# Colorado HB25-1154: Communication Services People with Disabilities Enterprise Colorado HB25-1154, Communication Services People with Disabilities Enterprise, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Iman Jodeh (Democratic), Judy Amabile (Democratic), Kyle Brown (Democratic) and 1 others; status signed, last action 2025-05-22 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB25-1154-2025A - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Colorado HB25-1154 - State: Colorado - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Communication Services People with Disabilities Enterprise - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-29 - Last action: 2025-05-22, Governor Signed - Sponsors: Iman Jodeh (Democratic), Judy Amabile (Democratic), Kyle Brown (Democratic), Meg Froelich (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 44 - Subjects: Human Services, Telecommunications & Information Technology - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 12 (271 yes, 121 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 11 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Court communication support for disabled people: benefit, medium. The Division and Judicial Department must publish and maintain a list of qualified communication-support providers. Appointing authorities must use that list, and the Division must provide services for proceedings covered by the law. Providers can assist deaf, hard-of-hearing, or deafblind jurors d… - Relay services and equipment for disabled people: benefit, medium. Beginning June 30, 2025, Colorado's disability communications Division takes over relay-service duties, contracts, and unpaid obligations from the Public Utilities Commission. Relay services include people with speech disabilities and must provide equivalent access under federal disability law and… - Support expands beyond deafblind children: benefit, medium. The family and community intervener program now serves deafblind people beyond children, including adults. Services also include deafblind people with cognitive disabilities, physical disabilities, or both. A program manager directs these services. The program provides support rather than a direct… - Certification rules protect interpreter service users: benefit, low. People using the listed sign-language interpreter or translator titles must hold a current certification approved by the Division. The law treats violations as deceptive trade practices. Qualified interpreters include oral, sign-language, and intermediary interpreters with valid competency certific… - Disability communication services gain lasting oversight: benefit, low. The law creates a disability communications Enterprise and Division within Human Services to coordinate services and resources. Programs and the advisory commission continue beyond their former September 1, 2031, repeal date. The Enterprise can issue revenue-backed bonds; charge increases cannot pu… - Grants support deaf and deafblind communities: benefit, low. The Division administers grants for organizations addressing the needs of deaf, hard-of-hearing, and deafblind people. Awards depend on legislative funding, and recipients must meet Division reporting requirements. A committee recommends awards; the Division director decides applications and amount… - State funds disability communications Enterprise: benefit, low. For budget year 2025-26, Human Services receives $4.958625 million from the Division's cash fund. This includes $4.891755 million for the Enterprise and $66,870 for legal services. The Department of Law receives the same $66,870 through a matching transfer to provide those legal services. That tran… - New charges on prepaid phone purchases: cost, low. Consumers pay up to $0.15 per covered Colorado prepaid wireless purchase, with the rate reviewed at most once yearly. Colorado purchase tests use sale location, delivery address, customer address records, or a Colorado-linked phone number. Federally supported Lifeline service is exempt; the charge… - New monthly charges for phone users: cost, low. Phone users pay a separate charge of up to $0.15 per month for each telephone access line. The rate is the same across line technologies and can change once a year. Federally supported Lifeline service is exempt. Suppliers collect the charge and send it monthly to the Public Utilities Commission; l… - Prior commission funding and staffing shrink: cost, low. For 2025-26, the law reduces utilities commission staffing funds by $265,965 and removes two full-time-equivalent positions. It also reduces the disability commission cash-fund appropriation and its matching Human Services transfer by $3.413703 million each. These are linked appropriations, not sep… - Blind reading services switch funding sources: mixed, low. For 2025-26, the law replaces $250,000 in General Fund support for blind reading services with disability telephone-fund money. The replacement passes through the utilities commission and Reading Services for the Blind Cash Fund to the Education Department. The General Fund reduction is skipped if… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Iman Jodeh (Democratic), Senate - Sponsor: Judy Amabile (Democratic), Senate - Sponsor: Kyle Brown (Democratic), House - Sponsor: Meg Froelich (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Andrew Boesenecker (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Amy Paschal (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Bob Marshall (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Brianna Titone (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Chad Clifford (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Eliza Hamrick (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Emily Sirota (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Elizabeth Velasco (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Gretchen Rydin (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jennifer Bacon (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jamie Jackson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Junie Joseph (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Javier Mabrey (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Julie McCluskie (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jacque Phillips (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jenny Willford (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Karen McCormick (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Katie Stewart (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Lorena Garcia (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Monica Duran (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mandy Lindsay (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Matthew Martinez (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Manny Rutinel (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Regina