SB25-027 Trauma-Informed School Safety Practices: requires the Office of School Safety to convene a work group by September 1, 2025, to develop trauma-informed best practices for school safety drills. By June 30, 2026, the group must provide recommendations for training school personnel, conducting drills, and responding to safety incidents, which will be submitted to key state education officials and committees.
HB25-1135 Communication Devices in Schools: mandates that by July 1, 2026, all charter and public schools adopt and implement policies outlining rules and exceptions for student communication device possession and use during the school day.
HB25-1274 Healthy School Meals for All Program: increases support for schools to purchase more food from Colorado, boosting local economies. It enhances meal quality by reducing processed foods and increasing fresh ingredients. It expands access so that more students benefit.
HB25-1293 Drug Overdose Education & Opioid Antagonists in Schools: requires the state board of education to adopt high school health education standards regarding drug overdose risks, identification of a drug overdose event, and drug overdose prevention and response. The bill authorizes the state board of education to seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations for the purpose of adopting these standards.
SB25-064 Safe2Tell Handle with Care Notice: requires the Safe2Tell program to provide a handle-with-care notice to a school when a student has had an adverse childhood experience that involves a peace officer response. A school shall only share the notice with school staff who need to know about the notice, and no further action is required by the school.
HB25-1002 Medical Necessity Determination Insurance Coverage: clarifies that the health benefits coverage for the prevention of, screening for, and treatment of behavioral, mental health, and substance use disorders must be no less extensive than the coverage provided for any physical illness.
SB25-042 Behavioral Health Crisis Response Recommendations: requires the department of public safety (DPS), in collaboration with the behavioral health administration (BHA), to convene a stakeholder group to identify existing resources and model programs that communities throughout Colorado utilize when responding to behavioral health crises, including, but not limited to, co-responder programs, alternative response programs, and mobile crisis response programs.
SB25-045 Health-Care Payment System Analysis: requires the Colorado school of public health to analyze draft model legislation for implementing a single-payer, nonprofit, publicly financed, and privately delivered universal health-care payment system for Colorado that directly compensates providers.
HB25-1082 Qualified Individuals Death Certificates: expands the definition of a "qualified individual" authorized to certify causes of death to include physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice registered nurses, and institutional chief medical officers. It also requires these individuals to register with the electronic death registration system before signing death certificates.
SB25-190 Offender Release from Custody: states it is an extenuating circumstance to facilitate a connection to a service provider. If a defendant remains in jail overnight, the defendant must be released by 10 a.m. the next morning. The bill makes an inmate eligible for special needs parole if the inmate is 55 years of age or older and suffers from a diagnosed severe cognitive impairment or serious impairment that limits the person's ability to function.
HB25-1002 Medical Necessity Determination Insurance Coverage: clarifies that the health benefits coverage for the prevention of, screening for, and treatment of behavioral, mental health, and substance use disorders must be no less extensive than the coverage provided for any physical illness.
HB25-1293 Drug Overdose Education & Opioid Antagonists in Schools: requires the state board of education to adopt high school health education standards regarding drug overdose risks, identification of a drug overdose event, and drug overdose prevention and response. The bill authorizes the state board of education to seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations for the purpose of adopting these standards.
HB25-1147 Fairness & Transparency in Court: caps the maximum incarceration sentence for a municipal violation that has a comparable state law crime at the same length as the state-level offense. When there is no comparable state-level offense, the maximum period of incarceration is capped at the maximum for a state-level petty offense. Mandatory minimums and increased penalties based on prior convictions are prohibited unless the person is convicted of a municipal offense for which there is a comparable state offense or of an infraction that allows imposition of the same mandatory minimum or increased penalties based on prior convictions. The bill also caps a consecutive municipal sentence at 2 times the highest charge in the case.
SB25-041 Competency in Criminal Justice System Services & Bail: permits DHS to continue to provide services for up to 90 days after the person's case is dismissed because the person is incompetent to proceed. DHS is permitted to enter into an agreement with an organization to provide permanent supportive housing for a person whose case is dismissed because the person is incompetent to proceed or the person has successfully completed a bridges wraparound care program, and for a person who has been referred to the bridges wraparound care program.
SB25-042 Behavioral Health Crisis Response Recommendations: requires the department of public safety (DPS), in collaboration with the behavioral health administration (BHA), to convene a stakeholder group to identify existing resources and model programs that communities throughout Colorado utilize when responding to behavioral health crises, including, but not limited to, co-responder programs, alternative response programs, and mobile crisis response programs.
SB25-190 Offender Release from Custody: states it is an extenuating circumstance to facilitate a connection to a service provider. If a defendant remains in jail overnight, the defendant must be released by 10 a.m. the next morning. The bill makes an inmate eligible for special needs parole if the inmate is 55 years of age or older and suffers from a diagnosed severe cognitive impairment or serious impairment that limits the person's ability to function.
HB25-1058 Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity Defense: establishes procedures for sanity examinations in criminal cases involving a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, allowing flexibility in examination locations and prohibiting custody solely for the examination if the defendant is out on bond. It also prohibits visible restraints or prison attire during recorded examinations and repeals the use of narcoanalytic interviews and polygraph tests in such evaluations.
HB25-1138 Protect Victims in Civil Sex Misconduct Suits:eliminates the exception allowing evidence of a victim's sexual conduct with the defendant in civil proceedings and prohibits the use of a victim's appearance, speech, or lifestyle to suggest consent, credibility, or damages. It also requires pretrial motions to admit presumed irrelevant evidence to demonstrate admissibility, with protective orders limiting discovery to relevant issues.
