# Colorado HB25-1309: Protect Access to Gender-Affirming Health Care Colorado HB25-1309, Protect Access to Gender-Affirming Health Care, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Brianna Titone (Democratic), Julie Gonzales (Democratic), Kyle Brown (Democratic) and 1 others; status signed, last action 2025-05-23 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB25-1309-2025A - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Colorado HB25-1309 - State: Colorado - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Protect Access to Gender-Affirming Health Care - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-28 - Last action: 2025-05-23, Governor Signed - Sponsors: Brianna Titone (Democratic), Julie Gonzales (Democratic), Kyle Brown (Democratic), Lisa Cutter (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 21 - Subjects: Health Care & Health Insurance, Insurance - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 12 (295 yes, 298 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Colorado plans must cover gender-affirming care: benefit, high. Every health benefit plan issued or renewed in Colorado must cover gender-affirming care, regardless of your sex or gender. Plans cannot deny or limit medically necessary care prescribed under generally accepted professional standards. Your prescribing physical or behavioral health provider decides… - More privacy for testosterone prescriptions: benefit, low. Colorado exempts testosterone prescriptions from its prescription drug monitoring requirements, including tracking rules that otherwise cover controlled substances. The state must also block archived testosterone prescriptions from view in the monitoring program. These protections apply to testoste… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Brianna Titone (Democratic), House - Sponsor: Julie Gonzales (Democratic), Senate - Sponsor: Kyle Brown (Democratic), House - Sponsor: Lisa Cutter (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Andrew Boesenecker (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Bob Marshall (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Cecelia Espenoza (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Julie McCluskie (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Michael Carter (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Meghan Lukens (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Sean Camacho (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Cathy Kipp (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Chris Kolker (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Dafna Michaelson Jenet (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Sen. F. Winter - Cosponsor: Judy Amabile (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: James Coleman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Jessie Danielson (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Janice Marchman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Katie Wallace (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Marc Snyder (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mike Weissman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Nick Hinrichsen (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Tony Exum (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Tom Sullivan (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-07 | House | Senate amendments: Repass | pass | 42 | 23 | | | 2025-05-07 | House | Senate amendments: Concur | pass | 39 | 24 | | | 2025-05-06 | Senate | Third reading: Bill | pass | 23 | 12 | | | 2025-05-01 | Senate | Refer House Bill 25-1309, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. | pass | 6 | 3 | | | 2025-04-06 | House | Third reading: Lo | fail | 20 | 40 | | | 2025-04-06 | House | Third reading: Prev ? | pass | 39 | 21 | | | 2025-04-06 | House | Third reading: Bill | pass | 40 | 20 | | | 2025-04-04 | House | Committee of the whole: Amd (h.002) | fail | 20 | 37 | | | 2025-04-04 | House | Committee of the whole: Amd (h.004) | fail | 19 | 38 | | | 2025-04-04 | House | Committee of the whole: Amd (h.003) | fail | 19 | 38 | | | 2025-04-04 | House | Committee of the whole: Amd (h.001) | fail | 19 | 38 | | | 2025-04-02 | House | Refer House Bill 25-1309 to the Committee of the Whole. | pass | 9 | 4 | | ## Actions (15) - 2025-05-23: Governor Signed (House) - 2025-05-14: Signed by the Speaker of the House (House) - 2025-05-14: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-05-14: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2025-05-07: House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass (House) - 2025-05-06: Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (Senate) - 2025-05-06: House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily (House) - 2025-05-05: Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services (Senate) - 2025-04-06: House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (House) - 2025-04-04: House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments (House) - 2025-04-02: House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole (House) - 2025-03-28: Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82956/download) - Final Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82952/download) - Introduced: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82957/download) - Reengrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82955/download) - Rerevised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82953/download) - Revised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82954/download) - Senate Health & Human Services Preamend: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82959/download) - Signed Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/40692/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/82956/download) - [Final Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82952/download) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82957/download) - [Reengrossed (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82955/download) - [Rerevised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82953/download) - [Revised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82954/download) - [Senate Health & Human Services Preamend (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/82959/download) - [Signed Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/40692/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-HB25-1309-2025A (as of 2026-10-16).