English (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Rebekah Stewart (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Rep. S. Bird - Cosponsor: Sean Camacho (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Sheila Lieder (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Tisha Mauro (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Tammy Story (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Yara Zokaie (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Cathy Kipp (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Chris Kolker (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Dafna Michaelson Jenet (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Sen. F. Winter - Cosponsor: James Coleman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Jessie Danielson (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Julie Gonzales (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Kyle Mullica (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Katie Wallace (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Lisa Cutter (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Lindsey Daugherty (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Matt Ball (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Tony Exum (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-01 | House | Conference committee report: Adopt | pass | 43 | 22 | | | 2025-05-01 | House | Conference committee report: Repass | pass | 43 | 22 | | | 2025-04-29 | Senate | Conference committee report: Adopt ccr | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2025-04-29 | Senate | Conference committee report: Repass | pass | 20 | 12 | | | 2025-04-28 | | Adopt draft conference committee report CLHB1154.001 (Attachment A). | pass | 5 | 0 | | | 2025-04-23 | House | Senate amendments: Not cncr | pass | 43 | 20 | | | 2025-04-17 | Senate | Third reading: Bill | pass | 24 | 11 | | | 2025-04-11 | Senate | Refer House Bill 25-1154, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. | pass | 4 | 3 | | | 2025-03-27 | Senate | Refer House Bill 25-1154, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. | pass | 4 | 3 | | | 2025-03-11 | House | Third reading: Bill | pass | 38 | 21 | | | 2025-03-07 | House | Refer House Bill 25-1154, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. | pass | 7 | 3 | | | 2025-02-19 | House | Refer House Bill 25-1154, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. | pass | 8 | 4 | | ## Actions (21) - 2025-05-22: Governor Signed (House) - 2025-05-12: Signed by the Speaker of the House (House) - 2025-05-12: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-05-12: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2025-05-01: House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass (House) - 2025-04-29: Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass (Senate) - 2025-04-28: First Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments (House) - 2025-04-23: House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee (House) - 2025-04-21: House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily (House) - 2025-04-17: Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology (Senate) - 2025-03-11: House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (House) - 2025-03-10: House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor (House) - 2025-03-07: House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole (House) - 2025-02-19: House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations (House) - 2025-02-12: House Committee on Health & Human Services Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only (House) - 2025-01-29: Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82263/download) - Final Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82259/download) - House Appropriations Preamend: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82266/download) - House Health & Human Services Preamend: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82265/download) - Introduced: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82264/download) - Reengrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82262/download) - Rerevised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82260/download) - Revised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82261/download) - Senate Appropriations Preamend: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82268/download) - Senate Business, Labor, & Technology Preamend: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82267/download) - Signed Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/40576/download) ## Related bills - SB25-279: Colorado Code of Military Justice Updates (signed) - HB25-1307: Updating Technical References in Education Law (signed) - HB25-1234: Utility Consumer Protection (signed) - SB25-167: Invest State Funds to Benefit Communities (signed) - SB25-163: Battery Stewardship Programs (signed) - SB25-261: Property Tax Deferral Program Administration (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82263/download) - [Final Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82259/download) - [House Appropriations Preamend (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82266/download) - [House Health & Human Services Preamend (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82265/download) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82264/download) - [Reengrossed (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82262/download) - [Rerevised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82260/download) - [Revised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82261/download) - [Senate Appropriations Preamend (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82268/download) - [Senate Business, Labor, & Technology Preamend (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82267/download) - [Signed Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/40576/download) ## Related - [SB25-279: Colorado Code of Military Justice Updates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-279-2025A) - [HB25-1307: Updating Technical References in Education Law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB25-1307-2025A) - [HB25-1234: Utility Consumer Protection](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB25-1234-2025A) - [SB25-167: Invest State Funds to Benefit Communities](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-167-2025A) - [SB25-163: Battery Stewardship Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-163-2025A) - [SB25-261: Property Tax Deferral Program Administration](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-261-2025A) - [Colorado bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/colorado/bills) - [Colorado state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/colorado) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB25-1154-2025A (as of 2026-10-16).