CO HB 25-1159 - Scott Bright
Child Support Commission Recommendations
05/15/2025 - Sent to the Governor
The bill implements the legislative recommendations of the child support commission by updating the child support guidelines schedule, updating the monthly incomes eligible for a reduced low-income adjustment, and replacing the current parenting time credit with a formula that provides parents credit for all overnights spent with that parent. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
CO HB 25-1184 - John Carson
Community-Based Continuing Care for Seniors
05/15/2025 - Sent to the Governor
Under current law, life care institutions provide life and health support services to resident seniors who reside at the life care institution through the help of independent living arrangements, assisted living, or skilled nursing. The bill allows life care institutions to provide community-based continuing care services to seniors in their homes and other services that benefit individuals who are awaiting admission to a life care institution.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
CO HB 25-1287 - Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Social Media Tools for Minor Users & Parents
05/13/2025 - House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
The bill establishes certain requirements for social media companies and social media platforms in order to protect Colorado minor users. Specifically, the bill: 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 implement an age assurance system to determine whether a current or prospective Colorado user on the social media company's social media platform is a minor; Requires a social media company to provide tools and settings for a minor user to control their own experience using a social media platform; Requires a social media company to provide tools and settings for parents to support a minor user of a social media platform; Specifies minimum capabilities for the tools and settings; Requires a social media company to take additional specific measures to maximize the privacy and security of minor users; Prohibits a social media platform from leading or encouraging a minor or parent to provide personal information, provide consent, disable safeguards or parental tools, or forgo privacy or security protections using a mechanism or interface that is designed to substantially subvert or impair, or that is manipulated with the effect of substantially subverting or impairing, user autonomy, decision-making, or choice; Deems the use of a design, algorithm, or feature to increase, sustain, or extend a minor user's engagement with, or use of, a social media platform to be processing that presents a heightened risk of harm to minors, as defined in existing law, and therefore subject to certain data analysis requirements; and Authorizes the attorney general to adopt rules to implement the bill.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
CO HB 25-1328 - Jeff Bridges
Implement Recommendations Direct Care Worker Stabilization Board
05/14/2025 - Sent to the Governor
The bill implements recommendations made by the direct care workforce stabilization board (board) by: Requiring the board to investigate health-care benefits for the direct care workforce; Requiring the department of labor and employment (department) to collaborate with the board and other entities to establish a comprehensive "know your rights" training for direct care workers; Requiring the department to ensure that the "know your rights" training is available to direct care workers, to allow worker organizations to participate in the training free of charge, and to report direct care worker training completion information to the board; and Requiring direct care employers to conduct and document direct care worker training attendance, distribute a notice of rights to direct care workers, and inform all employees about the direct care worker website and communication platform established by the department of health care policy and financing. The bill also requires the director of the division of labor standards and statistics (director) in the department to provide compliance assistance to direct care employers and investigate possible violations by the employers. The director is also required to enforce compliance with the requirements in the bill. To implement the board's recommendations, the bill also requires the department of health care policy and financing to: Establish a website and communication platform for direct care workers; In coordination with the board, develop a direct care worker-specific notice of rights for direct care employers; Collaborate with direct care employers to inform direct care workers about the website and communication platform; Allow specified entities access to the contact information of each direct care worker enrolled in the communication platform; and Convene and administer an interested party advisory group pursuant to federal requirements. The bill also establishes the direct care worker minimum wage at $17 per hour beginning July 1, 2025, and encourages the state to set the minimum wage for direct care workers at $25 per hour by January 1, 2028. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
CO SB 25-001 - Naquetta Ricks
Colorado Voting Rights Act
05/06/2025 - Signed by the Speaker of the House
The bill creates the Colorado Voting Rights Act (act) and modifies certain election-related statutes in 4 the following areas: Election and voting statutes Voter registration related to voters who are members of Indian tribes; Ensuring voter access to methods of selecting candidates for the general election; Voting-related services for Election and voting notices in facilities serving individuals with disabilities; Election-related language access; and Election-related data collection. Creation of the act. The bill creates the act, which prohibits political subdivisions from: Taking any action that results in , will result in, or is intended to result in a material disparity between electors who are members of a protected race, color, or language minority group or other minority reporting group (protected class members) and other eligible electors in regard to voter participation, access to voting opportunities, or the opportunity or ability to participate in the political process (voter suppression); Enacting or employing any method of election that has the effect of, or is motivated in part by the intention of, disparately impairing the opportunity or ability of protected class members to participate in the political process, elect