Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer

Current law allows attorneys under contract with the office of the child's representative, the office of alternate defense counsel, and the office of the respondent parents' counsel to access the name index and register of actions of public case types. The act allows other professionals under contract with these offices to access that same information. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The act requires 75% of the money collected from a bond forfeiture judgment against an individual to be deposited in the judicial collection enhancement fund. The act requires the money collected from a bail forfeiture judgment against an appearance bond written by a compensated surety to be deposited in the judicial collection enhancement fund. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Maddy summarySenate Joint Resolution 25-022 is a commemorative resolution concerning the remembrance of the Holocaust. It declares the General Assembly's commitment to remembering the Holocaust and encourages school districts and universities to promote antibias, bullying prevention, and Holocaust and genocide education programs to prevent antisemitic incidents, particularly those targeting Jewish students.

The act repeals the requirement that the office of economic development contract for the mobile application software known as the "By Colorado App" that enables local business users to learn about local businesses that elect to participate in the software. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Maddy summarySenate Bill 25-207 repeals certain existing state statutes that pertain to rodent pest control. Specifically, it removes "Part 1" of these statutes from the Colorado Revised Statutes. This legislative action, which will take effect on July 1, 2025, directly affects individuals and entities previously operating under these specific rodent pest control regulations.

The act removes certain repeal dates and associated language concerning the payment of fees by persons in the animal agriculture sector, which fees concern regulated activities associated with animal feeding operations. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Effective January 1, 2025, the act terminates a program that has allowed the owner of real or business personal property that was destroyed by a natural cause to be reimbursed by the state for the amount of property tax levied on the destroyed property in the property tax year in which it was destroyed. The program statute is repealed, effective July 1, 2025. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The act requires the state treasurer to make the following transfers of money from certain cash funds to the general fund. On June 30, 2025, the state treasurer is required to transfer the following amounts to the general fund: $6,338,640 from the legislative department cash fund; $500,000 from the scale-up grant fund; $500,000 from the qualified apprenticeship intermediary grant fund; $700,000 from the petroleum cleanup and redevelopment fund; $15,000,000 from the major medical insurance fund; $200,000 from the division of securities cash fund; $200,000 from the division of banking cash fund; $200,000 from the division of real estate cash fund; $1,372,843 from the division of professions and occupations cash fund; $1,750,000 from the prescription drug monitoring fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the high-cost special education trust fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the dropout prevention activity grant fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the full-day kindergarten facility capital construction fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the financial reporting fund; The excess uncommitted reserve balance of the private occupational schools fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the private activity bond allocations fund that exceeds $100,000. This transfer is an annual transfer at the end of each state fiscal year. $3,068,634 from the peace officers behavioral health support and community partnership fund; $200,000 from the witness protection fund; $500,000 from the state's mission for assistance in recruiting and training (SMART) policing grant fund; $7,000,000 from the technology risk prevention and response fund; $11,011,550 from the advanced industries acceleration cash fund; $8,500,000 from the innovative housing incentive program fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the state employee reserve fund; The balances of the following cash funds, which were previously repealed: The rural schools cash fund; The teacher residency expansion program fund; and The public education fund; $200,000 from the affordable housing and home ownership cash fund; $1,800,000 from the vital statistics records cash fund; $14,000,000 from the electrifying school buses grant program cash fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the Colorado health care services fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the pediatric hospice care cash fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the primary care provider sustainability fund; $620,000 from the agriculture management fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the rodent pest control fund; $250,000 from the diseased livestock indemnity fund; $20,000 from the cervidae disease revolving fund; $200,000 from the board of assessment appeals cash fund; $10,000,000 from the local government severance tax fund; $200,000 from the Colorado telephone users with disabilities fund; $700,000 from the highway-rail crossing signalization fund; and $71,400,000 from the multimodal transportation and mitigation options fund. On July 1, 2025, the state treasurer is required to transfer the following amounts to the general fund: $125,000 from the energy fund; $154,862 from the innovative energy fund; $900,000 from the cannabis resource optimization cash fund; $512,570 from the community access to electric bicycles cash fund; $3,304,500 from the universal high school scholarship cash fund; $5,000,000 from the supplemental state contribution fund; The balance of the nutrients grant fund, which was previously repealed; $6,000,000 from the community impact cash fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the electrifying school buses grant program cash fund; The unexpended and unencumbered balance of the natural disaster grant fund; $680,000 from the state funding for senior services contingency reserve fund; and $100,000 from the nuclear materials transportation fund. On June 30, 2026, the state treasurer is required to transfer $7,710,500 from the advanced industries acceleration cash fund to the general fund. The act also repeals the financial reporting fund, the state employee reserve fund, the Colorado health care services fund, the pediatric hospice care cash fund, and the primary care provider sustainability fund. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The act establishes certain requirements for social media companies and social media platforms in order to protect users. Specifically, the act: Relocates, with amendments, certain language requiring a social media platform to include a function that provides minor users information about their engagement in social media, which language was enacted in 2024 by House Bill 24-1136; Requires a social media company to publish policies for each social media platform owned or operated by the social media company (published policies) and establishes mandatory contents for published policies; Requires a social media company to submit to the department of law an annual report that includes, for each social media platform owned or operated by the social media company, information concerning the published policies and violations of the published policies; Requires a social media company to annually make publicly available a report that includes, for each social media platform owned or operated by the social media company, certain data concerning how minor users used the social media platform; In satisfying the reporting requirements described in the act, requires a social media company to make commercially reasonable efforts to identify the age categories of users; Requires a social media company, upon the notification of a user's alleged violation of the published policies or of state law, to determine within 48 hours whether the violation occurred and, if so, to remove the user from the applicable social media platform within 24 hours after the determination is made; Requires a social media platform with at least one million discrete monthly users to provide a streamlined process to allow Colorado law enforcement agencies to contact the social media company that operates the social media platform and, under certain conditions, to comply with a search warrant within 72 hours after receiving the search warrant; Makes a violation of the new requirements an unfair or deceptive trade practice under the "Colorado Consumer Protection Act", to be punished accordingly; and Authorizes the attorney general to adopt rules to carry out the new requirements. VETOED by Governor April 24, 2025(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The act authorizes the department of education to expend money appropriated for school transformation grants: On costs incurred in administering the grant program; and To contract with a public or private entity to provide permissible grant uses to multiple school districts or charter schools that are eligible for a grant.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)