , rather than every 5 years, and to ensure that each periodic actuarial audit takes into consideration the results and findings of the most recent actuarial experience study that was conducted or caused to be conducted by the board. For several years, the pension review commission has been required to commission an independent review of the economic and investment assumptions used to model PERA's financial situation. The act requires the commission to commission the independent review every 4 years, rather than every 3 years, within 3 months of the release of the periodic actuarial audit of PERA conducted or caused to be conducted by the board. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)