2025 Legislative Session: Bills We Oppose

HB25-1068 Malpractice Insurers Gender-Affirming Care Minors: The bill allows medical malpractice insurers to take prohibited actions, such as increasing premiums or canceling policies, against healthcare providers or facilities that offer gender-affirming care to minors under 18. It also prohibits insurers from accepting state funds for malpractice policies that cover such services.

HB25-1145 Trafficking Minor for Abortion or Transgender Care: A person, including a corporation or governmental agency, commits human trafficking of a minor for an abortion or gender-affirming health-care services if the person transports an out-of-state minor who is under 18 years of age into Colorado for the purpose of assisting the minor in obtaining an abortion or gender-affirming health-care services. The bill classifies human trafficking of a minor for an abortion or gender-affirming healthcare services as a class 2 felony.

SB25-044 Synthetic Opiates Criminal Penalties: The bill makes manufacturing, distributing, or possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, carfentanil, benzimidazole opiates, or their analogs a level 1 drug felony, removing weight- and circumstance-based penalty distinctions. Starting July 1, 2025, simple possession of these substances becomes a level 4 drug felony, repealing provisions for reduced penalties due to reasonable mistake of fact or sentence reductions upon completing probation or community programs.

SB25-047 Enforcement of Federal Immigration Law: The bill reinstates Senate Bill 06-090, requiring local governments to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, mandating peace officers report individuals suspected of being unlawfully present in the U.S., and withholding state grants from non-compliant local governments. It contrasts with current law, which prohibits courthouse arrests for immigration purposes, sharing personal information with immigration authorities, and contracting with private entities for immigration detention services.