the candidates of their choice or otherwise influence the outcome of elections as a result of diluting the vote of protected class members (voter dilution); or Implementing, imposing, or enforcing a voting qualification or another prerequisite to voting based on an individual's actual or perceived gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation ; or Implementing, imposing, or enforcing an additional voting qualification or another prerequisite to voting based on an individual's confinement to a local jail, other than those eligibility qualifications that already exist. An aggrieved individual or organization (aggrieved person) may file a civil suit alleging voter suppression; voter dilution; or an unlawful voting prerequisite based on gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation; or an unlawful voting prerequisite based on confinement to a local jail . The attorney general may investigate potential violations of the act and may file suit to enforce the act or may intervene in an aggrieved individual's or organization's civil suit. Except under specific circumstances, before filing suit, an aggrieved person or the attorney general must send a notification letter describing the alleged violation of the act to the political subdivision. The political subdivision is given 60 or 180 days to adopt a resolution providing for a solution to the alleged violation. Election and voting statutes Voter registration related to Indian tribes. The bill clarifies provisions related to voter registration and election access for Indian tribes, including valid identification for registration purposes. and the requirements for voter service and polling centers and ballot drop-off locations on Indian reservations Ensuring voter access to methods of selecting candidates for the general election. The bill requires the general assembly, the secretary of state, and each political party to ensure that primary elections, or any future alternative process by which voters select candidates for the general election, allow voters not able to attend in person to participate to the same extent as those voting in person, including requiring a process for voters to vote that does not require in-person voting. Voting-related services for Election and voting notices in facilities serving individuals with disabilities. The bill imposes a requirement on covered entities, defined as entities facilities that provide state-funded services primarily to individuals with disabilities to publicly display , in each building in which they serve clients, notices related to voting in advance of statewide general and primary coordinated elections. Election-related language access. The bill expands existing requirements for the
CO SB 25-072 - Matt Soper
Regulation of Kratom
05/15/2025 - Sent to the Governor
Section 1 of the bill repeals certain provisions regarding the regulation of kratom that are included in sections 2 and 3 with amendments. Section 2 prohibits a processor from manufacturing, packaging, labeling, or distributing in the state a food or dietary supplement that consists of kratom leaf or kratom leaf extract (kratom product) unless the manufacturer of the kratom product has obtained a registration of the kratom product (registration) from the executive director of the department of revenue (executive director). The manufacturer must pay a fee and provide proof of certain certificates and a registration from the federal food and drug administration to receive a registration for the kratom product from the executive director. The executive director is required to establish an annual fee paid by manufacturers of kratom products that are manufactured, packaged, labeled, or distributed in the state. The fees are credited to the kratom consumer protection cash fund, which is created in section 2 and may be used by the executive director for the administration and enforcement of state laws regulating kratom. The bill directs the state treasurer to transfer $306,344 from the tobacco litigation settlement cash fund as a loan to the kratom consumer protection cash fund to defray the department of revenue's (department) expenses before the department receives revenues from annual fees assessed to manufacturers. The department must repay the loan, with interest, by June 30, 2027. The department is also authorized to seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, and donations to defray its expenses in implementing and administering the bill. A manufacturer of a kratom product that is manufactured, packaged, labeled, or distributed in the state without a registration is subject to a civil penalty of: No more than $1,000 for the first violation; No more than $5,000 for the second violation; and At least $5,000 and no more than $20,000 for a third or subsequent violation. In the event of a third or subsequent violation, the manufacturer is prohibited from manufacturing or distributing kratom products in the state for 3 years after the date the civil penalty is assessed. The bill preserves the ability of a local government to enact or enforce an ordinance, resolution, regulation, or other law relating to the sale, transfer, possession, or use of a kratom product that is no less restrictive than the requirements in the bill. Section 3 prohibits a person from: Knowingly preparing, distributing, advertising, selling, or offering to sell a kratom product under certain circumstances; Preparing, distributing, advertising, selling, or offering to sell a kratom product that does not clearly and conspicuously set forth certain information on the kratom product's label; Displaying or storing kratom products in a retail location in a manner that will allow the products to be accessed by individuals under 21 years of age; or Manufacturing, packaging, labeling, or distributing a kratom product that contains synthesized or semi-synthesized kratom alkaloids or has a level of 7-hydroxymitragynine in the alkaloid fraction that is greater than 2% of the alkaloid composition of the product. A person that conducts these prohibited activities engages in a deceptive trade practice. The bill appropriates $280,606 from the kratom consumer protection cash fund to the department of revenue to implement the bill, with $103,108 and 1.3 FTE for personal services, $33,059 for operating expenses, and $144,439 to purchase legal services. The bill reappropriates $144,439 of the appropriation to the department of revenue to the department of law to provide legal services to the department of revenue. (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.)
