# Colorado HB25-1159: Child Support Commission Recommendations Colorado HB25-1159, Child Support Commission Recommendations, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Junie Joseph (Democratic), Kyle Mullica (Democratic), Regina English (Democratic) and 1 others; status signed, last action 2025-05-31 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB25-1159-2025A - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Colorado HB25-1159 - State: Colorado - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Child Support Commission Recommendations - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-29 - Last action: 2025-05-31, Governor Signed - Sponsors: Junie Joseph (Democratic), Kyle Mullica (Democratic), Regina English (Democratic), Scott Bright (Republican) - Cosponsors: 15 - Subjects: Children & Domestic Matters - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 6 (118 yes, 20 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 13 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Family court records protect identifying numbers: benefit, low. Family-court case information sheets containing Social Security numbers must be filed under seal. The Judicial Department retains the numbers, but they do not have to appear on the face of court orders. - State funds child support technology updates: benefit, low. Beginning February 1, 2026, the law funds technology implementation for state fiscal year 2025–26. It provides $46,665 from the General Fund and anticipates $90,585 in federal funds for the Department of Human Services. The combined $137,250 is reappropriated to the Governor's Office of Information… - Graduation limits support during concurrent enrollment: mixed, medium. For child support orders entered on or after July 1, 1997, concurrent enrollment does not extend high-school-based support. A child in concurrent enrollment is treated as emancipated upon completing the local education provider's minimum high-school graduation requirements. This can end payments fo… - Insurance support liens have dollar threshold: mixed, medium. The law limits covered insurance-payment liens for child support to payments over $1,000. A lien on a covered payment can reduce the insurance money available to the recipient while collecting unpaid support. - Knowing paternity acknowledgments limit later challenges: mixed, medium. A person who acknowledged paternity knowing he was not the father cannot undo the covered parentage or child support orders. This restriction applies to the acknowledgments specified in the law. It preserves support for the child while limiting the acknowledging person's ability to challenge the ob… - New child support calculations for parents: mixed, medium. The law updates child support amounts based on parents' combined adjusted income and number of children. Parents share the basic amount by income, with additions for work-related or education-related child care. A parenting-time credit adjusts shares based on overnight stays; worksheets covering mu… - Parents can owe earlier child support: mixed, medium. Courts and child support units can order reasonable support for months before the regular monthly obligation begins. Beginning February 1, 2026, required factors include earning ability, resources, the child's needs, and ability to pay current and earlier support. They also consider prior payments,… - Parents share medical costs with deadlines: mixed, medium. Uninsured medical costs above $250 per child each year can be shared based on parents' adjusted incomes. Consistent costs expected to continue can enter the monthly worksheet; other costs are handled through reimbursement. For unemancipated people with disabilities who qualify for long-term service… - Spousal support uses potential earning power: mixed, medium. Courts must use potential income when calculating spousal support for someone who is voluntarily unemployed or underemployed. Exceptions cover physical or mental incapacity and caring for a child under 24 months for whom both parties share legal responsibility. The law also provides an incarceratio… - Courts assign parents' child tax benefits: mixed, medium. Courts can assign a child's dependency claim and tax benefit between parents, including requiring the majority-custody parent to release it. Contested decisions require findings about family finances, the child's needs, tax benefits, and effects on health insurance credits or subsidies. Courts can… - Parents must share Social Security notices: mixed, low. Custodial parties must share federal letters confirming a lump-sum retroactive Social Security payment's amount and covered dates. They must send a copy to the other parent within seven days after receiving the letter. They must also send it to the child support enforcement unit if that unit is a p… - Support withholding deadlines and processing fees: mixed, low. Support withholding notices must use the federal form and usually include a certified support order. Withholding must start by the first pay period beginning at least 14 calendar days after the notice date. Employers and other payers can charge up to $5 per month, within legal limits on total withh… - Businesses must report more worker information: mixed, low. New-hire reports must include birth dates and identify each person as an employee or service provider. Independent contractors are not employees under this rule, but separate service-provider reporting applies. Colorado service recipients must report within 20 days after the earlier qualifying paym… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Junie Joseph (Democratic), House - Sponsor: Kyle Mullica (Democratic), Senate - Sponsor: Regina English (Democratic), House - Sponsor: Scott Bright (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Andrew Boesenecker (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Brandi Bradley (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Eliza Hamrick (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Emily Sirota (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jennifer Bacon (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jamie Jackson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Julie McCluskie (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Monica Duran (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mandy Lindsay (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Sheila Lieder (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Dafna Michaelson Jenet (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Iman Jodeh (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Judy Amabile (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Janice Marchman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Lisa Cutter (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-05 | Senate | Third reading: Bill | pass | 32 | 3 | | | 2025-05-02 | Senate | Refer House Bill 25-1159 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. | pass | 7 | 0 | | | 2025-05-01 | Senate | Refer House Bill 25-1159 to the Committee on Appropriations. | pass | 7 | 0 | | | 2025-04-28 | House | Third reading: Bill | pass | 51 | 14 | | | 2025-04-17 | House | Refer House Bill 25-1159, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. | pass | 9 | 2 | | | 2025-02-12 | House | Refer House Bill 25-1159, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. | pass | 12 | 1 | | ## Actions (16) - 2025-05-31: Governor Signed (House) - 2025-05-15: Signed by the Speaker of the House (House) - 2025-05-15: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-05-15: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2025-05-05: Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services (Senate) - 2025-04-28: House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (House) - 2025-04-25: House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments (House) - 2025-04-24: House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee (House) - 2025-04-21: House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments (House) - 2025-04-17: House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole (House) - 2025-02-12: House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations (House) - 2025-01-29: Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/85472/download) - Final Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/85404/download) - House Appropriations Preamend: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/85515/download) - House Health & Human Services Preamend: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/85501/download) - Introduced: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/85487/download) - Reengrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/85457/download) - Rerevised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/85422/download) - Revised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/85440/download) - Signed Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/40922/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/85472/download) - [Final Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/85404/download) - [House Appropriations Preamend (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/85515/download) - [House Health & Human Services Preamend (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/85501/download) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/85487/download) - [Reengrossed (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/85457/download) - [Rerevised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/85422/download) - [Revised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/85440/download) - [Signed Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/40922/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-HB25-1159-2025A (as of 2026-10-16).