CO SB 25-104 - Rick Taggart
Department of Public Health & Environment Supplemental
02/21/2025 - Sent to the Governor
Supplemental appropriations are made to the department of public health and environment. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
CO SB 25-134 - Cecelia Espenoza
Uniform Guardianship & Conservatorship Act
04/09/2025 - Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
Colorado Commission on Uniform State Laws. The bill repeals the "Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act" and enacts the "Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act", drafted by the uniform law commission. The bill provides guidance for guardians and conservators and clarifies how appointees must make decisions on behalf of a person under guardianship or conservatorship. The bill encourages the use of protective arrangements and less restrictive alternatives instead of conservatorship or guardianship if a person's needs can be met with support services and technology. The bill expands the procedural rights for respondents to ensure that guardianships and conservatorships are only imposed when necessary. The bill provides for expanded monitoring of guardians and conservators to ensure compliance with fiduciary duties and prevent exploitation. The bill provides for visitation and communication rights for individuals subject to guardianship or conservatorship. This includes a limitation on a guardian's ability to prevent communication, visitation, or interactions between a person subject to guardianship and a third party. The bill provides for protections to prevent exploitation of vulnerable individuals by allowing the court to restrict access to the respondent or the respondent's property by a specified person without imposing a guardianship or conservatorship. The bill prohibits courts from establishing full guardianship or conservatorship if a limited guardianship or conservatorship would meet the respondent's needs, requires a petitioner seeking full guardianship or conservatorship to provide support to justify full guardianship or conservatorship, and requires courts to provide findings to support the imposition of full guardianship or conservatorship. The bill updates provisions concerning minors subject to guardianship and provides for involvement of a minor in decisions that involve the minor. The bill provides guidance for property management for individuals subject to guardianship. The bill contains model forms for petitioners and respondents to use when filing petitions and notice with the court. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
CO SB 25-192 - Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Sunset Community Health Service Agency
05/13/2025 - Signed by the Speaker of the House
Sunset Process - Senate Health and Human Services Committee. Community integrated health-care services (services) are out-of-hospital medical services that may be provided by an emergency medical service provider who obtains a community paramedic endorsement. A community integrated health-care service agency (agency) is an entity or sole proprietorship that manages and offers services. The bill implements the recommendations in the 2024 sunset report by the department of regulatory agencies by: Continuing the regulation of agencies by 9 years to 2034; Adding clarification that a suspension of, a revocation of, or a refusal to renew an agency's license based on the fact that an owner, manager, or administrator of the agency was convicted of a disqualifying felony or misdemeanor includes circumstances in which the owner, manager, or administrator entered into a plea of guilty or nolo contendere for the felony or misdemeanor; Updating language to be gender neutral; Changing references from "consumers" to "patients or clients"; Referencing the definition of service in the statutes governing the regulation of agencies; and Defining "service" to include mobile integrated health care and, as determined by rule by the state board of health, care and services provided by practitioners other than community paramedics.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
CO SB 25-201 - Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Require Age Checks for Online Sexual Materials
04/14/2025 - Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 05/08/2025 - No Amendments
On and after July 1, 2026, the bill requires certain internet websites that knowingly and intentionally publish or distribute material that is harmful to children (covered platforms) to: Perform one or more reasonable age verification measures to verify the age of each individual who attempts to access such material; Prevent children from accessing such material; and Arrange for annual independent audits of the results of the covered platform's reasonable age verification measures. On and after July 1, 2026, a covered platform must offer each user at least one option by which the covered platform may verify the user's age without the user having to disclose the user's identity. For this purpose, a covered platform must employ commercially available technologies that are independently certified to be highly effective in establishing that an individual is not a child. A covered platform may not rely solely upon the geographical registration of an internet protocol address to determine a user's location and must apply extensive due diligence based on available technology before concluding that an individual is not located in Colorado. A covered platform must ensure that each reasonable age verification measure that the covered platform employs includes a means by which a potential user of the covered platform may appeal a determination concerning the potential user's age. A covered platform that acquires personal data for the purposes of age verification must destroy the personal data as soon as reasonably possible after a potential user's age is checked for age verification. In acquiring and retaining personal data, a covered platform must otherwise comply with the requirements of the "Colorado Privacy Act". (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)